The Indianapolis times., 1928-01-02
wave
DEATH TOLL
NEAR THIRTY
Intense Suffering Reported
in East as Zero Blasts
Sweep Seaboard.
RECORD DEPTH OF SNOW
Traffic I7araIyzed; County
Districts Isolated; No
a. Relief Near. q 4.

RN URitcd Press
The New Year brought zero tenn
peratures and intense suffering, es-
pecially to the eastern half Of the
United States.
From the Atlantic seabord to the
Rockies, even including most parts
Of the South, blizZards caused acute
discomfort. A rising death toll was
expected to reach several score, with
nearly thirty deaths already re-
ported. Chicago reported nineteen
and st. Louis eight.
Many cities of the Middle West
were buried by near-record snow
falls. Highway and railroad trafic
was impaired and air mail sched-
ules were abandoned. Several seri-
GUS railroad accidents have been
caused by the storm.
No relief was expected for twenty
four hours.
Many rural districts were isolated
and heavy losses in livestock were
looked for unless the weather
moderated.
East Bears Brunt
In New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New England the ther-
mometer fell steadily throughout
the night and more zero tempera-
lures were expected again tonigl1hf
While the heavy snowfall V
general from the Rocky Mount
east to Pennsylvania, Missouri, IoNg
Illinois and Indiana we're reported
to have suffered the worst. Drifts
in many sections we're reported ten
and twelve feet deep.
Quincy, ILL.,, reported the fall the
heaviest in the history of its weather
bureau. Roads we're buried under
snow many feet deep. A vast snow
drift three miles north OF Quincy
was reported holding forty-seven
automobiles. Their occupants had
reached safety after a terrific strug-
gle.
South Hard Hit
Southeastern United States. from
the Mason and Dixon line to the
Gulf of Mexico. experienced the
lowest temperatures of the year,
with little prospect of early relief.
1t was 4 above zero in Atlanta
while below freezing weather was
experienced III the Carolinas,
Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and
Louisiana. In Florida. from Tan
pa north, mercury readings we're In
the twenties.
Record cold gripped the North
west as the mercury tobogganed to
25 degrees below zero.
High winds drifted the snow,
blocking highways and railroad
right-of Trains we're run
ming behind schedule. No deaths
were reported.
At Chenoa, ILL.,, Mayor A. j.
Schultz led rescue party to the re-
lief of $50 passengers of Cnicago-St.
Louis busses, marooned for several
hours by the huge snowdrifts.
AutOistS PeriIed
Five hundred persons were en-
dangered on the Dunes highway.
when their cars became locked in
the drifts. Several hundred sought
relief in an abandoned farm house
until aid could reach them.
The lowest temperature reported
in New York yesterday was Is de-
grees above zero at 10 p. m. This
was lowered in the early hours this
morning, when the temperature
dropped to just few degrees above
zero.
One death has been reported there
thus far from the wind and low
temperatures. zira Triglia, 3, was
killed when piece Of scaffolding-
blown from a church under con-
struction-struck her. The little girl
was being carried by her father, who
was injured, but not seriously.
The cold weather, however.
brought relief to shipping. For two
days many vessels we're held up by
a heavy fog that hung over the
harbor. Several minor accidents
were reported.
When the high winds started Sat-
urday night. however, the fog lifted,
permitting shipping to return to nor
NAL schedules.
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