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Show lira TAKES LIVES OF SIX MEN Shipping Tied Up By Storm Today On Long Island Sound WARNS WEST COAST , 7 OF ANOTHER STORM Pacific Steamboats Greatly Delayed By Ravaging Wind and Sea NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (UP) The worst hlizznrd of tlie winter de-Vended de-Vended : upon the North Atlantic irtutes today, the urea extending 08 far west as the Ohio Valley. Snow fell almost steadily here 'since 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and had reached dept of 6 Inches at 10 a. m. today. A temperature 'of 25 degrees and a 20-mile, wind 'idded to the discomfort. Interior New Tork and Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania reported snow falls of more than a foot. In Blnghnmton N. Y:, a depth of 18 Inches was reached. 1 The local weather bureau Issued itorm warnings covering the entire roast from Delaware breakwater to Boston, i ;- Six men . lost their lives in a itorm off Now Jersey Inst night Mien u terrific gale tore two barges from their tow lines. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 4 After several more or less false starts, King Winter fastened his jrtp on Connecticut today with n rengeance as a real blizzard howled down out of the north blocking roads and streets with huge drifts, llsruptlng transportation and inter-lering inter-lering with communications. ' The local weather bureau reported report-ed it was the heaviest snow and thei worst storm of the season. All uhlppirig oh Long Island Sound was tid. up today. . . f ' SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4. More tain along the coast with a fresh eale of lessened intensity endangering endanger-ing shipping off Northern Califdr-oia, Califdr-oia, Oregon and Washington was predicted today by the local weather weath-er bureau." While vessels ' which have been etorm buffeted, all week made bet-tr bet-tr ; headway, the weather bureau warned) that ships north of Point Reyes, California, must be prepared Cor another battle with the elements. The schooner Escola, In tow of the oil tanker A. F. - Lucas was pulled near the Golden Gate this morning and was expected to be safely in harbor by noon. A sixty mile gale was blowing at ! North Head, Washington, the Weather . bureau said. . |