BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS. FIBKS IIIiEAK OUT. j ,"l>y Cable—Press Association—Copyright New York, January 14. New York has been swept by a blizzard. Thousands of people aro home- ! les ami begging for shelter at th« municipal lodging-houses, which arc already overcrowded. The temperature in the city fell below zero and nine deaths are reported, due directly or indirectly to the severe weather. Many fishing schooners have been wrecked oil' the. Massachussets const., ibut 1 lie loss of life is light. While the cold was at its intensest in New York four tires broke, out in the poorer quarters and a thousand persons are homeless. The firemen were unable to cope with the outbreak owing to the water freezing. The burned ruins present an extraordinary spectacle, icicles hanging from charred beams and rafters.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 16 January 1914, Page 5
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134BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 16 January 1914, Page 5
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