The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-14
TEMPERATURE DROP
FORECAST FOR n. D.
THURSDAY EVENING
Elements Claim Scores Of Lives
Throughout Europe and
America


tor much colder weather as both
Europe and America took stock Of the
havoc wrought by the elements in the
last 48 hours.
At least % lives were taken by q
violent gale which has swept Euro.
pean waters for the last two days, 4
count revealed Thursday, while other
deaths, II in France and Is in Cali
fornia, were caused directly or In
directly by cold and snow.
The federal weather forecast for
North Dakota is for occasional snow
and much colder weather Thursday
night. Snow flurries in the extreme
southeast and colder in the central
and eastern portions Of the state
are predicted for Friday
Report Sub.Zero Weather
Temperatures ranged from four to
u degrees above zero early Thurs
Cay. Wednesday night Fargo. Bis
lnarck and Williston reported mini
mum temperatures Of zero or above.
Mercury dropped to eight below at
Devils Lake and Jamestown. nine be-
lew at Valley City and IL below 1T
Grand Forks.
It was showing at Devils Lake,
Grand Forks and Fargo, the latter
point receiving IL Of an inch Of pre-
cipitation.
Twelve persons lost their lives In
Finnish waters, nine went down Oft
tile Suffolk coast of England and
seven were lost when the lightship
Dyck sank off the coast OF Dunkirk,
Trance.
It was feared there would be many
additions to the list when the whole
tale of the seas fury is told. The
sinking of :: tanker in the Black Sea
has been reported, but there was no
estimate of the number of probable
victims.
Snow was predicted for England,
while parts Of the European continent
had below-zero temperatures.
II Deaths In France
The cold wave caused IL deaths in
France. The French rivers were be-
ginning to freeze. Traffic on the up
per Seine was stopped. An increase
in the cold was expected. A few
snow flakes fell in Paris.
Traffic across the English channel
was cancelled, due to 70-mile-an- hour
winds, and transatlantic shipping
was greatly delayed. One trans
channel airman was missing.
In the United States the wintry-
like weather that began earlier in the
week held its grip Wednesday, partic-
ularly in the East, where snow was
predicted for Thursday, a blizzard In
upper New York Wednesday night
.lempered a search for Wesley Alger,
on escaped state hospital trusty.
Waves washed up four bodies on
Britain's Suffolk coast Thursday and
their identification by coast guards
men showed that the British steamer
Culmore of 469 tons had gone down
Wednesday, apparently with its full
crew Of nine men.
London experienced the coolest
morning Of the winter with temper.
allure Of q degrees Fahrenheit.
California Hard Hit
Sunshine after q storm which
whipped the California coast, soaked
valleys and left mountains deep In
snow, was the weather bureau fore
cast Thursday.
Damage estimated by officials at
100000 was caused as wind and
waves Wednesday night tore away
100 feet of temporary trestle Of the
Golden Gate bridge at the entrance
to San Francisco's harbor. Engineers
said it will take two months to re-
place It.
Torrents Of water, roaring through
Alta Canada canyon near Los Ange-
les, which was swept clear OF vege-
tation by forest fire recently caused
damage estimated at $4,000.
Thirteen deaths, all but one due to
traffic accidents caused by slippery
pavements, were indirectly attributed
20 the storm.