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Show jGREAT IIMI : j SWEEPS COiOfflO I STERLING, Colo., March IS North-' eastern Colorado is in semi-darkness, ; today under dense clouds of dust and sand while under foot the contour of' the sandy prairies is changing hourly.1 Large drifts of sand have blocked the-! .country roads while diminutive drifts , of dust have been driven under doors! -and through crevices. The high winds' which lulled toward midnight for tho first time since Sunday were driving' with renewed vigor this morning. Con-, sderable number of farm buildings' have been blown down and wimlows in the town have been broken. Thousands Thou-sands of acres of winter wheat liave been damaged and If the winds continue con-tinue the loss probably will reach millions mil-lions of dollars. Persons of long rcsi-! dence .here recall no sand storms of (Similar proportions, i oo |