Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-24
A Blizzard HELD
west IN ITS GRASP
HiIlN" NORTH WINDS, SNOW
IilRHiLS AND LOW TEN.
PIR\Ti FOR TULSA.
MANY Places SNOW bound
Heavy SHOWS with Zero Weather Ar,
common in all Parts of the
Middle West.

'l'N'U ny IoflN mile an hour
wind a blizzard swept into Tulsa ear
~ Sundny nlght and spent It's course
'aSt night before drifting on to the
east The temperature in the GOV
ernment weather burcau station here
iaN night hoVered close around tho
zero mark but the sun today, is ex-
pected To bring "A return Of normal
weather
About sunset Sunday. the "northerr
mt this section the wind which had
blown steadily all day shifting
around TO the north and with increas-
ed velocity soon brought the mercury
tumblins downward It was a steady
procession Sunday night and the low
est record was II degrees.
All day Monday the wind ragged
and ftful snow fhrrles. driven lls
bullets made the weather decidedly
uncomfortable, Aside from making
much work for the charitable insti-
tutions In caring for the unfortunateq
no bad effects were felt here.
OHIO II Snow Bound.
COLI MBUS, O., Feb. 23.-Trains
stalled at numerous points throughout
the state, traffic abandoned in soma
instances, train arrivals ranging from
three to seven hours late and .treot
ear and lnterurban trnffic seriolIsN
impeded where trolley traffic had not
Deen abandoned were some OF the re-
suits tonight OF the most severe snow
storm that has swept this state this
winter
The storm broke generally over ths
state Sunday afternoon and has ragged
continuously since. Eight inches OF
snow has been added since Sunday
afternoon to th supply which alrady
covered the ground, making a total at
many places Of from l2 to 20 inches
Huge drifts today stalled two ToIe-
do ana Ohio Central trains at Ridge
way, Another Toledo and Ohio Cen
trai train was similarly held late to-
day near Belle Fontaine.
Traffic on the PENNSYLVANIA Line
between Dayton and Richmond. Ind.
was abandoned late today, passen-
ger train on the same line is stalled
near West Manchester
Fuel shortage threatens several
cities and towns, notably Canton and
Newark
Blizzard In PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURGH Pa, Feb 23.-Driv-
en- by a high wind snow falling
throughout eastern Ohio, Western
Pennsylvania and West Virginia drift
ed badly this afternoon. Hundreds
Of trackmen kept railroads in the
Pittsburgs district open but telephone
"a t.sira %
try roads were almost impossible and
business was seriously interrupted
Inches Snow in Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Feb 23-A mer-
curry dip to zero is expected on the
heels OF the snowstorm that has pre-
vailed over Kansas and Western Mis-
souri, during the last SO hours. This
prediction was made tonight by the
local weather bureau.
Tonight more than eight inches OF
snow had fallen in Kansas City. From
. to $ inches of snow covered the
state. The storm seriously interferen
with business and traffic here
Much suffering is reported in Kan
sas among live stock, farmers general
ly being unprepared.
Passing ont To Sea.
WASHINGTON. Feb 23.-Much re.
duced in Intensity. the storm which
swept out OF Tennessee today bring
ing wlnd-driven snow to the East, to-
night had veered southeast. conren-
trating itself over eastern Georgia and
ucstern North Carolina, BY tomor-
row the weather bureau experts said
the disturbances will have passed out
to sea. Falling temperatures will
mark its departure along the Atlantic
Coast district. through Pennsylvania
and the ohio Valley and Southwark to
Texas
Heavy SHOWS We're reported tonight
I'm the Ohio valley and West Virginia
and light SHOWS southern Pcnnsylvan-
10 % the VireInia-North Carolina bor-
der line.
In the northwest the thermometers
wore reported rising tonight and in
he next several days there are eN-
poctcd To- rise gradually higher
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