The Washington times., 1922-01-29
ID. c. Isolated;
| WHOLE SOUTH
| BURIED Under
SNOW blanket
Weather Man Promises Lower
Temperature a. Check to
Storm This Morning.
STREET CARS ARE HALTED
One Man Found Dead Of Ex-
posure in capitaI-Train
Service Demoralized.
STREET CARS ARE HALTED

The National Capital, Maryland,
Virginia, and far-flung sections Of
the South and East are in the grip
Of the worst blizzard since the
memorable one Of February, 1899.
The storm struck the South
early Friday and slowly pressed
northward along the Atlantic sea-
board. striking New York with all
its fury early yesterday afternoon.
Snow has been falling steadily
throughout this area and gales have
added to the destructiveness Of the
storm in many sections.
Whole Seaboard Buried.
Train service IL demoralixed. teie-
phone and telegraph lines are down,
street cars in scores Of cities and
towns are paralyzed, and the whole
seaboard is buried under the deepest
layer OF snow expsxienced in many
years. ..'
The storm hit Washington Friday
afternoon. raging all Friday night and
all day Saturday. Two feet Of snow
% far has fallen. II was still showing
hard last night. but the Weather Bu-
reau predicted that there would be Q
let-up this morning, followed by cold,
cloudy weather.
Warrington ia snowbound. The few
trains that reached Union Station
were fve and six hours late. Many of
the trains from the South failed to
put In an appearance. and fear IL felt
that some of them are snowbound IN
the mountains. The Southern train
service seemed to be hit hardest, and
officials were absolutely without word
rgarding the position of some Of them.
One man was found in Q snowdrift
IN front of the Treasury building,
dead from exposure. Scores wore In
jured In traffic accidents due to the
heavy layer OF snow and the binding
snow flurries- .. ....
Car Service Tied Up.
Street car service was completely
demoralised. Car service to suburban
sections in Maryland and Virginia
was entirely shut OF, and many per-
sons who succeeded in getting to
their offices In Washington were
marooned IN. the city last night, un-
able to return to their homes.
Thousands Of Government en-
ployes were kept from their offices
by the heavy snowfall. and those who
did show up were extremely late. Sew
eral Of the departments closed at
noon because Of the small represen-
tation OF clerks.
Downtown stores were deserted and
~ q result most Of the big depart
msnt stores closed their doors at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Capitol building was practically
deserted, most OF the members of
Congress being storm-bound and un-
able to reech their Offices. The
small attendance In both houses pre-
vented action on any Of the important
measures scheduled for the day.
The Washington Terminal Com
pany at Union Station. and the WASH
inston, Baltimore, and Annapolis
Electric Railroad, the washington
and Old Dominion. and the wash
inston and Virginia railways were
hard hit by the snowdrifts, and Of
ficials Of the companies sent out
"s. o. g." calls for men to Assist
in the removal Of sAow 90 that rsx1.
road and street traffic could 10
facilitated.
Thousands Of autoists were caushf
in the snow drifts. Starting from
home In machines. many OF theaa
found the streets Impossible. ana
abandoned their cars, either walking
or waiting In the cold for street care
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