, 1922-01-28

Inc SJateS comprising the
middle Atlantic section today
were buried and were being
further buried under the
heaviest snowfall since the
long remembered blizzard OF February
1899.
Tho storm VII began with almost
unprecedented OF snow in the
Cirollnas mi v a Thursday was
creeping up the leaving buried
cities. stalled trail 'srupted trolley
service and n ge suspension OF
business and socA tiyities in its
wake. It had reach . edge Of New
England early toda : Nlthough its
enter remained off Virginia. capes
weather bureau repo 9 bowed. and
forecasts were for snt lay and to-
night along tho oas New York
north, although not as { y as that
over the middle Atianti { Ion.
The blanket OF snow g y today
was heaviest in the Dist Column
bin, with the fall recorded at 10 o'clock
as an sven twofeet. A. that time. 81
was stin showing nnd the weather bu-
.s,au prediction was n continuation Of
the fall through tho day and into the
night.
The blanket OF snow early today
was heaviest in the District Of Column.
bia. with the fall recorded at 10 o'clock
as ar even two feet. At hat time.
II was stu showing and the weather
bureau prediction was n continuation
OF the fall through the day and into
tho night
Starting shortly before dusk yester-
day evening. tho snow fell continu.
ously through the night IND by mid
night railroads and trolley lines be
gan to suffer.
From midnight until . o'clock this
morning no trains left Tho capital and
only three trains, two from New York
and one from the west arrived. Gather
ing the generally little used NOW
fighting material, railroad officials
shortly after . o'clock succeeded In
out two trains. one over the
Pennsylvania and another over the
Baltimore and Ohio from Tho north
and hoped to continue intermittent
service during the night.
In the national capital itself. street
car service virtually vas suspended ut
daybreak. but gradually service was
restored on the trunk lines. but thous
ands of government employees were
forced n struggle through almost
knee deep snow to the government de
partments. while many others in out
lying and suburban sections ook oni
look outside and decided to remain a
home.
Pennsylvania avenue. the capital
historic thoroughfare was strewn wit
abandoned automobiles. Numerou
accidents were reported and the polio
received several calls for aid TO fin
! presons believed to have lost thei
way in finding their homes.
Reports to the weather bureau
showed the fall OF snow early today a
baltimore stood at u inches; Lynch
burg, Va. reported 20 inches, the
heaviest in tho history of that city.
The storm was reported to be contin
uing at Richmond. Va, where street
cars were completely tied up and
many trains stalled or held in the
yards. Raleigh. N. c.. reported seven
inches with about half-ipch OF sleet
and tho snow still falling.
Conditions at Norfolk appeared TO be
the worst, with a gale of &c miles hav-
llE put IL pdFt vi lho b6-ilco1 wv
ton of the city under water and Grip
pied shipping.
The fall OF snow in Washington ap-
peared to grow heavier. II that WAS
rossible. around o
Officials of tho American RAILWAY
Express reported a virtual stoppage of
express shipments from and into
Washington and said that shipments
only were being accepted subject to
delay. Officials of the Southeastern
Express company made similar re
ports.
Attendance in both houses OF con-
gress was small.
Sufficient senate members reached
tho capitol for n quorum while when
the house convened there were scarce
ly moro han 80 OF the moro tina 400
members present. The senate agricul-
tural committee was compelled to
abandon a schedule hearing when wit
nesses failed to arrive.
Forty-nine senators. a bare working
majority fought their way through
snow drifts tcl the capitol.
Senator Simmons OF North Gallo
lima, leader in the Democratic fight On
the allied debt refunding bill, was
snowbound in his suburban home. re-
porting drifts as deep as 10 feet.
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