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Show From M sico to Canadian Border Rocky Mountain States Are in Grasp of Old Boreas. SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED Trains on Western Lines Greatly Delayed; Worst Yet to Come in Sections Sec-tions of Arizona. EXVETR. Colo., Jan. 29.-torm conditions con-ditions in the Vuvkv mountain states, which lor two days wore swept by rain anil svow, from the Mexican to the Canadian border, showed marked improvement im-provement today. According to advices received here there has been no loss of life. The most serious property damage was indicated in the vicinity of Phoenix and Yuma, Arir.., whore the Gila. Salt and Co-orado rivers were at flood stages. Phoenix estimates placed the damage .in that region at $30f000. ai'roal and wire communication, whiih was seriously interrupted, showed gradual improvement tonight. Overland trains from the west were reported twelve honors late, owing to flood conditions con-ditions in southern California and Arizona Ari-zona and heavy snows in the Kocky mountain states, Cheyenne reported no trains from the west had reached there today, and snow was drifting badly in southwestern Wyoming. Traffic Delayed. Siides continued in the Telluride and Silverton, Colo., regions, but early tonight to-night no loss of life was reported. Overland Over-land traffic on the Denver & Rio Grande, which cro.-ses the continental divide near Loadwiie, was seriously delayed. Kej'orts from Yuma. Ariz., were that tbo Colorado river had passed the twen- ; ty-fiveoot stage and was rising about rv-Tuot an hour, with the crest of fl.e high waters two days away. Mer-w Mer-w chants were moving their stocks to high-ground high-ground and ranchers were driving li' TSck from lowlands hitherto con-sidert-M immune from floods. . Reclamation officials said they hoped to hnM the Yuma valley levees, just rebuilt, but expressed doubt as to whether those on the California side would withstand the rise. Every available avail-able man was being pressed into service fur strengthening the levees. No Word From Imperial. ' No word has been received from the 1 mperial valley since early morning, when the last wire to Yuma went down. Phoenix advices described the storm which endfd today as the worst in eleven elev-en years. The Arizona capital was cut off from rail communication by the washing out of bridges un the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads. rail-roads. Twelve feet of water was rushing rush-ing over the spillways of the Roosevelt dam and the Gila and Salt rivers were at flood stase, but receding. YUMA. Arir... Jan. 29. The Colorado river, at a twenty-four and a half foot st:is at 1 o'clock, was rising nt the ratii of on foot a hour. Utporta from Phoenix ivire that the Gila an.i Salt rivers wore falling, but advices ated the I'olorado was rising above the eon-fluenee eon-fluenee of the tiiln. lniiieations wore that the crest of the flood would not reaeh hero for two days. A further rise of the Colorado Inter todav caused residents of this eitv to hasten efforts to remove property from The imperilled districts. The First National Na-tional bank began moving its effects. Every available team in the city was used' in moving goods from stores. The crest of the Gila river flood has not yet reru'hed here. Snow at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. CO. Sow bliuiketed the hills about San Francisco bay today and thousands of commuters gathered on ferry boat decks to watch the unusual sight. Threatening weather, with probable rains for the coast, was predicted by the weather forecaster, causing anxiety because of the nlready drenched soil. |