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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1906
Page
14
Unprecedented snow blankets Colorado, stacking snowdrifts and disrupting travel as state officials tally record cold and snowfall. Residents brace for continued storms with delayed services and closures across counties.
Silverton Colo March 19 Twelve miners at the Shenandoah mine were swept to death by a severe snowslide early today and the bodies have not been recovered. A rescue effort is under way with help from Silverton. Names listed include Jacob Theroldt Jesse Shaw Peter Coleburg Bert Albert Edward Kirk Slate Branton Emil Boss Gustavson Margelo and one unknown. Early reports say twenty one men were caught. nine escaped injured.
Denver reports march 19 with word of a snowslide near Silverton causing a rising death toll after a loss of 12 lives. The disaster threatens worsening famine conditions amid harsh winter weather.
A weeklong storm crippled San Juan districts near Ouray and Coal Basin on the western slope. Hundreds of miners and families face starvation as mills and mining properties, valued near a million dollars, are swept away. Cumbres Pass maroons a passenger train with limited coal and provisions. Edward Kleckner, 27, is found dead near Pagosa. Sprites Erne, 2, missing after leaving Walden on Friday, likely perished.
Alamosa March 19 reports extreme snowfall halting rail service from Durango for seven days. Crews battle dozens of slides on Cumbres hill with six trains stuck between, a rotary plow from Salida aiding relief. Coal and goods routed to keep towns supplied while crews work.
Ouray Colorado March 19 All the employees of the Camp Bird mine and others who took refuge in the tunnel to escape snow avalanches are reached here arriving from nine this morning and last arrival at nightfall Communication with San Pedro Atlas Bankers National and Revenue properties confirms the men employed at the mines are safe A Silverton message says Ives may be lost on the Shenandoah slide and reports that the five mills were wrecked by slides Names of the owning companies were not provided.
Durango Colorado reports a week long storm in South Western Colorado has ended but left the Cumbres Hill line in serious condition. Rail officials inspect tracks and assess damage as crews work to restore service. Local weather records note continued unsettled conditions and potential flooding risks in the region.
Telluride Colorado March 19 Snow slides damaged the Liberty Bell tramway and trestle work and blocked Ophir Red Mountain routes. Many miners fled the mine and more slides endanger the Bear Gulch and Camp Bird areas. At Camp Bird 50 plus miners were isolated. one body recovered with feared losses around 20. Property damage tops $1,000,000 as heavy snows stall rescue and rebuilding efforts.
Railroad men say the line over the Cumbres pass will likely be opened to traffic in about two weeks. The Tioga Grande Southern has only recently opened since the start, and the eastern mall service remains suspended for longer than a week.
Reports from Holyoke and surrounding areas describe two feet of snow, blocked roads, and scarce food as trains halt due to drifts two to six feet deep. Indirectly linked, an Indianapolis streetcar barn roof collapsed in a heavy snowfall, killing one man and injuring several others amid ongoing winter storms.
St. Petersburg reports that former Lieutenant Schmidt who led Black Sea fleet mutineers last November was shot at Otchakoff along with three sailors. Washington notes the Supreme Court allowed W G Gallagher until October to print lengthy records in Illinois jury fixing case.
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