South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-12

Street car and interurban traffic
was demora,ized during the early
hours of Saturday morning. many
peopie suffering greatly H. getting
10 their woIk. while others II. ne
out -raat distance We're unable 70
get cut a; an.
The storm was the direct cause of
at least one death i'm the city from
exposure. G.. a. Loring Of 322 y.
Michigan ST.. employed AT the
Mishawaka Woolen Mfg Co. plant.
started down town early Saturday
morning 10 get a street car. His face
grew so cold however. that he de-
cided TO turn back. Upon reaching
his home he fen on the doorstep
and expired within a few minutes.
Deliveries of coal have been stop
ped 10y dealers because drivers have
refused 10 work in the cold Most
of the homes in tAe city seem to
be taken care of, however. for only
a few complaints have come to the
! Office of Fuel Administrator Hardy
As soon as the storm ceases. says
Mr.. Hardy, wagons viii be put out,
and orders have been issued TO deal
ers TO maintain deliveries on sun
day if the weather permits
The cold and wind has made il
| impossible 10 plow the snow of the
sidewalks. An attempt TO clear the
paths was made. but when il was
fOgnd that the tongue Of one horse
had frozen to its teeth, the attempt
was abandoned
Factories Of the city may be asked
10 close down i'm order TO furnish
coal TO domestic consumers. il was
said Saturday morning
Snow. which began Talune early
Friday morning, continued through
the 5ay ard until late Do the nig,s.
when tie mercury be Go. "a rape
Crsccrt reaching zero by midnight
and continuing its toboegan until
4. -. saturday. A drop % five ia-
gress was noted from a. m 10 the
above hour. the mercury then re-
naming stationary at - below FOR
more than an hour Shortly af.e-
: a. IN. the temperature rose very
slowly few degrees until The middle
of the morning
Aph~ % No Avail.
Owing TO the high wind that swept
the snow into huge drifts. plovs
were of little or no avail on the
| local street car lines few of which
even made any effort TO operate.
The Portage az. line was started
with two cars together about 1880
and could get only as far as the VIA
duct The Lincoln way line was in
operation about Sis for the first time
in the day. but the schedule was
extremely irregular and uncertain
for several hours. A complete tie-up
Of traffic on the Northern Indiana
line west of the city was experienced
Saturday morning. but cars were
able 20 operate on the ST. Joseph.
Mich. and Goshen lines. although
the schedules were anything but
normal The south side line be-
tween South Bend and Mishawaka
was operated on q fairly regular
schedule. but the north side line
between the two cities was not oper-
ated at all during the morning be-
cause of break In the trolley wire
on Jefferson blvd.
Rail Traffic Tied Up.
the same story came from the
steam railways. Trains. both from
west and east. We're hours late. Wire
/ service was likewise crippled
When the snowfall which had
continued gnahatcd AN OF Friday.
stopped near midnight practically
eight inches had fallen. making in
an between Is and Us inches of snow
/ on tho level Iu many places il had
drifted % a depth OF several feel
making walking in such places im-
possible. The few people who yer-
-ured out during the night and Sat
urday morning. except I'M the very
heart Of the city. used the middle
/ of the streets II was ueeless TO
attempt To clear tho sidewalks
throughout the city with the plows.
as the high wind would have COW
[ cred the walks with snow a-aI1
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