The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-19
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Indiana Bell Telephone Company
declared. Damage was not great.

declared. Damage was not great.
While railways throughout IN
dianapoliS reported delays Of not
more than q few minutes, New York
and Chicago lines, particularly
those crossing northern Indiana
were four to five hours behind
schedule. No hope of better service
was held out until the storm ceased
A Pennsylvania train, which left
South Bend at sos p. m. Wednes-
day, bound for indianapolis, was de-
rallied near Plymouth when the loco
motive struck a snoWdrift. No one
was injured, although traffic on that
division of the railroad was halted.
Several interurbans were derailed
Wednesday night by snow drifts in
different parts of the state, but
none of the accidents was serious,
and there were no personal injuries.
Service on interurbans from IN
dianapolis to outstate points was
being resumed today on all lines eX-
cept that to Lafayette, on which
cars were snowbound. All inter
urbans were behind schedule.
Bus service out of the city, except
the Louisville route, was suspended.
There were no bus accidents report
ed in Indiana.
Street car service in the city was
impaired somewhat by broken
feeder line Wednesday night. Cars
we're running behind schedule today
because of drifts and icy tracks. City
busses were running almost on
schedule.
Found in Drift
Oliver Snavely, S0-year- farm
er, living at Syracuse, Ind, was
found dead in a snowdrift Wednes-
day, between his home and a farm
he owned, two miles from the town.
Charles Keefer, "a, farmer, re-
siding near Warsaw, was found
dead in his barn early today.
Charles Custom, so, was found to-
day in six-foot snow drift near
the E. j. S5 E. railroad yards in
Gary.
J. G. Snyder, burial vault man
ufacturer, dropped dead from heart
disease on Wabash street Wednes-
day night.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Harold, %,
Cincinnati, was killed and two other
women were injured when their au-
tomobile skidded on an icy pave
ment near Connersville Wednesday
night and overturned in a ditch.
Mitchell Summit, 40, was struck
by q Big Four passenger train in
Charlottesville Wednesday night
while picking up coal along the
right-of-way. He was injured criti-
cally.
Many motorists who diSregarded
weather bureau warnings of the cold
wave were caught on snow-blocked
highways Wednesday night.
Cars Abandoned
Between Marion and Peru, forty
autos were reported abandoned.
Scores Of cars and trucks were
stalled near Fowler, and school
hacks filled with children were
Snowbound outside the city. Eleven
children were imprisoned several
hours in a school bus that stalled
near Ft. Wayne.
Although no estimates were avail
able, wind and snow damage in IN
diana cities was believed high.
| At Warsaw snow caved in the roof
Of the MuniSon Commercial auto
mobile garage. causing loss Of
$4,000. Many plateglass windows
wires, trees and poles were blown
! down.
Rejoicing over the cold wave was
felt in the Wabash valley around
Terre Haute. where citizens were
confident it was the only thing that
saved them from a serious Christ
mas flood.
The Wabash river had riven to
15.2 feet in Terre Haute when the
mercury began its rapid descent.
Twelve days of almost continuous
rains had made the situation criti-
cal.
Floods also were imminent along
the west fork of White river, until
the cold set in. but water were re-
ceding today. They may return to
| flood stage when temperatures as.