Show BELATED SNOWSTORM wo worst ever known throughout i colorado DAMAGE AT CRIPPLE CREEK many houses blown down by the high wind and other destruction nothing approaching it in new mexico snow drifted fifteen reel feet deep lit in the tha streets of raton baton uneasiness for prospectors and hunters in the in texas with Terri flo winds denver colo april 12 A A special t toi 0 the ho news from cripple creek colo SAM bai s the cripple creek district was visited by the severest and most destructive tive blizzard ever known today an immense amount of damage has been done and an in till all probability some lives have hava been lost in the hills rumors to that effect dicing in circulation and general tear fear Is entertained for tho the prospectors A light snow started it in at 11 last night and about 3 this morning tile storm renewed and this the velocity of the wind which W was As from the northeast increased and continued to blow at the rate of sixty miles an hour all day A score or more of buildings in this ellis city w acro ere blown down and tents signs and I 1 loose lumber were scattered over town all the telephone wires out of the camp are down dorwn and no trains arrived or departed this afternoon at 1010 the cripple creek commission three story on carr avenue near the madli did inrid nd depot fell with a clash cin sh and it caught tire fire from mil an overturned stove and was completely d destroyed strayed the building Is 13 also isolated 1 abed which prevented a genera general bonfi tion till tile boston cafe building at carr and second was partially wrecked A large rooming house on warron warren avenue was blonn down about noon and several occupants were injured the city 1 Is in darkness darene is as aa all the electric e L light wires c s are do down n communication ni is cut oft all outside points with the exception of one telegraph wire men many y store fronts have been blown in and some of the business houses as well as residences will need repairing in the hills hundreds of prospectors ltv live in tents and tile the majority of these were mere blown away the damage I 1 to c PrO property POrtY throughout the camp will n not at fall fail aho vho short rt ot of lO OOOO the 10 p rn train over the florence cripple creek road was stalled between hero here and anaconda one of tho the suburb suburban it it t ra ins from victor Is stuck in the snow at elkton on tile the midland terminal two passenger trains tire are blockaded at gillett A dozen buildings or more we were re blawd blown at gillett gallett and a no number mg er at alaman gold field and vict victor or shaft houses find and surface improvements all ON oer er the district were badly damaged at palmer lake one of 0 the worst snowstorms snowa snow storms that has ever visited the town in the memory of 0 the oldest inhabitant started about list last evening and has ha been raging furiously ever since view hew seventy anve miles an hour fhe bile arlota are from six to tw twelve iva feet deer Is impossible and tile the storm shows no sign of 0 abatement the trains in both direction are delayed between this flaw and colorado co lorado springs IN NEW MEW MEXICO snow 15 feet deep in the streets of raton paton rears fears tor for hunters denver colo april 12 A special to the republican from raton N 11 II says saya tho the worst storm ever known in this VICIn vicinity fly set get in about 3 this morning it continued until 3 9 tonight with the wind blowing at a fearful rate all the time all the coith bound trains on the santa fe are tied up a the approaches to the raton raters tunnel ion on both sides of the tunnel are arc drifted full of snow for a distance of several hundred fett feet under the most favorable circumstances it will probably be more than twenty tour four hours before any trains can move over the raton mountains southbound trains are tied up at trinidad the last train passing the mountain was the hotel keepers excursion at 3 a m the high wind lias has played havoc around town several houses have been unroofed one building the corner soloan saloon having the front blown out and the back wall of the home ranch a a two story brick building tell fell in this morning the streets street are completely blocked blo clied with snow drifts some as deep as fifteen feet several hunting left hero yesterday and there are grave fears that all have perished ns As tho the cold liar has been intense with the wind and snow in swirls swing making it impossible for any one to see more than three or four feet word has haa just been received that the cuts on tin tile santo santa fe on the other side of the tunnel are tilled filled to a depth ot of sixteen feet and that it will take two lays days before trains can be moved over the hill bill STORM IN TEXAS no snow but terrific wind and heavy maln dallas tex april 12 all that part of the state wert vet southwest and northwest was visited by a severe windstorm last night the wind come from the west and in many localities approached the dignity of 0 it tornado at fort worth a sash pash door and blind factory and the grand stand at the baseball park were wrecked at cresson a small town below fort worth the port fort woith rio ilia grande depot the metho list episcopal church and nine business houses and residences were demolished moli moll shed at reagan Jt caRin rails several buildings were almost demolished at anneta county one store and all of its ita contents nt were ere blown away and a number of residences crushed at bates denton county the felho dait church was destroyed and other buildings moved front from their foundation along tho the line ot of the hie texas central from cisco to dublin damage to firm houses and crops la is reported tho the wind was followed by a 0 driving ral rain n which added to the damage no estimate if of at tho the amount of loss has been received but la Is was considerable CYCLONE AT COLORADO CITY colorado city tex april II 11 A cyclone of 0 dimensions but teri ilia force struck a portion of tile city last night at 1 doing able damage to property propel prop eitY ty anil and resulting re in me death of james elio twelve year old eon of 0 J lof ai M solomon the storm the four room building occupied by the family and ill the house housa was literally splInt eted cj arr solomon So lonson wife and five children had retired and it la Is mark ablo that any of 0 them alive james the oldest son on was struck on oil tile the head by it a cin of 0 the timbers and hla his baull fractured rac lured re suiting lit in death lie he was avas under the wreck scrams tho the geree mrs aar 1 solomon and the other chi children I 1 drea wel e brul bruised ned but not |