New-York tribune., 1922-01-29


Automobiles and other motor >e-
nic.es likewise we're unable to cope
with the snow. aud tonight thc streets
Of downtown Washing were lined
with abandoned cars. some oi which
the owners lad rot been able TO move
since last night. Tasicahs last night
and early to-day did thriving bust
ness, but IS the snow increased the.r
nun bers werc decimated by the drifts.
Ihe snowfall in Washington prac-
tically halted governmental activities
and had IS effect n SIT international
way by causing the cancellation Of two
scheduled armament conference meet
.nSs
Thousands Of gove1nrcn. employees
walked to work and MANY others liv-
Ing IN outlying or suburban sections
stayed ~ home. When noon came and
the storm showed 10 signs OF abating
and thc Weather Bureau held out no
hope many bureaus dismissed their en-
ployecs so as 60 allow them TO get TO
their homes.
Congress- also was affected by the
storm, only forty-rine Senator's an
sweriEg 20 the call of the roll and
hare handful OF House members being
IL ATTENDANCE. Both House and Senate
adjourned aftcr b-.ef sessions because
Of tie storm, and committees Of both
houses were compelled TO postpone
hearings when witnesses and commit
zee members alike failed 90 appear.
Trains from South Aunulled
Train service between Washington
and the outside world was practically
suspended from last midnight until
carly to-day, but seldom, used snov
Citing apparatus was brought into
plAy soon afte- daybreak and internllt-
tent and greatly delayed scrvice was
maintained during the day. Many
trains, especially those from the South,
were aanullcd. and all Of those arriving
were hours late.
While Washington vas battling with
The snow, Norfolk, Newport News and
Portsmouth, Va; Atlanlic City, N. J.,
and other coast cities in the Middle
Atlantic sections arc being swept By
rhe severe gales that attended the cen
ter Of the storm area. Shipping along
the coast was forced 70 seek shelter
and from every port city came reports
of vessels in distress. The downtown?
bua1ness section Of Norfolk vas flooded
by nigh tides that swept in. accom-
panied By the gale, ard traffic police
we're compelled 70 work IN hip boots.
Ihrse large tobacco warehouses II
Danville, Va, collapsed under tho
weight OF SNOW, ant al other ware
houses in that city vero ordered closed
IS measure cs precaution. Reports
rom Richmond v7ero that the snowfall,
there Of approximately two feet was
the heaviest in twcnty-three years and
had completely tied up street traffic.
1hs area ot snowfall was creeping
siow.y northward and tonight was
reachiny into New England. Reports
70 tno Weather Bureau from Philadcl-
ohta late In the dsy said the fall there
had a deptn Of four 20 six inches.
Weather Bureau officials said it was
extremely unlikely, however. that in
any section in the pajn Of Che Storm
IS In the Middle Atlantic States.
Indications lato in 5he dav were that
The snow would cease IN Washington
and vicinity during The night, Weather
Bureau officials said, ard be succeeded
tom orrow by partly cloudy weather,
With temperaturss below freezing.
The remarkable phase of the storm
through tho Middle Aciantic area vas
That it interfered but little with tele-
phone and telegraph communication.
The l!ghtness Of The snow and absence
o. moisture operated TO prevent It
eticEing to wires and thereby disrupt-
Ing serV.cc.
Several accidents due to the storm
we're reported by the police.
Mre. Jennie Thebner, OF 53SS East
Eighty y-eecond Street, fell near her
home and broke her right leg. She
was taken to Reception Hospital.
Max Be-son, OF 17s Middleton Street.
brooklyn, became Dewildered cross-
ing broadway SC Union Avenue, Brook.
lyn, and was hit by Sumner Avenue
car. He vas pinned so tightly be-
meath the car that the rescue SQUAD Of
the Fire Department was called ia
extricsto him. He was injured inter
nally and vas taken TO 81. Catherine's
Hospital.
Matthew Tmcwitz, fourteen wears old.
tell in front of his home, Ye9 Essi
Seventy second Street, and cut His
head. ''9
Ihere wa. an unusually heavy sea a.
CoNey lsland and waves broke over The
sea wall ct the foot Of Ocean Parkway
Several srnall boats were torn from
the3? roorings At Sheepshcad Bay and
winoows in bungalows at Bath Beach
we're broke, by the wind.
The Long Island Railroad repor+od
that there wac little Snow ct the eas+-
e-a end OF Long Island and thst the
snow turned to vain in Long Island
City. A''"'u