Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-06
BREAK IN STORM IS
MAKING
OUT IN NEBRASKA
Reports Indicsts that the Snow Gen.
orally Bas Ceased, Wind Gene
Down and Fair Weather
Coming.
CLEAR AND CALM IN THE WEST
Railroads Clear Up Their Lines and
Trains Getting Back Onto the
Regular Schedules.
STILL sTORMINe IN IOWA

Reports received from out in the
state last night gave promise of a
break in the snowstorm that has
been pretty general all over Ne
braska since Tuesday night. From
Colorado and Wyoming. through
practically all Of Nebraska snow fell
at iutervalos all yesterday. Late in
the afternoon It commenced to clear
up in tho west and at o'clock last
night tho railroads gave out the in
formation that the reports indicated
a decided break in the storm.
On the Northwestern, west VI Io4g
IP.rc, clear ard calm weather was the
rule all the way through to Lander
fThs on,y IloCe where trouble was be-
ling experienced vas around Bloomfield
and Randolph, Neb. During the early
lpgrt o. tne day thor, had been consid-
erabic snow IN the country around these
towns an5 later high wind started the
snow T. moving. cuts were filled and
trains wcre annulied.
On the main line and on the Lin.
,colix and Superior bran5hcs. passenger
1Trtights wtr5 sent out during the aft
leracon an1 by today it is hoped t. have
service Gbout restored to normal.
clearing weather Works East.
Along tho Bu'lngton, reports to the
'dlspatchcI's oifice last nisht indicated n
general break in the storm with pos
sib,e return Of far weather today. The
clearing weather that was reported
around and west OF Alliance last night
had gotten down as .ar as Broken Bow
and west OF there 1t was clear and
calm, with temperatures of around freez-
ing.
For some distance east Of Custer
county, considerable new snow was re-
ported, but nowhere was 1t drifting.
Trains were sent out on schedule and
tho - coming in were close to one time.
The Union Pacific last night found
clear and calm weather all tho way
west from Ogallala. Between there and
Grand island there was a stripof ceIntry,
fifty miles or so Wide, where il was
showing ard where 1t was drifting. Most
cf tho trafis wecr on tine. All freight
trains will be sent sut on schedule today.
Reports late last night we're 10 the
effect that over IN Iowa snow Continued
to fall and that there was considerable
drifting Trains weps Iete and generally
were following snow plows II
In Omaha light snow continued 10 fail
during the entire day AMI at q late hour
last night II was coming down IN light
,flurrlcs. At no time. however, was 1t
heavy enough to interfere with traffic.
Temperatures were around freezing
sixteen Inches of snow.
\ total o. about sixteen inches of snow
was on the ground at Omaha at clock
yesterday morniaS, according to governs
mcCt gnlcag.acneut Since then consider
allie snlw ;a5 (allen. OF the sixteen
In, hes 2bost fourteen have fallen within
III; last three .da9,s- Colonel Welsh of the
vetahcr bureau says the other two inches
having been on the ground before that.
Within the twenty-four hours ending
at a. m Friday. the snow that ftli
measured H6 Of an inch, when melted
Prevail ire winds blew from ten to six
teen miles per hour around Omaha. The
storm was far from a blizzard. Colonel
Wclsh says. as it lacked the sharp. cold
wave and strong northcrly' winds neces-
snry to aceompany heavy fall OF snow
in order to make blizzard conditions.
stih Dehinr R-carJ.
Even with the heavy sro Efail OF thu
last tow Gays. this winter is far behind
that OF three years ago. so far as total
snowfall is concerned. according TO gov
ernment weather bureau records. The
wiEter OF BILE had a total of GA inches
fContinucd ON paea Tiva roiuron nDa \