Evening star., 1920-02-05
Capital in Throes of
Sno.O, Sleet and Gale
In All Night Attack.
Street Car Hits Policeman,
and Man Is Struck by
Automobile.

Automobile.
Washington today was busy getting
its bearings following what is regarded
as one of the heaviest sleet. wind, rair
| and snow storms in years.
Officials of the weather bureau said
| today that the storm has spent it's force
and that by tonight the wind will prob
ably shift to the northwest. bringing
| clear weather. The temperature. how
| ever. will remain below the freezing
mark tonight, and will probably rise
! slightly tomorrow.
| Gale Sweeps City.
| Throughout the night the gale swept
across the city from the northeast. Per-
| sons who were unfortunate enough to
| have to brave the elements slid and
| shivered their way through the streets.
| Train and street car service was ham,
] pered- Express trains from the north
and west came into Union station any
where from a half hour to an hour late
Service today. according to railway Off
cials was normal
The wind. which attained a maxi
mum velocity of thirty miles an hour
hurled sheets of hail into the faces
OF pedestrians. Today considerable
! delay was experienced on several
! street car lines. caused by fallen
..
eral traffic accidents were caused by
the storm.
seaboard snowbound.
states along the Atlantic seaboard
were snowbound today. The heaviest
1ali was in Pennsylvania where from
eleven to twelve inches of snow and
nail was registered. The fall in New
MARYLAND. the District of Columbia
and Virginia about three inches fell
The snowbound area extended as
far west as the upper Ohio valley,
but the fall in the western section
, was not as heavy as it was along
peratures prevailed generally. and in
some sections. especially in the vicin-
ity of the District of Columbia, the
snow had turned to a fine rain.
Street Car Hits Policemnr.
Motor Cycle Policeman Alvin c. Belt
OF the Tenleytown district was struck
by street car on Connecticut avenue
between Mckinley and Morrison
streets this morning about 1 O'clock
and rendered unconscious. United
states Commissioner Isaac r. Hit re-
siding at 1903 Mckinley street. took
the unconscious man to Georgetown
University Hospital where It was
found he had received a probable
Belt went on duty at midnight, but
was unable to ride his motor cycle
because of the snow on the streets. 1t
IL believed the binding storm made it
impossible to see the approaching
northoound car in time to get out Of
conductor George PuIlin assisted the
injured man. 1t was reported at the
hospital later that the patient had re-
gained consciousness.
Knocked Down By Auto.
While working on the tracks of the
capital Traction Company at Wiscon-
SIN avenue and NJ street last night
about 11:45 O'Clock. Douglass johnson,
colored. 1918 10th street, was knocked
down by an automobile and slightly
injured. He refused hospital treat
ment.
Edward F. Strohman, seventy-five
/, years old. 1914 New Hampshire aye
! nue.. yesterday morning was knocked
down by the automobile of Herbert
c. jackson. 1904 Chestnut street, Ia
/ koma Park, at Park road and 14th
street He received slight injuries
and was taken home.
delivery wagon of the Connecticut
! Q streets yesterday afternoon. The
wagon was damaged and one horse
| injured.
Street Intersections Cleared.
The street cleaning department,
early this morning turned out it's
| force Of several hundred men to clear
paths through the snow for pedes-
trians at street intersections.
Later in the day gutter plows will
be sent out by the department to
| clean the snow away from the curb
| ing. So that when it begins to thraw
| there will be openings to the sewers
| Omcials of the street cleaning office
said it was not likely that horse
| drawn plOws would be used to clean
| the pavements. One official in the de-
partment pointed out that approx
| mately one-fourth of the people al
ready have cleaned the snow from
! in front of their places and that to
only smear the pavements that have
been cleaned.
Outlook Along River.
| The outlook along the river front
this morning was anything but re-
assuring. Lieut.. Russell Dean of the
| harbor precinct said he thought, how
ever, there was no occasion for
alarm.
Sudden melting of the snow in the
mountains probably would mean a
! swift current in the river here, the
lieutenant stated.
There was little floating ice in the
river below Aqueduct bridge today
anu nut III tHe lower river LO
interfere with traffic.
Government boats plying between
this city and military reservations at
Indian Head and Fort Washington
and the steamers of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company were
able to run on schedule time today.
High water at Old Point made ii i'm :
possible for steamers to land there
/ yesterday or the day before. Reports
from there late last night were to the
effect that the water was receding
| and it was thought the boat that left
| here last night probably was able to
| make a landing this morning.
seven Inches of snow In New England
/ BOSTON. February 5.-A northeas,
! blizzard, the velocity of which ran from
| thirty-six to sixty-four miles an hour
put southern New England under sever
| inches of snow before noon today
| Transportation services were crippled
| and city streets not yet cleared of re-
| cent SHOWS, because of shortage OF
! laborers. were further blocked. Weather
bureau officials said the snowfall would
| continue tonight.
Damage ON Virginia Coast.
| NEWPORT NEWS, Va, February 5
1.-The heaviest damage caused by the
| storm in this vicinity was on the ex.