The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-07
North Dakota Akin
To California With
Severity Of Winter

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low, with Thief River Falls and De-
troit Lakes close with 20. Elsewhere
in the state readings ranged up to
zero, the mark at Mankato.
At Detroit Lakes crews were bat
thing drifts. after snow and wind
Monday. Traffic in the city was al
most at q standstill although state
highways were open. Hibbing and
Jamestown reported roads drifted al
SO.
The Rocky Mountain region was
storm bound by a blizzard that
stretched from the slopes of the
Rockies eastward and south through
Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, al
most to the gulf.
Plane Crashes In Blizzard
The swirling now resulted in the
crash of an air mail plane in Colo
RADIO last night. Today Montana
wyoming. and Colorado felt the ef-
fects of the storm that came after ali
extended period of mild weather.
Clear and cold weather. the kind
that sends the mercury Keeling. pre-
vailed in Montana, where many
points reported temperatures as low
as 20 below. At Lewistown, Is below
was reported. a new low mark there
for tie season. Nearly a foot of snow
lay on the ground at Helena. Auto
mobile travel was difficult, yer on
the main highways out of the Mon
tana capital.
Snow was general over Wyoming
and air mail service was hampered.
Thermopolis received six inches of
snow and the mercury dropped to six
below at Sheridan.
The snow was light in Colorado,
but near-zero temperatures prevailed
early today. Pilot M. o. Bowen. fly
ing the Denver mail to Cheyenne,
narrowly escaped with his life last
night when his plane crashed after
its landing gear hit a power line that
was carrying no current.
Bowen was unconscious when ex-
tricated from the wreckage of his
plane by persons who heard the
crash from q nearby farmhouse. He
was revived and brought to a Denver
hospital, where his condition was said
to be not serious.
Oklahoma Gets Sleet
Sweeping into the region southeast
Of the Rockies, the storm brought
sleet all over Oklahoma, with sleet
and snow forecast for parts Of Texas.
Fair and slightly warmer weather
was forecast for Kansas. I.
Freezing temperatures in the fai
west followed In the wake Of the gen.
eral storm which swept down out Of
the north in q fury Of rain, hail and
snow yesterday to give even Califor-
mia q taste Of real winter weather.
That the storm would pass today,
except in southern California, was
the prediction Of the weather bureau
here, which forecast abnormally low
temperatures for the entire region
west Of the Mississippi river. Snow
in Nevada and the Sierras was prom
ised by the weather man.
At midnight q general drop in tenn
peratures was reported. beginning in
eastern Washington, northern Idaho
ana western Montana and extending
through Oregon and even into SOUTH
ern California.
The lowest temperature in WASH
ington va registered near Republic.
where it was ~ degrees below zero.
Spokane shivered under q fresh wind
laden with dust-like snow.
Heavy SHOWS kept crews working to
clear north and southbound highways
in southern Oregon. where damage
was reported in the vicinity Of Grants
Pass. Wires were out for 10 hours
before communication was reestab-
liSaed. Enterprise, in the northwest
part Of the state. recorded four de-
grees below zero.
Extreme cold and snow in places
where 1t seldom is seen were the
features Of the storm In California.
Reddine. In Siskiyou county. re-
ported the heaviest snowfall in five
years. Kennett had five inches,
Yreka and Weed two inches. The
6iskiyou divide reported 10 inches,
with moro falling steadily. Highways
in that region were kept clear with
snowplows. In the Truckee region
snow was from 10 to 20 inches deep.
Yosemite had five inches OF snow
with more falling. Where It was not
showing. the storm drenched the rest
Of the state with rain. San Francis
co ran, for cover when m unexpected
and unusually heavy hail storm fell
yesterday. Rain fell as far south as
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