The Washington herald., 1922-01-28

Washington was blockaded last
night by a blizzard which swept
in yesterday afternoon at o'clock
from the Carolina capes and within
a few hours had dcmoralizcd city
activities with foot coating OF
snow.
The Districts nrst blizzard OF
two years rushed in on a high
wind which continued throughout
the night and the snow piled high.
Within five hours after the FIRST
signs of the blizzard had struck
the city yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock, traffic was moving slowly
and Indications of q real blockade
were in evidence.
Mai Bowie. Of the Weather Bu-
reau declared last night the snow
would probably reach a height OF
eighteen inches during the course
Of the blizzard.
Sweeping in from the SoUthesst,
the storms effect was felt early In
the District. Trains from Virginia
were reported late early in the even
ing and reports from nearby Nir-
ginia towns Indicated they were
caught in the worst snow storm OF
several years.
trict were thrown behind at
o'clock last night. four hours a. .er
the storm had struck the District.
All machinery at the command OF
the two companies for clearing
tracks was rushed into service at
o'clock.s but the storm gained a
strong lead on the apparatus earlv
In the evening.
Trafhc Badly damned.
Traffic became badly jammed at
IL o'clock when the theater crowds
started home. Oficials Of both com
panies declared. however that traf-
I hc was kept moving on all lines
throughout the late rush hours.
Street trafflc was demoralizsd
within two hours after the storm
struck the District. 4 6 O'Clock
sNtra traffic police were rushed to
the downtown stations Most dif-
hculty was encountered at the foot
Of the decline on Thirteenth street
at L street northwest. Machines
coming down the incline became
uncomfortable when drivers put
brakes into use. the slippery pave
ment failing TO hold the wheels.
while the cars turned completely
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reached the bottom OF the incline.
Several accidents were averted
through seeming miracles as the
machines slid about at the bot
! tom OF the incline and the inter-
section of Thirteenth and l. streets.
Pedestrians crowded both sides Of
the street 20 watch the capers OF
the fioundering cars.
Eleven Are InJured.
The blizzard will be the worst
suffered by the District in several
years, Maj. Bowie. OF the weather
Bureau. said at 10 o'clock last
night He compared the snow laden
gale which struck tho District 10
the blizzard of 1899. during which
three feet Of snow fell and activi-
ties OF the city were blockaded for
several Gays.
Eleven persons were reported in
jured as a result OF accicenss caused
by the storm. police reported. Skid
ding automobiles caused most OF
the injuries.
Three women were injured when
the automobile in which they were
riding collided with a trolley car
at New Jersey avenue and Q street
northWesC The injured are Mrs.
Sanford Porter. Of the Franklin
Square Hotel; Miss X. w. Sewers
and Mrs. Joungerson, OF the Grace
Dodge Hotel
Becoming confused while cross
ing the street at Ninth and r strects
northwest, Charles II. McPhearson.
Ssf street northwest. was strucL
by an automobile and severely in
tured about the head and body lIe
was taken to his home The anto
was operated by S. p. Powell. st7
Kentucky avenue southeast.
Ante Hits BIeycIe.
Morris Thompson. 1905 Summers
court northwest. received -"-'' -
juries when his L evcIe Usa sgrsd.
by an automobile ga isiaC ID 10 skio
directly in the = m Of sssfnos lng
trolley car at Niath sgd 4 strceo~
northwest. The auto was operates
by Charles Lin - ga 90
street northwest-
Occupants OF two automobile
were badly shaken up whcu their
machines skidded ana colis'lcd on
Thirteenth street mar d treet
northwest. The machines according
to police, were operated by James
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