DEATHS NOW PLACED AT 55

Chronicle (Levin), 29 December 1947, Page 4

DEATHS NOW PLACED AT 55

1 (N.Z.P.A.-

-Reuter

Convright)

1 Received Sunday, 11.0 p.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. The storm which extended I'rom :New England to Washington D.C., j cost at Jeast 55 lives incJuding 23 ! in New Jersey. j Oue hundred thousand New | York city cmployces were orderI ed tonignt to report lor work to ' ayt thousands oi' weriry Sanitation ; Department workers strugg'ling to freo the city I'rom vesterday 's record snow i'all. The railways, bus services and subways were fighting back to sorne semblance 1 oi schedule. j The delivery of fuel, milk and i bread was still held up th is after1 noon by snow-choked streets and housewives in all sections oi the

! metropolis trled vainly to buy , supplies. Fuel difficulties also ex- | isted in Roston, Philadelphia and ! ( 'onnecticut. , The police have bcgun remov- , ing thousands of cars that were : stalled and buried in the snow i throughout New York. Motor- ' ists have been warned not to use | their cars over the weekend because of the icy roads. ; Alayor O'Dwyer tonight arrived ' at LaOuardia Airport i'rom Calii i'ornia, where'he was oti vacation, ' to take direct charge of the tusk i oi' i'reeing the city i'rom the suow's grip. His airliner was the I first to land at LaOuardia Field since the storm bcgan. The first airliner to leave LaOuardia took ' off this aftcrnoon, but airport offi- | cials said i'ew aircraft would leave w-hile road conditions prevented i passengers from Teaching Ihe airfield. i Police Oommissioncr Arfhur j Wallander said: "The overall i pieture is tliat the city is in pretty j good shape.' The next 24 hours should bring a great measure of j relief." Los Angeles reported a record ' brcaking temperatnre of 87 dei grees.