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Show auiui pusses IN TO KANSAS pDJOIUSKJI Kit Plains States Now in the Brasp of the Blizzard That OtjRavaged Colorado for ft, Sixty Hours. L Jfflntcrnatlonal Newn Service, if BENTER, Colo., Dec. 0. The bliz-which bliz-which ravaged throe-fourths of I Vrado for sixty "hours, 'beginning last I Bncsday night, has departed cast-LB cast-LB and tonight is reported as sweep-MKover sweep-MKover the eastern part of tho stato, tern Nebraska and Kansas. Ac-ling" Ac-ling" to tho weather man, tho 6torm -J',' continne eastward to tho Great 5Bio' damage dono by the storm will hundreds of thousands of dol- lam Three livos aro known, to havo boon lost, while a score of persons aro missing, several of whom are believed to be dead. Snowalidca are running In tho mountains as a result of the enormous snowfall and today ono minor was swept to his death in San Juan county and two in Clear Creek count. Threo" men aro missing in Bouldor county, coun-ty, while three mail coaches in Chaffee and Park counties havo utterly disappeared. disap-peared. These carried no passengers on account of tho blizzard, but it is . . I feared tho drivers havo perished. A f dozen persons aro still reported miss- c ing in Denver and its suburbs and tho e nolico aro making frantic efforts to f locato them. I Train Service Demoralized. Train 6crvico is still hopelessly do- 9 moralized and no relief of moment is I promised boforo tomorrow and Mon- day. Trains aro stallod in many sec- lions and ono combination passenger e and froight has been lost in Clear E Vehiclo traffic .In a dozon cities i from Trinidad north to tho Wyoming I b lino, including Deuvor, iB in tho most i ' chaotic condition and ity-ill bo days 'boforo normal travol conditions aro j j rostorod. In Denver tho business i J streets nnd alloys aro choked with ( snow, ranging in depth from threo to i ( fifteon foeU Of the 203 miles of tram- ' i way linos within the city limits, less j l than 5 per cont is in operation and this ; only on two of the downtown lines, j It will bo Monday night boforo the j lines havo all boon rooponod. Littlo j j was accomplished today in tho way of i food and fuel doliveries. No attempt ! t was mado to send wagons beyond tho i downtown limits and theso had to bo ' hauled by from four to eight horses and ; tho loads roduced to tho minimum amount. j Coal Supply Short. The coal Bupply at all hotels, hoa- j pitals, rooming houses, apartniont build- i ings and bubinosa blocks has been ro- ducod to tho lowest point and tho heat- t ing plants in many of them will havo i to suspend operations within tho noxt forty-eight hours unless thoy can bo t replenished in their supply of fuel. Two K of tho largest office Duildangs in tho i city wore forced to suspend olovator ' and boating service today for tho lack of fuel. Many restaurants will bo i compelled to closo tomorrow for lack t of coal. Food supplies for tho rest h auraats today wero dolivored on horso- I back in gunny sacks. " Thousands of porsonB omployed in 1 tho business districts aro again sleep- i lng down town tonight beeause thoy cannot reach their homes. Tho fall of ? snow appnrontly was much heavier in i tho rosideuco Bectiona than in the heart of tho city. At many points fivo- foot fonccs havo been completoly cov- , orcd. i Firemen Handicapped. The enormous Bnowbnnka in the :, streots havo mado it impossiblo for the lire department to respond to alarms and today a large residence was com- i pletoly destroyed. The hose wagons and ehginefl that wero sent from the housos wore soon stallod and ono of ; tho llromcn unhitched a horso and at- tcmptod to reach tho burning building on noreeback, carrying an extinguish- i or with him. Ho failed in tho effort. :; DeBpito tho heavy losses causod by ' tho storm to property and business. tho storm will be of untold benefit next t year. It haa sinsured an amplo sup- fc ply of water for all irrigation pur- 3 poses and bumpor winter wheat and alfalfa crops are anticipated. |