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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1936
Page
8
Snowbound east Iowa as drifts ten feet high halted rail traffic and blocked highways. Coal shortages forced rationing and school closures while doctors and paramedics operated via telephones amid widespread travel bans and stranded motorists.
Special to The Gazette reports Traer travelers and tourists stranded as five foot drifts close highways on the city outskirts. Only one milk dealer runs routes and eggs are unavailable. No trains since Friday. Rock Island No 19 delayed. a stall near Goldfield with three engines obstructed. Coal supplies arrive easing fuel fears. power plant holds three weeks of steam heat. Schools open with limited services.
Full page advertisement touts Creomulsion as a guaranteed remedy for coughs chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine soothes inflamed membranes loosens phlegm and expedites expulsion with a druggist guarantee and money back if unsatisfied from the first use.
Snowplows labored overnight to reopen the Iowa City to Marengo route. Schools closed midweek remained shut on Monday. Train No 5 reached Marengo by Sunday. a Sioux City to Chicago service was delayed. Coal dealers reported shortages as milk was delivered by team and highways stayed blocked.
Oxford residents fought frozen drifts Saturday night to move a sleigh from the C. F. Comash farm to the highway and carry a daughter to Iowa City hospital for an appendicitis operation.
All main highways in Winneshiek county except a southwest corner were opened Sunday night and Monday. A Minneapolis to Decorah truck arrived shortly after midnight, with no trains through town since Friday. A Rock Island snow plow was to start Monday and Milwaukee service was reported to begin from Austin, Minnesota.
All schools churches and the theater ordered closed to conserve coal. Businesses close by 6 pm as roads blocked and mail delayed.
A 1,000 foot long snowdrift 20 to 25 feet high blocked the M and St. L railroad near Brighton. Trains were routed over side tracks as highway crews fought 10 below zero temperatures to open roads. No. 2 line from Washington to Columbus Junction reopened, others remained blocked.
The state reformatory has about 200 tons of coal left, enough for four days. Snowbound trains at Marion and Clinton delay orders. Last week only essential shops ran to avoid a shortage and may be forced to cut services again. Snowplows worked Sunday but wind drifted snow closed roads into Anamosa, hampering reopening.
Special to The Gazet reports highway crews worked through the night to clear drifts eight to ten feet high and open two main routes across Buchanan County. By Monday they shifted to secondary roads as Illinois Central freight service resumed with a train reaching Independence.
Five drivers abandoned their cars near In dependence as Tama County roads remain blocked. State highways closed around Tama and Montour with plows breaking down. trains resumed on Milwaukee and North Western lines. Relief officials say no food shortage yet while coal may run short. shelters planned in Tama towns and Toledo courthouse. Funeral directors faced delays in reaching a burial.
Monticello residents shoveled through heavy drifts as coal supplies ran low and rationing began. Snow plows labored to clear blocked highways and rail lines Monday morning, opening limited routes.
Courthouse and schools in Vinton closed as Iowa Light and Power faced a coal shortage with only two days of supply left. Four coal cars arrived Saturday and were issued in half ton lots to needed areas. Roads were blocked but snow crews aimed to clear highways 218 and 30 by noon. Dr C A Manahan rode skis to reach patients.
A doctor coroner and undertaker were blocked by snow drifted roads from reaching the John C. Schulte residence five miles south of Norway where a 22 year old son died at 9 30 p m Sunday. Coal supply was exhausted Monday in Norway. Schools were closed and drifts blocked traffic on railroads and highways.
A small coal shipment arrived in Belle Plaine Saturday night and is being rationed in one ton jets for customers. Only enough fuel remains to last two days. Snowplows work Monday to clear blocked roads and trains on the North Western line ran behind schedule Sunday.
Weather and road conditions force school closures in West Liberty with no coal shortage. Cedar Rapids Gazette the only paper reaching Moult area Sunday. Trains limited east from Marquette to Madison and on the river division. Elkader branch blocked. highways 13 and 18 partly open. no rural schools open.
Manchester schools shut Monday as coal stockpiles dwindled to about two days. Milk routes continued while farmers could not bring fresh eggs. Highway crews labored all Sunday night to clear No. 20 and No. 13 routes. A branch line and a south fork were blocked, a rotary plow borrowed to open roads south.
