NEW YORK SNOWFALL.
Over 50 Dead in Terrific Storm in East. COMMUNITIES ISOLATED. NEW \ORK, November 27. | The death roll is over 50 in the ha stern Lnited .States after one of the heaviest November snowstorms in History. fh e storm disrupted traffic, grounded aeroplanes, marooned isolated communities and drove two vessels aground. Motor accidents due to icv pavements were responsible for most of the deaths, but fire or exposure killed at least 12. The storm area extended from Georgia and Alabama, where snow flurries freezing temperatures were reported, through New England, where the snowfall ranged from a few inches to nearly two feet in Massachusetts and \ ermout. Low teuifieratures were reported in the Middle West, and snow •fell in several south-eastern States. New had the heaviest November snow in history, seven and a half inches falling, and "the lowest temperature on record for this «late, 18 degrees.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 281, 28 November 1938, Page 7
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