MARCH
1941 NORTHEAST GALE & SNOW STORM.
Saturday,,
March 8, 1941, tonight and tomorrow will see more snow and icy
rain in the north and west parts of Delaware. Southern parts will
see
light rain the weekend with fair and warmer weather.
Highway
workers kept the highways pretty much clear of the seven
to
eight inches of heavy slushy snow, that covered the entire
peninsula.
Coastal
shipping bore the brunt of the storm as northeast gale
reduced
visibility and sent scores of vessels into ports of refuge.
Atlantic
City
posted storm warnings north eastward as gale winds held on over the
coast
from Cape Hatteras to Long Island. Eight crew of a floundered
schooner
were rescued by a life saving crew of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Wasp.
The Olaf Bergan, 411 foot Norwegian freighter is fast on a sand
bar
just north of Ocean City, Maryland and, in Lewes Harbor the
vessel
Ramon
Larrinaga is capsized, the tug Resolute and Coast Guard Mohawk
had
removed it's cargo and were in an effort to float her but met with
two failures.
Wilmington
street are open, 37 trucks and 150 men are working day
and
night to clear and sand intersections. Downed power lines caused
the
trolley
to shut down, stranding early morning riders.
All
air traffic was grounded and bus and train service were behind
schedule
during the last evening and night.
Washington
and Baltimore are still engaged in the storm, Washington
with
12 inches of snow to move. New Jersey was hard hit for the second
time
in two weeks with a blizzard. Pennsylvania had 12 to 14 inches of
snow
from the 15 hour snowfall. Snow was falling in Missouri, New
Mexico
and Kansas and temperature were low in the South Atlantic States.
Abstract:
Saturday, March 8, 1941, Wilmington News Journal.
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