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Show THE TRACK OF THE STORM, Iatens. Cold Canning Death In Many Hart, f (h. Northwest. Washinoton, Feb. 10. The signal service bulletin says the weather reports re-ports from southwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado show tho coldest weather ever known over those sections at this season of tho year. The temperature ranged from 1 degree above to 18 below zero This morning it was 20 below over the greater portion por-tion of Texas. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10. Reports from tho north and western purls of the state indicate that the storm of Saturday Sat-urday and Sunday was much more severe se-vere than at lirst supposed. A special from Kushville tells of the death of Mrs. Milton Cunimings. who lost her way and perished while endeavoring to reach her home. Stock suffered severely, se-verely, the loss of cattle and horses in transit boing unusually severe. All the railroad lines have been seriously ser-iously hampered, trains being from four to twenty-four hours late. General Gen-eral Manager Holdri-dge of the Burl-ington Burl-ington road, who is tnow bound at Alliance, Al-liance, telegraphs that in that section the snowstorm was more severe than the memorable blizzard of January, 1888. At Chadron M. L. Lissent perished while enrouto to his stable, a few yards distant, and his body was not found until late this evening.' Two 14-year-old boys, Ed Chidester and Steve St. Peter,, perished while hunting near Kearney. Rapid City. 8. I).. Feb. 10 The blizzard wore itself out during the night, and with line weather and the arrival of ranchers from outlying points, the extent of its severity is becoming be-coming known. 80 far no loss of stock is reported. A young man named Grant, a boy, and a school teacher, Miss Cray, who left town with a team during the blizzard, bliz-zard, were found by cowboys some distance dis-tance from tho road. They had been overcome, and it is feared they will die. |