Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-11 | Page 1 | Blizzard in Colorado

IV IS COLORADO no May In Serious Lois Io H Cattle No Xo I Yet Denver April 11 The snow storm which began hegan on Tuesday lU and amid continued Intermittently on developed Into a 11 blizzard during the time night Throughout eastern Colorado and Wyoming the ground Is covered with wet snow to a depth of ot from one to two feet No serious damage as ms yet been reported Railroad trains are arriving several hours hour late Inte this timis morning The Time weather has hils been Leen comparatively warm Should It become Lecome colder time the wet Scot snow will form torm a 11 crust which will make mako It Impossible for Cor cattle and sheep to graze on the tin ranges and amid In that event elent serious losses of at live stock may result Snow continued to foil fall all au time the after atter afternoon noon as at tar far east as Farther east cast rain gladdened the th hearts of oC the time farmers Time The storm has hils not seriously with sIth traffic on eu tho time Union Pacific Burlington cr or Hock Rock Island railroads The Santa Fe train which left leet Denver nt at a 11 m was blocked by L drifts near n or Sidalia at 10 a in ma Five hours bours of ot furious work were re required tul red to dig It out OUI and It continued I on Its Journey Other trains were de do delayed delayed two to four tour hours on the time divide All Mi 11 the time roads are using huge snow snowplows plows In Iii nn an effort to keep their tracks clear The TM mountain lines are aN ar running two engines and a 1 great Hanger over the west vest sections A violent blizzard Is raging In iii the Cripple Creek district The Jime mountain tops In the district between the time cloud city and Como Come are hidden In imm a swirling white moos maSl Boreas Doftus Pass lass Is ls hurled A corres correa correspondent nt there wired as us follows SnowIng fearfully melting rapidly very cry high wind ba had 1 drifts Snow iSnow live IWo feet teet deep on ie level Time The telegraph telephone anti electric electrio lighting companies have con COli considerable losses from falling failing wires Street earn cars have been operated In this city during the time day with PIKES PEAK Colorado Springs Colo Cob April 11 The Pikes Peak Penk region Is II burled under two tu tim ten feet leet of oC snow sno which fell In twelve hours bours beginning at 9 last night The snow Is deepest on the thc north side of or Pikes Peak eak and over time the transcontinental divide between this thin city and Denver A gale Ile blowing fifty Oft miles an nn hour Is drifting the snow sno and Cripple ripple Creek mining district Is b block blockaded tided All trains are ore three to sis ei 81 hours late between here nail Denver The Santa Fo Fe Is snowed under By work vork workIng lag Ing In nil all night with electric plows plow tho the Rapid Transit system In this city was 1113 kept open The city school were dis dismissed dismissed missed for tor the thc day on account t of ot the