HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW IN U.S.A.

Southland Times, Issue 23677, 28 November 1938, Page 5

HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW IN U.S.A.

At Least 50 Persons Lose Lives

ACCIDENTS ON ICY PAVEMENTS

DEATHS CAUSED BY FIRE AND EXPOSURE

(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright)

(Received November 27, 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 26.

More than 50 persons lost their lives in eastern United States after one of the heaviest November snow storms in history. The storm disrupted traffic, prevented aeroplanes from leaving the ground, marooned isolated communities and drove two vessels aground.

Motoring accidents caused by icy pavements were responsible for most of the' deaths, but fire and exposure killed at least 12 persons. The storm area extended from Georgia and Alabama, where flurries of snow end freezing temperatures were reported, through New England, where the snowfall ranged from a few inches, to 22 inches in Massachusetts and Vermont. Low temperatures were reported in the Middle West, and snow fell in several south-eastern states. New York had the heaviest November fall in history, seven inches and ahalf being recorded, with the lowest temperature, for the date, of 18 degrees.