The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-18
bLIZZARD'S BLASTS
RULE south, north
! ANDN middle west
Intensifies Suffering in Indiana
and Mississippi Valley
Flood Areas
NORTHWEST IS FORGOTTEN
Temperature Records Of Dec
AIDES Tumble; Death Claims
Lives Of ~ Persons

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middlewestern and several Of the
southwestern states and had made
his influence felt throughout the
western half Of Dixie.
In Kansas and Tennessee he ham
pered levee workers battling high
water Of the Mississippi valleys in
terror streams, while in Indiana his
cold blasts brought added misery to
marooned families in flood Districts.
Chicago reported sub-zero weather
had gripped the north and middle
western states. The lowest tempera-
lures were reported In Duluth, Mimi,
and Des Moines. Iowa, which record
ed rs below. In Chicago, the temper
allure was IS below and still lower in
the surrounding suburbs.
A blizzard slowly making its exit
from the northern Rocky Mountains
caused temperature records of a dozen
states to fall in the southwest and
took q toll Of II lives. Texas, Okla
homa, and Kansas were In the grip
Of one Of the most severe cold waves
Of their history.
Northwest Gets Relief
Although still in the grip Of sub
zero weather, the northwest was given
some relief from the bitter cold as the
mercury climbed In virtually all sec
ti0nS.
Rochester, Mimi. experienced the
coolest weather OF the seaSo Friday
night when the mercury sank to Is
below, but by this morning It had
climbed to Is below. Austin reported
10 below today as against a below
Friday night. Hibbing, which had "a
below Friday, reported Is below. At
Winona the thermometer registered
10 below. rising from q below Friday
night.
Williston. with 2 above reported the
highest temperature in North Dakota
while Grand Forks, reporting 8 below.
was the coolest.
Blasted to numbness. the central
states gaped at thermometers.
Preying eastward, the sub-zero wave
clutched nearly all the middle west
leaving in its wake resignation to still
colder weather and hopes for q rise.
In Chicago early today. it was IS
below and colder still in the sur
rounding suburbs. A rise is predicted
for Sunday with restoration Of nor
NAL January temperature looked for
by Monday.
In northern and central Illinois. the
wave swirled on. In Springfield, It
was IS degrees below at midnight
with a forecast Of still colder today.
In southern and central Missouri,
the Thermometer lowered just above
zero: but to the north the drop was
general, the last gripping Hannibal
with IL below.
Chicago Hit Hard
Trains into Chicago from the east
and west were running late: COM
munication lines snapped from the
cold: automobiles froze while engines
were running; suffering was to be
seen everywhere-but early today, no
deaths had been reported.
The sub-zero wave practically wiped
out fears Of danger in flooded areas
but made more intense the misery Of
the homeless.
Cold weather began to retreat slow
ly today from some parts OF the Tar
west. Temperatures rose slowly, but
shiyering states expected substantial
relief within 50 hours.
Cold. death and privation stalked
hand In hand over the southwest Is
the van Of q blizEard slowly making
its exit from the northern Rocky
Mountain states roared out over the
Gulf Of Mexico. Temperature records
Of decades fell, IN Z dozen states and
IL lives have been taken.
Approximately 50 persons were be-
lieved marooned In snow drifts
dumped over tho north by the most
severe storm Of years. Telephone and
telegraph wires were down and high
ways impossible. hampering rescue
operations.
Serious loss OF livestock was feared,
from the sheep country Of wyoming
to the cattle ranges Of Texas.
A reading Of q degrees below zero
1t Darusall, Okla, was believed an Ill
time record for the state, In the alb
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