FEARFUL BLIZZARD

Wairarapa Age, 22 February 1927, Page 5

FEARFUL BLIZZARD

ON AMERICAN EAST COAST. DEATHS AND DAMAGE. COASTGUARD BOAT OVERWHELMED. (Received Monday, 8.5 p.m.). NEW YORK, February 20. Twelve men are known to he dead, and property damaged to the extent of three million dollars on the Atlantic seaboard as a result of a blizzard which travelled at the rate of seventy miles an hour. Eight Coastguardmen were drowned, their boat being smashed to fragments.—(A. and N.Z.).

STORM-DRIVEN TIDES.

HAVOC IN COAST TOWNS AND CITIES. BUNGALOWS AND COTTAGES SWEPT AWAY. (Received Monday, 9.15 p.m.). NEW YORK, February 20. Tremendous tides, driven by a gale, swept over seaside residences in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, causing nine deaths, and leaving families homleess and endangering tho lives of many hundreds besides causing many millions of dollars’ worth of damage. Hugo seas broke over the bulkheads and jetties ,and carried off bungalows, and cottages and isolated entire communities from immediate aid. The storm extended over the eastern const, sinking the coastguard cutter near Boston and drowing tho crew. The heavy seas were accompanied by hail, snow and sleet, which paralysed traffic in several cities, causing many accidents. Shipping is .delayed twelve to twentyfour hours. The tides drove half a mile into some streets of seaside towns and cities, including the outlying suburbs of New York. —(A’, and N.Z.).