Evening star., 1934-02-09

30 degrees below in the vicinity Of
Kane and in the Pocono Mountains
to below in the Connellsville coke
regions.
Genevieve Bernot, 8, and her
brother Richard, ! year, perished IN
their burning home at Export. and
four other members Of the family
were badly burned.
A woman burned to death at Doyles-
town, and a man died from the cold
in Philadelphia. A 28-year-old wom-
an, clad in night attire, was found
frozen to death In q Playground near
Pottsville.
In Massachusetts 1000 outdoor
C. w. A. projects were temporarily
abandoned because Of the intense cold,
resulting in the idleness Of between
60 900 and 10000 workers.
Schools were closed near Lake
Hopatcong N. j., where it was 81 de-
grees below.
The temperature dipped to 18 below
at Boston early this morning, breaking
another record
Through trains on the New York
Central from Chicago were posted as
much as two hours late.
In Buffalo the cold. II degrees be-
low zero, was responsible for the
death Of two men.
Lake Ontario Frozen.
At Eastman, Mass. Coast Guards
men sighted a schooner through the
heavy mist a mile offshore, riding low
| and flying distress signals. The Coast
Guard was unable to go to her as
sistance because of the heavy ice piled
up on the shore.
Lake Ontario was frozen over for
the first time in go years. Sylvan
Beach, N. Y. suffered from a shortage
of water because of frozen water
mains. Five thermometers registered
So degrees below zero at Wanakena,
N. Y.
Coming back to this area. in Wood
side, Md. flremen suffered frozen ears
and exposure during q three-hour
fight against a stubborn fire which
razed an unoccupied residence at Sec
ond and A streets. 1t is believed the
fire was started by tramps who built
fire on the dining room floor to keep
| warm.
Five firemen-Capt Walter Brandt
Lieuts. Earnest Brandt and David Lee
and Pvts. Julian A. Granger and
| George Miller-were treated in the
Office Of DR.. H. H Hewlett for frozen
ears and exposure and sent home.
Hose Burst.
]. B. Stewart discovered the fire at
4:20 m and turned in the first alarm
A second alarm was sounded shortly
! afterward. A thermometer carried on
the fire engine registered IL degrees
below zero at the time, and several
| hose lines froze and burst during the
! firemen's battle against the flames.
In Washington. three traffic police
men-C. L. Smith. r. E. Burton and
]. o. Hight-reported with frozen
ears. The Police Department decided
to relax its discipline enough to per-
NIT patrolmen to enter places on the
beats long enough to get warm. Traf-
| fic policemen riding motor cycles were
ordered to report to station houses on
their routes frequently to warm up
Officers handling traffic crossings will
be relieved 20 minutes out of each
hour as long as the bitter weather con-
tinues. according to orders issued by
Supt. Ernest w. Brown.
Motorists Stranded.
! The American Automobile Associa
ton reported that its Is trunk lines
proved insufficient this morning to
handle the flood of complaints that
motors would not start, the worst the
local branch has experienced in its
history. Between 8 and am. it was
said. calls were coming in at the rate
Of one every 20 seconds. No effort was
made to estimate the number. Very
few of the calls reported accidents
and none Of them were reports OF
serious accidents
Omcials feared that before the day
is out the stock Of rental batteries in
town will have been exhausted.
Thousands of persons who nor
mally would have come to work in
their automobiles took street cars and
buSSes instead. This, incombination
with approximately half dozen cases
| of pulled plows." slowed down the
street car service everywhere and in
some cases brought it to an absolute
standstill On Connecticut avenue
south of Dupont circle, for instance,
rush hour traffic stalled completely
and many persons from the Dupont
Circle section walked to work Taxi