New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
NEARLY 40 DEATHS AS WINTER SEIzES COUNTRY IN GRASP
Mid-West SnOWbound by Worst Storm in Decade and An-
 other Due Today
ARCTIC TEMPERATURES PENETRATE INTO SOUTH

Death From ENpos.rc Reported In
 Louisiana-Atlantic To% Which
 Sent Lircr to Bottom Again Re
 leases Shipping-Passcnger Yes
 scl Cauoht in Lake Erie Ice-lS
 Below Zero in North Dakota. By the Associated Press.
 America was ce-dcep in winter today, save only California and I'lori- da which were llnee-deep in June.
 I'os alone the Atlantic coast, slcet- slashed communication lines ill On tario, sub-zero cold in the north west, and snow robing entire tiers of middle western states-these repre- sented the wcather's vagaries. Even Dixie shiVered and shook snow from her hair.
 The worst blizzard middle Ameri- ca has experienced since 1918 had forged snow ShackleS which bound transportation and chained the for ward march of Christmas trade. Even more snow moved into the middle west today, but nothing 10 compare with the mid-week storn which the Chicago weather bureau alluded to as almost one in q lie time.
 Almost 10 Deaths Reported
 A complete list of deaths for which the storm. snow, cold and ice were to blame, was not possible, with many sections cut off 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 Chi cago metropolitan area.
 shifting winds lifted the fog which had cost heavy price in New York harbor. Shipping had been almos, at a standstill, and one vessel lay at the bottom outside the harbor in 60 feet of water. The money loss at tributed to the fog reached into the millions.
 The passenger ship Tourist was sripped ill the Lake Erie ice, with her passengers safe Ashore. This WIS the only lake shipping reported m trouble. The Goodrich steamer Ala : bama having doCked safely at Grand Haven. Mich. after being missing several hours in rolling Lake Michi- gan.
 One Dies in Louisiana
 So far south did the cold extend that one death from exposure was reported in Louisiana, a state 10 which snow and killing cold are in- frequent visitors.
 Tho storm. sweeping east, did heaviest damage in New Englan ]. Snow, rain and sleet played havoc with communication
 Contrasting with the IS below zero at Williston. x. D.. last night was the plus 74 at Miami. which was only four degrees warmer than Los Angeles.
 New York, Dec, 20 UP)-Creep- ing slowly onward from the west. cold weather today dispclled the fog which shrOuded the North Atlantic seaboard for days. Slcet storms to the north and q blizzard 10 the west had combined with the fog to cause some of the most complete tic-ups of all kinds Of traffic in years.
 Trains into New York from the west were as much as ten hours late due to the blizzard: air mail service was at standstill for the eighth successive day; wire communications to the north were still precarious as a result of the frcakish play of the clements. Shipping began to move cautiously here after four days delay.
 Meanwhile the western blizzard s breath was felt throughout the South, snow furries being reported m New Orleans, Mobile and Pcnsa- cola, while springlikc temperatures preceded the advance of the cold wave in Pennsylvania.
 Fog Causes Heavy Losses
 The fog here caused hundreds of thousands of dollars loss as perish
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