The state herald., 1913-12-12
miner CAUGHT IN SLIDE
THREATENED HALF MILLION
LOSS TO WESTERN STOCK.
MEN PASSED.
Newspaper Union New. servi..
The Storm In Brlef.

Forty five and two-tenths Inches of
snow fell, with 4.16 inches of moist
ure-establishing record for both city
and state.
The city faces coal and food famine
through inability of wagons to pene-
trate drifts.
starts this morning. Traffic is at a
standstill. Portions of Broadway, Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets are only
part Of the city's thoroughfares that
First Tramway car. goes at midnight
| Thursday afternoon.
State storm bound. and all railroad
| traffic suspended. Railroads promise
| renewal OF schedules today.
Hundreds of men and women spend
| second night in down town hotels, un-
able to reach dwellings.
Denver, Dec. S.-Thousands of shov.
els tearing at the heart of the drifts
turned the edges of Denver's snow
blanket. Traffic on the East Colfax.
Berkeley, Stout street and Broadway
lines of the Tramway company either
has been resumed or will be resumed,
and the principal downtown streets
have been opened to travel.
Snow banks. varying in depth from
three to ten feet. however. still stand
as barriers between the center Of the
city and its outlying districts.
Hundreds of miles OF streets have
not been traversed. except on foot,
since the storm began to vent its worst
| fury Thursday. The greater part Of
the Tramway's tracks remain to be un-
covered.
!
A coal famine Is imminent. II is es-
timated that 10000 families are with.
out fuel, and though the highway de.
partment is expending every effort to
clear the way for the wagons which
are to bring relief. II is declared Tues
day will elapse before the fuel con..
panies will be able to make domestic
deliveries.
Urgent need OF milk and provisions
In hospitals and In residences. where
sick are sheltered. was supplied by
men on horseback and by sleighs.
Train service into and out OF Den.
yer. demoralized since early THURSDAY,
was restored between Denver. Omaha,
Chicago and western points Saturday
night through the resumption d traf.
fic on the northern lines OF the Union
Pacific and Burlington railroads and
the clearing Of the snow blockade on
the Denver a Rio Grande Mt Monu.
ment
Hundreds OF persons are still un.
able to reach their homes in the out.
laying sections and are still quartered
In the hotels. which have sheltered
them since Thursday night.
Saturday marked the break In the
storm which has held Colorado. I'm
der smiling skies tho buoyant spirit
OF the state asserted itself and the
true Colorado smile benmed again.
Hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
have been .dded to the value OF the
winters grain crop. and moisture that
means smiling fields next summer has
been left In reservoirs.
Greeley.-About Greeley and the
northern part OF the state the temp.
perature mounted and danger that
threatened n half million loss to the
sheep and cattle men passed. Stock is
In no danger. Trains are moving
slowly and another 2+ hours will see
the entire snow blockade lifted.
Littleton.-Snow crushed In the roof
OF the Littleton Milling and Water
Power Company. causing loss OF
$500 and wrecked completely two Ice
houses owned by John ID. Meyers. ut
loss OF $4,000. An Intcrurbnn car
Friday night turned over on its side
near the Brookside dairy. and nine
passengers were thrown through the
windows into drifts seven feet deep.
They pulled themselves out after two
hours work. and waded three miles to
their homes. Many Littlcton persons
are still marooned In Denver. Several
reached Llttlcton after spcnding 40
hours on a Colorado A. Southern train
making the i0.milc journey from Den.
Littlc,on and the streets In the buHi.
ness section are driftcd seven feet
San Juan.-In the San Juan country
the warmer weather has carried with
II the dreaded menace OF the slides
THE slides are running" was the
warning sent out.
Silvcrton Harry Castle. a miner.
was swept to his death In snowsllde
at silverton and his body has not been
recovered. although tho entire force
Of the Buffalo Boy mine. whore tho
slide occurred. In searching for II In
the bottom n gulch eight miles north
west OF Silvcrton.
Thousands OF dollars In property
damage. estimated at from 100000 to
$500. 900. has been wrought and an un.
certain toll In lifc In outlying sections
OF tho state has been taken.
All records for snowfall and precipi.
iation have ham ahattarsd