Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-12-27 | Page 3 | Three Killed in Mishaps due to Winter Storms

I IN MISHAPS DUE TO m r Unusually C Cold ld VI Weather e ther A i in Southern Are e Snowbound nd 4 IZ vEn co Coo CoU Dec 27 CAP CAP- AP Tho TIie 3 southern out mountain and ande debt e f regions reported reported ted leI weather weather- r yesterday Albu- Albu y-que y len experienced ed a low temper temperature tem tem- per lure o of 13 ii above zero with a maximum ot of 37 degrees above Snow has b en falling there there since 6 clock yest yesterday est ron ra evening and amI gate ve e pr promise o of or continuing until unU m morning jt t Tucson too late to make a white h e Christmas snow began to tofal fall fal at 4 o'clock fO for the first time In three years It continued It untIl evening c melting as as It tell In hi the city cIty but covering nearby mountains with more than a foot Zoot of or snow Temperatures have dropped below fre freezing for several nights On mountain pass between Miami a and Superior er Ariz m more fi sm than a hundred nd automobiles o s are sn snowbound after a inch four snow wh which ch drifted so badly as to tie up traffic Pablo a Mexican was s killed in this highway yesterday esterday afternoon when his car left the road and arid plunged feet to the floor of a 3 canyon below A I blinding snowstorm prevented him from seeing a curve cure I Phoenix spent its coldest day of I the winter when the thermometer reached a minimum of ot 33 degrees above which is near the danger poi point t for tor citrus fruits but the mercury mercury mer mer- euI cury last nl night ht give gaVe every indication indica indica- tion- tion of staying at a safer level NEW YORK Dec Dee 27 AP AP- AP Sn Snow w and Ice toda today covered the northeastern states with a white and slippery coating after alter mild Christmas temperatures Streets In New ew York were turned Into an Ic Icy glare fro from III an Inch of ot sleet slee followed by a light snowfall and and numerous numerous' accidents accident were re re- re lor ported ed One man was killed when he fell down slippery steps and a skidding a automobile caused another an- an an an- oU oth other r fatality When hen the sleet storm was at its height twenty barges broke from their moorings in the East river and their occupants were rescue rescued res rca cue cued after gerat effort efort by a fireboat fire fire- boat and tugs The barking of dogs attracted attention to the barges as the they drifted helplessly Into the treacherous currents and andreef reef reefs reef of Hell Gate There was a n. heavier snowfall In upstate New ew York and In the New ew states Traffic in Albany wa was hampered and at Glens Falls a bo boy was Wall killed klUe l In a accident ac- ac j ac-j Massachusetts had nine Inches of snow In Stamford Conn many starlings and pigeons were f so O incased In sleet that they hey could not fly Some of or th the fortunate Ones ne thawed out In the hones homes of ot townspeople