, 1922-05-11

ANIMALS on the verge q the
iambing and shearing season Il was ad-
mitted that the toll would be heavy
more particularly IL folio .yed by severe
freezing weather. Snow fen to a depth
OF IL inches mere betrFeen 6 O'Clock
yesterday eveft1g a. 6 O'Clock his
morning. following two days Of hitter
uittent rain. Precipitation for the
last "a hour7 was in c1ce=s OF one
and one-half inches. Reports received
here indicated that the siow had
drifted badly in outside regions.
It Is impossible to estimate the
damase resulting from the storm In
this district IL is reliably stated here
that the losses in stock will reach an
appalling figure.
Thousands OF dollars In losses is
represented IN the tie-up OF traffic
and communication. Telephone and
telegraph wires all over northern and
central Wyoming are down under the
weight OF snow which fell during the
storm.
For the first time since the Casper
Tribune has been receiving Associ-
atod Press Service ovcr a leased wire.
a period OF over a year. communica.
ton was at standstin today and the
wire was silent. The Western Union
Telegraph company is also without
outside connection. Reports from the
Mountain States Telephone
indicate nat Herculean efforts are
being made to rcestablish connection
with h outside world. but ut noon
today al outside wires wrrc down
and service in Casper was crippled to
IN appreciable extent.
Phone Damage Over $50 1000.
Damage to the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph lines alone
IN the Casper district IL estimated 1t
present at between sec, 900 and $40.
900. II was stated today by IL d. Nc.
Sormack, manager. The storm was
the most damaging in the experience
Of the company In this section, he
said. Eleven hundred telephones in
Casper alone were out OF commiss.-1
today as h result of poles and wires
being carried down by the heavy ION.
mage in ice and snow. Poles ver,
snapped off in many Instances. cross
arms were torn from other poles and
many miles of wire lay on the ground
breaks were general in all directions
from Casper. Every available line
man of the company is working over
time today. One crew sent east OF
Casper reported his afternoon thai
II was bucAing ~snowdrifts six feet
deep.
Sixty Miles Of Poles Down.
Latest advice received from the Of
fices of the Western Union Telegraph
company was to the effect that there
re so miles of poles down etwee
Nendover and Chugwater, % miles OF
poles Town between Wendover and
Casper on the south and six miles
between Casper and Bonneville. be.
sides over 400 breaks. This interrup.
ton includes both the ines of the
Western Union and the railroads.
AT 2 O'Clock today the Western
Union was able to renew its service
with Lander, the only outside com
munication from Casper outside OF
Powder River. 1t is stated hat 1t will
be three to our days before service
can be renewed.
Out OF the maze of destroyed com.
m~unication reports reached The
Tribune this afternoon that a tele.
graphic circuit had been completed
by the Burlington Railroad COMPANY
as far as Douglas. This stretch OF
80 miles Is the only place along the
Wyoming division that cominunica.
ton has been -re-established.
RAIL SERVICE
CRIPPLED.
While transportation is badly handi
J capped the Burlington railroad com
pany was able to get its lines open in
time to permit train No. 20 to arrive
here at noon, five hours behind SEIZED.
ule after a perilous journey through
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