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The Ocala Evening Star
Ocala, Marion County, Florida
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Dreadful suffering among New York's poor after a recent 15-inch blizzard; unemployed men hired as inadequately clad snow shovelers face exhaustion, injuries, and deaths while clearing downtown streets. (Jan. 27 report)
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Dreadful Suffering Caused Among the
Poor of New York by the
Recent Blizzard
New York. Jan. 27.-Scenes of suffering
never before eclipsed in the history
of the metropolis are following the
removal of last
week's fifteen-inch
snowfall from the blockaded downtown
sections.
An army of snow
shovelers has been recruited from the
ranks of the unemployed and 75 per
cent of them are insufficiently clad and
actually in want of food. Dressed in
thin summer clothes without either
overcoat or gloves, their shoes in many
instances tied together with strings to
keep them from falling apart and utterly
devoid of underclothing, these
men are struggling for a few dollars
to enable them to live as human beings,
for a little while, at least.
In many cases, the strength of the
men is not equal to their task and
many have been forced to quit. Eight
deaths, directly traceable to the storm,
have been reported to the police, while
scores have suffered broken limbs and
other injuries from falls on the icy
pavement.
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New York
Event Date
Jan. 27
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Scenes of suffering among the poor in New York following the removal of last week's fifteen-inch snowfall from blockaded downtown sections. An army of snow shovelers recruited from the unemployed, 75 percent insufficiently clad and in want of food, dressed in thin summer clothes without overcoats, gloves, or underclothing, shoes tied with strings. Many struggle for dollars to live, some quit due to weakness, eight deaths and scores of injuries reported.