In Blairstown area, all main roads were blocked by snow and wind on Saturday. The Blairstown Marengo route reopened briefly before closing again, while Luzerne road and Blairs town Watkins route remained impassable. Most local events were postponed as conditions persisted.
A roundup of snowbound events across Iowa describes William Van Horn using a dog sled to bring aid to seventy five miners and truckers near Jefferson, with other stories of deaths, rescues, and road closures. Officials reported no immediate fatalities, while a Drake University dean and later a marriage attempt faced travel hurdles. Affected areas include Clarion, Abingdon, Kendallville, Nashua, and Iowa City with rail and highway crews hard at work clearing tracks and delivering relief.
In Mount Vernon Iowa the city supplied patrons with coal after receiving a shipment of Tow a fuel. Temperatures stayed well below zero and snow blocked routes 261 and cross Lincoln highway with plows clearing a path to the Linn county line. Emergency cases were cared for and local dealers supplied fuel. Cornell College reported enough fuel for a week and schools planned to open with country children asked to stay home.
Oelwein and surrounding Fayette county faced a shutdown of bus and rail service on Sunday with highways blocked. Plows cleared a single lane on highway 11 to Maynard to move the body of Father John Bacci for burial and enables a funeral processional for Arch-Bishop Francis Beckman from Dubuque to Oelwein on Monday. Food supply was strained as truckers could not reach the town, though dairies kept milk moving by bob sled. no coal shortage was reported by Mayor Leon Knapp.
Iowa City lacked mail service for the weekend as roads and highways faced closures north and east. A westbound train turned back at Marengo carrying teams to Chicago Minneapolis and Urbana while county employees fought going snow and a frozen heating system.
Impassable roads and bitter cold halt church services for three weeks. Schools remain closed since last week as the city endures severe winter conditions.
Special to The Gazette notes that only the road between Toledo and Tama had been opened in the vicinity on Monday with continuation promised on Page 12.
Mrs. E. W. Wilmarth was re elected chairman of the Wheatland Red Cross chapter. F W Buxton became vice chairman Mrs Charles Heckard secretary and Henry Guenther treasurer. The executive board includes Minnie Lohmann A C Fischer and William Hoker alongside the nominating officers. A home service committee was appointed with Mrs Wilmarth Otto Sigmund William Hoker and Mrs Heckard on the local committee with Miss Minnie Lohman.
Washington AP report says David S. Barry a 76 year old newspaperman and former sergeant at arms of the house died Monday at his home in Washington.
Mount Vernon announces Fred J. Kluss, principal of Cedar Rapids Roosevelt and Wilson high schools, will teach in the education department at Cornell College summer session. He will offer courses in history of education educational psychology educational measurements and school administration.
Deputy game warden George Kaufman reports about 150 wild geese wintering on the Maquoketa River south of Backbone state park in Delaware county. The flock rests in an unfrozen river pocket where swift current keeps water from freezing. The geese are unusually tame and flew within ten feet over the warden as he stood on the bank. Farmers say several birds have wintered here for two decades.
Five Charlotte girls escaped death in a Saturday night blizzard near Wheatland. Geraldine Dohrman Alberta Cox and Ruth Peterson were aided after freezing foot injuries. Grace Luttschwager and Marjorie Chamberlain were rescued from a stalled car. Local mail carrier Pat McGee collapsed while guiding his route but received aid at the Arthur Klahn farm. Coal shortages and a school shutdown through Wednesday followed the storm.
Dynamite was used Monday to blast a 10 foot snow drift three miles from Allison to reopen Highway 10 for mail delivery to Parkersburg. The town has had no mail since Friday while Highway 10 remains open to Shell Rock and Hampton.
Funeral arrangements for Jacob Schleicher 75 of Dexter Minnesota were postponed after the hearse could not travel farther than Central City. The body was taken to Hatch mortuary in Central City and the service may be held Tuesday with burial at Boulder cemetery. Schleicher died last Tuesday at his home after living in Prairieburg thirty five years before moving to Minnesota in 1917. He is survived by several children including Mrs. Fred LeClerc Cedar Rapids Mrs. Hester Peterson Minneapolis Gifford Leslie of Austin Roger William and Caspar of Dexter.
A collie team delivers mail for five families stranded by deep snow drifts. Three boys and their dogs meet the rural carrier to transport letters and parcels to the marooned households near Toledo Iowa, restoring mail service despite the heavy snowfall.
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