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Show TIN SIWB01D FN TWELVE DAYS Fifty Passengers Are Released From Blockade on Summit of San Juan Range. PROVISIONS CARRIED TO TRAVELERS ON SNOWSIIOES Blockaded Fifty Miles From the Nearest Hamlet in Heart of the Rockies. DURANGO, Colo., March 22. Tho snow blockade,, which has existed uninterruptedly uninterrupt-edly on tho southern line of tho Denver & Rio Grando slnco March U was brokon today by tho nrrlval of a through train from Donver. Blockade conditions on the Rio Grando Southern and on the Sllverton branch of tho Denver & Jtlo Grando remain unchanged un-changed and train servlco between Du-rango Du-rango and TollUrldo will not bo restored for several days. Aftor being snowbound for twclvo days on the lofty summit of CumbroH pons, at tho crest of tho San Juan range, fifty miles Xrom tho nearest town, a tralnload of Ilfty paBacngors hns arrived in Alamosa Ala-mosa in the heart of the Sun Luis valley. val-ley. Carried Provisions on Snowshoes, The train loft Duraniro March 10 and after it became stalled the snow continued con-tinued falling day after day until it lay on tho level higher than the smokestack of tho locomotive. Rnllroad employees carried provisions to tho imprisoned passengers by climbing climb-ing tho mountain on snowshoes. and they were mado as comfortable as possible pos-sible under the circumstances. Owing to tho high altitude several passengers became sick. Tho rotary penetrRtcd to tho train last night and this morning tho fires wcro again started in the frozen cnglno and tho Journey mado to Alamosa. |