Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-31
WANDERED N SNOW
DRIFTS FOR HOURS
GETTING NOWHERE
Finally, Guided by llghts,
Found Haven In Friendly
Farmhouse.
MANY CARS HELD IN DRIFTS

otseiai Correspondence Every Evening.
~eHsrk. Ian. ai.--i.ost IN neld for
mc,o than an hour, with two women
Who also we're stranded as comran-
toms, DURING the blizzard late last Sat
urdsy aft.rnoon,i In the vicinity OF
Hear station. and eventually after be-
,np nearly exhausted nndlng "a farm
house where ,hey remained over
night we~ the thrilling experiences Of
rrancs r. Warner sophomore at
the University OF Delaware.
Warner started for Delaware city
~ spend the wcsk-end ~ the homo %
Ms grandfather. Mr. !. Frank Reyhold.
ir- parents Mr.. and Mrs. y. G. War
nov, Formerly lived az Delaware City.
hui recently moved ~ savannah. Ga.
lIe isfi Newark on the I O'Clock bus,
saturday afternoon. intending 90 take
'hr trolley 90 Delaware city. IN, on
arriving in Wilmington learned that
the trellcy's could not get through. He
then decided 90 take the Wilmington
and Nrdiletown bus. leaving Fourth
ard Market strco,s az $50 O'Clock
while the bus made SLOW progress Z,
managed o. keep moving until reach.
TINS point 90 tho state Road near
Tvhputs Corner. when 1, stalled IN a
snow arlti which reached up 20 the
windnwA ~ the machine. The driver
ga cverythlng poesihlo hut was un.
able ~ get tho bus out. Ry this time
there were hut four passengers IN tn,
Nus, Warmer, Mas Alice Buclxson
dhuehier ~ Levy Courtman Harry V
llueksun ~ ~. George's, and two Ne.
prNus,
Warner and Miss Buckson decided
y would Ne hcut go Get out and tr,
~ md shelter. II was then about
o'clock ana they started 90 walk. Ate,
nearly an hour ~ struggling through
shs SNOW, ihey reached tho farm n
Hennie n. sllli,oe. near Rogers Cor
Nsr, which = only half mile from
whore the machine was stalled.
ON being taken In az tho Sllito,
house, the two were surprised 90 ir,
srNofAl other travellers there who ma,
abandoned stalled automobiles alon,
the state Road nearby and eough
shelter az the farm house. Amonl
these vaa Young woman. Mrs. stan
icy brown of Ridley Park, Pa. witt
whom Miss huckson was acquainted
After Miss iluckson and Warne
Rad act warm Mra Brown suggeste,
That thu three walk 90 Rear station
~rd try % set train Tor Wilmington
u WINS dark by this time and tn
siurm was az about its hoighth. The,
bad not proceeded far from tho sllito
house when they rot lost IN the field
and wandered around FOR proba bl
two hour~. when they discovered
Night and found the farm house @
Alfred Davidson. During this tw
ecnrs OF struxsiinx through the etorr
e'rs after time ono or the other c
Che trio would fan into hugo drifts c
onow and have 20 he pulled out b
ehr other two.
All three we're much eXhauste
~hrn they reached the Davidson farm
~hioh vas only very short distanc
from where Miss puckson an
Warner left the stalled bus. warns
and the twO women were almost helr
les- when taken into the house an
u wns necessary 90 thaw out the
coats before they could be removed.
More stranded travellers also four
~ thl. house who had left cars q
she highway. and all were kind
ash.n care ~ overnight In the Davis
sun home. "a was learned that mo,
travellers were being cared for al a
home ~ Mr.. Davldson's son. only
hundred yards away. Among the,
~ss a man. his wife and their yea
cid baby, They were compelled
abandon their car on the road AZ