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Show NINE VICTIMS, TOLL OF STORM 11 NEW YORK Eastern States Get First Real Blizzards of Year; More Snow Predicted NEW YORK, Feb. 21. New York's millions of workers, faced with lm-piiir.-il transportation facilities as a result of the 12 1-1 Inch snowfall yes-terduy yes-terduy experienced difficulty and suffering suf-fering In getting to places of emplo -merit today. Service from outlying districts was hampered by snow drifts two to ten feet In depth. In sections close to the heart of business travel was impeded to a great extent Thousands of men with Improvised facilities for removing the snow, were at work in an effort to clear a way for traffic. Th0 storm, which began before 1 o'clock Sunday morning, continued unabated un-abated Until shortly after 10 o'clock last night. Nine peraOna lost their lives, either directly or Indirectly as a result of the storm and hundreds were injur. -cl MORE STORMS Mil DIOTED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Another snowstorm over the greater portion of the territory cast ot the Mississippi and north of the Tennessee -North Carolina Uric Is probable tonight or Tuesday, the weather bureau's forecast todaj sa.ld Generally fair weather prevailed In the east today after the storm of yesterday. yes-terday. 1 At Hoston there was 16 inchc-s of snow on the ground this morning. Temperatures throutfhont this territory' terri-tory' were low today, but the bureau i;m Id they would rls slowly except In the Florida penlnsula. N floods FE VRED. DUBL'QL'B, la.. Feb. 21 Because of little rain last fall, a nearly snow-ICM snow-ICM winter and the Ice already gone out. old river men today predicted there would bo no spring floods on tho Mississippi river. |