The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
81 VERE
WEATHER
IN MANY
YEARS
Or. Lunnsden, Former Chief Of
Medical Corps, Victim Man
Found il Street

Two persons are dead today
from exhaustion, attributed 10
their inability to Withstand the
piercing cold weather which III
twenty-four hours sent the tenn
perature from 80 degrees above
zero at noon yesterday to IS shove
at 7:3O o'clock this morning.
The dead are:
Doctor G. P. Lumsden, seventy
years old, retired commander Of
the Medical Corps, u. S. n, of
927 Twentieth street northwest.
Archie BurreIl, coI0red, address
unknown, found dead it S o'clock
today III front Of 81 Congress
court northwest
Has Heart Attaek
Doctor Lunadsn ventured ct
Ia6t nieht - the snowntorrn. He.
WA hardly able to make his w.
back home He dropped Is the
floor as soon as he entered his
house. A few minutes later Doctor
g. w. Carr. 81 the Naval Hospital.
hurriedIy summoned pronounced
him dead from 4 heart attack, due
to exhaustion.
The colored man was discovered
lying in the street. Al nearby
physician pronounced him dead
from exhaustion. His body Is now
at the morgue while police seek to
locate relatives.
Mercury Rising.
The drop In temperature started
about 6 o'clock last night and con-
tinued until this morning. With
the rising of the sun the Their
mometer went up. A temperature
Of about 10 degrees above is fore
cast for tonight.
Tomorrow the weather win mod
crate, Forecaster Weightman said
today, '.and also probably Friday.
Washington, however. Ii not
through with either snow or severe
cold weather.
I'VE expect unsettled weather to-
morrow. There il some possibility
Of snow during the day. Tomorrow
night It win probably snow. At
this uIi1e. however, we cannot tell
just how severe the snowfall win
-.
Another Cold Spell Due.
1--WE look. for 4 drop In temper
atlIre Saturday. It may come be-
fore that time. Washington, I'M
Sioubtedly, IL due FOR another cold
spell shortly after this one.
Cold winds originating In the
Hudson Bay are responsible for the
sudden drop In temperature. Not
only Washington. but States as tar
south as Georgia and Mississippi
felt the effects Of the cold It
spread over Eastern and Southern
parts Of the country.
Today's low temperature is the
lowest In any January since 1919.
when the thermometer broke all
records and registered ~ below
zero.
Official Thermometer.
The weather Bureaus official
thermometer registering as follows:
8 D. m. CAST night IL above zero.
10 o. M, 10 above zero.
IL D. m, 10 above zero.
"A. M, above zero.
a. M, above zero.
g.. m, above zero.
1880 q. M, 30 above zero.
8 a. M, above zero.
"a. m, 10 degrees.
10 3. M, Ii degrees.
IL a. m, 12 degrees.
IL noon, Il degrees.
The cold weather hit Washington
suddenly. Forty-eight hours ago,
sunday, the temperature lowered
around fifty degrees. The drop
came late yesterday afternoon.
Snow began to fall yesterday and
until about 10 o'clock
last night. -Four inches covered
the ground, but the piercing wind
caused snow drifts four and five
feet high.
The blizzard last night resulted
In more than dozen accidents
the city, but no one
was seriously injured.
Trolley Tie.up Avoided.
Washington, fortunately, escaped
4. street car tie-up during this snow
fall. Except for few delays. all
street car lines were reported run
ming 100 per cent efficient. The
quick action OF the street ear conf
Danies and District Government -