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Show SNOWSTORM WORST II YEARS Telegraph and Telephone Wires Badly Tangled, No Train Service. Ttedding Cal., Jan. 24. The hardest snowstorm that has been experienced in this section of the state in 20 year3 prevailed today and tonight. Telegraph Tele-graph and telephone wires are bady tangled and not a train has passed through the Sacramento cauyon today. to-day. The snow blockade Is more complete com-plete than the tie-up of traffic last week by Hoods and washouts. Two trains, the first to cross the temporary trestle over Stony creek, which was carried away last week by the flood, arirved here this evening, but will 'go no farther north tonight on account of the storm, unless tho telegraph lines are recovered. Thero has been no communication with points north of hero all day. A heavy snow fell during tho day from Anderson north to the slate line and from Red Bluff south it rained. One of the trains stalled here has on board Gov.-c-lectCosgrove of Washington Wash-ington and party. |