Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
BLANKET Of
WHITE OVER
ALL DIXIE
Mercury Forced Down to 23 as
Wind Whips Flakes Into
Faces Of Atlantans.

Atlantas first measurable snow
since Thanksgiving Day, 1912, began
falling at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, and at 8 o'clock over an inch mad
descended, with the thermometer well
below freezing, heavily clouded sky,
and prospects of the snowfall contin
ufng well along into the night.
The thermometer at the weather
bureau recorded a peculiarly abrupt
drop in temperature. At o'clock the
mercury stood at 30 degrees. At 10
o'clock, with the snowfall at its thick
est, the thermometer registered 2S.9
degrees. Then it began very slowly
TO climb. and the weather director said
it should be about at the freezing
point Thursday morning, with much
warmer weather in prospect Tor
Thursday afternoon.
Forms Treaoherous Footing.
The first part of the snow having
fallen on pavements containing
slight degree OF warmth, it melted AMI
formed treacherous base for the rest
of the snow, tile sidewalks and pave
ments being slippery in the extreme.
Motor cars skidded dangerously, even
with chains-horses fell-there were
four down at once in the Marietta
street block leading out of Five Points
and pedestrians trudged cautiously
along, by no means immune rom the
common danger
&.
snow meant business the street -
company sent out sand cars over all
lines, roughening up the slippery rs:lS
and preventing delay, except that
caused by fallen horses and mules or
the tracks downtown.
The cfiil moisture in the atmos-
phere held the smoke well down near
the earth, and the city was blanke'ed
in white pail of misty vaporr
through which stiff gale @hired the
snow in almost horizontal gusts
During the night the velocity of ths
wind reached 30 mi es an hour, aud
a good part Of that speed was re
tanned throughout the morning. TIE
cold, however, seemed to have its edge
taken off BY the snow, and was not
felt as much Is temperatures -everal
degrees higher NJ day before
Other Shows This Winter.
only three times previously has
snow fallen this winter and then it
was only recorded as a trace" in the
weather mans books. The dates were
January 3, and February 1@ and II
Mr. Won Hermann said that the
snowfall tednesday might possibly
exceed two inches by night
'ollowing are ne records in snow
falls for q hours in Atlanta:
January IS. 1883, inches; De
cember >. 1886. g. inches; February
1j. 1896, GA inches; February T.,
1899, G.5 inches, and January 23, 1904
rs inches. Twice in the history 4
the Atlanta weather bureau has snow
remained on the ground as long a.
ten days, and twice the fye-day mark
has been reached
Poor Appeal for Help.
The blanket of snow brought dozens
Of women to the office Of City Warden
Thomas Evans. in the City Hall,
Wednesday with appeals for help.
They told many pathetic stories
Of being out of food and fuel and
Warden Evans had to call in assist
ants to help him, for he said this
would be his busiest day Of the year
SNOW always brings them" said
Warden Evans. There may be cold
er days with fewer appeals, but the
fact that these people are urged by
a certain amount Of sentimentality
10 call for aid when the ground is
white does not alter the fact that they
are in need We are doing the best
we can for them
Captain Bob Clayton, Chief Of