Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-10
cold TO CONTINUE
Weather Bureau Sees No I'M
mediate Change.
PREDICTION FOR TONIGHT
:. -
Mercury Expected to Hover Around
the Twelve-Point Mark.
SLIGHT ACCIDENTS REPORTED
Slippery Pavements Cause Many to
Fall-Man Overcome by Cold
Sent to Hospital.
PREDICTION FOR TONIGHT
SLIGHT ACCIDENTS REPORTED

Continued cold weather is promised by
the weather bureau For the next thirty.
six hours the probabilities are that the
temperature will not 60 above o. To-
night Will see the mercury at IL or some
point near that mark. Last night the
temperature went down steadily until the
morning at s o'clock.
1t was the coolest night OF the week SO
far. almost equaling last Friday, when
the mercury went to ST.. which was the
lowest point since 1906, when degrees
was reached
Trains are delayed all. the way from
fifteen minutes to several hours, but rail-
way men believe the difficulties will be
Strengthened out satisfactorily today.
Western trains were in the worst Might.
as the west has had storm after storm
for weeks past. A snowstorm now drift
ing toward the Mississippi from the
Rockies may reach Washington late in
the week. and will probably tie traffic
up again.
Accidents on Slippery Pavements.
Accidents on slippery pavements and on
hills where coasters took advantage of
the fine shedding were reported to the
police at various times during the day.
The most severe case of exposure was
that Of John ]. 'Donohugh. who. lives on
the Conduit road. He succumbed to the
cold at 9 o'clock this morning at, 86th
street and Prospect avenue northwest,
where Policeman johnson found him. He
was sent to Georgetown University Hos
pital.
Stories of terrific hardship op the .Chesa-
peake bay and the lower river are still
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reach Washington. The latest tale is that
Of the Ada May. which capsized near
Lower Cedar point, Md, in the bitter
gale last Friday night. In the icy waters
Of the river Henry Darby. cook, was
drowned Capt. John A. Bowman and
capsized sloop during the beating OF the
wind and ice cold water until rescued by
Capt. Guy Of the schooner Tawes;
Exhausted and ready to die. the
Tawes and landed at Bretons bay.
The Ada May now rests In twenty four
feet Of water, and. an effort Will be
made by her owner. john Tawes OF
Crisfield, lMd.-.to raise the craft. g.
Skating on Tidal Basil:a
Skating on the tidal basin started
yesterday afternoon. In response to
the appeal Of enthusiastic skaters many
persons went to the basin to help clear
of the snow, but owing to some delay
which prevented the snow-shoveling
apparatus, from reaching the basin
early In the afternoon. only q, small
area was cleaned.
The enthusiasts say that with a little
help from volunteers today 2 very fine
skating pond may be cleared The ICE =
not the best in the world, but It Is hard
and thick enough for safety. The police
win allow onlyea. iir6ltdd aiumhsF t9 sk g
While coasting on 18th street near
Florida avenue northwest last night,
Ernest Curtain, eleven years 2ld, or 22o4
nth street northwest, collided With sew
eral other boys. He was thrown from his
sled. and his head and face we're cut. He
was treated at Garfield Hospital.
Florence Winkler. fifteen years old. OF
1884 Varnum street northwest was also
injured in q coasting accident last night
She was in the old Columbia Golf Club
grounds, east Of Georgia avenue, when
her sled ran into another. She was thrown
of and her leg broken. She was also
treated at Garfield Hospital.