Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-31
Southwest Buried
Under Blanket of
Beautiful Snow
From Fridays Daily.

The southwest is buried under |
blanket of snow that varies from
three to six feet in depth. In Duran
10 the streets are he'd eed with snov
barks from three to - feet deep, |
in part upon ire diligence
of property owners in shoveling trails
ana roofs.
Yesterday afternoon about a o'clock
the stone coping on the northwest
corner of Graden's ware house toppl-
ed over under its weight of snow and
broke number of the rafters, but
none of the debris or snow went thru
to the ware house floor to do any
damage.
Some time during the night lean
to on a barn which sheltered the
dairy stock at the w. ii. Bryant
ranch, gave way letting the whole
weight of the timbers and snow down
on the animals. AS it fell, the side OF
he barn was torn loose and carried
out of place for a distance of three
feet, leaving it ready to collapse at
any moment. About o'clock this
morning the Bryants discovered what
mad happened to the stock. Tele-
phone calls brought ready responses
from the neighbors who worked with
ont ceasing to free the buried ami
mails. Just 20 minutes after the
asst COW was removed, the loosened
| part of the structure fell. Had it
occurred before the rescue work was
completed, probably both men and
animals would have been killed. Aside
from the damage to the building Mr.
Bryant's loss will be small. Only
one of the cows being hurt.
This morning the portion of Gra-
hams ware house where wire is stor-
I'd, gave way.
June Roberts, of North Durango
received word from the Florida this
morning that the roofs on three o.
his ranch buildings had caved in.
All night long a force of workmen
labored on the street car line to pre-
vent blockade. AS result of their
efforts, when the hours of service
came this morning, the cars were run
ming on schedule time.
In North Durango snow is so deep
a delivery team hitched to light
sleigh was stalled last night and had
to be shoveled out. Milk wagons
were hauled over their routes this
morning by four horses.
In the country districts farmers
are making their way over the
ranches on snow shoes to feed theit
stock. Practically all roads leading
out of town are impossible. For two
lays not a person had been over the
Florida roads and like condition i;
reported in the Upper Pine river val
ey and the west part of the county
On Upper Florida the schools have
been closed until the storm is over and
the highways opened.
On the Riverside ranch, owned by
d. f. Place. the snow is so inches on
the level. 1t was necessary to re.
move the snow from the roofs of the
| buildings for the first time in more
than % years.
The lightest fall reported is from
the Bayfield, section, where there Is
less than 30 inches. Thus far stock
has been well cared for out there, and
few caved in roofs is the only
damage that has resulted.
Two of the four miners operating
in the Cave Basin district, have been
in bayfield, for several days waiting
for weather conditions to improve so
they could make the return trip with
safety. The others are in camp. sur
rounded with all the provisions and
fuel necessary for their comfort.
At the Hood ranch on Lower Flo
ilda today the snow measured three
feet and seven inches. During the
night drifts of considerable depth
were formed.
Al he Fer, Levi. Agricultural
school there is four feet on the level
and road conditions are so bad the
institution is entirely shut off from
the outside world. During the
early part of the night the roof of
the livestock and implement shed gave
way and buried several head of cat
tie and number of pieces of ma
chinery. For hours the school men
worked to rescue the stock and this
morning about 2 o'clock they sue
eeeded in uncovering them, before
they had perished. Several imple-
ments were damaged School was
closed this morning and all men en-
ployes and the boys who are pupils
there spent the day removing the
heavy weight from the roofs of other
buildings to prevent further trouble
The Johnnie Re1ls who live ,