| Show Cold Threatens S L. L Water Zero Weather Grips Utah Ulah Frozen Over Two Fatalities in Butte and One in Denvel Charged to Frigid Wave Miles City Coldest Point Utah and Southern Rocky Rocky- Mountain Region Due for Rising Temperature Today Today Today To To- day Deer in Danger i OGDEN Dec Deco 19 An 19 An official I minimum or of 17 degrees below zero I i was registered in m Ogden this morn morn- morn morn- i ing This is believed to be the i lowest temperature recorded In this this' city city for ten years A weather observer observer ob oh- server server In Huntsville a a mountain mountaintown mountaintown town fifteen miles from here re rep reported reported re- re I p ported It It was 30 degrees below zero at 8 S o'clock this morning CHICAGO Dec 19 By A. A P. P p.-I p. The Middle West est today was added I to the domain of ot th the storm and cold that for five days have held the I Northwest and Rocky mountain region region re- re gion in an Icy grip I ISnow ISnow Snow and sleet was generally I forecast for the Great Lakes region the upper Mississippi valley and I portions of or the Southwest while temperatures already alread ho hovering ring near the zero marl mark were expected to I sink still lower Jower DEATHS REPORTED Death stalked stan in the wake wale of or the cold as it extended its scope wire communications in man many sections w were le interrupted and tr trains were delayed Three died in the Rocky ock mountain region one was reported in Oklahoma Okla Oltia- homa and two 11 were dead in Chicago from om causes attributable to the cold and attendant ice and snow Injuries were numerous du due to falls on the ice in In fires tires or acci acci- dents The extreme cold in Montana wh where e lf dropped a aa low J I q rt a f r Cit caused the derailment of ot three Pullmans Pull PullI I mans of a Northern Pacific c tran near Bearmouth thirty five miles from flom Missoula due to a broken rail No o injuries resulted reports said MANY TOWNS ISOLATED Wire communication in the tha plans plains states was most seriously af affected at- at Telephone lines Jines between Oklahoma City and other points points In Inthe inthe the state were wele cut off and telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph service was Impaired More than 2000 telephone and telegraph ph pol poles s. s ere s were reported down In the state Companies reported about ISS towns were cut off oCt T Jefferson City Missouri's capital was as virtually isolated and wires be between between be- be tween St St. Louis and Kansas City I be-I were crippled and all central Missouri Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- was as similarly affected A crust of or snow and Ice several I inches thick covered Kansas and western Missouri and temperatures I were being driven downward in Oklahoma AI Arkansas and Tex Texas s. s I DENVER Cok Colo Dec 19 With With ten P still sinking the Rocky Rock mountain region t day was settling down for an endurance contest contest contest con con- I test with winter TEN BELOW IN DENVER Entering the fifth Say ay ay ayot ot of the I stinging cold Colorado crossed hands with Montana in carrying the I b brunt of the storm which came g out of ot the nor h In un- un fury Early Earb toda today tie the mercury in Denver and skidded to 10 degrees below zer zero while many points throughout the state had ad I Continued on u page 6 I MIDDLE WEST 1ST F OZEN I Continued from page 1 subzero readings Trains entering Denver were running several hours behind I schedule while telephone and t telegraph facilities were seriously seriously seriously seri seri- affected One death death death-a a man who went vent for fora a barefooted midnight walk was walk was charged to the cold in Denver while J a mat mother her and her two sons were sent to the general hospital from fram injuries received when frozen pipes of a coal stove stae exploded Nur Numer- Numer ous aus small fires were reported TWO DIE IN BUTTE Butte Mont added two more to the fatality list Muffled against the cold a pedestrian failed to to obI observe ob- ob obi I serve the approach of a Great Grew I Northern train Another man lost ost h hi his s life when his ills cabin was de destroyed de- de by fire tire j de-j Miles l City Mont was in first last night in the minimum temperature league with a 34 below score Havre was as was a close clase second I with 33 Thousands of af deer north narth pj at the j jj J JI t j I Grand canyon In Arizona which re- re 1 fused to be herded to greener pastures pasI pastures pas pas- re-I re tures on the south side of the canyon can I canyon can can- I yon Were paying for their obstinacy obstinacy I nacy with their lives With all vegetation frozen the deer were reported falling like leaves In an autumn breeze Utah New Kew Mexico and Wyoming W were warming up a bit and with fair skies scheduled for today In Indications Indications In- In were that they would have f further relief |
