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Show p SNOWSLIDE NEAR WILDWOOD BLOCKS TRAFFIC IN CANYON I Highway and Railroad Tracks Covered With 14 Feet of Snow; No Damage to Cottages; Wires Down; 60 Men Set to Work Clearing Off 1 Snow and Debris I A huge snowslide thundered djdwnl the mountainside In Ogden canyon before be-fore noon yeaterday and complete) blocked traffic. The highway and railroad tracks were stillcovered with Li feet, of snow lest night and announcement an-nouncement was made by Andrew Allen, Al-len, county road agent, that vehicle and streetcar traffic cannot be returned re-turned before noon today at the earliest. ear-liest. The slide occured Just above the Wildwood camp and piled into the canyon bottom for a distance of mop. then LOO yard Where the Bllde truck the snow was from 20 to I l te In depth. TRAFFIC BLOCKED All traffic between Huntsville and gdn was completely blocked a' noon fsierda and remained so during the! efterii'OOn and last night More thnn 60 workers, sent to the scene by thi ' county commissioners and the I " t ;i Ii -' Idaho Railroad company, worked yee-terday yee-terday and last night In clearing the' . fnnw away. I Mr Alien estimated last night that If th- utmost speed Is maintained by the workers the highw.-.y and streetcar street-car line cannot be opened before noon today. NO COTTAGES DAMAGED The slide did not damage any cottages. cot-tages. It was reported, but It swept away the streetcar wiring and paralyzed para-lyzed the line running to Huntsville Telephone wire were also broken and communication with Huntsville was entirely cut off. Rocks and trees were swept down with the snow and hindered the work-srfl work-srfl in opening up the canyon bottom. I N EMPLOYED AT WORK More than .10 unemployed men were given work by the railroad company in clearing the snow and 20 men were hired by the county. The men for the railroad were furnished through the City employment bureau and within .10 minutes after the call had been received re-ceived at the office of Mayor Frank Francis, the 30 men were procured and were ready to be transported to the canyon. |