Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
Weather Bureau Report.

The weather bureau issues the following
statement:
THE rivers are frozen everywhere in
this territory, and there is abundance Of
snow. Warm weather is headed this
way.
Danger of disastrous flood is not i'm
minent at tbs time owing to cold wealth
eE. 1t is well. however, to take every
precaution against flood conditions
Conditions are such that should a sud-
den thaw eliminate the extremely heavy
snowfall experienced in western Pennsyl-
van.a, the Allegheny river ice pack will
be broken with rush. The result will be
intellectually disasti GUS to all shipping in
terests and waterfront property on the
Ohio river points south of here
The official measurement of the snowfall
during the past two weeks is nine inches
The fall preceding the flood of 1907 was
much less.
River traffic is still blocked. and danger
to bridges continues threatening.
An ind cation of the cond ton of the
Ohio river south of here is found in the
official river gauge report received at the
Plttsourg haroor station of the United
States geological station here last night,
as follows:
Parhersburg, w. ya.-River falling
Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge
here.
steubenville, Ohio.-Riyer falling, cold
River frozen over. Ice gorge at Gables
eddy. Boats safe.
East LIVERPOOL Martins Ferry and
other south river points report a con-
tinuation of ice gorge conditions.
Suffering Throughout City.
When the thermometer registered zero
last night reports of intense suffering in
various parts OF the city from poor fami-
lies and homeless persons began to filter
into the charities and police bureaus
throughout the city.
Over SOD homeless men and women
were sheltered at police stations last
night. Requests for coal and provisions
among the poor in the tenement districts
were so great that the supply of the
charitable institutions was sorely taxed.
Several cases OF persons frozen due to
exposure were reported to the board OF
health officers during the night. The
hospitals report additional cases.
The official weather forecast promises
little relief from the bitter cold.
No Coal to Warm Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, December 3d.
Louisville. with copious supplies of Pitts
burg coal almost at it's back door, is fac
ing threatened fuel shortage.
The Ohio river. for two weeks unnavi-
gable because of floating ice. is today
frozen almost from shore to shore. This
condition precludes the possibility of
bringing any coal down the river for a
week at least.
TIE fuel is less than twelve miles away
at the storage place for coal for Lou. s.
vile and many points south Two rail-
roads today sent special freight trains
into the coal mining sections nearest
Louisville with instructions to bring In an
immediate available supply
Six Degrees at Nashville.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. December 3O--For
the first time since 1888 the Cumberland
river at this point is covered with thin
coating Of ice.
The government thermometer at 8
o'clock this morning showed degrees
above zero.
Cincinnati Harbor Frozen Over.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, December 3O-For
the first time in seven years the Ohio
river at this place is frozen over today.
except for a small space in the local har-
Dor. Tugs are plying up and down the
aarbor In an effort to keep it open.
Over a million dollars worth of river
property is jeopar,fized by the freezing OF
he g.