The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-09
BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9. 1890

today heard the weather man pro-
uounce sentence Of ct least anothez
day Of snow:
Airplane schedules virtually were
abandoned over the southwest and
western mountain routes. Bus lines
were running late and In some cases
cancelled schedules entirely. Rail-
roads were comparatively unhamp-
cred.
Manitobs In Frigld
Temperatures ranging from "a to 46
degrees below zero today held sway in
the western prairie province of ] an.
toba, Saskatchewan and British Col
umbia.
In Winnipeg the tempcratur e
dropped to "a degrees. the lowest in
seven years. Other below-zero tenn
p%erature reports were: Prince Albert,
46: Minnedosa. a; and Saskatoon, ~.
New high marks for January tenn
p~erature were on weather bureau
records ct many points along the At
lantic coast from Portland, Me-, to
Philadelphia.
The metropolitan area enjoyed q
foretaste Of spring yesterday when
balmy breezes from the south famed
the mercury up to 81, exceeding by
six degrees the previous; high mark
for the corresponding day, set in 1897.
In Philadelphia the mercury went
to 81 degrees to set q record that has
only been exceeded once in the his
tory Of the weather bureau. On Jan.
IL, 1890, the mercury reached ~.
Warm weather SO weakened the ice
at Hanover. N. H.. and Burlington,
VT. that college hockey games had to
be postponed. Two girls skating at
North Chelmsford, Mass, broke
through the soft ice and drowned.
In the vicinity of New York, the
mild weather, made necessary q
swimming rescue when Bertha Rubin,
q, was seized with cramps after she
swan more than q mile In Flushing
Bay. She was taken out Of the water
by william Elliott, %, who heard her
screams and put out in a boat.
Coney Island Crowded
Crowds promenaded the boardwalk
at Coney Island and the drives and
bride paths In Central Park were well
populated. Loungers took maps on
park benches.
Melting snow and rain created
freshet conditions In New Hampshire,
Vermont and Western New York. In
Buffalo some streets were flooded md
furnace fires were extinguished BY
water which filled Easements.
Rain brought some relief to Cali
fornia, which for three days has been
In the grip Of q cold spell. but deep
snow and blocked communication lines
yelled the fate Of six persons battling
with the elements in the high Sierra.
Fears for the safety Of John Night
ingale, airport superintendent at
Stockton, his wife, and year old
son, Stanley, who r believed to be
marooned In their snow-buried noun
tain cabin 45-miles east of Sonora,
increased after attempts to locate the
shack from airplanes and drop food
had failed.
Some apprehension also was felt
for Henry Norma, John Meilus. and
Irwin Burgess, power company en-
ployes, who set out yesterday to
carry provisions to the Nightingale
cabin. Nothing had been heard from
them late last night.
Bitter cold, with the temperature Is
below zero in some places, and low
visibility hampered rescue work.
Two airplanes made ready at
Stockton to resume the hunt for the
Nightingale cabin today.
over the area yesterday said the snow
was 50 deep that they had been un-
able to sight any cabins.
The rain which visited California
last night left precipitation from the
Oregon line to southern California.
It was expected to extend further
southwark today
The mercury lowered around the
zero mark in eastern Washington and
northern Idaho, except in the higher
regions, where it dropped to 10 de-
grees below. Snow was reported q
foot deep in northern Idaho.
Snow and cold weather were gen.
eral through Oregon. Three inches
Of snow fell in Portland during the
day and more was expected.
Rivers, Streams Swollen
With rivers and other streams al
ready heavily burdened a rain
soaked southern Mississippi valley
looked forward to more rain followed
by sleet or snow. Highways in some
sections were impossible and low
lands inundated. However, thus far
only minor damage has been reported.
In Memphis. Tenn, and throughout
much Of the valley rain has fallen al
most continuously for more than 48
hours. Early todey the weather bu-
reau gauge here showed a rainfall
since Monday Of more than eight
inches.
In Arkansas the White and st.
Francis rivers were rising rapidly.
Flood warnings have been issued
along the Ouachita and Black rivers.
Farmers In the bottom lands about
the mouth of the Ohio to the bluffs
at Hickman. KY, were moving crops
and livestock to high ground. Re-
ports Of rising streams came from
southeast Missouri and southern iii.
nois.
The Mississippi, into which virtual
ly all Of tho streams In the valley
states eventually drain, also was ris-
inc e1ov,1v