Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04
POLICE AND F|REMEN
PATROL DARKENED CITY
HA"ny Reports OF Fallen Trees and
Telephone Poles and OF
Live Wires.
FIRE ALARM BOXES BLOCKED
'remen Over Large Section OF City
"nlered to Keep on Alert for Signs
VI hlaze-NIany Reports OF Minor
Accidents.

WIN nearly half OF the city In dark
.ncss. except for the gas lights. with
"'"nen and policemen Datroling tho
n'''e's. ~ in the days before electric
~ "as known. and with communica-
oh between the city and neighbor-
as towns and cities almost cut off,
irchmond last night lay at the mercy
dcnc.
easter morning finds the city half
u.i'en In slush and snow and facing n
situation unprecedented for this time
or the year. Traffic in the city was Sc
rioGSiy intcrferred with. with the pos
n,n!e exception of the electric cars.
ne company had snow plows on tho
streets and the suburban lines early
Yesterday morning and by midday most
vi me tracks had been cleared How
essr' tho jitney buses suffered con-
hioerably. and there but few which
ua'ea race the dangerous streets. Auto
mobile and horse traffic was at min
tmum
CHIEF WERNER ISSUES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Chief OF Police Werner Issued spe-
cial Instructions to the various re-
Nefs as they left the station-hous;.s
Tor their tours Of duty. and impressed
upon each officer the danger OF dang
ing wires, fallen trees and the like.
Ch'ef Joynes. for the first time In
many years had occasion TO send men
on the streets for patrol duty. IL was
discovered that practically all or the
hr" alarm boxes In the bottom be-
tween Twelfth and Eighteenth Streets
We're out Of commission as we'll as "A
number located in other sections Of
tho city.
The men took beats OF two hours
duration on the streets. when they we're
renewed. Meanwhile, all OF the avail
ebie electricians connected with the
signal Service Department were busily
engaged In repairing the damaged
wires
Not only were the fire alarm boxes
out OF commission. but so. too. were the
police patrol boxes. The men were un-
fbie 10 pull In every half hour. as is
he usual custom. Electrician Thomp-
'on, Of the Patrol Signal Service, spent
ne better part OF the night. with his
assistants, In an effort to get the lines
operation again. 1t is expected that
All VIII be In service early this morn
mr..
FREES AND WIRES BLOCN
STREETS AT MANY POINTS
According to the reports fled at the
various police stations last night, the
following locations were said to be
dangerous as n result Of fallen wires:
twenty seven and o Streets. Thirty
second and Marshall. Thirtieth and
Narahall. Pink and Venable. Jefferson
II,
rhirty-six and Broad. Thirty-four,h
md Broad. williamsburg Avenue and
National Cemetery, Twcntyninth and
J, Darlington and Seventeenth, Twen-
y-thlrd and Burton. 1916 East Broad
street, an alley between Monument
venue and Grace Street. Broad and
iaker Streets. In the rear of 1908
Vest Cary Street.
Wires were said TO be down between
ne Reservoir and The Pump House also.
allen trees made II dangerous at
wenty-nrst and Burton. Redd and
atwood Avenues. Central street,
Twcnty-ninth and Marshall and be-
ora e7l6 East Broad street. Trees
,ere reported down also at First and
'rankl!n. Laurel and Grace, on Third
ircct betwec Leigh ana Jackson. with
ev,ral on the South side Electric
,oles were reported as fallen at De
Don and Leigh Streets.
WORST DAMAGE IN
YEARS. SAYS CHIEF WERNER
Chief OF Police Werner said last
ght that the results OF the storm
;erc the worst he could remember in
cars lie said there had been few
eaths in Richmond from accidental
lectrocut!on OF this kind in his cN-
ericnce. lie recalled the first death
rom clectrocution which took place in
ne city while tn. first trolley car in
he world was making its initial trips.
horse was killed at that time. and
III negro driver, who went 20 the ami
lals assistance, was killed also when
& graspcd the wire However, Major
VerncE said that not in recent years
ad any storm done SO much damage
, the city as had that which visited
richmond Friday night and early Sat
r5av morning.