BLIZZARD IN CANADA

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 9, 8 December 1926, Page 9

BLIZZARD IN CANADA

SEVERAL VESSELS WRECKED. COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED. ONE PERSON KILLED. HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Dec. 7. One death and four persons injured and half a million dollars loss of shipping, involving the wrecking of a dozen sailing craft and several steamers, with land traffic paralysed and telegraphic and telephone communication interrupted in the three maritime provinces of Canada, was the toll taken by the blizzard which swept the Atlantic seaboard for 24 hours. —A - , and N.Z. cable. VESSELS IMPRISONED. VANCOUVER, Dec. 7. _ It is reported from Sault Ste Marie that the ten vessels imprisoned in the ice in St. Mary’s river, have been liberated, but many others are still held up.—A. and N.Z. cable. CLEAR OF THE ICE. Received December 8, 10.5 a.m, NEW YORK, Dec. 7. A fleet of upbound freighters cleared the ice at Salut St. Marie on Tuesday morning and 65 downward bound, grain laden vessels commenced to move. It is expected that all will be clear by evening.—A. and N.Z. cable. EIGHT OF CREW DROWNED. Received December 8, 10.5 a.m. ST. JOHNS (Newfoundland) Dec. 7. Eight members of the crew of the schooner Ella M. Rudolph were drowned when the vessel drove ashore at Brook Covo on Monday evening in a terrific storm. —A. and N.Z. cable.