The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-07
SOUTH BEGINNING TO
FEEL NEED OF COAL
Continued from page one)

to try to speed up production.
Adverse weather conditions were
hampering production and move
ment of the fuel once it has been
brought above ground.
Swollen Alabama rivers were
on a new rampage. The Tombig-
bee went out of its banks, threat
ening to isolate York, in West
Alabama. Sixty families fled their
homes at Montgomery when the
Alabama river went into flood
stage and officials feared $50
more would have to eXcavate.
Rains fell Thursday over virtual
ly the entire state as lowlands
were flooded by the rain-swollen
streams.
The Coosa river at Rome, Ga,
reached a crest of 1913 feet and
surgcd into the main streets of
the town. Factories were closing
down as the flood spread and
more than 100 families evacuat-
ed. At West Point, Ga, the Chat
tahoochee was out of its banks
but no immediate danger was an
ticipated there.
Rain and snow over North Car
DINA accentuated flood danger.
Danger was concentrated in East
crn sections of the State from
the Cape Fear, Neuse at Smith
field. the Tar and the Roanoke
rivers.
Efforts Of the coast guard yes
sells to crash through ice barriers
in the James river near Richmond,
Va, were abandoned Thursday
night. Two cutters were ordered
back to their bases after hours OF
crashing into an ice jam served
only to dent their prows. The
jam threatens to wreck stranded
freighters, flood the river front
and break down bridges.
Intense suffering from prolong-
ed cold and raging blizzards
spread across the Mississippi val
lev and Lake states as weather
observers warned that another
blast of frigid temperatures out
of Canada's weather factory was
a definite possibility, - /
The latest cold wave disslpated
slowly across the Middle West
but weather forecastcrs warned
that bv Friday noon they may be
another seige of 10 and
20 below zero. - !
The fuel famine which started
in Iowa two weeks ago spread in
to Wisconsin in its worst form. |
Wisconsin industry faced shut
downs for lack of fuel. Hometown
ers in many communities con-
served on coal and wood in fear
they would get no more when
their present supply is eXhaused.
The temperature dropped as
low as Al below in some parts OF
while a 35-mile wind
choked highways and railroad
rights Of way with snowdrifts.
Cities in the Southern, Central,
and Lake-Shore regions wired
emergency calls for coal, and |
railroads used double-header en-
gines and snowplows to deliver
carloads.
Muskegon, Mich, had 100000
tons of coal at its Lake Michigan
docks, but snow prevented re,
moval of the coal to dealers and
customers. Fuel stocks ran low at
Grand Haven, Holland, Flint.
K kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and
Ionia. kalamazoo and Muskegon
county cities had only enough |
milk to last "a hours, and meat
and eggs were at a premium at
Grand Rapids.
Schools were closed in Wis
consin. Iowa, and other Mid
Western States for lack of fuel.
Iowa authorities continued to ra-
ton meagre coal supplies to most
urgent relief cases. Snowplows
on highways leading
from mines and railroads bring
ing in coal from the East. /
Dealers in Bucyrus, o., limited
coal deliveries to one ton per Gus
toner.
More than so deaths were at
tributed to the latest cold wave,
10 of them in Michigan. The
weather toll of the last two
weeks in the Middle West mount
ed well past 100.