The Indianapolis times., 1930-03-26

passenger and mail lines suspended
service. The blizzard forced the
ceiling" to the ground, and there
was no visibility.
IA Inches of Snow in Gary
Hammond and Gary reported the
worst blizzard in forty years, with
average snowfall of fourteen inches.
Lake county schoolroomS we're bare
today because pupils could not push
their way through blocked roads.
East and west highways were
closed from Hammond, and hotels
were crowded with travellers unable
to proceed On their Journeys. Tens
persture dr' >ped to % degrees.
At South end temperature slid
to 20 degrel and heavy SD feH
on sleet-coW streets MAJ ITO
driving haz gus.
In Evansvlue, snowfall was
companied by fall in temperature
% degrees. ~
Horticultlrists today concurred in
statements that diapa's crops will
be little affec' the blizzard.
The peach crop killed by a
January storm, aco og to Pro-
fessor L. Greene, Puro-
Frank N. Wallace, state entomolo-
gist declared: "It is much better
to have this storm now than later.
The season was too advanced any
way"
Four Die in Chicago
Only once before since weather
bureau reports have been kept at
Chicago has there been a March
storm to compare with the one that
lashed the Windy City Tuesday.
March 81, 1926, g. blizzard swept 1913
inches Of snow into Chicago In
forty-eight hours.
The four fatalities In the Illinois
metropolis we're typical of Decern~
ber storm. Abraham Falls, 65, was
literally blown from curb beneath
the wheels of motor coach. Mar
tin Bierne, As, his skull fractured
supposedly by an auto, was found
dying in a snowdrift.
Edgar Tompkins, Negro, slippe6
on a sidewalk and broke his, neck.
dying a few hours later in hos~
pital. Joseph Thompson collapsed
and died as he reported for work at
a factory.
Weather Experts Surprised
Weather bureau experts we're ae
surprised as city and countryside
residents at the blizzard. The dis
turbance was explained as a '.freaks
due to low pressure area lowering
over the Great Lakes region. The
storm center today had blown
northeast above Lake Ontario.
Lake Michigan, churned into q
monster If destruction, hurled giant
waves against the shores of four
states Tuesday, doing damage
estimated at hundreds of thousands
Of dollars. The waves raced shore
ward more than fifteen feet in
height, and sailings Of almost all
craft were cancelled. The city of
Saginaw and ferry arrived in Chi
cago three hours behind schedule
after perilous crossing from
Michigan ports.
Locally, interurban traffic was re-
ported going through on schedule.
Trains from Chicago were a few
hours late due to difficulty in pene-
trating the worst storm area IN
northwestern Indiana. Telephone
and telegraph communication and
electric power transmission was not
affected here.
Hurt on slippery Walks
Slippery sidewalks caused four IN
juries Tuesday night, according to
police and hospital records. The VIC
tins were: The Rev @. 1. Hoover,
1924 Julian avenue, general secre-
tary Of the Indiana Christian Mis-
sionary Society, scalp wound: Mrs.
E T. Smith, so. of 1911 West Twerl-
ty-seventh street; Mrs. Joseph
Scheff, 80. of 1852 Roache street.
struck by a taxicab as she slipped
and tried to rise, and Mrs. Cora En-
mis-. 2i7 South Oriental street.
Israel Phillips, 70, farm hand,
today lay unconscious in Logans-
port hospital as result Of exposure
suffered Tuesday in the blizzard. He
was found Tuesday night by q
searching party OF farmers after hs
failed to appear at home. His con.