Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-18
FIELD MARSHAL SNOW
ATTACKS GRAND FORKS
in EARLY FALL DRIVE
spection Of the bombarded city which
presented a fascinating and pictur-
esque panorama.

spection Of the bombarded city which
presented a fascinating n pictur-
esque panorama.
Gas masks had not been deemed
necessary, but handkerchiefs wound
about the face were much in evidence.
Fur caps drawn tightly down over
%protruding ears We're seen everywhere
away only three months ago were
again brought forth from their lock-
ers. Overshoes and rubbers became
necessary elements in the fight to
combat the effects of the lombard
ment and did good work shielding
many citizens against subsequent
colds-one of the favored arms of the
field marshal.
Some Difficulties Encountered.
The streets were lined high with
drifts of projectiles and passage Of We
hicles was made rather difficult. Au-
tomobiles had a hard time Of it, street
of shells, delivery wagons stuck to
their routes in the best way possible
and milk wagons were somewhat de-
layed in making their usual rounds.
A few people tried to protect hem
selves by umbrellas. but soon gave up
the attempt as the attack increased
in fury. AS a general rule, those
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so, clinging close to stoves and rad1a-
tors where the intrepid efforts of the
Coal Brigade showed satisfactory re-
suits.
In other words:
"reminiscences of Old Timers.
The rain and sleet storm of yester-
day and last night changed into an
old -fashioned blizzard this morning
long before the sun got up. It was
by no means a record blizzard, but it
was, nevertheless, serious enough to
impede traffic and to cause much in
convenience not only here but in
many parts of the state. The first
snow storm of the winter caused a de-
lay of many hours in the movement
Of railroad trains and while it did not
demoralize telephone n telegraph
service, reports kept coming in all day
to the effect that wires and poles
were dow all the way from here to
Minot. "
People who thought that this was
an unusually early' snow storm were
reminded that on June 5. 1905. two
inches of snow fell near Devils Lake,
while the fall of snow in this city was
mot quite as heavy. "Old inhabitants
Yalso recalled now storms ushering in
the winter of 1928 as early as Sep
TENDER 10 and "a, and, by a coinci-
dence. the first snow storm OF last
winter also arrived on October 10.
The weather forecast promises
abatement Of the snow storm; accord
ing to the calculations Of the weather
bureau at the university, the evening
will be fair. but temperature will go
down in the eastern part Of the state.
Telegraph service did not appear to
have suffered much because Of the
snow storm. The Western Union COM
pany had some slight trouble near
Minot, where poles had been felled
by the wind. The Northwestern Tele-
phone company suffered somewhat in
the western part of the state, but in
the city no trouble had been expert
enced.
Railroads Heaviest Sufferers.
This morning the street cars were
running a little behind schedule time,
but in the course of the forenoon the
regular schedule was restored and
cars were running without any ir-
regularity during the afternoon.
The railroad trains were not so for
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