Evening star., 1935-01-24
DEATHS IN STORMS
ESTIMATED At 100
Some Relief Forecast After
50-Year Records Fall,
Ia Die in Floods.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The storm-ridden Nation counted
close to 100 weather deaths today, but
saw relief ahead.
While the Northern States and part
Of the South remained in the grip of
the seasons worst weather, some mod
GRAFTON was forecast for tomorrow for
the snow-laden East and Southeast
Temperatures were already reported
to have risen somewhat over the
WeSteren Canadian provinces and the
extreme Northern plains, and there
was a promise of relief today in the
Midwest, where cold records Of so
years standing were broken.
Meanwhile at least IA deaths in the
flood waters Of the South, where
rivers were on a wild rampage, helped
to swell the total Of weather fatalities.
Ten of the dead perished in North
ern Mississippi. Four additional
deaths we're reported from Tennessee.
Relief workers worked at top speed 10
bring aid to the homeless; cold and
hunger added to the problems Of thc
victims
Refugees Climb Trees.
From 400 to 1000 persons were
believed clinging to roofs and tree
tops in the food area around Sledge
Miss. and Gov. Sennett Conner was
asked to send National Guardsmen
INTO the food territory. A report was
current that a baby was born atop
cotton shed in the rain-sWollen Cold
water River Basin near Birdie Miss.
1t was believed the parents and babY
were rescued.
Overlooking creeks and flooded
rivers also played havoc in West Viz
ginia; two persons were killed. The
State was blanketed by a heavy fall
Of snow. Thomas Tyghe. IS, Of near
Sandrun. was killed while he tried
to pry a friends automobile from
mudhole A post was wrenched from
his hands and struck him in the ab-
6omen. The body Of a man identified
as Ludwig Paulis, 81, miner, Of
Bellaire, Ohio was found floating IN
the Ohio River in food stage at Ben
wood, w Va.
Streets, highways and homes in the
lowland areas Of the State Of Wash
ington remained under water as
result of thaWs that followed ar
avalanche Of snow earlier during the
past week.
East Blocked With Snow.
The East and New England wera
digging out Of one Of the heaviest
snowfalls in many years. Coastd!
steamers were reported in difficulty.
More than Is inches Of snow had
fallen in New York City By midnight
last night and it was rated the
heaviest fall in al least Is years.
Four persons died. High winds that
reached gale velocity added TO the
suffering, and municipal lodging
houses in the metropolis were ordered
kept open all night to care for the
unfortunate Cost of snow removal
has been estimated at Sl,000,000
Some 10000 men were hired to shoyeI
snow.
A blizzard ripped through Boston
Traffic by air and sea was paralyZsd.
Philadelphia had its worst snowstorm
in two decades Ten weather death,
were counted in Pennsylvania. Schoo.
wers closed in New Haven, Conn.
Passenger Train Derailed.
While the storm was at its heig..
! a passenger train was derailed at near
/ Woodbridge. n. J.. but the 70 passen-
| gers escaped serious injuries. They
/ were merely shaken up. Three men,
/ berS of the crew, however, were in
! jured.
The snow was from to IS inches
deep in Maryland, blocking traffic and
| extended far down into the sunny
South. II was so chilly at Miami,
| Fla, that the fight scheduled between
Barney Ross of Chicago and his Cali
/ fornia challenger, Frankie Flick, had
| to be put of until next Monday night.
! Parts of Louisiana. Alabama.
| Arkansas and Tennessee were also
snow-laden. Weather accidents caused
two deaths in Kentucky. Sidney
Kaufman. As. Of Baltimore, Md, was
one of the victims.
Temperatures that sagged as low as
| an uIOIuCldl % DelON l6lO a. IICN-
erick, Wis. brought suffering and
| death to the Middle West. -Four
deaths were attributed to the weather
in Minnesota. and were added to the
total of more than 70 who perished
earlier in the week in storms that
swept various sections Of the country.
Oklahoma had a dozen deaths for the
entire cold snap.
1t was 8 below zero in Chicago,
with a further drop forecast before
moderation begins. Up in 1roquoS
Falls. Ontario. the mercury dropped
to 73 below-cloSe to the all-time
Canadian low of minus 1872, recorded
back in 1910.
Mild weather however, was the rule
yesterday in Colorado, New Mexico
and Wyoming, but Montana remained
in the grip of subzero temperatures.
Far down in South America the
residents we're complaining about the
heat. The thermometer reached lO5
at one point in Argentina.