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Show NEW MEXICO BLIZZARD. Thousands of Animals Perish In a Storm in New Mexico. Alamogordo, Iv. M., Jan. 14. Details of a blizzard which swept over southwestern south-western New Mexico Tuesday and Wednesday are just coming in, and they indicate that it was the severest storm ever experienced in the region. A stretch of territory fifty miles in width, with White Oaks and Nogal for the center, seemed to suffer the most, although the severity of the storm was fully felt throughout the Sacramento mountain region. The velocity of the wind was terrible; all roads and trails were obliterated, and the driving snow made it impossible impossi-ble for travelers to see their way in the storm. When the storm abated, wagons wag-ons which had been abandoned were found strewn all over the section. Several fatalities are reported, including includ-ing the driver of the White Oaks-Lincoln stage. It is feared that many sheepherders have lost their lives. Thousands of head of stock perished, and it is believed that the loss will aggregate ag-gregate over half a million dollars. |