The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-03-19

Loss Heavy
Is Belief
Entire State Swept by Biz
zard Worst in Years-Mid-
die West i'll Grip
Of Storm.
8 Below Recorded Here

railroad service was dsmoralizet
yesterday as a result Of the blizzar1
that las held Nebraska in its grip
FOR - hours. The Tuion Pacific
Railroad company reported II was
running about halt # It's westbound
trains and a smaller number OF traias
toward .lc easf. The Northwestern
and Rock Island lines have discoa-
tinued nll trains. Huge snow drifts
block right-of-w8.s and trains are
said TO be stalled at q dozen points
east and west Of Omaha.
The light snow. driven BY a gale
that average - miles per hour. Was
packed into cuts in an inpenstratable
mass Engines. unfastened from cars
they were pulling. plunged fulfill
into the drifts. Rotary snow plows.
the only thing that affect the hard
packed drifts. are working without
stop in an effort 10 return the train
schedule 10 normal. bur 50 far haze
made little progress L has been
years, officials said. since rail com
munieation was 80 disrupted.
From all parts Of the state came
reports Of The rayages OF .n- storm.
in Lincoln traffic was completely tied
up. Trains in ard out Of The city. IN
II directions. hal either b.-n discon-
tinued Or were from three 70 nine
hours late
Livestock Loss Heavy.
No definite report of tie livestock
loss had been received late last night.
but many rancnmen declared that
their loss would be heavy and that
they would rot know the amount
until Re storm abated sufficiently. 10
allow them 10 go on 10 the range
The storm RACED in Lincoln from
early Saturday night untn noon yes
.erday.
Osceola was practically isolated BY
3 the storm. Communication was sew
cred for several hours and 60 hard
was the snow driven that 4 vas In
possible 10 travel or the roads. One
Han was reported 20 hare been frost
bitten.
T. .. Moore. a res.dea: Of Illinois.
vas driving froHl osoeoIa in the
storm. His horse became frightened
, ana ran away. leaving Moore
stranded. The man was forced 70
walk hack 10 the town. His hands
and feet were frozer.
Gihhon reported THAI the blizzard
was the worst n years. The snow
vas mixed with a fire sand and
driven before a raging wind. The
storm struck there at Saturday and
at ! last night was juS. blowing itself
out. 10 loss C livestock was re-
ported.
Cattle Lost Al 0gaHals.
~ ogalll@ia the storm iezan With
saln. This turned &c sect first. fher
io $40. and WAS accompanied b d
high northwest Wind. Fear has been
expressed for the lives = cattle ahour
THIS vicinity. : many had have nao,,
turned onto the open range asa
could not he driven Il cover bsfor.
the STERN.
Nelson was without tain service
Yesterday - result y The storm.
The reads are - hacly blocked ths-
farmers were unable. % leave ,ae.r
homes.
The temperatures throughout a..
state have been anout tae same. II
Omaha the yowest temperature o. ths
day was rooraed al whsn : below
a'lo was reached. TIE mercury Be
Kan io climb after tha; and a. zefe
was reached \; last uisht the nser.
curry Was stiil rising ana a tempera-
turs ef above was recorded.
A. Lincoln ths mercury rose s.ans
below TO a6ove. hut was sa5a IT,
be falling asain early lsst nigh.
Other points neportcd similar temper
allure. More - them reported a total
DYING oa; of tae wind.
Worst Storm in Years
Points In Iowa reported conditions
similar 20 thcse in Nehs-s sla. a.
Boone thc storm demogaiszed aa traiu
and street car service. Reports ln-
1loafe Il iS tie worse storm u ihe
last = years
Al SIOUX 1-tN a ren0Is states thsr
the trains ara more demorallaed fhsn
az any previous time for years. Tn
roads from tie city are hlocked Win
drifts and II : impossible 20 nacv~
IN any direction. The wind attained
velocity Of a miles per hour and
temperature 81 below rere va
recorded.
The storm reached Chicago ard a.
lake region yesterday. 4 report Ststea
'Aat hish Wind, naeSs2slus the
storm. swoored down mon tie ii
sion early yesterday ana vas t.
lowed in fecr hours hy a lish. sro,.
zero weather MAS expected i>eta,
morning.
The storm has been c.na,.l
throughout the entire miadie-wes;
San fantoisoo voluntarily send wo-,i
% newspapers that temperature or
~ degrees had been enjoyed there for
seven days ard that Indications wes~
'nSt the mercury would not dror.