Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-01-20 | Page 1 | Cold Hits West; Storms Kill 13

COLD HITS WEST STORMS KILL ia MERCURY MfR DROPS DR r BELOW w ZERO IN MOUNTAIN AREA ARfA Montana Wyoming Utah and Colorado in Grip of Winter MIDWEST FREEZES Over Injured red Districts S DENVER Cole Colo Jan 19 United United Unit Unit- ed The Press coldest weather eather of the winter inter prevailed in the Rocky mountain area tonight Storms throughout the middle west tonight had claimed a total o or thirteen lives Below zero temperatures were recorded recorded re- re corded In Montana and Wyoming today and the government weather forecaster that Denver De cr citizens would have haYe to pile on ex cx- tra blankets and load their fun fun- Ul naces tonight to combat the onrushing on on- rushing cold wave that may send the mercury In COlorados COlorado's capital to five o degrees below zero durIng the tho night The storm originating in northwest north north- west Canada east ot of the tho mountains moun- moun swept down th slope inta Montana and Wyoming last night and today workIng Usel south ward through Colorado S Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah reported the heaviest snowfall or of orthe the winter a precipitation of sl six Inch Inches s. s In Ia the vicinity of Durango Cob Colo two feet of snow has fallen In the mountains during the last twenty four hour and a white mantle a foot deep covered the low iou er en altitude sections Cheyenne Wyo reported five Ive de dc grees bel below w zero today and In Ia other oth- oth ther th- th er parts of Wyoming even lower temperatures were recorded Sheri dan reported eight below and Yellowstone Yet Yel- lows tone park twelve twel below Most ot af Wyoming was vas covered with a. a L Inch fhe snowfall The mercury began to drop In Denver at 6 a. a m. m A high wind whipped through the tho distrIct anti and snow flurrIes preceded the coM cold wave In an hour the mercury sank from 31 degrees above acre tero to nine above Two hours later It was down to six above Then there was a rise and nd at 2 p. p m the gos' gos reading was 13 abo above Warmer temperatures are aro expect sd cd late Sunday Windstorms Claim Lives of Thirteen CHICAGO Jan 19 PressA Press A drenched rain and chilled middIe mid mid- counted thirteen dead to die west c night in in scattered rural communities ties where fre freak k wIndstorms wrought havoc Friday night and early eMly today f The Injured wert were estimated atmore at more than but a. Continued on page 5 MERCURY DROPS DROPS' BELOW ZERO IN N MOUNT MOUNTAIN AIN AREA Continued from page 1 Uon tion of the damage was POss Because no Cente centers of population were sere struck the tho property loss Was believed low The death list I Albert 50 Mans Mans- ileM Mo 1 e 4 Cape Gi- Gi lardeau Mo 1 I Buddy Hargreaves 3 Cape Girardeau Girardeau Gi- Gi Mo Mrs Thompson Benton Mo William Thrasher 43 Louis Louis- vUle Ky Iy Roy Liter 21 Milton ly Y Clinton Mahoney 24 Milton Ky K Mrs Amos Newman Maunie launie Ill III Dorothy Hartley Hanley 12 Maunie l ill Bernice Tucker 10 10 Maunie Ill Herman Jartin 1 Goreville Ill Mrs 1 Mary Nolan 45 Fort Branch In md Emella Emelia Fe Ferretti ettl 6 69 Shelby I 1 Miss ss Rising rIvers were the aftermath of the tho storm tonight The Wabash river was near the flood stage in Indiana and Illinois Many streams in Ohio overflowed and a score of persons were rescued from marooned marooned ma- ma homes After ascending to record heights for the month just before belore the storm the temperature dropped rapidly toda to- to da day Rain still f falling in some localities local local- was expected to turn to snow during the night A United Press survey showed that Fridays Friday's storm hit hardest In Missouri Illinois and Kentucky its edges reaching into Kansas Nebraska Ne- Ne braska Iowa Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi 1 Alabama Indiana Ohio Michigan 1 and even the New England England En- En gland states Originating in eastern east east- era ern Kansas the storm swept northeastward northeastward north north- eastward until It hovered above New Brunswick Canada today Except for causing flood condi- condi conditions the storm was normal in nature nature na- na ture after it passed beyond Missouri Illinois and Kentucky