New Britain herald., 1926-02-04
STATE HIGHWAYS BEING PLOUGHED
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main highways.

main highways. Automobiles found 1t hard going during the early hours today.
 The storm had It's effect on ship ping along the Sound. many ships remaining in safe harbors rather than risk the high wind that swept over the sea.
 The weather bureau here reported this morning that seven inches of snow had fallen at o'clock this morning. Ii was predicted that the storm would continue until this aft crnoon. The wind was blowing 4G miles an hour this morning accord. ing 10 the weather bureau figures while the velocity at Block Island was G9 miles an hour.
 New London reported four inches of snow this morning with the storm continuing in violence.
 Not Worried Over Boat Trolley and rail traffic there had a struggle in maintaining schedules Destroyers and coast guard patrol boats. scheduled to leave this morn. ing 10 relieve other boats guarding rum row, were held in port.
 Efforts 10 reach by radio the 75 foot patrol boat 2Si on duty off Block Island were unsuccessful this morning. but coast guard officials said they were not worried regard ling the safety Of the boat as it was manned by a sldlful skipper. The cutter Mohave and several destroy. CTS now at sea will search for the patrol boat today.
 Riding Out storm.
 Sound steamers were many hour! off their regular schedule and some of them were anchored in the sound awaiting the end of the storm. Th' New England Steamship compan! New Hampshire and the Centra Vermont steamer New York wer' unable to leave New London las night as schduled and some of th' steamers which left New York 10 Connecticut and Rhode lslan' points were forced to drop their an chors before reaching their destina tions.
 Hartford reported six inches o snow this morning with the storI continuing. Trolley service was de laycd but the railroad trains Wcr running. some of them behind tim' No wire trouble was reported.
 Reports From About State. Danbury also had siX-inch ia
 ot snow during the night and hig
 drifts were reported in the countr districts. Neither railway nor mote , traffic was seriously hampered. | Trains. trolleys and buses wei
 having trouble in getting throuS the drifts at New Britain, but scr'
 ice was being continued as the sno : continued to fall. Rridgcport's sno
 measured eight inches on the lev
 this mornng and the rail and motc transportation lines were being kcl
 open.
 School sessions were omitted Torrington, as they were in Mer
 lien. Trolley schedules in Torrini
 ;on were d"moraliZed. FehiCu'; I traffic was almost at standsiill f Waterbury, where drifts Two fe a deep blocked the roads in mai 0 places. Transportation lines we r functioning but schedules were )
 50 per cent of normal.
 c Today's blizzard is the worst sin 7 the winter or 1924 statistics at | ~ weather bureau here show. In o' ' storm that year nine inches of sno }. fell.
 !, ships Held In Port {, New London, Feb. 4 P)--This ci b was digging itself out today from u s nearest thing to blizzard that h.
 struck this vicinity in recent veal 6 The city awokc to four inches h now and tho storm which rag II throughout the night was incrcasil # n violence as the day wore 0
 Trolley and rail traffic were stru k ,ling through without serious dela :. h,lt bus transportation between il
 city and Worcester, Providence al
 Hartford was delayed considerab \ The storm was accompanied
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