The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-28
From X. G.. to Hutchinson anu
st. Joe to Pittsburg.
IS ALMOST A BLIZZARD
Kansas Gets Edge of Ne
braska Storm.
No Trouble for Railroads up 10
This Time.

%rael[a and western Missouri began
falling this morning after Ine tha
had shifted from the southWes' NE weath
northwest. The change IN the coId
er which was the beginning o. 80 80
xcave which is expected 10 uILEI ~
mercury to the "a degree ma
Wednesday morning occrt ~ 20 +orpo at
O'Clock this morning. Inc SUI I,oI-r ~
times has almost assumed the prop!D
tions of a blizzard. At 1915 the WIN WIN
velocity was % miles, ana TOT eile O''
has averaged nearly % miles 4ba
While the railroads report thal the
storm is general over Kansas, ~ ns
- other trouble has been lnulcdISu -
Associated Press reports comm III a.
reports that the storm coNeiS ="
The temperature at O'Clock tn'S
,,,orning was AZ degrees, but by
o'clock this afternoon had dropped u
% degrees. The snow is meltlng az
most as fast as it fails. Inc Aoi
calls for snow tonight
A snowstorm in october is rather d
rare occurrence, although seVeral o4
them have been recorded in the last
27 wears by the government observer a.
Topeka On October "a, 1908, the uepth
of snow was Al inches, and on the 1ol-
1ov-ine day an additional "a inches
fell Four and one-half inches OF the
white stuff fell ON October 81 ISL
Nearly two inches fell on OCTOBER H.
'eS and "a inches on october %, l9Oe'
The depth of snow last Sunday morn
ing is estimated at one-third OF an
inch. although the snow meIteo almost
as rapidly as it fell.
Up to 2 O'Clock the depth of snow
in a sheltered spot was one and one
half inches. The measurement in the
government gauge was .06 of an inch
of water.
The hourly readings:
z O'Clock 42l11 o'clock .-... 81
s O'Clock ..42 II o'clock ..29
g o'clock IA IA ] o,cIock o,ciock -'-S 2S
Light Snow at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Oct. 2S.-An abrupt
fall in the temperature will be felt all
over the middle west tonight and to-
morrow, the local government fore
caster said today. Temperatures in
Kansas will fall 20 or "a degrees and
the weather will remain the same un-
til Thursday.
Snow fell in western and southern
Kansas today and also in northwest
ern Missouri
Blizzard at ST. Joe.
St. Joe, Oct. 2S.-A blizzard with
the first snow of the season is raging
in st. Joseph today The temperature
was 50 at IL o'clock and is falling
rapidly.
Heavy Fall at Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, Oct. 2S.-A heavy
snow is falling over western Kansas
this morning. Half of it meltS as
rapidly as it falls.
Heavy Snow at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Kan, Oct. 2S.-The heav-
Test snow this early in the season
known here in years is falling this
afternoon. The temperature is 80.
AT noon a heavy snow driven be-
fore a northwest wind was falling at
Atchison and over most of northeast
Kansas. A light snow fell here this
afternoon.
Wichita, Oct. 2S.-Snow is falling
in southern Kansas today. The tenn
perature has dropped to "a degrees
above zero.
Pittsburg. oct. 2S.-At 1870 this
afternoon the temperature began to
drop here an da mild blizzard is threa-
tened.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2S.-The first
snow of the year fel to-day. Reports
over central Nebraska indicate a light
snow fall. The storm here was ac-
companied by a high wind with low
ering temperatures. The snow melted
almost fast as it fell.
Sioux City. Oct. 2S.-First touch of
real winter in this section came TODAY
over an inch of snow has fallen