Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-31
Nineteen Deaths and Many
Reported Overcome.
SNOW BRINGS SUFFERING
Victims Stricken on Streets and
Even in Their Homes.
TRAFFIC IS GREATLY DELAYED
City Officials Unable to Clean Up.
Automo biles Alone Move.
Winter Sports.

PARIS December 31-Winter has Paris
in its grip. Not for long time past
have the streets been 50 blocked b,
the street cleaning department by sur.
prise, with the result that although the
snowstorm has ceased. no steps have yet
been taken to facilitate traffic beyond
the spreading broadcast of Loo tons OF
rock salt which. as the cold remains
intense, has merely soIiditied the snow.
Nineteen deaths were caused by con
geStion due to the severity of the
weather
At daybreak Tuesday the municipal
customs officers discovered the body OF
an unidentified man who had frozen to
death on the slope of the Paris fortitica-
ton, near the Porte d'Allemagne
Woman Shopper Dies.
In the Rue du Temple a man fell dead
as a consequence of exposure to the cold
In the avenue Daumesnil a young WON
an who had come to Paris from St
Maur to make purchases for the New
Year died from congestion due to the
cold
In the Rue Jean, Jacques Rousseau, a
nome. n gardener aged sxty-seve1l
years dropped dead from congestion
while working in his garden i'm the Rue
de Fontanebleau.
woman overcome by cold in the out
skirts of Paris died in few minutes a
'longshoreman. working on Il barge in th,
Seine was killed by the cold.
An unfortunate man. out of work ano
sitting on a bench i'm the Parcides Butte:
Chaumont. suddenly fell dead as result
of the cold. A packer named Paul Re
nauX was struck down by congestion in
the Boulevard dc la Nillette, and was
carried to hospital in dying condition
Workmen Succumb.
A miller named Eduard Grampilot OF
Cha1npiSny was overcome by cold in tn.
Rue Secretan, and his life is dcspared of
A workman named Jean Popelin. going tc
his factory. fell dead few steps from
his home, in the Passage Brunoy.
Woodcutters at work in Bois de Chaville
came upon one of their comrades over
come by the cold. A man named Louis
LintenS, tWenty-SiX years old, fell deaC
while loading wagon of wood a
Aubervilliers.
At Charenton man named Maudan
was overcome by the cold as he was leav-
ing the house of friends where he hat
taken lunch A Shopman named Charles
Demont fell dead in the Rue Turbiso.
The Comtesse de Santa LUCIA, eighty
six years old. was stricken down by the
cold as she was entering her house in the
Rue du Porteau. A charwoman named
Dubrogue and a market gardener named
Nine Marchall were both overcome by
the cold and carried to the Ho,el Diet In
dying condition.
Even those persons who remained in
doors were not spared by the terrible
cold, for a man named Guellerot was
found dead from congestion in his com
Portable apartment in the Rue de Char
enton.
The List Incomplete.
The list is incomplete, but it will serve
to show you the severity of the cold spell
which is visiting Paris.
Street traffic Is greatly INSTRUCTED. and
in fact, but for the automobile it would
be at a standstill. Never before did tbs
automobile win such a crushing victory
over the horse. Private automobiles. pub
lie ''taXi-autos'' and business delivery au
tomobiles are the only vehicles that the
snowfall has not put out of commission
For the first time in history Paris has
seen winter sports being enjoyed in its
streets, for a man on skis yesterday aft
ernoon amused himself by sliding dowr
the steep Rue Clichy at a speed and witt
a skill that would have qualified him fol
membership to any Alpine club