Evening star., 1932-03-07


fic policemen this morning at Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. Traf-
fic Officer c. L. Smith IS shown pilot
ing a Government worker across the
stretch of ice at Washington's windiest
corner. Another has just been 'ferried
across" in police motor cycle Sldecar
Center: A big elm on Twelfth street
Just off Constitution avenue was blown
down last night and blocked the street
The lower branches were cut away and
cars are passing through natural
Lower: Another elm blown down in
the 100 block of F. street, across the
automobile of Thomas G. White, l74l
street.
exposure were brought to Alexandria
from their stalled automobiles in emer-
gency vehicles from as far south as
Pohick, IA miles down the Richmond
Highway.
Two ambulances. an A. A. A. service
truck and an A., B. & w. bus carried
the people over the roads jammed with
fallen trees. poles and wires and up and
down hills covered with ice. They were
treated by Dr. Lewis Schafer, city health
anu all lIlbclIlC at lllC
Hospital, while lunch room gave sand
wiches and coffee.
Two of those brought in had to be
treated at Alexandria Hospital Mrs.
Catherine Crawford OF 500 King street.
marooned in her husbands car below
Snake Hill until 3 am. today, was
brought In unconscious suffering from
exposure, but responded to hospital
treatement. C. L. Flaterby of Balti-
more received knee injuries when his
automobile overturned near Gunston
Hall.
The principal jam occurred at Snake
Hill, on the Richmond Highway about
four miles south of this city. Automo-
Diles could neither get up nor down the
hill and were stalled in bitches and
across the road.
Fourteen trolley poles were blown
down between Alexandria and Arlington
Junction on the Alexandria Washington
street car lie and the cars were hope
leSsly tied up. Poles also were down on
the unused portion of this trolley line
near Washington Airport, lying across
the tracks, while an entire section of
poles was blown over on the Alexandria,
Washington Highway north of Virginia
Highlands.
Trains Late From South.
Bus service was slowed up. but con-
tinued in operation. Trains from the
South were all reported late, but con-
tinued to run throughout the night
No serious accidents were reported by
any of the four police stations in Mont
gomery County. but conditions, espe-
cially in the upper sections Of the
county, were described by the oldest
~, tI,,i,
All communications from Rockville
to the north and west parts of the
county we're out. Roads were also de-
scribed as impossible, filled with trees
poles and wires blown down by the
northwest gale. Electric lights were
out for time at Rockville last night
and the upper sections OF the county
are still reported without lights or
power.
Snowplows Of the State Roads Com
mission and county road forces worked
all night keeping highways in the lower
sections of the county open. tenn
perature of u degrees was reported in
a sheltered spot outside OF the Silver
Spring police station. while lower tenn
oeratureS we're reported from points
further northwest.
Silver Spring police reported that a
car driven by Bernard C. Nicholson OF
1856 Euclid street, Washington, over
turned into Sligo Branch. on the Coles
vile pike, last night. Nicholson escaped
unhurt Orchards in the Colesville
neighborhood were reported damaged
Stalled automobiles lined every high
way, many being in bitches.
Tree Falls on Home.
The Silver Spring Fire Department
this morning removed a tree, which
blew over on the home of Arthur
Blakely, on Highland Drive, Woodside
Park. Last night the department re-
moved two trees from a house on Gist
avenue and put out a fire in another
tree which caught from live wire.
At Takoma Park firemen in relays
were OH guard near the elementary
school, where live wire lay IN the path
OF the school children The f1femen
there removed a tree which blew across
the home of Monroe Shipley, "a Allie
gany avenue. and another that fell on
a house at Baltimore and Cleveland
avenues.
Conditions In the Bethesda neigh
borhood were described as about the
same as elsewhere. Wires trees and
poles were down i'll every direction and
many residents in outlying sections
were without telephone service or lights.
Street car and bus service continued
throughout the storm. police report.
Lights in the Montgomery County
General Hospital at Sandy Spring went
off at the height of the blizzard. Lamps
and candles we're substituted and the
hospital force continued its work with
ance 10 the patients. No emergency