Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-08
SURE huff WINTER
Thermometer Down to 13 De-
grees Above Zero.
RIVER COATED WITH ICE
Snow Covers City and Surrounding
Country.
MAN AND BEAST HAVE FALLS
Christmas Deliveries Delayed-Cas-
ualty List Includes Many
Broken Bones.
RIVER COATED WITH ICE
MAN AND BEAST HAVE FALLS


comfort the skeptical that winter is
here.
Falling temperature last night
brought the mercury down to the mark
Of 10 degrees above zero in the Their
day Of the year.
Potomac Frozen Over.
The Potomac river was frozen over
from shore to shore, for the first time
this season. The ice is only about as
thick as a window pane over the chan
mel, but it is ice.
Continuance of cold weather for
few days will make 1t thick enough to
cause the steamboats, and river craft
some trouble, and start tugboat mas
ters to equipping their vessels with
breaking plows
Steamboat mastere arriving from
down river yesterday reported having
run through ice formed by snow caked
by the cold. The ice that formed
last night. however, was not snow Ice,
but was clear and hard. There was
little or no snow in it, except on the
flats.
Rivermen say this is the earliest
freeze on the river in several years. .
But the weather bureau holds out some
comfort. Fair weather tonight and Fri
day is predicted. The temperature is to
be some degrees higher tonight, 1t Is
promised, probably rising to "a degrees
1t is likely to be fair here for couple
of days, and perhaps longer.
There is cold weather all over the ter
ritory east Of the Mississippi river, ac-
cording to the weather bureau reports,
with frost and freezing temperature as
far south as Genital Florida. The only
cloud on the horizon seems to be a dis
turbance crossing the great lakes, at
tended by snow in the great lakes region,
the upper Ohio valley and the interior
Of New York state. There Is fair weather
elsewhere.
Hard Going for Man and Beast.
During the early morning hours the as
phalt pavements in the city, especially on
Pennsylvania avenue, were covered with
{. thin sheet of ice that made dangerous
travelling for horses. Even rough-shod
hoofs slipped and slid about and many
horse. went down with a crash.
Falling horses and stalled wagons more
than once tied up the street car lines for
a greater or less length Of time. With
| those exceptions the car service was run
ming as usual today.
Between the snow and the cold, mer-
chants have had moro or less difficulty
| with hauling and delivering orders.
The heavy snow has prevented hauling
oysters from vessels lying at the 18th
street wharf market. 1t was not until
Yesterday that the fleet Of eight vessels
began unloading.
From 5000 to 1900 bushels Of oysters
were moved from the wharf Yesterday
six of the fleet sailed this morning, in
tow of the tug Carter, for the oyster
| grounds, to load back to this city.
| There would have been a shortage IN
| the supply, but the schooners Halle n.
s. c. Colbourn and NJ. J. Stephenson and
the sloop Enola were brought into port
| TODAY Other vessels are expected to
reach here before they exhaust their car
goes. r,,.,..
morning they were selling at from Sixty
cents to ninety cents a bushel:
| A quantity of Writings and lings. from
fisheries on the New Jersey coast, were
| received at the wholesale market on the
wharf this morning. These. with frozen
fish on sale, in measure nave reheVeo
! the shortage in the fish supply.
some few yellow perch were also on
sale in the wholesale houses on the
| wharf. Prices are high and likely TO re,
| main SO until good weather comes ana
| the fishermen can work their nets.
Broken Bones Numerous.
The chspter of accidents, moro or less
due to the snow and ice, Is long and dis
| tressing. Broken bones and hospital
| cases are frequent.
| 1ohn NJ. Stockard thirteen years old, OF
100 L street, the first victim OF coas.'
| ing accident this season, fractured Ms
| left leg about $40 o'clock last night While
| on the 10Th street hill. just north OF
| Florida avenue. He was struck by eos
| coaster belonging to Harold beht1 VI i'-e
| s street northwest.
| The hoy was taken home on a sieo
| Drs. H. r. Coblentz and William Jach
reduced the fracture. ,
| The slushy condition OF fennsyN alild
avenue Yesterday afternoon was respoh-
| sib,e for All accident to Hampton Miller,
| seyenty-three years old, Of 2o4 west i'tti
| street, New York city. He was CROSSING
Pennsylvania avenue at 18th street Wner
! he was struck by a street car and knocked
down. Physicians at Emergency Hospital
| found he was not seriously hurt.
! + n. Feldner fifty years old. OF Rich
| mond Va. was treated at Emergency
| HospitaJ about o'clock yesterday after
had slipped on the pavement at 18th ana
| IT streets and fell on the stone nagging.
| The Virgnian left the hospital after ne
| had received treatment.
| A milk wagon: driven ny w, y. He enan;
1.a3 Gales street, was struck by street
| car at 9TH and streets northeast TINS
morning about $50 o'clock. The wagon
| was slightly damaged. Helm escaped
| injury. 49,,
Simeon e. Harrison. thirty-three years
old DPS Nichols avenue. slipped on the
| lev sidewalk near Pennsylvania avenue
| and 18th street northwest about o clock
| last night He fractured his left thigh
| bone. He was given surgical treatment
| ut Emergency Hospital.
| William Carlisle, twenty-seven years
| old. of Park Lane. Va. struck his chin
| on the sidewalk when he fell near Penn
| sylvania avenue and c5th street last
| night about 7:15 o'clock. Police Of the
| third precinct took him to Emergency
| Hospital
Joseph Fritz. inmate of Soldiers Home,
| was treated at Emergency Hospital yes
! terday afternoon for fracture Of his
| right ankle. He had a fall on the Ice
| coated sidewalk near 9th and & streets.
| Joseph G. Dougherty, seventeen years
| old was thrown from his bicycle last
| night at Massachusetts avenue and E
| street northwest. when his wheel collided
| with an express wagon. The rear wheel
! was broken. The boy escaped injury.
| While crossing Missouri avenue at IA
| street last night. Lizzie Massie, colored.
| got in the way Of a street car. She was
! knocked down. but only slightly hurt.
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