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Show OVERLAND TRAINS STALLED 81 SNOW SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 12. Tho cast and wost-bound Overland trains of the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific railroads were stalled today and tonight, and the lines of communication communi-cation destroyed in the Sierras during one of the heaviest snow storms and blizzards that has raged In twenty years. By dint of hard work the Southorn Pacific Ovorland trains Nos. 1 and o, aided by giant rotary snow plows, succeeded In forcing their way through the snow-blocked passes or the Sierras and reached Sacramento late this afternoon, many hours late. According to the officials of tho road, everj available plow has been utilized and It Is expected that the blockade will be lifted by noon tomorrow. tomor-row. On the Western Pacific lines the same conditions exist |