Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-28
10-Inch Fall Starts on An
niversary of "Knicker-
booker Blizzard"
BUSINESS HAMPERED
AS TRAFFIC is DELAYED
Government Departments Suspend
Operations Early; Accidents Mark
Storm; Temperature to Drop.

A freak snowStorm which began Las.
night almost on the exact hour Of the
tragic "Knickerbocker storm" six years
ago was taking its leave reluc-
tantly this afternoon after buffeting
Washington with a nearly foot-deep
snowfall that hampered traffic and
communication and seriously affected
the conduct Of governmental and pri-
yate business.
Hundreds Of Government employees
were allowed to quit their desks early,
a o'clock closing hour being put in
effect at the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Treasury, Post Office, Labor.
Commerce and State Departments, and
3 o'clock at the War Department.
Coming unheralded almost from no
where" according to Forecaster Charles
L. Mitchell, the storm furnished ths
city with a grim reminder Of the fate
full theater disaster. in which SO per-
sons lost their lives six years ago to-
night.
With the depth of snow passing the
i0-inch mark at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. the snowfall broke all official rec
ords since the tremendous storm Of
January 27-2S, 1922, when a total of
=
Temperature to Drop.
Forecaster Mitchell said the storm.
which apparently originated right n
this vicinity as the result OF two weak
disturbances coming from nearly oppo-
site directions, was due 70 pass on 10
the northeastward. along the Atlantic
Coast, some time this afternoon, leav-
ing its wake spell OF much colder
weather.
The temperature tonight viii drop 20
about Il degrees, he said. but the cod
tomorrow will not be so extreme, he
thought.
Despite the city's complete unpre-
parednesS. In so far as special arrange
mentS for meeting the emergency were
concerned, the S1ow-Egntlng forces q
the District government. traction COM
panies and private interests were so vel
organized that little time was lost n
swinging into action.
Few Traffic Accidents
As result transportation lines were
kept open within and without the city,
although traffic frequently backed UP IN
some OF the buster street car, bus and
automobile arteries.
Telephone. telegraph and power lines,
while greatly congeSted BY increased
traffic" were not impaired by the snow.
Due 10 the carefulneSs OF motorists
and pedestrian alike, but few traffic
accidents OF q serious nature were re-
ported and only one serious casualty had
been reported 70 the police as q direct
outcome of the storm. This was the IL
Judy OF Milton Smith, colored. 80 years
old. of 22ST Tenth street. who hroSe
through skylght at 1929 G s1rss while
sweeping snow from the roof this morn
ing, and fell three floors 70 = Sir6sr.
Right Leg Fractured.
Smiths right leg was broken and he
received numerous other severe III
jQrleS. He was taken 10 Emergency
Hospital. where physicians pronounced
his condition as serious
Mrs. Amelia Schassr. s0s Thirteenth
street southwest, fell n front oi TSa
Fourteenth street and fractured her
ankle
Virginia lie Stone. 50 years old. alsS
California street, Was treated az Esissr-
gency Hospital for injuries - her feet rs
the result ~ an accident az Twelfth
street and PeSlaSylyanla avenue. when
bus knocked her down.
Capt and Mrs F.. E. Rodriguez 1891
Adams Mil rcAd. wSge taken 70 Waiter
when their automobile caught Tlrs after
the radiator exploded IN front ol sSlS
Sixteenth street,
Thousands u Government employeS
reported late for work this morning.
due ~ the co2gsSSloa ~ trass.c III street
car and eIlS lines and on the streets
irafac was even more seriously lespeGea
III outlying dlStrIctS ard III aeagay
Maryland and Virginia. although nloSk
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