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Show WIND PLAYS HAVOC WITH TELEGRAPH LINES Denver March 29 Winds of almost al-most hurricane trlocliy, accompanied by h-avv rain and snow, hnvo today ainio-i cut off from the outside wvrld the eniire region west of Kansas Cily to the Pa Ifie coast. From Santa Fe. N. M.. well Inlo central Wyoming the storm has raged since last night, prostrating pros-trating telesraph and telephone poles by the so'.r--, delaying railroad truffle and blocking country roads The Western Colon lot practically every wire to the east of Denver early this 'morning Two telephone wires, Ihe only ones available, were prssd into rervice, but they. too. son went down before the storm. The Postal had a small hole through during the morning, but that company lost Its wires leforc noon, and for several hour:; ear wire cast of Denver was silent. Around Julesburs. Colorado, long stretches of telegraph peles were blown down, blocking that avenue of overland tclcprapliie traffic, while high winds, rain and snow tore down the wires on the south central ref.tes via Pueblo and through Kansas Telegraph Tele-graph and telephone companies have dozens of men out repalrinc broken wires, but it will probably be many hours before It Is restored to anything like normal conditions. |