S. Taylor Services used a tractor plough and snow shovels to help clear the paths to the building.

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He had surgery Friday after tearing his biceps tendon while trying to attach a snow plow blade to his tractor.

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"Officers used a tractor to get to the scene and even that got stuck in the snow and they had to walk and crawl the remaining distance, " he said.

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Grays Athletic also put out a "snow clearing" appeal ahead of their game with York - asking if any fans have "a small tractor or a quad bike" the club could borrow, before eventually declaring at 1300 GMT that the game would go ahead - but then announcing 15 minutes later that it had been called off.

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