Show STORM WRECKS TWO AIRPLANES Pilots Leap to Safety After Ice Forms on Wings of Their Aircraft B Br DJ As Associated PORTAGE Pa Dec 11 11 Braving Braving a raging snowstorm t to get the mails through two planes of the Transcontinental Transcontinental and Western Air lines crashed in the snow swept Alleghany mountains early toda today the pilots bailing bailing bail bail- in ing out safely Wings incrusted with Ice the two mail mall ships neither carrying passengers passengers gers lost altitude so rapidly that the pilots had to take to parachutes One One pilot Gene ne Burford of Columbus Columbus Colum Colum- bus Ohio reported he was safe sate shortly after alter he balled bailed out near here The other Harold G. G Andrews of New York phoned hours later that he had reached the Ute ground at RoarIng Roar Roar- Ing Springs 50 miles mUes from Portage Neither ship has been located y yet t. t Ice Forms on Wings Burford Burord took look off oU from the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh airport at a a. a m. m Shortly afterward ice began to form on the plane wings He took some of the mail over the side with him when he leaped and delivered it to the Portage postoffice ice Soon afterward Andrews' Andrews plane was reported report d in distress Andrews flashed the word he was bailing out about 3 a. a m. m but it was not nol until after 6 a. a m m. that he reported from Roaring I Springs He had left Harrisburg at a. a a. a m. m I Storm Costs 22 Z Lives Blizzards and severe snowstorms raged over the eastern states forcing temperatures down to new lows for forthe forthe the winter vinter in many sections Twenty Twenty- two deaths were reported due to the I. I storm II Surface traffic in the cities was S seriously se seriously I impeded Two aviators were missing on a short flight from Hamilton Ham ilton Uton Ont Philadelphia reported eight deaths three of or them from exposure Three Ipe persons ns died in New York In Pittsburgh Pitts PiUs burgh five the persons parsons lost their lives in traffic accidents Albany N. N Y had three deaths A light snowfall in west western rn NewYork New NewYork NewYork York turned into a blizzard today In northern Connecticut the temperature dropped to nearly zero At Northfield Northfield North North- field Vt Vl it was 4 degrees above and at Boston 10 above |