Evening star., 1934-02-02
CITY DIGS WAY OUT
Of HEAVIEST SNOW;
MANY ARE INJURED
One Death Reported as Re-.
suit of Storm-Traffic
Delayed.
MANY WORKERS GIVEN
JOBS CLEARING STREETS
Slowly Rising Temperature Fore
cast-Accident Near Fred.
ericksburg Fatal.
MANY WORKERS GIVEN

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death and resulted in injuries to
many. as it all but paralyzed vehicular
traffic and rendered walking almost
equally hazardous
Nearly 600 men were put to work
by the District Refuse Department
at $50 am, shoveling snow from the
more important thoroughfares. and
similar action was taken by State road
officials of Maryland and Virginia.
Among the men put to work In
the Capital were ITS wards of the
Transient Relief Bureau, who will re-
ceive 80 cents a day, in addition to
the food and shelter regularly pro-
vided for them. The remainder were
regular employees of the Refuse De-
partment.
The snow was not confined to this
part Of the country. however. 1t was
general throughout much of the East,
and, for the most part, where there
was no snow, there was rain.
New York City. the Associated Press
reported, mustered an army of 10000
men to remove a 10-inch snowfall,
which was accompanied by off-shore
winds of near-gale force. The mer-
curry dropped to 10 degrees.
Partly Cloudy Today.
Meanwhile, the Weather Bureau
forecast partly cloudy skies for today
and tonight, with slowly rising tenn
perature tomorrow. The minimum
temperature tonight, the forecasters
said. will be about 25 degrees Winds
will be gentle and variable" they
added
The snowfall, according to the
bureaus records, was the heaviest
since December II, 1882, when a foot
of snow fell. That snowfall. however,
was the deepest since the snow that
caused the Knickerbocker disaster in
January, 1922.
Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, executive
officer of the Police Department, Or
dered captains of all precincts to rope
off streets in their territories for sleigh
riding
Each precinct, Inspector Edwards
explained has list Of shedding
streets" designated in a general order
issued several years ago. The order
to rope the streets off, he added. was
merely a reminder, in case any Of
the captains had forgotten"
Despite the efforts of $50 men, 35
sWeeperS and 18 scrapers, four or five
street cars were derailed, according to
officials of the Capital Transit Co.,
and services on virtually all lines
averaged between Is and 20 minutes
behind schedule
Many delays were due, it was ex-
planned, to automobile chains get
ting caught in trolley slots and
breaking off, but the fact many mo-
florists abandoned their machines in
favor of street cars, overburdened the
service.
Automobile accidents were numer-
Gus, but the only fatality occurred
on the outskirts of Fredericksburg
Va.
The victim was w. j. White. 46
Ashland, Va, driver of truck which
collided with another truck on a
steep hill just outside the city limits
He was killed instantly.
William Stevens. 27, also Of Ash
land. was critically injured, accord
ing to a dispatch from Ashland. w.
E. Harris, 26. Burlington, N. c.,
driver of the other truck, escaped in
jury. and j. L. McLeoud. 80. also
of Burlington, who was riding with
him. was only slightly hurt
In another crash near Fredericks-
burg. two university students, one of
them a Washingtonian, were seriously
injured. They are John Knowlton,
81, Philadelphia, sophomore at Duke
University, and Foster Slaughter. 1880
Knbourne place, a junior at Duke.
Edward C. Wilson, 2723 Connecticut
avenue. George Washington Uni
versity student, was unhurt. The car,
driven by Knowlton, hit a parked
truck.
Two accidents occurred at West
Virginia and New York avenues
northeast, resulting in injuries to five
men.
In the first mishap, an automobile
operated by George E. Clark, 81, Of
the 1900 block of North Capitol street,
collided with a truck driven by Guy
E. Dodge, 25, of the HOO block of
Owens place northeast.
Persons Injured.
Melody, 27, first block of New York
avenue northeast, possible fractured
skull; James Brown, 27, of the 500
block of Rhode Island avenue, cuts
about head, and James Calder, 81. of
the 600 block of Eighth street north
east, possible skull fracture. All were
treated at Garfield Hospital.
About three quarters of an hour
later, while assisting in dlsentangl-
49. of the 1900 block of Monroe
street, was struck by machine op-
Grated by Marvin B. Stevens, 20,
Arnold Park, Md. He received q
broken leg and other injuries, and
Stevens was arrested on a reckless
driving charge.
Two men were injured in a crash
at Good Hope road and Alabama
avenue southeast. They were Joseph
E. Murdoch, 2600 block of Thirty
third street southeast, and Ernest
Bell, 80, Pearson, Md Both were
treated by a physician in the neigh
borhood.
Arm Broken in Fall.
Other mishap victims:
Mrs Annie Carr, So, of the 800
block of Mount Vernon place, treated
at Emergency Hospital for broken
arm, received when she slipped and
fell in front of ST. Mary's Church,
Fifth street between G and H.
Virginia Blunt, 10, Of the l400 block
Of Newton street, treated at Emer-