Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-17 | Page 29 | Wild Blizzard in Western Canada

BUZZARD BLIZZARD IN WESTERN CANADA I Homesteaders Forced to Tuni Tunnel Tun Tun- i nel Their Way Through Snow to Get Out Winnipeg lp Man Jan A 16 A blinding snow driven across tho the prairies and through tho the woods b by a n raging wind or of 41 U mlles miles an art hour tOIl today a enveloped I western Canada in the wildest blizzard the country has experienced In recent years Tr Train ln service Is practically at n a standstill Pus Passenger and freight trains aro tunneling their way vay out through dense snow drifts ts In a lat lat- and Alberta while in Manitoba l i i all an tho the short lines aro are tied up and Inow plows are being driven with I double power Coast Const express trains have havo been burled bur bur- led iel for tor almost 18 hours hourI In snow drifts f I near Swift Current and tho the snow was I blown back on the right of way faster than the auxiliary crews could coul cart cartI I j it off choking progress entirely The exper experiences experiences of tho thu trainmen are arc tho the thoi i worst in years and many of or them have been frost bitten and agonized by tho 1 terrific winds s. s H Hundreds u a d red a o of oC i horn homesteaders were buried In their huts antI and were forced I to tunnel their w way t to the stock sheds I