Evening star., 1950-11-27
; States Count
15Dead From
Week-EndC Cold
West Virginio's Toll
Is IT, MoryIond's 3
And Vireinio's S One

as a result of the weekend bliz
zard and cold wave.
Schools were closed in Yves
Virginia and in at least II Vir.
ginia counties. Maryland suf.
fered from pile-up snow at on
end and high water on the other
Many main roads were blockee
IN West Virginia while in Virginia
secondary roads in the mountain.
Gus sections were made impossible
by snow, which ranged in deptf
from 4 to almost 20 inches.
Snow continued to fall steadil,
from one end of West Virginia t,
the other in the fourth day of on,
of the worst blizzards ever t,
strike the mountain State.
High Winds Pile Up Snow.
Fluffy new snow covered crust,
slush that already had reached
depths of 36 inches in some places
High winds in the mountain
swirled the snow to depths O
many feet.
Roof cave-ins were reported a
Wheeling and Morgantown, TIVE
OF the worst hit cities.
Wheeling, third largest city il
West Virginia, had only one bu
company operating on limitec
schedules. Wheeling also wa.
without milk delivery service, anc
there was only limited mail de-
livery in the downtown area.
Garvin's Dairy, one of many
serving Wheeling, said its trucks
were blocked by 25-foot drifts.
company official said: This is
the worst storm in our 81 years
of operation"
Major industries, including most
of the soft coal mines, were closed
throughout the State.
Primary Roads Open.
After week end of hard work
by highway crews, the road COM
mission reported most primary
routes were open today, although
one-way traffic was in effect al
many points.
In Wheeling. City Manager Will
liam N. Hunter proclaimed a
state of emergency and asked ali
citizens to volunteer in cleaning
the 23-inch snowfall there.
The Wheeling Intelligencer did
not publish this morning. missing
an issue for the first time since
it was started SO years ago.
Heart Attacks Kill Seven.
Heart attacks suffered while
walking of shoveling snow caused
at least seven deaths: a woman
died from exposure, one man was
burned fatally and two persons
were killed by carbon monoxide
poisoning from stove.
West Virginia University and
Marshall College suspended classes
until Wednesday. and almost all
other schools in the States delayed
their post-Thanksgiving reopen
ing at least until tomorrow.
Virginia counties where all
schools were closed today includ-
ed Roanoke. Botetourt, Floyd
Craig, Montgomery, Bath, Wise
Lee, Wythe. Russell, Tazewell
Smyth, Dickinson, Buchanan
Scott and Page. Most of the
schools did not open in Washing
ton County.
Ice Makes Roads Hazardous.
All primary roads were kept
open throughout the heavy snow
fall in Western Virginia, the High
way Department said, but many
roads were made hazardous be-
cause of packed ice and snow or
the pavements.
With little snow to combat ir
the Eastern half of the State, the
Highway Department rushee {
"snow-busting" crews to Western
Virginia to help tired workers.
Utility trouble shooters from
Richmond and Norfolk were flowr
yesterday by the Virginia Electric
81 Power Co. to help out the New
Jersey Power & Light Co. in it,
battle against storm damage tx
lines.
Virginia's first death because
Of the weather was reported
yesterday from Wytheville.
Lester Marvin Parks, 54. Wa,
found dead near his home a
Speedwell in Wythe County. Tht
sheriff's Office said Mr.. Parks ap.
parently froze to death while
struggling through the snowstorn
to reach his home.
Tides High in Bay.
Snow up to Is inches covered
Western Maryland while tht
Chesapeake Bay region shool
high tide waters from its boot
tops.
Three more inches of snow yes.
terday in Garrett County, il
Western Maryland, left an 18
inch blanket over most of tina
area.
Secondary roads. were impass
able and there was no school to
day. State police warned motor
lists to stay off the highways.
The mountains west of Hagers
town had a blanket to 8 inche
deep. U. S. 40 still is closed ives
of Cumberland, near Uniontown
Pa.
The three Maryland deaths in
cluded Walter Shafer, 38-year-ol
farmer of Rohrsville, WaShingtcl
County, who drowned in f1oode,
stream near his home and tW
sailors killed in an Eastern Shor
traffic accident which resulte
from the storm.
At least half of Deal Island wa
under water from two to thre
feet during the high tide Satur
day. Cambridge and Crisfiel
waterfrontS were f1odoed.
Ferry service between Sand
Point and Matapeake was halte,
SATURDAY. night hecauSe hav uate