Evening star., 1922-01-12
cold WAVE CLOSE
. ON HEELS0F STORM
Temperature in Capital Ex-
pected to Drop 10 % De-
grees Tonight.
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Recovering from the winter storm
which yesterday wrapped the north
easterp section of the United States
in it's icv blanket and bufeted the At
Iantic coast with gales ranging in We
Iocitv up to &c miles an hour. Wash
ington must now prepare to face
cold wave.
Travelling fast on the heels OF the
storm is a cold wave which VIII BRING
fros;s tonight probably as far south
as central Floriiu. according To the
weather bureau. The temperature IN
Washington tonight is expected I"
go down to twenty-five degrees. or
four degrees lower than last night.
The weather bureau announced that
the gales on the Atlantic coast have
subsided with the passage OF the
storm. which has increased in tnten-
sity and is now centered over south
ease crn Maine. Heavy snowfall within
the past twenty-four hours was re-
ported from New England and the
north Atlantic states. The snow was
accompanied ny fall OF temperature
generally east Of the Mississippi river
and in the west gulf states
Unsettled Weather Tonight.
Unsettled weather is forecast for
Washington tonight. but no SHOW is
expected. Snow flurries. however, are
predicted for the mountain districts
of the middle Atlantic states.
Yesterdays storm brought 10 Wash
ington the heaviest snowfall OF the
property damage which ran into
hundreds of dollars. The joint fall of
rain and snow during the storm
reached l.03 inches.
The gale which accompanied the
storm attained velocity OF forty
-
toppIed over telephone and telegraph
poles. broke window glasses. tore
roofs from private homes and wreck
ed chimneys. One Of the big iron
eagles was blown off lamp post on
the Connecticut avenue bridge.
Washington and northern and north
western points were thrown down by
the storm and caused delay in
communication. Gangs Of ,workmen
are now repairing the damage at
points in Maryland anG Virginia. and
said today that 1t will be at least two
days before normal service is re-
sumed.
Chicago Service Hampeved.
Only one circuit is open 10 Chicago
and points west Of that city, and the
traffic is being handled with an hours
delay. But two of the five circuits
TO FlttSDufSn are IN operation.
All of the circuits to New York
are open. but officials of the telephone
company said it is impossible to get
connections north of the metropolis.
Except for one to Frederick, all the
circuits to western Maryland are out
of operation. According to reports to
the telephone company, one of the
two gangs sent out to repair the
lines in this part of the country has
been lost, due to the heavy snow
which reached eight feet in certain
places. The lost gang of workmen
is in the vicinity of Cedar Grove. Md,
Bad roads are hampering the work
of repairing the lines.
Although the slippery streets made
travel extremely haza ardous. few ac-
cidents were reported to the police.
The number, it was said. was below
ting average.
While crossing at 1st street and
Rhode Island avenue northeast Mar
garet O'Neal, 1<6 U street. was
knocked down by an automobile and
her head cut. George Pappas. 626 ~
street, slinped on the ice and fell in
front of 205 John Marshall place. in
juring his face. Miss Marie e. Kent.
1913 Rosedale street northeast. was
knocked down by an automobile at
18th and H streets northeast this
morning. She suffered from shock
and an injury to her wrist.