The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-16
Virginia Is Today Under
Another Deep Banket
of Snow, While the
Thermometer Is Fall
ing Throughout All the
Country East of the
Mississippi

washington, FeD. 1O.-otOrm warm
ings were continued today by the
weather bureau from Cape Hatteras
TO East Port, Maine, with the infor-
nation that disturbance of consid-
erable intensity was central off Cape
Hatteras and moving rapidly north
estward. Strong gales were forecast
for this afternoon and tonight.
Freezing temperature in northern
Florida, near freezing with frosts in
central Florida and near frosts in the
interior of southern Florida was the
prospect held OUT for Florida.
Snow has fallen during the last %
hours in the north Atlantic states,
SHOWS and rains in the middle Allan
tic states, West Virginia and Tennes-
see and rains in the south Atlantic
and cas-. Gulf states. Temperatures
have fallen generally east of the Mis-
sissippi river except in New England.
The outlook is fer fair weather to-
night and Friday in the states east of
the Mississippi: but colder weather
also is in prospect for the Atlantic
states with a cold wave in New Eng
land, eastern New York, extreme
northern New Jersey and northern
Pennsylvania.
The temperature will rise Friday in
the region of the Great Lakes, the
Ohio valley, Tennessee, the east Gul:
states and the interior of the south
Atlantic states.
Gale Sweeps Norfolk
Norfolk, Feb. 16.-Five inches Of
snow have fallen in Norfolk this
mt rning during the second blizzard
catien in many parts of the city and
the adjacent territory has been cut
cfI. Vehicular traffic is at a stand
still in some of the suburbs and badly
hampered in the city.
A thirty mile north gale is sweep
ing Norfolk and temperature early to-
day was twenty-four with small hope
OF change. during the day.
Shipping off the coast is endangered
by forty-eight mile blow and a down
pour of rain is reported from Cape
Hatteras.
In Chesapeake Bay small craft
have sought shelter and the pilots are
boarding ships at Cape Henry in
thirty-eight mile northeaster.
Following a heavy thunderstorm
shortly after midnight a binding
snow storm swept in. Few street
cars have been able to make their
way to the out of town sections. The
blizzard was accompanied by driv-
ing wind.
No radio reports have been received
OF any accident to ships plying to and
from this port, or at sea.
Richmond Under Snow Blanket
Richmond, Va, Feb. 16.-Crippled
telephone and trolley service In Rich
mond and vicinity, and similar condi-
tions in many other parts of the state
were reported here early today, as the
result of last nights snow storm,
which resulted in white covering Of
six inches depth.
Sleet accompanied by snow has done
considerable damage to poles and
lines of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company throughout the
state, according to company officials;
and telegraph wires out of the state
capitol also were reported seriously
affected.
Fears were expressed by the local
wea her bureau director that damage
has been wrought to trees in Vir-
ginia's fruit belt.
The Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies and the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph COM
panies report trouble to their wires,
but announce that they are able to
protect all their points.
The mercury in Richmond ats a. m.
today stood at FL degrees above zero.