The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-16
EVERITHInG FALLS N
R|cHa0N0 BUT MERCURY.
Temperature Was Most Even, There
Being Variation OF But One
Degree In "a Hours.
WHOLE
AZ SOUTH SLIPPERY
Snow and Sleet General. With Many
Minor MISUNDERSTANDING Has
Slcet Storm For First Time In Six
Yeara


eral Varieties In the way of weather
yesterday--rafn. sleet and ''hominy"
snow--the Thermometer was a most
consistent performer. All longtime
temperature maintenance records we're
broken. the mercury remaining virtu-
Any stationary throughout the twenty
foor hours ended at 8 o'clock last night.
Inc most unusual temperature tabu-
iation that has been Issued from the
local weather bureau in many years.
perhaps in its history. was recorded at
the Chtmboraxo Hill station. .
The average temperature for the day
was ~, the temperature at o'clock
last night was %. at o'clock yester-
day afternoon. 20, and noon yesterday.
a. and the maximum temperature was
e. The only variation on the record
is the minimum figure. 21--a variation
Of but one degree.
The normal temperature for the day.
as fixed by the weather bureau by COM
parative means during the years 1t
has been established here. is aS de-
grees.
At s o'clock last night it was sleet-
ing. northeasteriy wind OF sixteen
miles velocity prevailed. After that
hour precipitation ceased and the Their
mometer continued the stationary
phase.
The sleet which covered the streets
in the morning hours was followed by
a dry. hard snowfall. which covered
the glazed surface and make walking
difficult. There was much slipping and
sliding and number of falls in which
victims suffered little other than the
shaking up and inconvenience occas-
toned by the necessity of rising.
Poorly shod horses in various parts
90 he 81 all nj a n n "a
In holding their feet and continuing
to draw the loads behind them num-
Der of ingenious devices appeared.
Among these was the mufling OF the
hoofs of the horses with burlap bags.
following the suggestion made at police
headquarters yesterday morning by
Traffic Sergeant Bradley.
Many Accidents In Roanoke.
Roanoke, Va, Jan. l5-Many MI
nor accidents and numerous fractured
bones of men and animals resulted
from a glaze storm which continued
throughout Sunday night. leaving half
an inch OF ice on the ground. Motor
trafflc was considerably interfered
with. The glaze thawed somewhat
yesterday, but today intermittent falls
Of ice again made vehicular and ped
estrian travel hazardous
Below Freezing at Newport News.
Newport News, Va. Jan, 15.--With
the lifting of the fog of Saturday
night and cessation of the high winds
OF Sunday, nearly score Of vessels.
which had been waiting outside, were
enabled to make this port today, sew
eral OF them going to the shipyards
for minor repairs. Sleet which had
been falling intermittently all day has
seriously interfered with work along
the water front. The temperature has
dropped several degrees below freez-
ing.
Rain Turns Into ice.
Charlotte, N. c.. Jan. 15.-The tenn
perature dropped more than twenty
degrees here last night and a driz-
cling rain was turned into ice. A
brisk wind is blowing and the local
weather bureau forecasts sleet and
wind for the next thirty-six hours.
The storm is not heavy enough to
interfere with traffic.
Severcst of Winter at Greensboro.
Greensboro. N c., Jan. 15.-The
first sleet storm OF the winter visited
Greensboro about dawn today, ac-
companied by the severest weather OF
the winter. About II o'clock this
morning a light snow covered the
ground. but the mercury still clings
to the lower points on the thermom-
eter. The highest temperature re-
corded In the last twenty-four hours
Is as, the lowest rs.
Blanket OF Glaze Covers Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala. Jan. 15.-For
the first time in more than six years
Birmingham today was covered with
blanket of glaze. Houses. trees
and streets were coated with frozen
rain and ice.
Street car trafic throughout the
city was seriously hampered. and in
some instances the schedules were
abandoned.
At 10 o'clock this morning the mer-
curry registered 3s degrees.
Storms General In South.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 16.--Snow
and sleet today covered a large por-
ton Of the South. North and Cen
trail Texas are under one OF the heav-
lest snowfalls in their history. IL
inches having fallen in Dallas since
early yesterday The storm extend
ed over Eastern Arkansas. Northern
Mississippi and Western Tennessee,
Western North Carolina and Vir-
ginia.
Street car service was interrupted
in Memphis where snow to depth Of
four and one-half inches lay in the
streets. In Nashville, three inches of
sleet, coated the streets and interfered
with traffic.