Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-14
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waik?' a little boy with big shovel was
asked.
We'll. l guess dollar will be about
right" was the answer A week ago. with
a light fall of snow, the SAM younSster
would have done thu work for ten cents.
At few places In the city had the street
crossings been cleaned up TO a late hour
this afternoon. Even tile storekecperS ne
elected this. and customers had to wade
through the drifts to pay increased prices
for what they desired to eat for the day.
For cncs the children had enough of snow
ard complained when they Were sent out
on errands
Storm Notes
Acting Secretary Spalding of the treasury
again gave directions this morning that
time should not be charged against clerks
and employees late or absent on account of
the weather.
The high wind last night blew down the
heavy awning in front of the Pennsylvania
railroad ticket Office 18th and streets,
and the irons broke the plate glass window
on the 18th street front.
Milk was not Ubtainable az any of the
dairy lunch rooms today other than in a
condensed form. The gas pipes froze in
Ford d Graham's establishment on 10Th
street. and business was virtually at
standstill.
The packing of the snow on roofs caused
many breaks in tin house covers, and re-
ports from the plumbers and tinsmiths
showed the greatest demand for repairs on
record
The snow in the small park adjoining the
Department of Justice was even with the
top of the pal!ng railing surrounding the
Enclosure this morning.
In the Washington monument grounds
the snow has piled up in some places i'll
drifts ten and twelve feet deep.
Special Weather Bureau Bulletin.
The weather bureau has issued the fol-
lowing special bulletin:
or haS
on to the Nova Scotia coast. with rapid
velocity and Almost unprecedented develop
ment. At Woods Hole, Mass, Monday
night at pm. the barometer read 2S.S6
inches. Il fall of one inch in twelve hours,
at Nantucket al midn ght the reading was
2S.:J6 inches, and this morning at Halifax
- ~ inches. Owing to the extent and eX-
IRENE GeStructivenesS, this storm Will al
ways be remembered The greatest storm
in the history of the Atlantic coast states,
and was most remarkab for the perfect
combination of the conditions necessary to
produce such results. An abnormaIly high
barometrir area, accompanied ny a severe
cold wave. was moving sou; heasiward TO
the gulf states, and a disturbance was de-
veiopns on its southeastern edge. The
suit was Inevitable, and as RAPID y as pos
slbie widespread warnings were distributed
on Saturday in the west gulf states of i'm
pending severe freezing weather on the
coasts. Saturday night the warnings were
extended to Florida and both were further
supplemented on Sunday morning by addi-
uOual and more positive warnings. NOrthe
warnings We're also sent on AiunGay to Ua-
vaEa and the Bahamas. While the immense
loss Of property is to be greatly deplOI ed.
IT is gratifying to learn that as much as
possible was saved by the timeliness of the
warnings. Nearly ali temperature records
were broken in the gulf and south At anJic
states The temperature at New Orleans
reached degrees, n-ne degrees lower than
any previous record. at NicksbuTg. ] de-
fol =
record: at Jacksonville 10 degrees, or four
degrees below the record, with heavy snow
and sleet. and at Jupiter, a minimum of
- degrees was reached this morning. In
formation as to the extent Of the damage
caused by this cold wave will appear in
other publications of the weather bureau.
As the storm moved mort Inward from Flor
ida n" character Of the destructive ele-
ment changed. While the cold continued
the snowfa became the predOmnaIIng,
and. as it afterward proved, a very serious
factor in the situation. Snow was general
from Florida nOrthward aud was heavy as
far south as South Carolina From Vir-
ginia northward the amount ranged from
10 to 30 inches. but was not well distributed
the greatest fall, - inches, was reported
from northern Virginia. AT Washington the
fall was i inches, or total of 30 inches
during the past eight days, by far the great
est snowfall for at least sixtyfive years,
as shown by the records. On Sunday morn
ing II became evident that heavy snow
would fall in the Atlantic and New Eng
land states, and warnings 10 this effect
were a once issued.
The northward movement of the storm
also necessitated the hosting of storm sig
nails along the entire Atlantic coast by
pm. Sunday. By Monday morning II be-
came apparent that the storm WOu d prove
one OF extreme severity on account of the
nigh winds and heavy drifting snow, and
hurricane warnings were thercupOu ordered
along the entire coast from Delaware
BTeakwater to PASSPORT. The hosting of
TINS extreme danger signal was fully jUsti-
hed by the resultant events. as winds of as
high as y miles per hour wera reported
with binding snow.
Clearing weather has rapidly followed the
storm, and this morning it is cold and clear
IN the Atlantic region. except New England
and eastern New York. where the clouds
Sui remain. An area of low pressure is
approaching from the west. and under its
influence the temperatures will ha generally
rising after Wednesday morning east of the
Alleghenies. They are rising today in the
central valleys and entire west