The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-05
GREATEST SNOW
IN COLORADO
Most Terrific Storm in History
of State Has Put Traffic
of All Kinds Out of
Business.

United Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
DENV Err, Colo, Dec. 5.--The most
terrific snow storm In Colorado's his
tory was still raging at an early hour
today. although 1t was then showing
signs of abatement. Daylight disclosed
the fact that traffic of all kinds was
absolutely at standstill here. The
street car tracks down town are bur-
led under from two to four feet OF
snow, making 1t impossible for the
railway company to operate cars.
Thousands of persons were compelled
to fight snow drifts to walk miles to
work today.
AT five a, m. it was estimated that
25.S inches Of snow had Iallen in
twenty-four hours, breaking all rec
ords for the same duration in the
west.
Since the snowfall began at mid
night Wednesday, until today. there
has been no cessation. From Wednes-
day night when there was slight
furry, the storm increased in velocity
until at dusk Thursday blizzard was
blowing and the snow banked deep In
drifts.
Hundreds of Denver workers, un-
willing to battle their way to their
homes against the driving snow, spent
the night down town and every hotel
4 and lodging house was crowded to
4 capacity. Hundreds slept on cots.
4 Public buildings, including the police
q station and the big auditorium shelter
ed thousands.
! All public schools and many priv
ate institutions have been closed and
many concerns, such as transfer and
express companies have been com
PEELED to abandon business altogether
Today brought conditions not much
: improved. All along the principal
: thoroughfares were marooned street
I cars, stalled deep in drifts and the
: streets were dotted with abandoned
t automobiles. half covered with snow
i The tramway company at nine o'clocl
1 had not moved street car for III
1 teen hours and there was little pros
pect that 1t would be able to clear th
( rails today. In some sections, tn,
, snow Is banked ten to fifteen feet.
Diaries and groceries today facet
a the enormous task of making deliver
!, les. Little milk was delivered thi
:, morning and many babies faced
day of suffering.
4 Despite the damage done in Den
. So tot
r liant over the storm. They estimat
that the snow has brought 100000
gallons of water to fill irrigatio
: bitches. assuring bountiful crops. Th
entire state is snow bound. All raj
!, road schedules had to be annulle
during the night and twenty passeI
y ger trains are reported stalled !
various parts of the state. Tn
mountain towns are under from SIX
u twenty feet of snow. In the large
" cities all traffic is checked and bus
. ness is practically at standstill.
8 All northern Colorado was snov
IS bound. Fort Collins, Eongmon
~ Boulder and Greeley reported ia
e. of from twenty-four to thirty-s1
ID inches, with enormous drifts ever
k where. Trinidad, Pueblo and sout
IN ern Colorado cities made similar r
st ports. The only place where Il
r. storm was not severe was at the wes
Of ern slope of the Rockies.
OF A snowfall OF thirty-three inches
ID three feet will have been recorded
w Denver before the present storm
TX over, according to predictions this a
ct ernoon by the local weather burea
er Snow was still falling at the rate
half an inch an hour, the wealth
w man estimating that twentyn'l
40 inches had fallen since yesterd
le- morning. The prediction was for &C
,e- tinued snow today and tonieht. 81
s., urdlay clearing and colder. The
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