Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

evening and we will have weather to-
morrow morning. Tomorrow will be one
of the coolest days of the year, but the
temperature will begin to moderate little
on Saturday. The lowest temperature to-
day was IS degrees above at O'Clock this
morning. Tonight the temperature will go
down rapidly until it has reached the zero
mark"
The cherries reports have been re-
ceived at the weather bureau from the
west In the wake of the blizzard tenn
perature that is coming this way. that
the thermometers in that section of the
country are registering from 30 to 40
degrees below zero. The temperature at
Havre Mont, this morning was 46 de-
grees below the zero mark, with IA be-
low at Chicago, 10 below at st. Louis and
even zero at Cincinnati The zero line Is
said to extend down through Kansas.
The weather in Washington tomorrow
promises to be fair and very cold.
This is Candlemas day." said vener-
able WaShingtOnian today, and it is
fair and cold. That means, according to
former experiences on grounding day,
that February will be a rough, stormy,
snowy month, such as we used to have
back In the fifties. In fact, the present
winter has been more like the old-tim
seasons of half century ago than any
we have had in recent years"
Ice In the River.
There is more danger Of an ice gorge
forming about the bridges across the river.
and the damming up of the waters 80 that
they will flood the city this year than ever
before. and the services Of the ice-break-
Ing tugs are fmperatively needed to pre-
vent such a catastrophe In former years
there were but the piers Of the Long
bridge and the new railway bridge to stop
the Ice coming down from the upper river,
but this year there Is the additional dam
ger of the new Highway bridge. damming
up the water. The unfinished piers Of the
bridge are surrounded by heavy timber
structures Offering broad surfaces against
which the Ice can lodge, and between sew
erai OF the piers on the District side the
bridge the pfling used in the construction
OF the steel work is still standing, and
against 1t small gorge formed when
the Ice melted and began to run in the
early part Of the season. Should a sudden
thaw come. before the tugs can be put to
work breaking up the ioe and the mass Of
Ice that now covers the Potomac from this
city to its source comes down stream, trou-
bic from gorge at the bridges can GER
tainly be looked for. While 1t would be lit
tie use to put the tugs to work just now,
as the ice would freeze together again al
most as soon as broken. they should be
kept In readiness for service, as the call
for them may come at any time should
warmer weather come.
Not Afraid of Cold.
There were number of skaters on the
river and its tributaries yesterday and to-
day, notwithstanding the danger attending
the sport, and there was one skating acct
dent which came near resulting In several
fatalities, 1t is said. This accident occurred
on the Eastern branch near the gas works
yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock, and
several boys came near losing their lives.
The cold and exciting episode was started
BY John Clark, fifteen years DID, living at
124S 11th street southeast. breaking through
the Ice whore the water was deep. Fortu-
nately for him the ice about the hole was
solid and he was able to hold on and
boys were on the Ice near the foot Of 18th
street at the time and Clark attempted to
cross the channel against the protests of
his COMPANIONS II was when he started
to mako the dash across the chan
mel that the ice broke and precipi-
tated him into the water. When he came
to the surface he caught hold Of the ice.
his effort had been repeated several times
that he finally found the ice strong enough
to be Of assistance. Harry Shepherd, sew
went to the assistance of the boy whose
life was In danger. and he soon Joined him
In the water.
Albert Luckett, fourteen years old, living
at 12O7 g street southeast, and William
F1aherty. the same age, whose homo IL at
1911 street southeast, followed the others.
and all four boys were in the water to-
gether.
Trouble to Rescue.
BY this time the outcries Of the boys at
tracted a number Of persons to Them ana
after some difficulty they were rescued.
Men employed in the gas plant took boards
out and placed them upon the ice. while
Harry Bailey took coli OF rope from his
boathouse. The police patrol wagon from
the Anacostia station was on hand when
the boys were rescued. Clark had been In
the water 30 long that he was suffering con-
stderabiy from the cold and was only partly
conscious when the police hurried With him
to Providencs Hospital. The other botD
their heznss. Clark rested wcIi 81 IL kce.
gatal lsst night and was xhis to eat hearsy