Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
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treacherous CLASSY film of Ice underneath
oHer insecure footing for horses, and
t.'lIIc ls laborious today. Automobiles
encounter dithculties in rounding corners
ana many small accidents were reported
Ten motor plows worked all night and
iVuO teams are in action today removing
the surface snow from the business and
outlying sections Of the city. An army
OF 60OV men has been pressed into use
lhere Is no Snow appropriation" made bv
the city and the contractors are all work.
ins ~ the removal Of the snow ION faith"
Cinders are being spread on all the i'm.
portant streets and intersections, so as to
provide footing for horses. In the sub
urban districts only the snow at the. in.
tersections of streets is being removed
Ihis Is the third snow Of 1915 and tons of
II nave already been dumped into the two
rivers
orders for Wholesale arrests were issued
Dy superintendent Robinson, II snow is
not cleaned off pavements by O'Clock
TINS afternoon, and ashes, cindcrs or saw
dust sprinkled on the ice that cannot be
removed. Traffic policemen are being re-
lleVed every two hours because OF the ex-
treme cold, and Captain Mills augmented
the traffic squad with the members of the
mounted force who are dismounted today
on account of the slippery streets
NNNiutuI WHIuS OF all tnc city hospitals
are Kept busy. To the long list of in
jured treated early this morning others
are rapidly being added no less than 20
persons already having been taken to
hospitals with broken limbs and frac-
tured skulls as n result of accidents en-
countercd in walking, coasting or work.
ing on the slippery streets. Some of them
may die.
Among those reported injured today
are:
Mrs. Matilda Weber, As years old. 222O
Almond street, slipped in front of her
home; fractured skull; Episcopal Hospi-
tai.
James Gavin, IS years old, 900 Sumac
street, buried in snowdrft, Manayunk
avenue and Sumac street; hands and feet
frozen; st. Timothy's Hospital
James Hilles, 81 years old, no home:
head and body cut; Episcopal Hospital
John Murphy, 1909 Fillmore street,
sprained wrist; Frankford Hospital
James Cleary, 1872 Summe- street, frac-
tured leg; Garretson Hospital.
Henry Brown, 81 years old. 1928 Winter
street, fractured leg; Hahnemann Hospi-
tai.
Harry Kurtz, 20 years old, 2s15 Poplar
street, fell from electric light pole, Sth
and Nectarine streets, fractured leg:
Hahnemann Hospital.
William Sanford. 40 years old, Fishers
lane and Wyoming avenue, sprained
wrist; FrarLfc"Gi Hospital.
No trouble was reported by the Penn
sylvania Railroad, the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway and the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company, as result of
the ice-bound tracks, but gangs of work
men were sent out early today in case
of emergency.
Between 200 and 800 stations of the
Bell Telephone Company out of the 15O,.
900 in the Philadelphia district, were re-
ported out Of order today by the com
pany as n result of the storm. No further
trouble was expected by the company
unless high wind should set in today.
Forty wires of the Western Union Tele.
graph Company between Philadelphia and
Baltimore, and 26 between Harrisburg
and Pittsburgh were reported as having
given way beneath the weight of ice. The
reported that it's service to New
York, the West and the South had not
been interrupted.
Fruit growers in South Jnrsey declared
that the storm would be beneficial to their
trees If no wind breaks the ice-coated
boughs.
Many wires are down in Camden. Both
telegraph and telephone companies have
large forces of men at work repairing the
damage. Some trolley cars were delayed
as much as quarter of an hour, especial
ly in the outlying sections Three of the
hundreds of pedestrians who slipped and
fell were taken to hospitals.
At Woodbury. N j., much damage was
reported from broken telephone and cleo
trio light wires.