The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-02-21
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20septIs
ME RCURY HITS
|. LOW MARK AFTER
BIGGEST STORM
Winters Heaviest Snowfall Fol.
lowed by Coolest Weather
COAST CITIES HARD HIT
Service on Elevated and Surface
Lines in Boston and New
York Tied I'd.
sMER COAST CITIES HARD HIT
NermOnt stAtA tAbraI

The biggest snow storm OF the win.
ter followed by the coldest morning
thus far tn year is what the last
third of February offers by way Of
enter talnment.
1t began showing about 3 o'clock
Sunday morning and kept at 1t until
past noon. The snowfall in Bennlng.
ton was about seven inches but over
east the lall was much greater while
the fan was considerably less n the
northwest part Of the state. The
snow was exceedingly light but for.
tunate y there was no WIND.
Dur ng sunday night 1t grew cold
rapidly and this morning registered
thermometers showed tempe ature
Of from ght to ten degrees below
zero, the coldest so far tor 1921
Boston, Feb. 20.-One OF the most
vio,ent northeasters n recent years
struck this c4ty last night and con-
t.nued unaDated throughout sunday
and well nto Sunday night A foot
and ha.f OF snow fell, and the wind
along the coast reached veioclties
vary ng kom sixty TO seventy-hve
miles an hour.
Two deaths as a result OF the storm
have been reported, two men dying
as result OF extreme exet.on and
exposure IN Their eTto.ts 10 reach
home when trolley service fa led.
90 lxr u nf fha nXfnn.
siye Eastern Massachusetts Street
RAJ way Company's system $ tied up
and many o. the Boston eleyated lines
a.so were blocked. The important
routes of the eleyated company were
bept open with impa red service.
Snort distance tran service has
been chaotic nee LAST night all sche-
dulles be.ng knocked to p.eces, Liz
tanle tits MS are many hours late In
the major ty Of cases. .gaga
Not a vessel left port today The
largest TO be held Is the steamship
Wine.redian, bound for L yerpool.
Nearly 100 passengers, first and sec
ond o.ass, renamed on, board all day
and a night. She VIII start in the
morning cohd tons permit ,..sr
Ma ne and New York bound steam
ships so failed to make their sched.
uled departures.
Stores of roscues are coming In
from along the shore The life saving
crew at Point AlleTton rescued seven
men a motor boat trying to make
pot. They were return ng from
FISH ng trip to the Middle Banks.
Four were taken off the boat in a
helpless condition. Two were pickeu
up from a small boat in which they
were trying to reach shore, and the
other was taken from the water, fol-
lowing attempt to swim
New York, Feb. 20.--DT1ven by 4
northwesterly gale, blizzard grip
ped New York early today and
blanketed the city with e'eyen inches
of snow which was still falling at
late hour tonight ty authorities
remembering the congestion or
traffic and suffering occasioned by
the heavy storms OF last year, sum-
moned 1000 white wings who were
later supplemented by more than g.
600 civilian volunteers to clear the
man after es of traffic
Early in the day the shipping
board steamship Cold Harbour went
aground off Coney Island The yes
sci Is not in danger and Is expected
TO be rehoated at high tide.
Surface and elevated tratilce was
badly disrupted dur ng the morn ng-
The 81" trains were running dndif'
ferently, due to the snow which COW
cred the third rat, while the surface
cars we're often blockaded by the
drift.
Fourteen tractors, known as snow
tanks, were pressed INTO sery CO
during the early morning hours for
the purpose OF dragging the snow
plows through the thoroughfares
where traffic was heavy. BY after
noon they had succeeded in convert
ing roadway above Fortysecond
street, into a miniature canyon be-
tween high walls of snow Through
this trench work of snow, Travelled an
endless process on of automobiles
hled with sightseers. =.
At the Grand Central terminal all
trains we're reported by railroad Of
Rc'a,s to be moving on time or a
little late. The fact that tho blizzard
was local zed tn New York as Its
center and extending as far north as
Syracuse enabled the officials of the
railroads to keep snow sweepers and
plows operating in the affected area