The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-28
ice AND SNOW IS OVER
ALMOST ALL Of AMERICA
Country Now Afflicted by One Of the Worst Spells Of weather
II Has Ever Had

Washington, Jan. 28.-Washington
was cut of from the outside world
today as far as transportation is con-
cerned, by one of the heaviest snow
storms in the history of the capital.
No trains have left Washington since
midnight and with the snow continu-
ing to fall the prospects of any NOV
ing soon are poor. Three trains have
arrived since midnight, two from New
York, long overdue, and one a Baltf-
more & Ohio express, from Cincinnati.
Train service to the south, where
snow storms have been reported for
two days and from which section the
storm came, is wholly suspended. Sew
eral trains are reported stalled be-
tween Richmond and Washington,
with others being held at Richmond.
Trains from the north are reported
held up in the yards between here and
Baltimore and in that city.
Starting yesterday afternoon and
still continuing today, the snow had
covered Washington to the depth of
foot and half to two feet. The street
car service has practically suspended
and the prospects this morning were
that all activity, governmental and
otherwise, would be greatly curtailed.
PILING DRIFT ON DRIFT
That part of the country compris-
ing the middle Atlantic states is
buried and being further buried under
the heaviest snow fall since the long
remembered blizzard of 1899. The
storm which began with an almost un-
precedented snow fall in the Carolinas
and Virginia Thursday, is creeping up
the coast, leaving buried cities, stalled
trains, disrupted trolley service, sus-
pension of business and social activi-
ties in its wake. It reached the edge
of New England early today, although
its center remained off the Virginia
|capes.
Weather bureau reports showed and
forecasts were for snow today and to-
night along the coast of New York,
north. At ten o'clock today the fall
of snow in Washington had reached
an even two feet, it was still showing
and the weather bureau said it would
continue through the day and into to-
night.
Pennsylvania avenue here is strewn
with abandoned automobiles. Thou
sands of government clerks were fore
ed to walk to work by suspension of
the car service, although the trunk
lines Of the city began operating later
in the morning. Numerous accidents
were reported to the police and sever
al calls were sent for aid to find per-
sons believed to have lost their way in
finding their homes.
There was fourteen inches of snow
in Baltimore early today, twenty in
ches at Lynchburg and seven inches
of snow packed with half an inch Of
sleet at Raleigh. and it was still snow
ing
n SdiC Vi nlty -oAA niAlSS oA houi as
Norfolk crippled shipping and put
part of the business section of the city
under water The roofs of three to-
bacco warehouses and one garage
caved in at Danville by the weight of
snow and many automobiles were
abandoned in the streets there.
Sixteen inches of snow has fallen at
Richmond and mercantile and other
business is at standstill. All trains
arriving there are badly delayed. The
snow storm is the worst Virginia has
seen in twenty three years and prac-
tically the entire state is in its grip
ISnow is still falling.