Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-05
Middle West and South
west Busy Digging Out
of Snow Drifts.
STORM EXTENDS FROM
TEXAS TO CHICAGO
Transeontinentai Trains Delayed and
Telegraph and Telephone Service
Crippled in Some Sections-Forty-
four Mile Gale Piles Five-lneh
Fall Of Snow in Chicago Into
Drifts-Four Feet Of Snow in Gary.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago, April 5.-The middle
west and southwest. heartened by
predictions OF a return to balmy
spring weather, today sat about dis-
sing themselves cut of Easter snow
falls. The warm blizzard as 1t was
called. developed in the Texas pan
handle and yesterday swept thru the
central west today continuing east
ward.
Suburban and transcont;ncnta
trains moved hours behind schedules.
Telegraph and telephone communi-
cations were cut Off in some sections,
and In Chicago and some ether cities
electric service was crippled
While the temperature in portions
Of the southwest dropped as low as
II degrees. in the central west II was
the minimum.
Blizzard Hits Chicago
A fofty -four mile gale, blowing into
Chicago early yesterday morning,
brought with it a five-inch mantle or
snow and dressed the city in white
Easter garp. 1t was the worst day FOR
Easter parades In the history or the
Chicago weather bureau.
Traffic in all directions was OBJ
structed by piles of snow drifting be-
fore the gale. which ranged between
thirty and forty miles an hour IN
velocity thruout the day Schedules
on the surface and elevated lines
were affected intermittently thru
out the storm but crews scrapirs
i.e from the third rail and all the
snow sweeping equipment of the sur
face lines kept lines open so that the
slight delays were unoticed
Miles Of Streets Dark.
Miles of streets in every part or
Chicago, with the exception OF the
loop, We're darkened at various times
thruout the night. in periods ranging
from a few minutes to more than an
hour at a time. No lines were down,
but short Ncircuits and bad contact
temporarily cut the current from
outlying districts. Portions Of Evan
ston and section west of the loop
were reported in darkness several
times.
mum because Of weakened lines.
Centering at Cairo, H., at o'clock
yesterday morning, the gale moved
rapidly into Chicago and last night
lad passed more than 200 miles into
Indiana. At noon two inches had
fallen in Chicago. while ten inches
was reported from South Bend. Ind.
and five inches at Fort Wayne and
Lcgansport. Clinging close to the
lake, the storm surged north as far
as Racine.
Four Feet Deep In Gary.
Sweeping eastward thru Indiana.
tho storm completely tied up Gary IL
tho worst blizzard in eight years.
Drifts of snow were four feet deep
in Broadway. Gary's main thorough
fare. last night. and scores of auto
mobiles and trucks caught in the
snow banks were abandoned by their
owners. All city and interurban traf-
f1c was at standstill and railroads
running into the city were badly
crippled.
Trains from the east were from
hel' an hour to three hours late yes
tuc " ittullluis
tions at interlocking switches and
poor visibility along the right Of way.
Chicago, Milwaukee g. st, Paul trains
coming in from the west were be-
hind schedule. one arriving three
hours and forty-tve minutes late and
another an hour and a half. The
Santa Fe announced trains had been
delayed from three to twelve hours.