The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-20
SNOW STORM TIES UP OVER
HALF OF COUNTRY, BLOWS TO
SEA OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST
Only Most Extreme South
And West Escape Freez-
ing Weather
By UNITED PRESS

lie nlCSC severe anu WlueSpl eau
storm of the winter blew out tC
sea off the New England coast to
day, leaving more than 60 deaC
and traffic of more than half the
country. snarled in snow.
Temperatures dropped rapidly
in the thickly populated east as
the skies cleared, creating intense
suffering among thousands of the
poor in metropolitan centers and
hampering the work of highway
crews fighting to open smotherec
highways.
There was no such temperature
in the country today as the Al be-
low zero that northern Minnesota
experienced Saturday, but only
the most extreme south and west
eXcaped freezing. All the North
Atlantic coast was embedded in
snow that slowed trains and al.
most halted motor traffic. The
Midwest and North, to the west.
ern slope of the Rockies were dig,
ging out of snow that fell Friday
and Saturday.
Typical morning temperatures
today were &c below zero at Bis,
mark, N. D., II below at Minnea-
polls and st. Paul, 6 at Chicago
and Detroit, 13 at New York and
% at Atlanta.
Nearly two score of persons lost
their lives over the week end as
-blizzardS and tornadoes ravaged
three-fourths Of the United
States.
Sleet gripped the upper Atlantic
seaboard in ice. Destructive winds
ragged through Dixie, and snow
piled a foot high in the northwest
and sections of the plains states.
Heaviest loss of life occurred
along the Florida Georgia-Alaba-
ma border where Is died in torna-
does. More than 40 in that area
were injured.
Following an ll-night rain and a
brilliant electrical storm, high
winds struck Union, S. c., Sun
day. The arge freight depot of
the Southern Railway in the cen
ter of the city was almost COM
pletely unroofed. Plate glass win
dows of buildings were hit hard.
Damage was general over the en-
tire city.
Nine persons were dead in the
Metropolitan area of New York,
and for the nations largest city it
was million dollar" storm. FIT
teen thousand men were put to
work trying to clear the streets Of
snow and ice.
Boston was under IL inches OF
snow, and four persons we're dead
in New England as result Of the
storm.
Cleveland reported one dead
and in parts of Ohio the snow was
foot deep.
Highways throughout the north,
west were INSTRUCTED by snow, and
the effects of the storm stretched
as far west as the Rocky Noun
tains.
In the Philadelphia area, three
deaths were attributed to the sleet
and cold. A motor accident on icy
streets caused the death of one
person in Norristown, Pa, and two
others were victims Of the storm
in Philadelphia. :.
Many minor automobile acct
dents were reported but none
caused any deaths. The mercury
lowered between rs and 80 de-
grees.
North Mississippi and north and
central Louisiana were whipped by
icy winds and covered by sleet
and snow. One death was attrl-
buted to the storm at Monroe, La,
where Edward King, 9, was knock
ed fro ma bicycle and killed by an
automobile. The driver, W. H.
Grice, was blinded by rain.
Property damage was reported
in the Mississippi Delta counties
where terrific windstorm struck