The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-18
FOUR RESCUED
 FROM BLIZZARD
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 ing what warmth they could from one another. The night of Dec. 27, the gath, and the 29th were passed in this fashion. They talked fit- fully, prayed the storm would abate, despaired of living. On the 30th, Miller volunteered to go for aid. It seemed suicide. Solemnly the pro- ject was discussed. Everyone knew that 17 miles away was the cabin of Bob Smith and his wife. They all knew, Miller included, that his chances of getting through were slim. So 1t was agreed that If he had not returned within two days, Poe was to follow.
 New Blizzard Starts
 Soon after Miller left. a new bliz- gard began, even worse than the first, laying down many more tons of snow. Nothing was said, but every person in the car knew that Miller was dead. But they counted the hours, even the moments. At last the two days had expired and it was Poe's turn. The temperature now was 10 below zero.
 He took a can of beef, tried to cheer the women, and set out, con- scious that if he did not get through he lost not only his own life, but those of the people he left behind in the car that by now was practically covered with snow. Hour after hour he flung himself through the heavy snow, fought the clouds of white particles the screaming wind poured into his face.
 Miller's Body Found
 This had lasted il hours, when Poe saw g splotch of color standing out against the snow. It was 8 bit Of cloth. He scooped away Q little snow. It was a part of garment A little more snow removed, and he saw the garment was on a man frozen to death. A little more, and he indentified the man as Miller.
 Eleven hours later he came to the Smith cabin, flung himself against the door, staggered into the living room, and, to the astonish- ment of Smith and his wife, ran around and around their table, holding the half filled can of beef, crying: Here Kitty. Here, Kitty" He imagined himself back in his cabin about to feed his cats.
 The Smiths restored him some- what, and he told his story. Smith got out his truck and he and Poe set out immediately. But Poe still was tncoherent and because his directions were inaccurate, they wandered through the snowy wastes two days, until Jan. { when they saw a little of the automobile stand ing out of snow drift. The women the cats, and the dog were i'll from exposure inside. By then they had been in the car seven and one half days.
 Made Comfortable
 All were loaded on the truck and they reached the Smith cabin with out further adventure where they were made as comfortable as possible. Poe had recovered some- what, but the women appeared in serious condition. In the ensuing days, the radio brought news of the attempts to reach them. Searching airplanes had lighted the stalled car and 1t had been decided that all were dead. Then another pilot had seen the bedsheetS. eco workers with a tractor and a snow blow had set out from Las Vegas.
 At 6 p m. last Thursday, a eco party reached the Smith cabin, having plowed a tractor path through snow five to 10 feet deep. It spent the night there and the day set out for Las Vegas with the women, Poe, the cats, and the dog. Friday afternoon they reached the temporary base camp of the various eco rescue parties 30 miles north of Indian Springs. Thehe the tractor seemed no longer necessary, and thew continued on by automobile.
 New Blizzard
 A new blizzard came up. The cars were stalled in snow drifts, and, marooned again, they spent the night in the cars. Saturday after noontractors from Las Vegas ar- rived and pulled them out, 1t having been previously arranged that if did not arrive here Saturday morn- ing rescue party would be sent. Yesterday after spending the night marooned in another blizzard, they reached the Tonopah Las Vegas highway and arrived here last night.