Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-20
HIGH DEATH LIST
IS CAUSED BY COLD
Twoscore Reported, With
One in LouiSiana-SnoW
Falls in South.
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ton and chained the forward march O
Christmas trade. Even more snow NOV
ed into the Middle West today, bu
nothing to compare with the midweeE
storm which the Chicago Weather Blu
reau alluded to as almost one in 6
lifetime"
A complete list of deaths for which
the storm, snow, cold and ice were to
blame was not possible, with many sec.
lions cut of from the world by drifts In
highways and broken telephone and
telegraph wires, but nearly two score
had been reported, more than half OF
them in the Chicago metropolitan area
Shifting Winds Lift Fog,
Shifting winds lifted the fog which
had cost heavy price in New York
Harbor. Shipping had been almost at
a standStill, and one vessel lay at the
bottom of the harbor in so feet of water
The money loss attributed to the fog
reached into the millions.
The passenger ship Tourist was grip
ped in the Lake Erie ice, with her pas
Sengers safe ashore. This was the only
lake shipping reported in trouble, the
Goodrich steamer Alabama having
cocked safely at Grand Haven, Mich,
after being missing several hours in
rolling Lake Michigan.
So far South did the cold extend that
one death from exposure was reported
in Louisiana, State to which snow and
killing cold are infrequent visitors.
The storm sweeping East, did heaviest
damage in New England, snow, rain ana
sleet PLAYING havoc with communication.
Contrasting with the Is below zero at
Willieston, N. OAK, last night was the
plus "a at Miami, which was only de-
grees warmer than Los Angeles.
Senator Is MarOOned.
After being marooned at the farm
home of william Kent, near Valparaiso.
Ind. with 80 other persons for about 20
hours, United States Senator Thomas
Connally of Texas yesterday set out on
foot for Wheeler. Ind, west Of here. in
search of food He had appealed to the
once Of Gov. Leslie for assistance.
Their automobiles Snowbound, the 40
persons spent the night at Kent'S home,
but there was insufficient food to supply
ali of them. Highway workers today
were nosing their snow plows into
eizht-foot drifts il efforts to release
the stranded machines and tourists.
The snowfall in Chicago was 14.8
inches up to last midnight and that
lacked only one-tenth of an inch OF
equaling the all-time record.
There was much suffering, much IN
and heavy loss there blam-
able on the blizzard. There was
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 has made
its main thoroughfares passable to
motor and street car traffic, but there
remained side streets in which automo-
biles were stalled in Six-foot snowbanks.
Intercity bus service remained almost
stationary. School was impossible yes
terday in Chicago, but was reopened
today.
Thousands Put to Work.
Chicago paid 100000 to get its Loop
area comparatively clear of snow.
Thousands who sought relief from the
cold at police stations were given shovels
and a chance to earn a few dollars. The
County Hospital reported $50 cases at
tributable TO the cold.
Police squad cars were ordered left in
garages because of the traffic hazards
and the squads were sent on foot
the city.
Mail service was suffering throughout
the Snowed-in territory, with trains run
ming far behind schedules.
Though the thermometer slid almost
TO zero over the greater part of the
Southwest this morning, the cold wave
which swept down from the North
Tuesday on the wings of q blizzard APP
peared broken today.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
down in a few localities in Southwest
ern Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma,
but little other damage from the snow
laden gale of Tuesday and Wednesday
was reported.
Big Damage In New England.
While communication systems were
slowly being re-eStabliShed in New York
State, New England today continued in
an icy grip that already has cost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars damage.
Large sections of New England were
without light or communication as
poles and wires gave beneath the
weight of ice from a 24-hour rain
and sleet storm. Automobile accidents
were numerous; railroads in some cases
operated hours behind schedules; many
schools and industrial plants were
forced to shut down and orchards sui
fered heavy damage.
The weather had its freak side,
with lightning and thundershowers at
Oneonta. N. Y; Westfield, Mass, and
Keene, N. H.
In New England New Hampshire and
Maine suffered the heaviest damage.
Shifting winds came today to lift q
costly fog blockade from New York
Harbor after a four-day siege, during
which one liner was sunk and shipping
was brought to a standstill.
Travel by water or air was virtually
suspended in the vicinity of the city
yesterday. Not a ship entered or left
single airplane took of or landed at
any Of the airportS.
Temperatures Drop I'm South.
Temperatures hit the toboggan In
Dixie again today, sliding downward
in face Of q cold snap that sprinkled
snow over the western half of the South
and brought bitter winds TO the entire
area.
Only one death was reported. An
unidentified Mexican died OF exposure
mishapS occurred on streets made slip
perry by snow in Tennessee, Arkansas,
Alabama. Northern Mississippi. ana
even as far south as New Orleans in
Louisiana.
In both New Orleans and Atlanta.
where snow is a rarity, the fakes mell-
ed as rapidly as they fell. Only the
States along the Atlantic Seaboard and
Florida escaped the severe cold.
At midnight temperatures ranging
from II to 20 degrees were experienced.
1t was 10 degrees at Birmingham ana
at Chattanooga, IL at Nashville and
II at Little Rock. 1t was in the low
20s in Georgia.
After causing extensive damage to
communication systems and orchards
In Western Ontario, the most severe
sleet storm in years was moving into
the eastern part of the province today.
Only main highways in Western On
tario were passable: street car service
continued disrupted and communica-
ton lines were being restored bur