Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-01-09
MANY FALL ON
 SLIPPERY WALKS COLN SPELL RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH TROUPE AND DAM
 AGE TO PROPERTY.
SEVERAL ARE INJURED
Some Thermom meters Went Below Kera Water Pipes Burst All
 Over the City.

several persons were more or less Injured In falling on the ice here yes- terday, hundr eds Of homes were flood ed with water from bursted water pipes, street railway and railroad traf- lie was seriously interfered with, gas ranges exploded doing little or no damage and other tronbles Wefe re" ported as d result Of the near zero weather which prevailed in this city and section Sunday and Sunday night. The South western Telegraph anl Telephone Company's crews wera busy all day Sunday anl Monday repair ing damaged cables, which deadened more than three h ndrod phones in the city and telegraph companies .s port that, while | ere is no seriou 2: damage to their lines as a result of thc snow and sleet. service is s,o" because of trouble to th"ir lines lh i he West. Every inbound train is coach and freight car Is covered with snow and Ice.
 The recent cold spell, which let up some Monday, Is a record breaker for this section since the fierce cold wave of February 1899, when terrific sleAt storm did million dollars worth of damage to property in this state.
 Owing to the telephone company's wires being affected by the sleet oE Sunday night one of the ciFy's fire stations was cut off from communica- ton throughout Monday and sub telephone station had to be establish ed by Chief Breiner to protect the downtown district and assure an trrl- mediate response of the deparulent in the eveut of fro.
 Nearly a thousand calls were sent in to plumbing firms yesterday from various homes and business houses because of bursted water pipes or frozen gas mains. About one third of this kind of trouble was remeMed yesterday and the plumbers will prob ably not complete the repairs until the end of the week. Natural gas, which was recently piped to this city from the Caddo fields in Louisiana. went back on many families Sunday and despite the fact that the plumbers and gas company employees worked deter !, minedly Sunday to get all pipes In working order again. the troubles were not done away with until la.e hour yesterday.
 The weather report shows that tlte thermometer registered as low as 1 degrees above zero Sunday morning. but there were many thermometers Hhat showed and below al an ear ly hour that morning. Sunday was clear and cold, but early Sunday ey- ening sleet began falling and contin ued to fall until after midnight. AS a result the streets and sidewalks Of the city were covered with Ice yester. day and 1t was difficult for pedestrians and stock to navigate. The street rail- way company experienced trouble in maintaining a schedule and the car service was exceedingly slow.
 frozen pipe. connected with q stove in the home of W. Fl. Fox ar No. S19 Walnut street, exploded Sunday morning, badly damag ng the range and scarring the room. No one was in the room at the time of the explosion. \ A man named Hill from Corner stone, Ark, fell on the ice while go- ing to Union Sta ion yesterday morn ing and his right arm was broken. He was attended by Dr. J. l.. Magee.
 Mrs. P. B. Chatham. en route from Charleston. Mo-, to Dermott. with her family to visit relatives, fell on a sl ppery pavement near the Arlington Hotel and sustained painful injuries. Dr. Magee also attended her and ds- spite the fact that he advised her not to continue her journey she left the for Dermott.
 County Judge c. M. Philpot fell on the ice near the Postofice yesterday noon and sustained painful, though not serious injury to his back. He vas able to walk to his oJce. how ever.