BLIZZARD IN AMERICA
PRISONERS ESCAPE IN SNOW
NEW YORK, lf>th December.
Thirty-six persons are known to be dead as the result of. lashing snowstorms and bitter cold in the Middle Western States. Transportation and communication has been disrupted over a wide. area. Seven died in Chicago, whero business was dislocated. Hotels are packed with people who are unable to reach their homes.
Under cover of an impenetrable curtain of snow, six prisoners manhandled their guard, and escaped from Cook County Gaol, in the heart of the city. Three of the escapees are recorded as "desperate." ■ . . . .
The Great Lakes traffic is seriously retarded.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 9
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102BLIZZARD IN AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 9
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