Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-02-24
ONE DEATH IN BLIZZARD
THAT GRIPS NORTHWEST

st. Paul. Feb 23.-Blizzardy con-
ditions prevailed again early Thursday
throughout the northwest The sec
ond day of the most severe storm of
the year in this section, however. found
the snowfall subsid;ng in the eastern
part of the Dakotas.
Temperatures were falling rapidly.
with 5 to u degrees below zero re
ported in western Minnesota and the
Dakotas
One death had been reported. as an
indirect result of the storm, woman
being killed at Rochester. Mimi.
through a short-circuited electric wire
Sweeping in from the Rocky noun
tains region. the storm which began
Tuesday night with lightning and
thunder, snow. hail. sleet and rain.
was rapidly moving eastward.
Winds ranging from 80 to so miles
an hour swept the light snow in the
Dakotas into hugs drifts Duluth, with
nearly 80 inches of snow. reported
IN many places more than 20 feet
high. Members of the tank corps. ma
tional guard. brought ont tanks to
buck the drifts.
Many Trains AnnuiIed
Most trains out of Duluth were an
nul!ed. Railroads running out of the
Twin Cities were making efforts to
keep their crack trains running. both
west and east, but many were from
three to ~ hours late, and several
were reported stalled in drifts.
Several hundred poles belonging to
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company between Tomas and
Narrens. Wis. a distance of about 100
miles. were snapped off during tie sleet
storm. severlng communication between
the Twin Cities and La Cross. Wis.
and Chicago.
COLD WAVE SPREADS EAST
Chicago. Feb. 23.-Tne cold wave
that has held the whole northwest in
rs grip for more than "a hours. CON
.1nued Thursday and spread through
Iowa. Missouri. Oklahoma Kansas aud
northern Texas. as we'll as east of the
river.
The drop IN temperature was felt
Early in Chicago and the mercury kept
sinking as the day advanced. BY night
he thermometer was lowering about
the 10 above zero mark. although We'd
lesday Chicago had its warmest Wash
ngton's birthday temperature since
he establishment of the weather bu-
eau here in 1871, the mercury reach
ng GO degrees
Illinois and Indiana. which reported
high temperatures Wednesday,. also
we're beginning to feel the cold snap
Thursday.
In Missouri. Kansas. Oklahoma and
lorthern Texas the warm. soaking
aims of Wednesday have turned to
leet with the sudden drop of tempera-
ure TO below freezing. Streets in the
ities and towns of the southwest are
overed with sheets of ice
5000 Miles Cover 400 Mile Gap
a telegraph circuit more than 5000
niles long to carry news dispatches
n airline distance of less than 400.
niles has been necessitated BY the
eavy sleet and snow. Early Wednes-'
ay the Associated Press lost connec-
ion with all points north of Milwau-
90. Communication with the Twin
tiles was re-established through
elegraph circuit extending from Chi
ago through st. Louis. Kansas City.
Denver. Billings. and back through
'arge. \. d., into st. Paul. This cir
nit failed too, however, and after a
hort time another circuit was set up,
unning from Chicago to New York
p to Toronto, Canada. back to Win
ipeg. Canada, and into St. Paul.
On this circuit points in Minnesota
ow are receiving the news of the
,orld.
SKATE TO SCHOOL ON ROAD
Kalamazoo. Mich. Feb. o3.--Subur-
an high school boys skated four miles
n the public highway to school. Thurs
ay., This vicinity is covered with a
beet of ice smooth as glass.
22 BELOW At BILLINGS.
Billings, Feb. 23.-For the second
me this winter, Billings and vicinity
Kperienced q temperature Of 22 be-
w zero. The fine snow that had BEEN
llling since Tuesday and reached a
epth Of about three inches stopped
tie Wednesday afternoon and Thurs
AZ morning fhe thermometer hecsni