Evening star., 1934-02-26
C|TY'S HANDLING
Of SNOW SCORED
Two Sources Charge Heavy
Blanket Is Being Allowed
to Delay Traffic.
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and apparently became unmanage-
able In the dry snow.
Caroline E. Morgan, 80. of 2038
Eighteenth street. fell on the snow
covered pavement in front Of 3208
Volta place yesterday and was treated
at Georgetown University Hospital
for conclusion OF the brain.
In Alexandria T. H. Lucas. address
not given, slipped and fell in the
snow and suffered a dislocated shoul-
der
James B. Hagy OF Camden, N j.,
was treated at Alexandria Hospital
for severe cuts to the right hand.
sustained while trying to separate
the bumpers of his machine and
another with which 1t had become
wedged. His thumb was almost sew
cred.
The snow was partly responsible
for a collision between alexandria, 8
No. 2 Engine Company and a ma
chine operated by Christopher Lewis,
Is, colored, of Washington, in which
W. T. Sheffield, fireman. was
slightly hurt. Lewis was fined $50
and costs in Police Court at Alex
andria today for colliding and oper-
ating without a permit. The engine
was on its way to answer an alarm
at 509 Mount Vernon avenue.
Asks Aid for Animals.
Miss Virginia w. Sargent, presi-
dent of the Animal Relief and HUI
name Education League. appealed TO
householders to spread bread and
cracked corn on the snow for the
birds. and to leave garbage cans un-
covered for the benefit Of freezing
alley cats She also asked that water
be made available for both, as they
have a hard time slaking their thirst
when their customary drinking places
are frozen up
From Hagerstown came word of
that city's worst snowfall in many
years, amounting to 6 inches and
tying up traffic on the smaller roads.
The main through highways are be-
ing kept open with snowplows.
Loudoun County, Va, reported a
snowfall Of IL inches, which Is ex-
pected to mount higher before night
fall The Leesburg High School Is
closed because of the weather and
trafflc is snarled in deep snowdrifts.
Lemuel Coleman, colored, Of Round
Hill, was found dead early yesterday,
pinned under his overturned car, on
the Winchester-W Washington highway.
1t is believed his car skidded on the
slippery road.
Near Winchester the snow, approxi-
mately II inches deep, was greeted by
farmers with joy. They said 1t would
be of inestimable value to their wheat
crop, which had been suffering from
lack of moisture.
Shenandoah and Page Counties, with
20 snow plows working to clear Sky
land Drive and other through routes.
In Prince Georges County, Md.
most of the rural schools were closed
because busses could not get through
the heavy Drifts. Principals in those
schools to which hardy pupils re-
ported were instructed to dismiss their
classes early.
State Highways Open.
' All State roads to Southern Mary
land were reported open after a force
of 19 snow plows had worked on them
all night.
In Montgomery, Prince Georges
and Howard Counties, 81 snow plows,
directed by District Engineer E. G.
Duncan, managed to keep the State
highways, including the Baltimore
Boulevard, open.
A snow pillow was disabled when
an automobile operated by James
Travers. of Laurel, got out of con-
troll after hitting a drift and collided
with the pillow. Travers was severely
cut on the head. The accident oc-
Cured on the Baltimore Boulevard
at Contee.
The statement of the Capital Tran
sit Co. follows:
THE Capital Transit Co. started
in yesterday afternoon and main
tanned all through the afternoon and
all night long without interruption
35 sweepers and plows with an auxil-
iary force of IS trucks equipped with
scrapers, three tractors with scrapers
and equipped four street cars with
snow equipment for operation in the
suburban area. Because OF the lack
of assistance from any source the bus