The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-12-06
SNOW SWEPT REGION
WILL FIGHT WITH SLUSH
WEATHER MODERATING AT DENVER AND
OTHER POINTS AND TF1AW HAS STARTED.
WIRES ARE PARTIALLY DOWN
Death Roll Increasing Hourly in the Flood Districts
of Texas-Storms and Cold Weather at
Various Points.

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DENVER, Dec. 6.-Late this aftel
noon the weather grew warmer an
the snow began to thaw rapidly. Th
prospects were for veritable ocean
slush within few hours.
Cheyenne sill reported sever
weather. At other places in the storI
swept section the weather is moderat
ing. 1t Is believed the break ha
come and that the crest Of the snOy
storm has been reached.
Record Snow at Denver.
DENVER, Dec. 6.-Denver today was
struggling to throw off the smother
ing blanket of snow such as it has
never known before in it's whole his
tory The storm has ceased but the
city Is still nearly paralyzed.
From Monday morning over As
inches or snow has fallen on level
of which nearly 81 inches fell between
Thursday morning and last night es-
tablishing local record.
The situation is serious and bust
ness is practically suspended. En-
ployees and employers in most parts
OF the city have ben unable to reach
their establishments Many were
unable to reach home so they slept in
school buildings, lodging houses and
the city auditorium. There is a fuel
shortage also threatening
Throughout Colorado, except on the
west slope, the conditions were as bad
as at Denver or worse. Trains are
struck in the drifts all over the state
In the strike striken mining districts
where strikers and militiamen are liv- /
ing in tents the suffering is intense
Twenty -four men are missing in the
state and it is feared they are frozen
to death
Only One Wire.
DAN RAlNClOOO, Lee. O.-EAc0plJ
for one wire through to Chicago tel !,
egraphic communication between the |
coast and the east is again tied up. |
1t is not even possible to learn much |
storm conditions Enough
s known to show that the conditions
n the Rocky Mountains is absolutely
fnd oh nirC
wire service was partially restored
ind direct connection with Denver was
established.
Death Roll Bigger.
BRYAN, Tex, Dec. 6.-Seventy- five
rownings in the Texas floods have
een accounted for definitely. Every {
resh report received increased the
cath roll r
The latest fatalities included ten :
rom Hearne, six from Highbank and r
light here. OF the dead half or more \
re negroes. Anxity is felt for a num- II
er of residents of Bryan and Hearne d
ho having volunteered for rescue r
ork are missing. 1t Is feared their
oats were overturned and the oc- |,
lpants drowned v
The Brazos river is 10 miles wide h
II distance of 100 miles The water
beginning to recede but it is still 8
feet deep in the business districts v
several towns.
Three Were Drowned. s
CINCINNATI, Dec. 6.-By the burst "
G 60-inch water pipe in 25-foot -
ench, three workmen were drowned
ID half the city's water supply cut -
I. There were Is men working i'll =
e trench when the pipe opened and
e water spurted upward with the -
rec OF geyser. The IL scrambled :"
safety by narrow margins. N'
Crew Of Aloha Cafe. 90
Dec. 6.-The four-mast- af
schooner ashore at Destruction is tel
i'd has been identified as the Aloah Ca
d all on board have been saved. In
swer to rockets sent up by the crew
nped on Destruction island, the {
amer Farragut, which arrived to- in,
z, stood by last night while boat fer
ne of to send a wireless for tug. het
The officer in charge of the boat ag,
d the Aloah sprung leak during a ce1
'ricane and became waterlogged the
en- near the entrance of Grays Har- sui
+, there being no tug in sight the the
tain beached the Aloah at a pro- fer
ed spot rather than risk going on ma
rocks as it was unmanagable. con
For Twenty -ROud Go.
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