Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-28

Pfarr, Jr., North Madison Road,
returning from work at Inter-
national Harvester in Springfield.
stuck crosswise in Route 56 one
mile north of London. A woman
was said to have suffered minor
injuries when the car in which
she was riding, struck Mr., Pfarr's
car.
Buses Stop
Sunday night Columbus radio
announcers reported the Grey
hound Bus Center had discon-
tinued all bus service in an out
of Columbus until highways were
declared sufficiently open for safe
travel.
At the same time it was re-
peatedly announced that. routes
which had been opened were un-
safe only for emergency traffic.
Everyone was advised to keep
their autos off the roads to per-
nit the highway department to
continue its work of clearing
roads unhampered by having to
stop and pull stranded motorists
from the drifts.
Governor Frank LauSche de-
clared an emergency holiday for
banks Monday to avoid legal COM
plications by employees being un-
able to reach the banks.
Radio reports Sunday also de-
clared another blizzard or extre-
mely heavy snow fall was on its
way to hit this part of the United
States in the next "a hours.
City Digging Out
London's effort to dig out of
the drifts, coupled with efforts of
the highway department, were
showing results by Monday after
the stand-still of Saturday and
Sunday.
Concern was expressed every
where about the possibility of
cities and towns being shut off
from food supplies. However, re-
ports of Monday morning indicat-
ed all necessities, such as milk,
meats. and bread would be avail
able before an emergency situa-
tion developed.
Stranded at Fettrows
Hundreds OF persons were
stranded and spent the night at
Fettrows at the Route 40 and AZ
intersection; the Red Brick Tav-
ern at Lafayette in rural grocery
stores and other establishments.
A sizeable crowd from London
were also stranded at Madison
Lake, several persons having
started for London, but retraced
their route and stayed in homes
at the lake.
London Flremen issued a
warning to all local residents
to be extremely careful about
the use Of heating equipment
in guarding against the dam
ger of fires. J. c. Byers an
operator of the Community
Fire truck stated that i'm the
event of rural fire 1t would
be impossible for firemen to
answer the alarm.
Worst in 81 Years
Weathermen designated
the blizzard as the worst in
81 years. Some London resi-
dents insisted the SHOWS of
1918 were as bad or worse
than the big blizzard of Mo-
vember IS, 1850.
The blizzard, according to
radio reports, bIanketed all
of eastern United States. The
pittsburgh area was hit the
hardest. Flood waters added
Ito the misery Of some stricken
rsi eastern areas. Drifts eight to
25 feet were reported in east
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Autos all but buried in deep
drifts were common sight on
London streets Sunday and many
remained in the same situation
Monday. Extra employees were
obtained by railroads, the state
and ri4u oiuhuyny ard ~froafc do
partments to help dig out of the
drifts.
Leonard McNeal, officia
weather observer in London re-
ported the snow on the level
ground was approximately eight
inches with drifts up to 33 inches
in depth in some areas. Some
persons found deeper drifts.