TERRIFIC WEATHER.
1 BLIZZARDS AND AVALANCHES. WRECK OF A TUG. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa. December 31. A terrific snowstorm blocked the western United States railways. It was the worst blizzard experienced for twenty years. New York, December 31. At Milwaukee an avalanche killed a number of employees in the Cascade Mountains. A rotary snowplough exploded on the Great Northern Railway and five men were killed. The telegraph and telephone wires are idle, -and much damage Ims been dton'o to small shipping. When the tug Margaret struck a submerged rock on the New Jersey coast the captain and crew reached the beach while the vessel was sinking. They were stranded on a sand bar during a terrific gale. They attempted to launch the lifeboat, which overturned, and one sailor was drowned. Life-savers rescued ten others. When the lifeboat overturned, spectators rushed into the surf and dragged all ashore.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 191, 2 January 1913, Page 5
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147TERRIFIC WEATHER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 191, 2 January 1913, Page 5
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