The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09


 stores at 6 D. m. and caused can- cellation of numerous meetings, among them the Waterbury Medical association, the Swiss Society, the "" Foothghters, Avista Pama, Pl Omego, Sigma Hi-Y, Theta Phi Kappa, Wilby Hi-Y, Hab and Nab club, the Association or the Ad- vancement of Colored People.
 The Leavenworth High school prom scheduled for tonight was cancelled but the Policemans ball and the Beta Hi-Y dance will be held as planned.
 A number of stalled cars which interferred with blowing were lowed away last night by the police de- pertinent. Parking tags for all night parking threatened to set a new record.
 Two broken water mains. one on Center street, and the other on East Main street were under re- pair by the street department this morning after sending thousands of gallons of water cascading onto city streets.
 Firemen were called out twice during the storm, once to extin- guish a blaze in a car at Cooke and Pine streets, and again to a chimney fire in Scotty's Market, APP Willow street. Although neither fire was of any consequence, the fire on Willow street resulted in traf- fic tieup which took several hours to untangle, and Engine 6, which slf k0Io $o stuck in snow drift at Willow and Woodlawn Terrace enroute, leaving Engine 1. Burton street, to put out the blaze.
 Hartford, Conn, Feb. 9-(UP)- Conrecticut was digging out today from under the worst storm of the winter, which caused four deaths, demoralized transportation and in- creased the seriousness of an alrea- dy acute fuel situation.
 Though the weather bureau re- ported an official snowfall of 12 inches, high winds piled up drifts as high as eight feet, stranded hundreds of automobiles, taxed the
 
 school and many factories and kept highway crews working around the clock trying to keep main roads cleared.
 Victims of the storm were Vance H. Farnham, 50, and Mrs. Leila E. ' Brigham, 81, both of New Britain, who died from over-eXertion; Julio Rodr1quez, Mexican railroad worker killed by train at Hartford station, and Mrs Grace M. Gleason Marlborough, who collapsed and died or a bus at Hartford.
 The storm was regarded the worst in many years, coming on top oi heaps of snow and ice remaining from numerous previous storms.
 Although the weather was clear ing today and the thermometer wa' expected to reach 36 degrees, it was expected to be several days before normal conditions again prevailed. N The action of many offices ant factories in dismissing employees sev' eral hours before regular quitting time late yesterday, and in cancel ling night shifts. prevented more serious traffic conditions.
 As a Coast Guard cutter bucket the ice in Connecticut river to breal a channel for fuel barges, state fue administrator Darley said that al deliveries virtually were paralyzed. "The storm is certainly a bat break for us now" he said, "and vii set up back considerably. Darley said that stockpiles wer running low aSd that hundreds 0 families were appealing to the state emergency fuel station sfor relief. Il cases of real hardship" every effor was made to ~upply families wit coal. oil or some substitute fuel t tide them over.
 The storm caused collapse of theater marquee at Hartford, mar 11owly missing woman pedestrian At Danbury, a fire departmen storage building collapsed fror weight of snow on the roof.
 At Seymour, an intercity bus go out of control, hit building an gasoline pump and narrowly misse plunging into Naugatuck river. Tn
 drier. Al Simokat, Bridgeport, WE
 hospitalized witvh head injuries.
 A Hartford policeman delivered
 baby girl to Mrs. Mary De Falc
 when an ambulance was delayed b
 the storm, and also at Hartfor Thomas D. Green skied nearly thre
 miles from his home to offer hl services as an aide at Municipal hos
 pital.
 Power and communications sys teng were unaffected by the storm