Evening star., 1934-12-27
DEATH TOLL RISES
IN WINTER STORM
Temperature Reaches Low
of II Hereditary Gales
Sweep Country.
By the Associated Press.

6y the ASsOClateu SreSs.
The Arctic blast which swept across
the country struck with renewed fury
at many points today. leaving behind
a steadily mounting list of fatalities.
washington escaped the full force
of the cold wave when the tempera-
ture dropped to only 81 degrees here
last night. A minimum Of "a is fore
cast for tonight. with rising temrS-a-
ture and rain due tomorrow
Shipping along the North Atlantic
coast was endangered as the storm
whipped across the Eastern States.
The British freighter Quebec City,
caught by a 40-mile-an- hour wind,
was Wrenched loose from her an
chorage and driven aground on the
mud fats of Brooklyn, while the rud-
derless Belgian freighter Emile Franc
qui, bound for Antwerp from New York,
with a crew Of 35, was battling a gale
of the coast of Nova Scotia. An
ocean-going tug finally got the vessel
in tow after line had parted and
was taking the crippled craft to Hall
fax Harbor.
New England Hard Hit.
Heavy seas battered the Maine
shore when a 57-mile-an-hour gale
howled across New England, with
rain, snow, sleet, hail and lightning
in its wake.
San Francisco felt the tail end of
the storm, in the form of a hard
rain, while the Pacific Northwest was
raked by 70-mile- -an-hour gales, jeap-
ordizing shipping. A hangar at the
Portland, Greg, airport was demol-
ished. Billiards were raging In the
Cascades The storm appeared to be
moving southwark, and a heavy fog
tied up shipping in the Los Angeles
Harbor.
Some relief was promised from the
zero and subZero temperatures in the
Middle West, but colder weather was
in store for the Appalachian region.
and the Middle and North Atlantic
States.
Meanwhile the number Of deaths
attributed to the fury Of the storm in
creased yesterday and last night.
Two persons were killed at Niagara
Falls when heavy snowstorm swept
across New York State. Their auto
mobile was struck by train when
swirling gust of snow clouded their
vision Traffic in the Adirondack re-
gion was paralyzed and at Malone the
State police turned their barracks into
shelter for stranded motorists.
Seven Dead in Minnesota.
In Minnesota, where the tempera-
ture had sagged as low as 80 below at
Eleveth, seven deaths were attributed
to the cold. At least two were dead
in Iowa, including Daniel Devine, s.,
frozen to death at the rear OF his
home at Lost Nation. Seven died yes
terday in Chicago when their automo-
bile skidded on an icy road and was
struck by train.
Icy highways were blamed for four
automobile fatalities in Montana. Two
persons were missing in that State.
and fears were held that they had
died of exposure. Wisconsin and Up
per Michigan counted five deaths in
motor car accidents. In Western Can
ada, where Billiards ragged. the death
toll stood at TO- Five Of the victims
were frozen to death.
Fires added to the dangers Of the
storm. Two hundred workers were
thrown out of employment when
blaze destroyed mill at Mayo. British
Columbia. At Milwaukee 20 persons
were forced to flee from . burning
apartment house.
Fire Destroys Hotel.
At Ashland, N. H. fire today leveled
the 50-room Squam Lake Hotel, the
hotel annex housing a drug store. the
hotel garage, and two residences,
causing damage estimated at 100000.
The fire, which flremen said began
in the hotel garage at 4 am. was
under control at 9 am.
Twenty guests of the hotel. who lost
practically all their belongings, were
driven into the streets in subfreezing
temperature, along with several occu-
pants Of the residences destroyed.
None was injured.