The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-20
Even Dixie Shivers
As Cold Waves Still
Has National Hold
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below at Observation-Disclosures at 8 Z.
M. the temperature began to rise and
at 8 O'Clock the reading WAS II Be.
low.
Highways ranged from poor to fair,
Main roads were passable but some
side roads were blocked.
Thief River Falls. which Ind u
degrees below zero Thursday and 81
degrees below wednesday. reported
the mercury at 5 degrees below today,
Little Falls had 3 below 8 against
| 70 below Thursday. while 1t Fergus
Falls the temperature was 5 below,
or nine degrees higher than Thurs
day. Mankato. which had Is below
Thursday, reported zero weather.
The twin cities had . minimum
temperature Of six degrees below 1erc
but at 8 q. m. the mercury stood ct
1 degrees below. with indications Il
would 60 higher.
Few points in southern Minnesota
had lower temperatures. At Austin,
where 1t was I below Thursday. 1t wal
6 below while Rochester reported I
degrees below.
North Dakota Warmer
North Dakota temperatures we're
Jamestown s below: Minot 10
below; Valley City s below: Grand
Forks 1 below. and Fargo 2 below,
Highways ranged from poor to fair.
Main roads were passable but some
side roads were blocked.
Huron. 8. D., reported 2 degrees
above zero. Pierre had I degrees be-
low and Rapid City zero.
There was much suffering. much
Inconvenience and heavy money loss
blamcable on the blizzard In the
northwest-and there was . death
list OF 20 iii the Chicago area alone,
| There was q brighter side. too. for
the snow gave work to Thousands Of
men who had faced the Christmas
season with empty pockets.
By dint Of working yesterday and
last night. the city Of Chicago had
made Its main thoroughfares passable
to motor and ~streetcar traffic. but
there remained sidestreets In which
| automobiles were stalled in six-feet
snow banks. Motorists were warned
not to attempt travel outside the city.
Intercity bus service remained a.
most stationary. Some buses that
started out at the beginning Of the
blizzard were stranded In the SNOW,
and in some cases the passengers had
to wade miles through knee-higt
drifts to reach food and shelter.
School was impossible yesterday In
Chicago. but was reopened today.
Chicago paid 10000 to get It's LOOP
area comparatively clear Of snow, and
even so shoppers sloshed and slid
about.
Lake Michigan rolled less furiously
carly today as the wind dropped. but
Chicago's drinking water continued Z
light brown color. as lake sand Wal
forced into the intakes.
There was q 4O-beloW reading
recorded on the weather map In thu
Canadian northwest-at White River
but the readings In the United
States at Z p. m. yesterday for the
most part were above zero. North Da.
kota, Minnesota and Montana Rad
ings providing the only exceptions.
Midwest Is Cloudy
The Kansas City weather bureau
said clouds which covered the region
west and northwest might move
south. but forecast . rise IN tempera-
turc during the day Of about IS de-
grees.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
down In = few localities In southwest.
crn Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma,
but little other damage from thu
snow laden gale Of Tuesday and Wed.
nesday was reported.
Temperatures hit the toboggan "a
Dixie again. sliding downward ID lace
Of q cold snap that sprinkled SNOW
over the western half Of the eouth
and brought bitter winds to the en-
tire area.
Only one death was reported. An
unidentified Mexican died Of expos
ure near Shreveport, La. Numesoul
traffic mishaps occurred on Streeta
made slippery BY snow In Tennessee.
Arkansas, Alabama. northern Missis.
sippi and even - far south as New
Orleans in L~ouiEana.
While communication systems wese
slowly being reestablished In New
York state after one Of the worst
sleet storms In years. New England
continued IN On icy grip that already
has cost hundreds q Thousands q
dollars damage.
Large sections Of New England wese
without light o. communication q
poles and wires gave beneath thu
weight Of Ice from . 3l.hour rain and
sleet storm. Automobile accidents
were numerous: railroads IL soma
cases operated hours behind sehed.
ules: many schools and industrial
plants were forced 70 shut down. and
orchards suffered heavy damage.
Oneonta Has Lghtniag
The weather had IT. freak side With
lightning and thunder shoWers q
0neonta. N. r.. Westfisld. 1la8., and
Kenne. n. II.
After causing extensive damage 70
communication systems and orchards
Ia western Ontario. the most eevsse
sleet STORM IN years Ms moving Into
tho eastern part q the provinces.
Only main highways h Weetosu
Ontario ware p00able: stFoet or
services continued disrupted. and
communication lines Wsse belng ~
stored but sloWly. Reports q prop
etty damage started arriving from tn
many communities. The MO- ooEiouG
damage was that y London Wtogo
hundreds q mlDe0 q to1ophouo poo0G
toppled 70 tn ground ard tn dan.
80 = estimated . : quarter 6 . ~.
lion doIlars.
Ysora wses. felt tog the lan,eus q.
chasdD q Niagara, many 6 tho tseoG
having ben baoWn~to. IT, ground ard
othefs being stEipped q ~ the1E
branches.
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