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| the entire crew was safe, but the
boat was badly battered from the
wind and sleet.
The Coast Guard station also re-
ported that the Sinoloa, which car
ried stone from Upper Michigan
points across the lake to Lower
Michigan, was safe at Garden City,
Mich. near Escanaba, and her crew
removed from it by Coast Guard
cu>eer from Munising.
The Empire State, aground IN
Green Bay, was floated during the
night and reached shelter on Wash
ington Harbor with a temporary
rudder.
Coast Guard headquarters also re-
ported the motorship Mercury, sister
ship of the Crudoil, was sheltered
in the lee of North Manitou Island
in Northern Lake Michigan. The
Mercury left East Chicago Monday
for Detroit with a crew of about 20.
II Seamen Rescued.
Seventeen sailors who chung to the
hulk of the Canadian pulpwood car
cier Novadoc for more than "a hours
on the beach off Pentwater, Mich,
were rescued today.
Coast Guards reported all sur
vivorS of the Novadoc was removed
at $50 o'clock by fishing tug Sub
siding seas made the rescue possible.
AS "a ~ no
stricken vessel, the hulk settled
deeper into the sand, leaving all
decks and part of the super-struc-
ture aWaSh.
Two of the crew were lost, pre-
Sumably swept overheard by the
waves 25 to 80 feet high that broke
over the Novadoc. Coast Guards
gave first aid to the survivors, some
of them cut and bruised and all
suffering from hunger and exposure.
Tanker Overdue.
The 251-foot gasoline tanker New
Haven Socony, with crew of Is
men, was nearly SO hours overdue
at Muskegon.
An oar stamped with the name
Of the boat was picked up by beach
patrols near Grand Haven. along
with a quantity of other wreckage
part of which was identified as being
from the two lost fishing tugs. The
New Haven Socony left East Chicago
for Muskegon Monday, before the
storm broke
Twelve Great Lakes freighterS
left Buffalo Harbor within three
hours today as the wind dropped
from a peak 81 miles an hour to 4
miles an hour.
Twenty seven duck hunters drown
ed or died in the marshlands during
the fierce storm. The death list
included II in Minnesota, 6 in Wis
consin, 4 in Iowa, 3 in Illinois and
2 in Ontario.
Excluding drownings in Lake
Michigan, the storm death toll was:
Minnesota, 81; Illinois, IL; Wiscon-
sin, 9; Iowa, 8; Indiana, 5; Michl-
gan, 4; Colorado, 2; South Dakota,
2; Ontario, 2, and Oklahoma,
Wyoming, New York and Kansas,
l each.
Abnormally cold weather prevailed
generally throughout the Central
States and in the Rocky Mountain
regions.
Minnesota Towns Isolated.
Many Minnesota towns remained
isolated by snow All schools in
Minneapolis and st. Paul and many
in other parts of the State were
closed. Thousands of Office workers
in the Twin Cities spent their sec
ond night downtown last night.
Livestock dealers reported heavy
losses in the Middle West. Thou
frozen to death in Minnesota, Iowa
and Nebraska. Ranchers in the big
Cimarron Valley of Western Colo
RADIO feared heavy losses to 10000
head of cattle and sheep isolated
by snow They described the storm
as the worst in 20 years.
Forecaster H. A. Downs of Chicago
said the Nations coolest spots early
today were Minot and Garrison,
N. Oak, each reporting 10 below
zero. Temperatures were Is to 40
degrees below normal in the Plains
States. Pueblo, Colo, had IL: Sioux
City, Iowa, 6; Ellis, Kans., 3; Omaha
and Des Moines, 2 above; Mime
apolis, above, and Mitchell,
S. Oak, 10.