BIZZARD IN U.S.A.
HALF A CONTINENT SWEPT.
SEVERAL CITIES SNOWED UP.
(Per Press Association—Copyright,) NEW YORK, March 11.
The worst blizzard for 35 years struck the United States -to-day, sweeping the length and breadth of the country, isolating many cities from the outer world, leaving wreckage in its path and taking a large toll or human life, the extent of which it is impossible yet to estimate. • Five persons were killed here, also many injured in several other cities. Several cities are under from four to six feet of snow. Meteorologists describe the storm as a great cyclone which originated m the Gulf of Mexico, sweeping the Atlantic coast northward upon an bU-milesi-an-hour gale and spreading westward as it progressed, carrying sleet, rain and snow. , - Wireless aerials were destroyed ana naval wireless communications ceased, the fleets in Eastern waters being out of touch. , Freezing temperatures followed everywhere. Baltimore is believed to have suffered the largest property losses. The capital was without Are protection, due to derangement of the alarm system.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10067, 13 March 1924, Page 5
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