The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-08
MIDDLEWEST HAS
WINTER In EARNEST

CIlCdkV, OcCs Cs~-<A4 - w lIttCI
came in earnest to the middlewest
today, pushed southwark by O So
mile-an-hour gale accompanied by
heavy snow fall and biting below
zero temperatures.
While Minnesota, Iowa and Wis
consin bore the brunt of the blizzard
and low mercury which has pre-
vailed in the northwest and Canada
since Monday, Illinois was win. and
snow swept as its thermometers slid
slowly downward. The cold was
felt from Colorado to the Ohio val
ley and south to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Temperatures of 20 below zero
were not uncommon in Minnesota,
while train service was jumbled
and traffic was almost at stand
still in many parts. Minneapolis
and st. Paul called it the worst bliz-
zard in four years. st. Paul and
Sioux Fall, S. D., were among
large. cities forced to close their
schools while at Mi eapoli classes
were dismissed at the University Of
Minnesota for the first time in his
tory.
IS Below in Montana
Malta, Mont, with IS below,
showed the lowest drop on the
temperature chart. Bynum, Mont,
reported one death, that of five
year-old Theodore Hirschberg, to
add to six fatalities in Canada. The
boy persisted when he, attempted to
take some warm clothes to his sis
ter at school.
The storm wrought havoc among
Great Lakes shipping boats in the
congested Detroit river channel, and
seriously affected ferry s,rvice to
Windsor. A tug boats crew Of five
was safely landed by fire boat res
cuers after it had ben dashed about
helplessly and driven upstream by
-, ~ele. Three occu, its o. a
rescue boat narrowly escaped
drowning. wnen they capsized on
the way to aid the crew Of q launch
which had been driven on the rocks
near St. Clair. The Wabash car
ferries, Manitowoc and Detroit, un-
able to dock, rode out the gale in
the river channel.
Iowa Is Sn0wbound
Snow drifts were piled high in
many Iowa cities. Sioux Citv re-
ported IL below, the coolest Decem-
Der z mark on record. As far south
as Des Moines the mercury was be-
low, zero. Waterloo, which had five
below, was FORGET to abandon its
street cars for buses, a'.d schools
were dismissed early. At Sioux
City the schools were closed all day.
In the eastern part Of the state,
Cedar Rapids Iowa City Burling-
ton and Dubuque, saw the Their
nlometer tumble from the forties to
near zero in nine hours.
Chicago wac ex. riencing rain
ard autumn weather of 81 degrees
at 3 p. M, but five hours later the
mercury had dropped 40 degrees.
Streets made perilous by rain
caused accidents in which three per-
sons were killed and several seri-
ously injured. In the suburbs Of
Evanston and Glencoe, the gale up
rooted trees, shattered windows, and
Interrupted lighting service.
Cthe- States Affected
Northern Wisconsin was .ice-lock-
ca III sl.-cro temperatures. Drift
ing snow in the upper Michigan
peninsula rapidly was closing high
ways and impeding rail traffic.
Amigo reported IL inches of snow.
Trains were behind schedule at
Chippewa Falls, and automobiles
dared not venture out. tori. warm
ings were posted throughout the
lake region and at Green Bay yes
sells were locked in the harbor by
five inches Of ice. Highway patrol
| men vainly struggled to keep high
ways open.
Air mail service in and out Of Chi
cago was at q virtual standstill.
The Dakctas and Montan;. today
were digging out. Most Of the
northwest had ample fuel and food
supplies, although milk wholesalers
in the Twin Cities said they could
not meet their demands today unless
the storm abated.