Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1919 — BLIZZARD RAGES OVER THE WEST [ARTICLE]

BLIZZARD RAGES OVER THE WEST

FIRST COLD WAVE OF WINTER IN MIDDLE STATES MAY CONTINUE SEVERAL DAYS. Chicago, Jan. 2.—The first cold wave of the winter spread over toe northwest, southwest and middle western states last night, delaying traffic in places. The mercury dropped 25 degress in Chicago yesterday, and last night was hanging at ten above zero while extreme temperatures were registered in widely separated regions. The cool wave was not accompanied by snow east of the Mississippi. In northwest Texas a blizzard raged and in Nebraska and South Dakota similar conditions were reported. In Wyoming temperatures ranged from 16 to 37 degrees below zero and it was 12 below at Denver. < Train service was seriously affected in western Kansas and Colorado as well "as in northwest Texas, but temperatures are moderating today in Colorado. 7' In the far southwest, Flagstaff, Arizona, reported 18 below zero; Amarillo, Texas, six below; Boswelt, N. M., two below and even Mexico had freezing weather. ■ In the Chicago forecast district the cold. wave is expected to continue throughout tonight and Friday. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., regarding the cold wave there, reads as follows: “Intensive cold weather prevailed today in Nebraska and southern South Dakota. At Winner, S. D., and Long Pine, Neb., it was 15 degrees below zero. A blizzard is reported around Deadwood, S. D., and the Rosebud fine of the Northwestern road in South Dakota continued blocked by snow drifts.”