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Show NEW MUXICO IILIZZAIID. rhouasnili of Animals I'arUli In Nlurm la .Saw Masleo. Altmogordo, N, M., Jnn. H. Details of a blltaarJ whloh swept over southwestern south-western New Mexico Tuesday and i Wednesday are Just coming In, and they Indicate that It wa the acverest Itorm ever experienced In the region. A stretch of territory fifty miles In width, with White Oik and Nogal tor tho center, seemed to suffer tho most, although the aercrtty of th itorm was fully felt throughout the Sacramento mountain region. Tho velocity of the wind waa terrible) all roada and trulls wcro obliterated, and the driving snow mndo It Impossible Impossi-ble for trnvoler to see their way III the storm. W lieu the storm abated, wng-ons wng-ons which had been abandoned were found strewn all over the section. Mevoral fatalities nro reported, Including Includ-ing the driver of the White Daks-Lin-coin stage, it Is feared that many thrcphcrdera have lost their lives. Thousands of head of stock perished, nnd It It believed that the loss will aggregate ag-gregate over half a million dollars. |