The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-08

scores OF 80mafck reSl0e0Co 1o0n0
their water pipes frosen and plumb
ere issued 4 general warning to citi-
sens to keep Z small stream Of water
running from taps to keep pipes from
freezing.
Winter did not center its attack
on North Dakota, however. Blissards.
sub-sero temperatures, transportation
tie-ups, suffering and even death were
reported from q wide section Of the
nation In Associated Press dispatches.
Dismarck's temperature 1t 4. m.
was 81 degrees below 4ero but ct $50
.. IA. It had dropped to IS below. 9th
Or morning temperatures were Devils
Lake % below. Fargo a below and
Williston - below.
At : p. m. Wednesday the tempera-
ture was n degrees below ana the
winds velocity was a miles per hour.
Should the wind die down by night
fail. weather officials said, the pros
peet u that temperature Thursday
morning viii be ct least 20 degrees
below Sero.
Minot. with q reading of IS below
and high wind. reported its most Bit
ter storm In many years, with all
highways leading from the city block
ed.
Air Traffic Interrupted
Though planes were able to oper-
ate Monday and Tuesday. bitter
weather Wednesday forced Interrupt
ton In the service Of Northwest Air
ways. Inc. The east.bound plane
left here on time but turned back At
ter getting to 4 point six miles east
Of Mckenzie. The west-bound plane
left Fargo but was forced to turn
back after reaching Casselton.
The Bismarck-Mandan bus line
continued operation. but used q light
automobile rather than It's large bus.
The Interstate Transportation COM
pany did not send Its bus northward
to Minot and did not expect q bus to
leave Minot in view Of the storm at
Max. A bus which left here Tuesday
afternoon made its way through the
storm area to reach Minot. Bus traf-
flo In al directions from Bismarck
was paralysed Wednesday by snow.
blocked roads.
From tho far northwest to the
Great Lakes regions. whence the icy
blast apparently was heading east.
ward, and from Canada 70 Texas, the
storm ruled With undated fury. BY
nightiall the weather man said the
eastern seaboard would be feeling the
fun effects Of the disturbance.
In Chicago alone Il was estimated
that 1900 homeless flooded charity
shelters and police stations. At least
ak person were dead from the effects
Of the stoem In the nations second
largest city. Schools were closed.
Surface car transportation was badly
crippled. The mercury WAS near zero.
With 10 below predicted.
AutomobileO Abandoned
Highways were lined with helpless
automobiles, caught In snow drifts.
and air. rail- ana bus traffic was Grip.
pied, throughout middle America"
The paralysis Of plane traffic was
broken shortly before midnight when
two planes departed from Chicago tor
Omaha and Kansas City.
Two persons reported dead In the
wind-swept provinces Of Canada-one
near Teulon. Manitoba and another
at Leask. in Saskatchewan.
Unofficially 1t was IS below zero at
Moran, Wyo. TWO died from the cold
at Des MONIES.
Reports from all sections Of the
sunny south told Of indications OF be-
loW.ffeeaing temperatureS.
The Rocky Mountain area. the plain
states, and midwest. however, appar-
entity were bearing the brunt Of vim
ter,S latest onslaught. Zero and below
prevailed In Utah and Idaho. and q.
though no additional snow fell Tues.
day, many roads still were blocked.
Antonio BArrjentog, nine.year
school girl, caught by the bll1Serd at
Savage, Mont, was frozen to death.
Two youthful ; cosmpanions suffered
from exposure.
Near dallus, n. M.. snow drifts four
fest deep blocked Navajo Indian res
ervation roads, and unofficial reports
said the mercury dipped to % below ct
EAGLE Nest, n. N.
Texas shiyered with temperatures
ranging from 8 above ct Fort Worth
to zero in the Panhandle.
Heavy frosts were forecast for Cali.
fornia In the north section. with local
ftosts IN the southern section. The
Pacific northwest Warrington and
oroeon-ha6 sub-sero readings.
The second bad fire In three Of
the coolest days IN Bemidji's history
"wednesday destroyed three frame
buildings - fireuaen fought In -.
below-sero weather. Loss was placed
at 3l5,O00.