The Washington times., 1912-01-07
|STlNG|NG COLD
WAVE SHOPPING
down upon CITY
VIII Make Washington
SILVER for Twenty
!. four Hours.
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when the snowfall did not last through
out the day, az was predicted by the
Weather Bureau. An It was, however
they were kept busy supplying fuel and
food to the poor families under their
care. Added to these were appeals from
many men thrown suddenly out of
work because their occupation demand
Cd them to be out Of doors.
The Central Union Mission and the
0ospel Mission were filled last night
This morning their soepel services drew
prsysd WINE they had shelter under
M friendly roofs Of the missions.
v Strangely enough. the Municipal Lodg-
Ing House was not greatly taxed last
Neither vas the the appeal for FOOD q
heavy ~ was expected. This IL ac-
!counted for by the fact that the wood
pile at which applicants there are made
e YORK, work: has tsrrers that other places
"if.ny men would rather beg 10 cents,
then get nights lodging, than come
here and work an hour or 80 for II, an
said. "Here during cold weather. though
We sim to relieve all sufferers who APP
ply We have hot coffee at al hours and
10, nsedy cases we give food"
southern. Atlantic Coast Line and sea-
m norm H South ne q Richmond sa All AZ came
into Washington from an hour to two
trains we're from thirty minutes to
forty.hve minutes late.
Street Cars Run.
shortly after midnight both street car
companies put their sweepers to work
and their efforts to keep the tracks
clean resulted in regular running OF
all the city cars this morning. Sand
cars were sent out and the snow stopped
everything in shape for the early morn
ing traffic.
Dozens Of skaters who went down to
the Tidal Basin late last night, thinking
WStchmer were stationed there and
no one was allowed to 20 on the ice.
This morning snow made skating impos-
AZ the Zoo PARK nearly zoo skaters
were out last night until long after
dark. Not to be cheated of their sport
ny the snow, they went out in force
this morning, armed with brooms and
shovels. and formed an impromptu snow
the bird pond, turned over by Superfn-
tendent Frank Baker to the skaters,
was as free from snow as it was early
Duluth Coolest Point.
The oldest point in the United States
today IL Duluth, where the mercury
stands at IS degrees below zero. All
through Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
North Dakota the temperature is below
- degrees.
As far south as Arkansas and western
Tennessee the mercury stands below
Sero. BY tomorrow this cold wave IL
expected to completely envelope Florida
and the Gulf States.
Today in inland New England and
New York State the mercury does not
rise above zero. Trains are tied up, and
in Boston and all New England cities
suffering Is reported to be great.
Telegraph poles, unable to Withstand
the tension Of the taut wires, snapped
this morning, and both big companies
experienced trouble. Around Philadel-
ph1a and other Northern cities telegraph
poles with their net work of wires were
blown across the tracks, and this caused
o delay OF the south bound trains run
ming into Washington. Air connections
on trains also froze UP and consider
able delay often was experienced in
thawtng them out.
In western Pennsylvania and through
the Ohio valley heavy snow fell last
night. At Pittsburg three inches is re-
ported. The heaviest fail was at Nor
folk. Va, where there were four and