Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-30
CITY RECOVERING
FROM HEAVY STORM
Street Gle anins Forces Get Up
per Hand on Snow King
Despite High Drifts
TWO LOST THEIR LIVES

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While clear weather prevailed today.
eioudineez j. the forecast for Tomorrow.
The lowest terrpe-aturp epperted 20 ,
1ight by fNn wea thrr Bureau i- - de-
grees. The Washington Weather
bureau warns Of snow later IN the
week.
10 Public Works Director Cavsr. who
estimated that fEure - the snow -s.
Inovsl cot. he has 1000 men end "iH'
trucks at work.
The storm wAs the biggest erarrger"v /
yes. that has confronted munici-a'
street cleaning. which hsga1 ovs- TIE
entire citv January I. Mr. Caven and
/, Chief Dunlap. Of the Highway BureaT.
were d'liEhtsd today with the good work
0f their cleanup squads.
Open Way 10 Food Supply
Dock street. Ron wl.rt rebate
foodStufs for nea-'y d NJ Iri.a4s. .pLia
r. being freed Of rs mantle oi drrh
Enow, while al the north and south
streets between Chestnut an. A.
streets have gangs of o'raEer- O., ~c's
There were two deaths rrou the
storm. Jacob Kemp. . music -aarle-
1I16 Master street. t-i.1t.ei lGtu Z
drug store a. SlGty.f-.t and Rae
streets. late SATURDAY, night. and died
before he coud bs given aid. He vas
exhausted from his struggle through he
drifts. The other person ~ d.e a. =
result Of the storm was R"ber. Pau.
6fty-one years old 57OJ Gr-rrsLtgv;u
avenue, a photographer he was OF
bis way homo With bis wife after
: -ccial call. and collapsed after reachlE-
home. lie died in Germantown HO.pi.
tai.
Many roads in The s,burbs s-o still
blocked by dTIf's. and SoI'a jersey iE
sin snowbound. Train servirs ou. o!
both Broad street station ard the
Reading Teruinsl. however. & normal!
Suburban trolley line, are making
better time. and autoaoJil.s tha; were
abandoned in drifts are be.ug reclaimed
by owners.
Telegraph aud telephone componiss
report but littlc damage. The l.. Il. T
service wao but slightly in,erfered with.
Few accident. none serious.
One resuI. ~ 'he storm was the
blockade formed at Remington road and
Lancaster pike. WyEUewOod, where
about Fifty automobiles and no,ort-gcks
and wagon were led Up all Saturday
night and most Of yesterday.
Rieaa-d J Hami rou. president OF
the Merton TIE 1nd Trust Com0aHy.
Ardmore. 'rf, his home shg-'ly after
z O'Clock Saturday E.ght in hn car q
: attend 4 dinner IN This city. RU2.
ming into this blockade, however, Ee
xas unable 70 get past, although b.
spent four T0urs trying.
Many Parties DELAYED
Many others prom .neut In the brri.
ne>s and social life Of the city and
suburbs were held Up by th!, OlOckadr
while on thG!r way % dances, d.aL@r.
ard theatre parties.
Ii started shortly after ri-htfaU when
g.
he ridd 2 of Lancaster pike a. Rom
sngton road An autoisr com!rg up j.
= hack OF the team stopped his car,
\ sIfRbted aud went forward 70 Sce i
he could Offer any assistance. Afr.
: Ddh king several futile efforts TO aid tie
driver h. returned % his own car and
cssayed TO start il. j. would no, bulge
Other autO.s,s coming UP -'ror" to g,
around these tv0 IeuIc.", with the
result trey, too, got stuck In SNOW
tanks. ThS blockade increa sen il s.ae
mOmentariy nftcr tha..
Ralph L. Murray, owner Of az es.
tate near the scene, went down 70 So"
what assistance be could offer. He
found Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Atwater Kent,
with two young women who are Y!s-
ing them from Paris. France. among
the victims. He invited thrra 20 his
house to spend the night. which they
did.
Many Given Shelter
The two visitors are Miss Ethe
Lucsa and MIsS Marin Harjca. Th'
latter belongs 10 the u,s banking fam
ily Of that name In Paris. witch il
associated with J. j. Morgan q 90.
Other who lived near the scene an
offered the shelter Of their homes =
the victlms included Dr. Thomas g
Ashton and Gideon Boerickc
Passenger from three big Main Line
Jnotorbusges. which -"erc al.c cagght
y. we're rescued by T. i. Grab".e, q
garage man Of Ardmore. The occupant
4 Of the various vehicles. after struggIins :
>~VafGiy 20 cXtTi"atr their machines from
the banks, abandoned thcui and went
on somewhere else 70 spend the night.
Early yesteruay morning a uetaI' Oi
Lower Merton police and some labo-cr.
under the leadership Of Captain June,
/. Donaghy and Sergeant Muiin. ol H.,
police force, went 70 The gene m.
rhe entangled cars TINS 'a-E ID ted a..
late yesterday afternoon, by WHICH l!!ac
~ the road was cleared.
Suburbs Isolated
Banks Of snow on roads from Tac.
ony 10 Holmesburg and 1'orrcsda's were
20 high that il Will req>lrc Ut Ieas
fwo days 20 make a p-,,age Thesi
three northeastern suburbs are nearly
( isolated.
Trolley service from Frankford q
these sections was halted By the storlr
about 4 o'c,ock Saturday afternoon ant
not resumed until late yesterday. Hun,
dreds OF men from FraukfOrd and t4C
lower section Of Tacony -hpvelpd drift,
from four 10 six feet high of the troll.
ley trachs, % peruEt TWO cars 70 batt!a
Their way through and open the line