New- York, Jan. 31.
The storm which swept the eastern half of the United States last night, generating blizzards and gales and causing at least 52 deaths, wore itself out over New England today while a second storm was churning the Atlantic northward from Cape Hatteras, menacing small craft and producing discomfort for passengers in vessels bound to an from Europe.
Snowfall in the eastern states ranged from Connecticut's four inches to Maine's inches. The storm left in its wake a score of snow-bound cities with crippled communications and transportation systems which resulted in delays everywhere.
Chicago was the hardest hit city with fifteen inches of snow. All school classes and business hours were postponed because of the impossibility of quick transportation.
Traffic was tied up in New York all morning today when a rain storm turned into sleet and snow, coating the streets with a treacherous coating of ice.
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana began to dig out of one of the worst blizzards in years today as southern states faced threats of floods because of torrential rains. Some southern states suffered heavy property loss when gales reached tornado proportions.
Hundreds of persons in the midwestern states suffered frost bite when marooned on snow-bound highways for hours in their automobiles—United Press.
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