The Ordway new era., 1920-04-16
Livestock Losses Run
Into Thousands of
DOllars-Damage
to Property is
Extensive


A heavy wind struck section the country between
o'clock last Saturday evening pro.
portions of gale lasting all the balance of the and
hruout the night During the night the storm turned into
rain and see and then At time during the night did
abate and at times swept the country
estimated anywhere from sixty to sevenyve miles, Accord
ing to the damage done the estimated velocity of the wind is
not exaggerated
Property loss in Crowley, Lincoln Kiowa counties is
very heavy and ranged from the damaging building
driving of bewdered and suffering cattle into lakes to
be rolled and swept by the until they pershed this
being plishmentsof
Henry northeast of town where than thirty head of cattle
perished in the waters
Trains were tied up east of Ordway and there was no
thru here from Saturday Wednesday of this week The
last train Sunday evening and reached distance
further than Arlington when became blocked by the
drifts and remained until Tuesday morning when it able
to pull back into ordway where the hungry passengers were
given hour to refreshments This train finally pulled
back Nepes where routed Santa Fe for the
east The train due into Ordway Sunday at 10 40 did not
rive until Wednesday at about and at that time also the
first train to the east went thru.
The property loss be estimated money as
nus0n had 81 head S ss & s by the
livestock estimated $4,000. Guy Henderson, in Lin
until estimated. the
%sf e6n Of 6 % that the Of % 9 snd in to s
part Of Lincoln county numbered many as $50 head
smoRsrsd s5osI the sheds
by the digging out the drifts early Sunday morn
Damage to buildings quite extensive, possibly
worst the Crowley School building Wind blew the
and crashed thru the roof thu the ceiling and
the floor demoshng the and causing
loss to the building estimated at almost 81, 900.
general the of this state
the mountains east into Kansas and
south to the southern of this state
outside points off in places and not until late
Tuesday evenngwas there telephone connection Pueblo
loss the telephone and the Arkansas Valley Rail
Light and Power heavy Early Saturday
evening the line west Of Fowler went down and all the
by that line darkness and not until
Sunday evening turned again Heavy and sub
poles blown of them broken off
weight of the load of to and fro in the
extensively the line running west of town and be-
this and the drfted made almost impossible
There few lives lost in other portions of the state
but in this vicinity 1t of the most dangerous
cordng those who have lived here for number of
said by pioneers have been by far the worst storm except
the heart of winter Some claim the worst re-
gardless OF season.
many little losses and freakish things which
occurred At the mill of the Colorado Alfalfa Milling Co.
wagon blown the hay sheds and after being
rolled yards up and and almost
completely wrecked There damage to buildings at
the mill.
Ordway the wind swept away the porch
believe that cyclone had struck and the head of
the house sezed rowbar (Which he must have had ready
hard ob and hasey battered hole in the floor and the
family took refuge the basement until they assured that
nothing more serious would happen
Over the Santa Fe trail farmer driving along the
road whe of his mules stepped the live electric
line wire and the beast was instantly killed.
Rearik the keeper of Lake Henry (when lake
is quiet enough to keep out all night watching the
bankmen and twice he nearly losing his life He
quite apy puts it in that stanza where Ts fearful
thing in winter to shattered by the blasts etc. Mr. Rear