Evening star., 1933-12-30
RISING MERCURY
ANTICIPATED AFTER
NEW LOW RECORD
Four.Year Mark Again Set
With 8-Degree Minimum.
Snow Is Predicted.
ONE DEATH RESULTS
INDIRECTLY FROM COLD
Victim Dies in Explosion of Emer.
gency Boiler-Maryland Man
Frozen to Death.

After shivering through the coldest
day and night in four years, Washing
ton faced a frigid week end today. with
both snow and rain forecast by the
Weather Bureau
Along with other sections OF the
country, however. the Capital was in
clined to look forward to the promised
snow with the hope it would bring more
, moderate temperatures.
AS the mercury sank toward new
depths here last night, one death was
attributed, indirectly, to the cold The
victim was Otto Nlemey>r. SIS. scalded
to death by a boiler explosion in the
basement Of the home Of Miss Mabel
T. Boardman of the American Red
Cross
AT l m. today the mercury sank to
its new low mark, not only for the cur
rent Winter, but for the last three Win
tiers. The official thermometer at the
Weather Bureau registered 8 degrees.
two below the previous minimum for the
four-year period. registered at 8 am.
yesterday.
Record Far Down.
Both these temperatures, however.
we're a long way from the December
cember 81, 1880. And they were an
even longer way from the all-time rec
ord-l5 below, set up February II, 1899.
The Capital has had no below zero
temperatures, the Weather Bureau
pointed out, since February 5. 1918.
when the mercury dropped to minus ,.
Temperatures began rising slowly
after this mornings low mark had been
reached. and the Weather Bureau said
the mercury probably would climb as
high as 20 before the end of the day.
The forecast was:
Cloudy, not quite so cold today, fol-
lowed by light snow. Minimum tenn
perature tonight, about 20. Snow to-
morrow. changing to rain, with rising
temperatures. Moderate southeast and
south winds
The Eastern Shore of Maryland was
in the grip of the coolest weather re-
corded there in five years, with one
death reported and several traffic ac-
cidents attributed to ice-coated high
ways.
Man Found Frozen.
William F. Green was found frozen
to death in a field near his Sudlers-
vile, Md, home. Dispatches quoted
evidently was taken i'll and fell while
walking across the field.
Temperatures ranged from to 8
degrees, and Chesapeake Bay was
frozen from Betterton to Havre de
Grace.
From Hagerstown. Md. came word
that snow had started falling at $50
m. after a night that saw the mer-
curry dive to l below.
WashingtonianS got their first taste
Of Winter sport yesterday, when the
Lincoln Memorial rejecting pool was
thrown open to ice skaters. Park police
set up lights, and skating was permitted
until IL pm. The rink reopened at
am. today-to remain open, park
officials said. as long as the ice main
tains the required 212-inch thickness.
Niemeyer. houseman in the Board
man home. 1901 P street, had just
lighted the boiler-a supplementary one,
for use only in extremely cold weather.
when the explosion occurred.
According to the police, he neglected
to open an expansion valve, and the
steam blew the door off, enveloping him
in boiling water. The force of the blast
was so great that two doors in the
basement were blown off their hinges
T. Guilfoyle, butler, put Niemeyer
in a taxicab and sent him to Emergency
Hospital, where he died an hour later.
An investigation was begun by men,
bers of the police homicide squad, un-
der Detective Sergt. George E. Darnall
but Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald said an inquest probably would
not be necessary.
Niemeyer was married and lived at
I'LL Fifteenth street.
Brief Relief Thursday.
The cold wave took hold of Washing
ton after Tuesdays snow and rain,
Tightening its grip with each passing
day. The only let-up came Thursday,
and 1t was as brief as 1t was slight.
Until yesterday morning, however, the
lowest temperature of the Winter was
IA, recorded at Wednesday. This
matched the mininums of both 1882
and 1881.
Yesterdays lowest temperature-which
also was the lowest since January 81
193o-was registered at am. Through
out the remainder OF the day, the mer-
curry climbed only four degrees, reaching
its peak at pm. 1t remained station
ary for an hour, then started down.
ward again.
Compared to many other sections Of
the country, however. the Capital was
fairly comfortable. In many areas, the
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