New York. Mar. 9 Driving blizzards swept the Atlantic seaboard yesterday snarling traffic in metropolitan New York where a foot of snow fell, crippling all forms of transportation.
The Norwegian freighter Olaf Borgh went aground five miles north of Ocean City. Md. Choppy seas and driving snow forced coast guardsmen to abandon efforts to refloat the ship.
Gale warnings were posted up and down the Atlantic coast.
Washington D. C. recorded the heaviest March snowfall in history—
201 inches.—United Press.
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