RUSSIAN BLIZZARD
IMMENSE DAMAGE HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED STORM RAGES FOR MONTH (By Telegraph—Press Am.—Copyright.) Riga, January 18 A violent bfiuard which started in midDecember and has since raged day and night, continues in middle Russia and Siberia, causing immense damage. Communications have been interrupted. Government despatches from Samara state that the loss of life must be heavy. Relief parties endeavouring to restore communication discovered 80 frozen bodies in a single canton near Samara. Many areas as far south as the Urals are appealing for provisions and fuel, but snowdrifts block railway transport.— Tim a.
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Southland Times, Issue 20082, 20 January 1927, Page 5
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96RUSSIAN BLIZZARD Southland Times, Issue 20082, 20 January 1927, Page 5
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