Salt Lake Herald | 1907-01-20 | Page 17 | Severe Storm Delays Trains

Rf STORM YS TRAINS Soldier Summit Center of the Worst Blizzard of the Year Time The snowstorm which was scheduled to reach Salt Lake Saturday swept to time tho east of the eit city and amI cEntered In till the vi 1 daiLy or of Soldier S Summit Trains s on on time 1 Denver Rio Grande In Id that neighbor neighborhood neighborhood hood experienced n a great deal of oC dol delay delayon y yon on account or of time the storm Westbound trains o r the Rio Grande were Ing last night from six to ten hours late The first sc section of train No i became n a snoWbank h half IC way between Sold IN Sum it anti antl Colton yesterday I mornIng an time the track against all oth i trai le t came g l fhe fJ 8 und and I Ithen then X 1 and two to freight trains The first section of No S 5 reached the scene of time the blockade c at 94 a rn m and did not get through tp to Colton Coltun until I p m arriving lug ing in Salt Lake at 10 1 ru m ten hours late Train No 1 lid did not meet with so much delay as No 5 and amid It t passed the latter on time double track at the block blockade nul ade and arrived in Salt Sait Lake earlier canter in the evening Up tp th time he le trains became stalled the thoi stOrm had hua ben been raging for hours prevailing high winds whirled d the snow in every tHree tion and filled tim cut in the mountain where the trains became t When train No 5 struck the bahk snow now was plied d to a d depth of seven feet A plough was kept bus busy In an to keep the track clear hut but time plough it itself Itself self became stalled at one time Engines drawing the s rat out of w water and It became bec mit n h c csar to shovel shoel snow Into the tanks to keep them from dying At noon Saturday the wind was still stUl blowing at a high velocity In the tho vicinity ot of Soldier Summit and Indications point pointed ed to another snow torm Time fhe plow Sat Saturday urda was compelled to mal make c regular trIps over oyer road in the section In order to keep the snow from drifting bc beyond ond At Uig 1 was bo be low zero and amid isitt the Winds added to the cold it was almost almust blo ble to remain out or of doors without freez lug ing