Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-24
woman, 73,FR0zEN
TO DEATH IN A SHED
RecIuse Dies From Cold as She
Attempts to Get FueI-Still
Held Shovel
MANY ACCIDENTS REPORTED

An elderly woman was frozen to
death while Philadelphia was in the
grip of ice and slcet and scores Of
i,"rsons are suffering from injuries to-
day received in falls. due to the slip
perry sidewalks, and in other cold
weather accidents.
The woman who was frozen to death
was Mrs Anna Bible, seventy three
years old, of 752 South Forty fifth
street Missing her, neighbors informed
the police that something seemed to he
amiss. They made a search and found
the old woman 5 body in coal shed
in the yard. in the rear of her home.
Her hand still grasped the coal shovel
She had apparently gone out to the
shed to get fuel with which to replenish
her fire aud had been overcome by the
cold.
Mrs. Bible lived alone in the Forty
fifth street house.
Coasting on NIcCallum street. Ger
mantown, last night, two girls aud a
youth collded with an automobile
driven by DR. Elbert O. Day, % Car.
penter street, on Lincoln drive, and
received serious injuries. They were
taken to the Germantown hospital by
the physician, who afterwards gave
himself up to the police.
The victims were Clarence. seventeen
years old, and Elizabeth. eleven years
old. the children of Policeman Morris
ldell. of the Germantown station, who
live at 6927 Creshoim road. Mount Airy.
and Miss Edna Roger, twenty six years
old. zoos Cresheim road.
Clarence received a fractured right
leg; his sister had her left leg and arm
fractured. while Miss Roger received
broken right wrist
Seriously Hurt in Fall
James H. Pearson. president of the
Retail Liquor Dealers Association, is
in the Jefferson Hospital with injuries
which are considered serious. lie slipped
on q Broad street pavement.
Johr c. Murphy, 1434 North Thir-
teenth street. was injured dangerously
when he slipped on the ice and fell be :
tween two freight cars at Broad street
and Sedgely avenue. Mr.. Murphy, who
is employed as brakeman by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was crushed be
tween the cars. He was taken to Sa
maritan Hospital.
William Fl. Bradeu, aged forty nine
of 1909 Nicholas street. fell on an ic!
sidewalk at Nineteenth street and Fair
mount avenue. and was taken to The
St. Josephs Hospital, his right lei
fractured.
Ludwig Lebach, aged seventy two, o
1920 North Twenty first street, sus
tanned lacerations about the head auC
face and q fractured nose when he fel
at Eighteenth and Susquehanna avenue
and was removed to the Woman
Homeopathic Hospital.
Mrs. Margaret Bresnahan, age
sixty FIVE, of 1923 Cabot street. Eel
from the steps as she was leaving he
home and sustained fractured arm
She was taken to st. Joseph's Hospital
A thirteen year old boy, 1sidor
Fisher, of 2545 Patton street, is suffer
ing concussion of the brain as the re-
suit of striking a tree while sleddin
down the long hill at Green street en-
trance to Fairmount Park. He is in tn
Women's Homeopathic Hospital.
Fractures Leg
Henry Winkelspect. aged ten. c
1885 Orthodox street, suffered lacera
tions about. the head and face whe
he fell yesterday on an icy pavement
He was taken to the Frankford Hos
pital
James Crossman. aged sixteen. {
4244 Frankford avenue, was taken I
the Frankford Hospital suffering
broken collar bone and dislocate
shoulder. sustained when he fell on
slippery sidewalk.
James H. Morgan. aged thirty two
a mine engineer, of Merton. \. c.
on his way from a hotel TO Broa
Street Station last night. where h
intended to board a train for Ne'
York to sail for Dutch Guiana. fell O
Fifteenth aud Market streets, fracture
his right leg and was taken to tn
Hahncmann Hospital.
During the past few days the 5. p. {
A. has been sprinkling the icy street
with gravel. but their two motor truck
have only been able TO reach few sec
tions of the city. Late yesterday after
noon Chief Fred c. Dunlap, of tn
bureau of highways. volunteered to hel
out the S. P. e. A. aud this morn
ing several wagons, manned by cit
laborers. will report at the S. P. c. 4
headquarters, on North Broad stree
where they will be loaded ' ith grave
many tons of which have been donated I
the S. p. c. A. BY Frank II. Caver
and start sprnkling the streets in tt
central section of the city.
Trouble was also caused by Sma
avalanches Of icy snow falling fro
roofs as the rising temperature h'lpe
the general thawing out.
Rain for the entire day Is eypcCte
by the weather bureau. Cloudy ar
colder weather tomorrow is promise,
A thaw started last night aud tn
morning. At : o clock the thormomet,
showed that the temperature was abo,
the freezing point. II was "a degree
The temperature is expected 10 fa
below freezing again tonight.