Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 3 | North Blizzard Traps Hundreds

NORTH Shipping in Lake Superior District Suffers and Four Vessels Run Aground l I SAULT STE MARIE Mich Nov ov 29 AP The AP-The The upper Michigan penInsula peninsula peninsula pen pen- district continued today in inthe inthe inthe the grip of a blizzard which has trapped hundreds of hunters ln the storm area as well as tied up shipping shipping ship ship- pin ping along the St St. Mary Marys Mary's s river and the Lake Supe Superior lor district So severe se has been the blow to Navigation a that marine men forecast forecast forecast fore fore- cast a premature end to the lakes shipping hIpping season I IVah With weather bureau officials predicting much colder weather aCcompanied accompanied accompanied ac aC- ac- ac companied by a continuation of the snowstorm some apprehension was felt today regarding the safety of scores of ot hunters snowbound in the district A mile fifty gale which blew the snow now into great drifts along roads made niad those lanes impassable for automobile traffic and hundreds of ot hunters who journeyed to the wooded wood wood- ed district in machines wore were forced to abandon them and attempt to tomake tomake make malte their way afoot to the nearest railway centers It was estimated that m mOre re than 00 hunters were trapped in the thc sparsely settled district district district dis dis- by the storm He Heavy vy losses will wili be sustained by lake Jake shipping Interests due to the thc storm it is believed As the result of low visibility caused by the snowfall snow snow- fall tall practically every ship in the region yesterday was wis forced to tie up at anchor The freighters George H. H Ingalls I and the William K Fields Ields 1 went aground the aground the Ingalls off Point Aux Pines Ont Oat and the Field off Pine I Island Mich Tugs and lighters worked frantically to free the ships lest they be imprisoned for the winter winter winter win win- ter by Ice formations The steamer Cottonwood went on the rocks at it Copper Line Point The steamer Herman Hettler which went aground at Grand Island nd has broken up