Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-12
|CITY BATHED INA
TORRENTIAL RAIN
Temperature Rises And Streets Are
Clear of Ice
WIND BLEW IN HEAVY GALES
And Several Items Of Damage Result
ed-Another Severe Cold Wave
Headed This Way.

The cold spell Of the past two
weeks was knocked into O cooked hat
by the heavy rain storm OF last night.
| but another severe cold wave is. head
ed this way, and it will be even colder
than the recent frigid spell. The
weather officials say that the mercury
will drop below the zero mark all
over the East
/ There was only slight foreboding
Of the snow storm which it was pre-
| dicted would set in last night. IN
stead of probable heavy snow" in
dieated by the atmospheric condi-
| lions, there swept down on the city
rain and wind storm Of severe pro-
+ portions that prevailed throughout the
| night Conditions were such that
everyone was forced to cover. It
'rained, it hailed. it showed and it
blowed" throughout the night, but one
comforting result of the elements was
that the temperature rose some Is or
more degrees and the rain which was
a warm one practically cleared the
streets OF the treacherous sheets of
ice which had made walking extreme
ly dangerous.
Sn0w Preceded The Rain.
A light fall of snow marked the be-
ginning of last nights storm. The
heecy fakes began to descend about
430 o'clock, with the wind blowing
gently from the southeast. Towards
o'clock the snow changed to hail
aud later to a misty rain that con-
tinued for the next two hours. short
~ after o'clock the rain began to
fall in torrents and the winds in
/ creased in force all the time At
first the rain froze to the payements
as fast as it FELL but with the rising
Of the temperature the ice on the
/ streets softened and the heavy deluge
Of rain washed it away rapidly. and
EAnnapolitans awoke this morning to
find that they would not have to con
tinue to feel their way along, as ice
was to be seen only in a few places.
Winds Blew A Gale.
AS night wore on the winds hauled
Iaround to the northeast quarter and
later to the northwest and they blew
gale. AS a result a number OF
minor damages We're reported this
fmorning.
/ At the plant of the Parlett and Par
lett Company the strong wind blew
1 down one of the large smoke stacks.
Shutters We're blown from many houses
about town and down at the Naval
Academy limbs were snapped from
trees, and there were various other
items OF minor damages.
At "Elberon," the estate Of Mr.
James NJ. Munroe on West street, a
number Of limbs were blown from
several Of the large old trees.
A large flag pole in the side yard
of the Eagles Home on West street
blew down across West street. and
but for the fact that it was caught in
tree, traffic over the Washington.
Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Line would have been interrupted.
In front of the store Of Mr. G. A.,
Friemel, on West street. a sign blew
down and crashed into tho large key,
an emblem indicating that Mr. Friemel
| is. locksmith. This was smashed to
| snithereens.
The rain softened the ice in the
harbor but not to any appreciable ex-
tent, and with another cold wave on
! the way. conditions in this respect
will be as bad, il not worse, thah
before
Heavy Storm To Strike Tonight.
/ A. fierce storm, accompanied by
! much snow and which will be fol-
lowed by an extremely cold wave,
/ viii strike this part OF the country
! some time today or tonight. from the
Gulf States The center of the storm
at late hour. last night was north Of
New Orleans and was moving rapidly
in this direction.
i In the event that the center Of the
storm moves northward up the ocean,
| the winds in this city will be from
the northwest, but if the storm cen
| ter IS west of the city the winds will
| be from the south. IN either event
the storm will be followed by an ex-
| tremely cold wave, and there viii
| probably be much suffering in its
wake.
Throughout all of yesterday zero
weather prevailed from the Rockies
Ito points IN the central part Of Texas
lThis means that this section OF the
/ lcountry cannot escape an extremely
cold wave, for the northwest winds
which prevail at this time Of the
years will carry this cold wave right
across the face Of the United States