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Domestic News
March 4, 1868
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
What is this article about?
A landslide on the railroad near Emigrant Gap in the Sierras, caused by ongoing storms, halted train service to Cisco, forcing reliance on stages and interrupting California travel temporarily.
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A BREAK IN THE RAILROAD.—The stages will bring neither passengers or express to-day. Billy Hale, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s stage agent at Virginia, showed us a telegram from Cisco received last evening to the effect that a slide had occurred on the railroad this side of Emigrant Gap, therefore the cars would not get through to Cisco last night. It is still storming in the Sierras and the chances are that California travel will be more or less interrupted for a short time, until the storm is over. It is most too late now for any lengthy interruption.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Transportation
Weather
What keywords are associated?
Railroad Slide
Sierras Storm
Emigrant Gap
California Travel
Wells Fargo
What entities or persons were involved?
Billy Hale
Where did it happen?
Sierras, California
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Sierras, California
Event Date
Last Evening
Key Persons
Billy Hale
Outcome
railroad cars did not reach cisco; travel interrupted for a short time until storm ends; no lengthy interruption expected
Event Details
A slide occurred on the railroad this side of Emigrant Gap, preventing cars from getting through to Cisco last night due to ongoing storm in the Sierras; stages handling passengers and express today