Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-27
STORM PASSES AWAY.
Disappears Of Newfoundland Coast
Milder Temperature in Washington

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The storm which passed over Washing
ton yesterday, leaving ice. snow and north
winds in its wake, disappeared last night.
off the coast of Newfoundland and is
now said to be far out at sea. There will
be general moderation of the Temporal
ture in the next thirty-six hours. Prof
Garriott of the weather bureau stated to-
DAY, and the forecast is for cloudy and
warmer weather There is no storm in
sight. and conditions are becoming better
in the south.
1t is stated that the cold wave extended
TO cuba, and gave Havana the severe and
unusual temperature" (for that latitude)
of OF degrees above zero, which resulted in
some damage to tropical vegetation.
The railroads report an improvement in
train service and generally trains came in
today on time, after the vexatious delays
of the past forty-eight hours.
The nearly zero weather of the past for
ty-eight hours has covered the Potomac
with sheet of heavy ice. varying in thick
ness from three to four inches; where the
drifting ice and floating snow froze to-
gether on the eastern sides it is six and
eight inches thick
The steamers and tugs are moving with
difficulty, and all running several
hours late in arriving here. The steamer
Anne Arundel. Captain Geoghegan, mas
ter, of the Weems line, due here early
Wednesday morning, from Baltimore and
river landings did not reach her dock
until about 4:3o O'Clock yesterday after
noon. The fight she had with the seas and
gale on the bay and lower Potomac
shown by the masses of ice that covered
her. She unloaded her freight for this
city and took aboard what she was to
carry away and left about pm. on her
return trip, but laid over at Alexandria
until this morning. Her officers report
having met with heavy ice fifty miles
down the river, and found it particularly
heavy about Glymont and Fort Washing
ton.
The Norfolk line steamers are making
their regular trips from this city. The
big tugs attached to the naval ordnance
foundry here are also making their daily
trips between this city and the Indian
Head proving grounds towing, without
trouble, barges wit laden railway cars
and newly finished guns aboard through
the heavy ice. Owing to the wide track
they make, these boats do mu toward
Keeping the river open and preventing the
gorging of the Ice during heavy freeze
like the one now prevailing on the Po-
tomac.
These steamers and the powerful tugs
attached to the naval ordnance foundry
are the only steam vessels in service on
the river. The other steamers and tugs
lying tied up at their berths and
will it is stated remain there until more
favorable weather conditions come.
The EStelle Randall arrived here shortly
after O'Clock this morning and after coal
ing up and taking freight aboard sailed at
il Am. to try and make landings as far as
Marshall Hall. Her officers report the ice
very thick and heavy on her entire route
and particularly SO at Fort Washington.
where it has gorged several feet deep.
The steamer made Glymont on her down
trip yesterday, but returning to this city
laid over at Fort Washington last night.
her officers deeming it unsafe to attempt
to run through ice in the darkness.
The steamer Norfolk of the Norfolk and
Washington line, which left here last night
for Norfolk, is reported being upon the Ice
off the Indian Head naval proving grounds
and the steamer Newport News left here
shortly before IL clock this morning to
to her aid The steamer bound from Nor
folk to this city had not arrived here at
noon today and tidings had been had
from her in the offices of the company here.
Boatswain Benson. L. s. N, commanding
the L. S. N. tug Choctaw. Is winning gol-
den opinions of the steamboat men. He has
several times recently gone to the assist
ance of vessels in trouble in ice and by
breaking the ice around them with his
powerful boat enabled the steamers to get
loose from the masses of ice holding them.