The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-21
SECTION Fights
Way FROM UNDER
Big snow DRIFTS
Clearing Skies Indicate Truce
With King Winter After
Initial Battle
RESTORE COMMUNICATION
Searching Parties Find Body Of
Motorist Stalled in New
Mexico

Denver, Nov. 21.-R1-Clear skies
brought q truce today in the vests
first major engagement Of the season
with the hosts Of winter.
Disrupted rail and highway trans
portation. while not yet normal. was
gradually being set in order as noun
famous drifts were cleared and the
snow began to melt under generally
higher temperatures. Wire commune
cation, Frustrated by heavy SHOWS,
was reestabliShed.
Three lives were lost, considerable
property damage done and some re-
ported loss to livestock resulted as the
storm swept Its relentless way from
California to the Rockies and from
Oregon south to Arizona.
Seaching parties found the frozen
body Of Guy Miber. Al, On q drifted
highway. more than q mile from the
automobile he had abandoned near
Mount Dora, N. M. His companion. q
Mr.. Whitehead, was discovered un-
conscious In the car. The arctic
weather claimed its other victim in
Oregon and Ell Paso. Texas.
Fear was expressed today that F. q.
Evans, q rancher Of the Black Forest
district near Colorado Springs had
persisted in the storm. He went out
wednesday night to drive some cattle
to shelter and searching parties ef-
forts to find him have been unavan-
ing.
Ranchers near Hugo. Colo, suffered
heavy stock losses In . blizzard which
had sped on today after raging for
more than 80 hours. Rural and
mining communities In southern COL
orado were again in touch with the
world after being cut off by huge
drifts resulting from high winds.
Tons Of splintered timbers and snow
buried scores Of automobiles In .
Trinidad garage as the roof Collapsed.
Workers were busy clearing away the
debris caused from the collapse Of q
wing Of the Carlisle school at Pueblo.
the bricks falling through three
floors.
Country churches. school houses.
abandoned buildings and farm and
ranch houses were emptying them
selves Of storm refugees.
Sunshine had cleared the trauscon-
tinental airwayS In Wyoming but
highways were not so easily made
passable, the Denver road not being
open until late yesterday. There was
10 inches Of snow at Cheyenne with
more than two feet In the mountain
regions. Temperatures were general
" on the upgrade.
A minimum mark Of q degrees was
recorded in Denver. Hundreds Of
men secured employment clearing the
streets of nearly Is inches Of snow.
Only main highways were open In
northern Colorado but road crews ex-
pected to have most arteries passable
by tonight.
The U. 8. weather bureau predict
ed clearing weather with the. storm
moving into the middle west and
scheduled to turn north across the
DakotaS.
South Dakota apparently was hard
est hit Of the Northwest states. Sub
freezing temperatures were recorded.
TELEPHONY and telegraph lines were
down by the hundreds. Trains be-
tween Pierre and Huron were dis
patched last night by short wave
radio communication in lieu Of reg
ular telegraph facilities.
Hundreds Of automobiles were re-
ported stalled in drifts on highways
in northwestern Minnesota.
Sidney apparently suffered more
than any other point in western Ne
braska. The snow was reported to
have dirfted as high as the caves Of
houses. One pioneer resident said the
storm was as bad as that Of 1883 but
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