The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-27

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Indianapolis and Indiana
today shivered through the
coolest Thanksgiving in forty
years, after the mercury slid
from 27 degrees above zero
Wednesday afternoon to a
minimum of l above at 5:15
a. m
Weather bureau forecasts called
for somewhat colder" in Indian
apolis and the west and south por-
tions of Indiana tonight and early
Friday, but forecasters said
temperature OF about 8 is expected
here before Friday noon with posi-
bility that the mercury will jump
to the near-tWenties in the after
noon.
Motorists Are Stranded
The cold wave gripped the entire
middle west today with snow and
ice blocking highways just north
of the Indiana line and making
travel hazardous. Three deaths in
Indiana from auto accidents on ice
covered payements and a series of
minor accidents and tie-ups in
transportation facilities were re-
ported.
In many sections Of the middle
west and Indiana motorists were
eating their Thanksgiving dinners
far from home, after they became
stranded in villages and towns by
the blizzard
Snow F1urIies Tonight
Snow flurries are predicted in
indianapolis and Indiana tonight.
and police issued caution warnings
to autoists and pedestrians with in
creasing traffic dangers in the city.
Street gangs we're at work again
early today sailing intersections and
state officials sent out workmen to
remove snow from highways.
Streets and highways in and near
indianapolis were mirrors of ice and
cars that were on them were be-
ine. driven slowly.
The coolest point in Indiana, ac-
cording to official figures, was TT.
Wayne, where the mercury stood at
zero early today.
Deaths Are Reported
Unofficials reports from Marion
said the mercury was lowering near
the zero mark at midnight.
The mercury slide began after
p. m. Wednesday and by midnight
stood at above zero. From that
point it dropped to ! above at sis
a. m. and then mounted gradually
to above at 9 a. m.
Weather bureau officials said the
only Thanksgiving temperatures
that approached today's we're III
1898 and 1892 when the temperature
was IA above zero. Normal tenn
perature for Thanksgiving day is IS
degrees.
Last year the cold wave struck
Indiana two days after Thanksgiv-
ing, reaching the zero mark.
Deaths reported: Mrs. Henry
Krouse, IS, of Argos; William P.
Wren, SO, Of West Terre Haute, and
w. L. Rankin, 81, of Saline. Mich.
Mrs. Krouse was killed when the
in vrr1f cl1 It'd
struck by a Nickel Plate passenger
train. The driver was blinded by
snow. Wren died from injuries re-
ceived when his truck skidded from
the road and rolled twenty feet
down an embankment. Injuries re-
ceived when his car skidded and
overturned in Mishawaka, proved
fatal to Rank /.
Snow fell Wednesday and
Wednesday night in northern Indi-
ana blocking many roads. South
Bend reported snowfall twenty
inches deep, accompanied by light
wind and consequently there were
few heavy drifts. A similar amount
was reported at Warsaw, and in the
vicinity Of Valparaiso and La Porte
heavy snow fell
Although but few persons were
travelling by air, Transcontinental
and Western Air, Inc, officials re-
ported continued operation. At
other airports in the Gity, no traf-
fic was reported.
Railroads on Schedule
Steam roads and interurbans were
running on schedule from Indian
apolis, with but few delays re-
ported in various parts of northern
Indiana due to heavy snow drifts.
Snow covered northern Ohio and
Michigan to depth of six inches.
From reports throughout the mid
west, it was estimated that thirty
persons have died because Of the
present Arctic wave
The coolest place in North Amer
lea was at The Pas, Manitoba, where
the mercury dropped to "A below
zero.
Devils Lake. N. D., had 6 below.
the lowest recording in the United
States, while St. Paul and Minne-
apolis, Mimi. had minimums Of
below. q