Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06
KING WINTERS FREAKS
Yesterdays Blizzard Now
SIush, SIeet and Fog.
MANY FALLS IN NEW YORK
Traffic East and West Impeded by
Snow and Ice.
WORST STORM IN YEARS
Wide Scope of Country Covered by
Storm Which Lasted Three DAYS.
MANY FALLS IN NEW YORK
STORM IN YEARS
Wide Scope of Country Covered by
Storm, Which Lasted Three Days.
Arctic-Like Temperature.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. February 6.-New York
looked out of windows today on rain.
fog and slush Yesterday it was ice. cold
but dry. Since then the mercury began
to climb and at 8 o'clock this morning
il was SO degrees above zero. Snow be-
gan falling yesterday afternoon and con-
tinued throughout the greater part of the
night.
Ten inches of snow had fallen in this
city when the storm which had been
looked forward to as a blizzard turned
10 hail and sleet early today. and in turn
this gave way to a downpour of rain,
like a midsummer thunder shower. This.
coupled with the warmer temperature.
soon filled the streets with slush.
As result of the mushy, slippery con-
diton of the streets, scores of persons
fell on the pavements and were more or
less seriously injured. OF the total num-
ber of accidents 119 were due directly TO
the uncertain footing. Police and am
bulance doctors were on the jump In the
early hours of the morning. and the hos
pitalS were kept busy attending to those
who were hurt.
Elevated and surface traffic suffered
to some extent during the early hours.
bui was able no resume its normal
schedules before noon.
River traffic was greatly impeded while
he fog lasted. There was a collision off
the battery between the ferryboat Bay
Ridge and a tug. The tug tore a hole
into the mems cabin of the ferryboat. but
nobody was injured. There was some
excitement among the passengers. because
the fog was very dense at the time, but
after cropping about for some time, the
ferryboat managed to reach her slip.
Heavy Fall of Snow During Night.
The most severe cold wave that has
visited New York this winter was broken
last night by heavy fall Of snow. The
low temperature hung on up to midnight
| but then the mercury commenced to rise
In Mount Vernon a trolley car crashed
into the rear of another. the snow pre-.
venting the motorman from seeing thai
| the car ahead of him had stopped One
| man was seriously injured.
Blizzard in Michigan.
DETROIT. Mich, February 6-Follow
ing a snowstorm which prevailed during
| the early part Of yesterday over Michigan
and assumed the proportions of a blizzard
| in western and northern Michigan. a Sc
we're sleet and rain storm gradually work
ed its way across the state from the
west. II caused much damage to tele-
graph and telephone wires. and delayed
trains and interurban cars.
Railroad traffic across the Detroit river
| is being seriously delayed by an ice lam
of unusual severity. The ice is gorged
at the lower end of the river at the Lime.
kiln crossing and extends almost solidly
up to Belle Isle. above the city. Seven
of the great car ferries Joined in an at
tempt TO force channel to the rivers
| mouth yesterday. but failed. Trains are
being delayed from two to four hours In
crossing.
Arctic-Like in Maine.
| BOSTON, February 8.-The cold wave
which has prevailed throughout New
England during the last week continued
yesterday. with lower figures than have
| been recorded at any time during the
season. below zero. Fort Fairfield, Me-
sent the lowest records. "A and A. degrees
| below zero. At Mortified. VT. the
| weather bureau Thermometer registered
81 degrees below. At Burlington. VT. il
| was 26 degrees below: at Pittsfield, Mass.
"a below; at Eastport. Me-. 10 below;
Concord, n. H., 10 below, and at Boston
z below zero.
FORT FAIRFIELD. Me, February e.
Forty-four degrees below zero was the
record shown on the government ther-
mometer yesterday. the coolest of the
| winter. Mattawamkea reported IS below
Ice Bridge Across Hudson.
| NYACK, n. Y. February 6.-The Hud.
son river is covered with a heavy coat.
| ing of ice from bank to bank. and yes.
| te rday the natural bridge from Stony
Point to Verplancks Point. in Westchestel
| county, was opened to traffic. The Ameri-
| can Ice Company has been harvesting ice
| in Swartworth's pond. and 1t is expected
| that work will begin on Rockland lake
| within a few days. The company still
has a large supply of last winters ice in
its houses at Rockland lake. The ice is
| seventeen inches thick.
PLATTSBURG. n. Y. February g.
The past three nights have been the cold
est three successive nights in this section
in more than ten years. Monday morn
ing the Champlain valley and the north
eastern slope of tie Adirondacks regis
tered from IA to - below. Tuesday morn
| ing the record changed from Is to "a be
low and yesterday it was 22 below in
this city, 35 below at Upper Chateaugay
| lake - TO 20 below at Lake Placid, 4.
| below at Saranac lake and 4s below al
| Lake Clear Junction and 10 below at Hol-
| land Point.
Reports from all over the state indicate
that yesterday was the coldest day oi
the winter. From Albany temperature
of 1G degrees below zero was reported