Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — STORM IN THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

STORM IN THE WEST.

Unprecedented Snowfall Buries the Pacific Slope. A terrific snow and windstorm swept over the entire Pacific slope west of the Rockies, in many places paralyzing al', lines of communication, causing great property damage and burying large districts under unprecedented falls of snow Within forty mile's of Reno, Nev., a heavy passenger train was thrown from the rails by the force of the wind. At Yreka, Cal., seventy-two inches of snow fell in two days, and the precipitation in many other sections has broken all records. Under the weight of snow build ings have collapsed, trains have been in definitely stalled and grave fears are enz tertained for ranchers and farmers, while the stock loss undoubtedly will be large. Many trains and snow plows are tied up in the Siskyou Mountains, where eleven feet of snow has fallen. Telegraph wires are prostrated. The Fort Jones and Etna stage was stalled in the mountains. The gale seems to have raged not only on the southern coast, but all along the line from Santa Cruz to Cape Flattery. The waves rolled mountain high at Fort Ross. Old-timers report that it was the worst storm ever known.