Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-05
RECORDS ARE
broken BY
Big SNOW
DENVER BURIED UNDER A MANTLE
OF TaIRTY.TAREE INCHES OF
SNOW, WITH FIFTY INCHES RE-
PORTED ON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
TRAFFIC tied UP OVER STATE.
MILK SUPPLY IS
CUT OFF BY STORM

Denver, Colo, Dec. 5.-At / o'clock
this afternoon the government wealth
or bureau records showed a snow fall
of SO inches breaking all Denver rec
ords. The district forecaster said thar
if the present snowfall continues uh-
til eyening-as seems possible,-the
fall will reach forty inches.
Up to 2 o'clock four persons have
been reported to the police as missing.
Two women were found unconscious
in snow drifts last night. There were
reports of building collapses, in which
there was possible loss of life, but
these were not confirmed.
Undertakers served notice today
that there would be no attempt al
present to hold funerals. Many
bodies are being held at undertaking
establishments.
1t was announced today that no at
tempt would be made to omen the city
schools until the storh ,ates and the
streets are clear.
A mantle of approximately 80 inches
of snow covered this city and sub
urbs today and the precipitation conti-
nued. The local weather bureau could
give no promise of immediate rellef.
The snowfall of the last thirty hours
established new record for twenty"
eight years and approached the rec
ord fall of 32.1 in a three days storm
in April 1885. All street car and sub
urban traffic was blocked.
None of the railroads had sent any
trains out of Denver since six o'clock
last night and it was announced that
no attempt would be made to move
any before noon today
Local telephone communication was
impaired, principally because short
age of operators at the central offices.
Only by heroic Efforts were the tele'
graph companies enabled to maintain
an impaired service with outside
points.
Advices from Colorado cities and
towns showed practically no change
from conditions last night, the snow
idll Val yluS llOlH ~ iiShNS va
plains to so inches along the continen-
tai divide. A comparatively even tenn
perature slightly below freezing pre-
vailed and with little wind there had
been no severe suffering from expo
sure in the cities.
Practically no reports had been re-
ceived from the range country ana
remote rural and mining districts. the
police had received no reports Of per-
sons dead injured, or missing.
Reinforcing the hundreds of men
with pick and shovels, ordinary road
sorapers drawn by six horses, were
brought into use today in an effort to
clear the street car tracks in the
down town section, but up town little
impression had been made on wet
packed snow piled high in the streets.
Abandoned by the hundreds, deli
very wagons, drays, hacks and auto,
mobiles were to be seen throughout
the city. Almost no attempt was
made by commission firms and job
bers today to make deliveries, even
down town, and hotels and restaurants
had their stores replenished by gangs
Of men carrying supplies. Coal deal
ers, milkmen, and others, who ordi-
narily make daily trips through the
city were unable to care for their
trade. Carriers delivered what little
mail there was only within radius OF
one mile.
No milk has been received since yes
terday. Reports from Central City
stated that party Of rescuers who
last night went in search of eight min
ers were lost.
The stage from Boulder to Jimtown
was reported lost with it's driver. A
stage was reported missing near Bue-
ma Vista.
At o'clock railroad ltraffic still
was tied up.
Babies and invalids first was the
dairymens slogan, aud efforts to de-
liver their product today was confined
to this class.
Fort Collins was marOoned today,
the last train reaching that city at 8
o'clock last night, more than hours
late. Traffic and business were pract-
ically suspended.
AT Cripple Greek, the thermometer
hoyered close to the zero mark and 4
heav ysnow driven by stiff wind fell
TODAY The average fall in the district