Show Drifting Drilling Snow Blockades S. S L. L I. I t Motor Motorists I By Clarence D D. D Williams I. I Automobiles trucks and snowplows snowplows snowplows snow- snow plows were stuck on roads in the east and southeast sections of Salt Lake as a result of oC the heavy drifts but H H. D. D Madsen 25 19 Cordelia a ave vc taxi driver had the coldest experience Like many other motorists driving driving i ing in the howling blizzard Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day night and early Monday morning morning morning morn morn- ing Mr Madsen ran into a snow snow- snow snow-I drift The drift on Bryan avenue I just below East near midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night kept him snowbound until 10 1045 45 am a.m. Monday J. J W W. Silver 45 W. W 1st North dr driver er of a caterpillar snowplow snowplow snowplow snow- snow plow for the Salt Lake City street department had a different kind of an experience He was out all night as a one-man one rescue crew Aids Motorists I was out all night rescuing stranded street department snowplows snowplows snowplows snow- snow plows pulling city trucks out of drifts and helping motorists who were stuck he said just after pulling Mr Madsen's taxi out of ofa a deep drift I HI think I pulled out at least a dozen stranded cars and trucks Was Vas the wind blowing Brother Broth Broth- er it is the worst weather I 1 was ever out in he said And was it cold I kept working fast and furious guiding my caterpillar plow around to keep warm High drifts at East just north of South forced Patrolmen Patrolmen Patrolmen Patrol Patrol- men T. T A. A Diamond and Don T T. Roberts of the Sugarhouse detail to abandon the radio car Monday See Sec Page 2 Column 6 Drilling Drifting Snow Blocks Autos Aulos Continued from Page One Oneat Oneat Oneat at 3 am a.m. Crews were digging the car out at 11 am a.m. The patrolmen were called to rescue some other persons stranded In their cars and finally ended up locking up their car and getting a lift lilt from another police car from the Sugarhouse station Keeping Mr Madsen company most of the tho night was Francis Burdett 32 2445 East who drove a wrecker belonging to the Salt Lake Transportation Co toa to toa toa a point near where the taxi was partially buried In drifts I 1 went out to rescue Mr Madsen Madsen Mad Mad- sen arriving near the scene about 15 am a.m. Monday recalled Mr Burdett The wind was howling and you couldn't sec see your hand before you for the snow I couldn't get near the stuck taxi Mr Madsen said Baia after he got stuck In the drift and realized ho he couldn't get et out he kept the motor running to feed the heater so I wouldn't freeze up Then I ran out of at gas he related I left the taxi and nd called for a company wrecker We Ve couldn't get the taxi loose So Francis and I kept the motor running running running run run- ning so we wo could keep warm in inthe tho the cab of ot the wrecker Boy was It cold We Ve waited for a snowplow About 2 30 am a.m. one came camo up there and It got stuck Finally another one came our way and It I got stuck too It took Mr Silver and hi his hla caterpillar snowplow to I get me out I Gee how that wind whistled about 3 am a.m. this morning he recalled still shivering W. W H H. Singer 29 29 2156 East I driver of a streets department ton 5 snowplow b bumped u 1 m p e d up I against too much for his plow Monday morning on Penrose dr I between Military way vay and Fairfax Fairfax Fairfax Fair Fair- fax drI drI drI dr I never have experienced pushing pushing pushing push push- ing against such crusty snow he heI I said still trying to figure his way out Monday at 9 30 am a.m. I got up this way to plow the roads but it was just like driving into ce cement ce- ce ment The wind was sure blowing James Dansie working with Mr Singer had left the plow to get help It looked like a big Job ahead to get the snowplow out on level ground |