Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-27
'BOREAS L00SED,
SWEEPS EAST and
SOUTH WITH FURY
Cold Wave, With Snowstorm,
Covers Pacific States and
Sends Icy Breath Over
the Rockies.
ZERO COLD PREDICTED
Salt Lake City Has Record
Snow Fall and the Storm
Moves Eastward,
FAST TRAINS RUN LATE
Below Zero Weather, with
Wind and Snow, Prevails in
Wyoming and Dakota.
WIRES DOWN, TRAINS LATE
FAST TRAINS RUN LATE
WIRES DOWN, TRAINS LATE

Salt Lake City, Utah. Dec. 90
More than twelve inches of snow has
fallen in Utah within the last twenty
four hours, breaking all previous
storm records. Branch railroads have
suspended schedules and only the
main lines are open to traffic. Over
land trains are many hours behind
schedules. 1ea
Street car tfaffic in Salt Lake City
is at standstill save for stub ser
vice in the downtown district.
In the southern part of the state
low temperatures prevail with fModena
registering "a degrees below zeroe.All
suburban towns are isolated.
That severe storm which may be-
come blizza:d is headed toward
Omaha is advice received the local
railroad headquarters.
Throughout South Dakota and Wyo-
; ming and points north and west OF
there storms are ragins and indica-
tions are that they are travelling rap
idly in this direction. Low tempera-
lures with badly drifting SHOWS were
reported in the northwestern part OF
Nebraska
AT Long Pine me merclry had
dropped to 10 below zero TUESDAY
morning. A heavy snow which drifted
badly was reported falling AT Dallas
S. b., just across the line from Ne
braska, it was 10 below and at Winner
J S, D., it was zero.
Northwestern trains along the line
between Chadron and Long Pine are
running about two hour. late because
of the bad wind and drifting snow.
Wires into the Black Hills country
are down and reports are meager.
The Burlington reports that tenn
peratures along the Alliance division
are about 5 degrees below zero. Snow
is reported along this division, but il
has not started to drift yet. Wires are
down and the weather conditions may
be even more severe than reported
Limiteds Run Late.
Temperatures in Wyoming range
from ) to ~ degrees below zero and
trains from that state are running far
behind sSheduie. LaaGer, Myo, re-
ported ~ below zeio ana eneyenhe
~ Inc Cveriand Limitea on lne
Ohion racinc coming irG'n tle We.
late. The Portland train on the Union
Pacific is five hours late. Other
s1,. no" ~ ss ~ ,hrae honrs i,,e w;th
10 oni .Sonn.;or on ~ Nc - q runn;ro IN
o..e e"9sp''o"' W. " e va
'i'Ie, ,onna,,,rss nrev,;, Al, over
tha ~ Poctv ,po,,nta;, rea;or and wires
are dur IN ,,,anw n,,ces The Iin;on
pac;Gc ,b;s n,orn;no had no wires
onen 70 Ch;caon New York or San
Francisco on account of the storms.
The weather bureau In Omaha was
getting such meaper reports on ac-
,unt Of ne lack OF teIeprat.tic COM
munications that Meteorologist Welsh
was unable to make his forecast be-
fore noon. Wires east, north and
west are down.
Coolest Of Year in West.
Ca, Francisco Ca, Dec 26-Far
western states were in the grin TODAY
of he coldest weatber of he winter.
In He,en, Mont tbermometers req
;stered twentv.n;ne degrees below
zero There was more than a foot
- srou il EASTERN Wa sh;nuton and
Montana and trarscont;nental trains
,narn r,,nr;na heh;nd schedule
% 0ne ] mnrna ,n,n u,s found froze,
to de,tb n Wash;noton having
sor.ratsd 90 frnn, cnr,nan;ons wb;Ie nn
.st teann;na ~ sxned;t;nn In orean, "a a
rrr.I IpE re- dei;vsru mail csrr;cr .,d
tno m f.ru,ors II d;eersnt sect;or. | %
, the t%o state have Reen m;ss;rg since ri;
d.r do. ''a.. Ps.a,ss nuss - .dd;t;onai snow f.il
eos..,;,a LAY uaas. na.,;"s - ha,,a no,,,.nod % aad
.oanr.ad .s .Ls,. pa,us ,,,J IL traono " a tho
men opU' 'S' '"s' D "' w VI '"e
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