The Washington times., 1904-01-12
HEAVIEST FALL OF SNOW
IN DISTRICT SINCE 1900
Falls in Street Are Frequent While SufferingS Of Poor
Are IntenSfied-SmaI Boys Delighted at Chance
to Erect Snow Men and Forts in Public Parks.

As Washington waded into one OF the
deepest SHOWS in it's history yesterday.
just as the departments were sending
forth their armies of clerks half hour
later than usual. it looked at the situa-
ton with a cheerful mieu and laughed
as car wheels ground vainly round rs
boot tops proved too low. and as hun
dreds slipped i'm harmless falls to the
snow-ciad pavcments. Today the city
awoke to find the snow even deeper.
The official history Of snow in ;he jlis-
trict gives only three previous storms
when there was more snow ON the
ground than there is tod7y-si& inches.
In the big blizzard Of February 1859,
after storm OF several days. in which
men and animals almost persisted i'm the
streets and all traffic was suspended.
there was a total fail of thirty-three
inches. The sudden change in the tenn
perature. however. prevented widespread
suffering and left the city something 10
talk about and to reproduce in painting
and sketch. one of the finest of these
now adjoining the walls Of the Corcoran
Art Gallery.
No Record Before 1886.
In February. 1909. there was a snow
fail I'm two days OF fourteen inches, and
in 1895 there was trihe over twelve
inches ON the ground. Before 1885 there
was no snow record kept.
Even residents of cities that are used
TO heavy falls of snow could not nave
taken more cheerful view of the situ-
alton than did Neutrality-suspicious.. Cars
that hardly moved were crowded to
the danger point men and women were
crushed and jostled in such manner
that the blowing out of fuses might
have developed fatal panics. and All
were hours. IL seemed. I'm getting home
At 10 o'clock the storm was over and
the Weather Bureau was predicting
colder weather for today This proved
but partially correct. The storm did not
extend over a great area and the only
real snow south Of Washington was in
northern Virginia, with snow and rain
in Maryland. More snow is predicted
for tomorrow.
All over the city streets where there
are declines boys are coasting and
skating. Snow men and forts adorn the
parks as numcrously as do the brOnzes.
and are hammered at by invading
armies with white bullets
Minor Casualties.
While the victims Of the frequent falls
were more often the subjects Of laughter
than the objects OF. commiseration the
list of minor casualties has grown hour
~ since last night.
William Green. twenty-eight. a guest
OF the Metropolitan Hotel. slipped in an
attempt TO board a car AZ Thirteenth
Street and New York Avenue last night
He was slightly bruised
James Taylor. hfty-two. Of 621 Tenth
Street northeast. has a bruised hip as
a souvenir OF a fall at Ninth Street and
New York Avenue northwest Taylor
was treated az the Emergency Hospital
A broken left ankle was the most seri-
Gus injury in the list. and J. H O'Hara
was the victim. OHara is thirty-one
years old. and lives at 50 K Street north
east. He fell at North Capitol and II
Streets.
Joseph Smith, a negro. Of Ills Twenty
second Street northwest, fell while over
loaded with the spirit which cheers. at
Fifteenth and G Streets northwest. cut
ting his forehead. he was treated for