LOW TEMPERATURES.
SNOWSTORM IN AMERICA
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.
A blinding snowstorm blanketed the north-western areas of the United States to-day, with a biting,ga.le forcing temperatures to the lowest levels for several years. , Many points on both sides of the Canadian border registered temperatures 34 deg. below zero. The village of Moran, Wyoming, experienced a record low temperature of 55 below zero. Unusual cold was felt as far southward as the Gulf of Mexico and as far eastward as Pittsburg, with indications that it would spread throughout the eastern section.
Several days’ storms disorganised traffic in Chicago, Kansas Citv and other large cities. Two were killed and many injured in Chicago. The school children of Oklahoma City were warned bv radio broadcast, to remain at home.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 9 February 1933, Page 7
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