ley Gales, Snowstorms Ravage Great Lakes Area New York, Dec. 28.
Fierce icy gales and blinding snowstorms are sweeping the northern half of the United States, where temperatures as low as 37 below zero are being experienced.
A 61-mile-an-hour gale is lashing the Great Lakes, and the coast guard has reported that the heaviest sea for years is pounding the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, while 30 feet waves are turning Lake Erie into a miniature Atlantic. The Erie and Buffalo gales have necessitated ropes along the streets to enable pedestrians to remain upright.
Snow drifts in the north-west are ten feet high and trains, filled with y makers, have been delayed.
no fatalities have been reported. despite the dangerous conditions for pedestrians and travellers. Reports from Toronto state that the worst snowstorm ofthe winter is raging throughout Ontario—Reuter.
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