Evening star., 1934-02-20
Frank ]. Heaphy, Soldiers
Home Inmate, Found
Frozen to Death.
NORTHEAST SECTIONS
HIT BY ICE AND SNOW
Transportation Paralyzed and
Shipping Endangered Along
Seaboard.

Winter gripped the Northeastern
seaboard today, paralyzing transporta-
ton and endangering shipping.
The new cold wave. which blew into
Washington last night on the heels
Of a combination snow and rain
storm, will tighten its grip on the
city tonight and drive the mercury
down to the 2-degree mark, according
to the Weather Bureau.
One death was reported here. The
frozen body of Frank j. Heaphy, So
year-old inmate of Soldiers Home,
was found lying in the snow near
the Institutions cemetery.
Heaphy. formerly a private in the
Quartermaster Corps, had been an
inmate OF the home since 1923.
Although driving and walking were
rendered extremely hazardous by the
snow, which, with the coming of
freezing temperatures, quickly turned
into Ice, there were few accidents.
Street car service was slowed up con-
siderably, however. and. in some sec
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White House Lamp Destroyed.
At the White House, a pound
lamp, which has hung from the roof
of the main portico for % years, was
blown down about 10 o'clock last
aight. The light, which was supported
by heavy chains, is said to have cost
about $1,000
The nor wester, riding a gale which
reached velocity of As miles an hour
in New York City, lashed the Atlantic
Coast as far South as PHILADELPHIA.
1t was accompanied by a sharp drop
In temperature.
The heaviest fall of snow, accord
ing to first reports, was in Connecti-
cut, where a 28-inch fall at New
Haven turned workers back to their
homes after vain struggle toward
their places of business. Automobile
and street car traffic was stilled.
All railroad communication be-
tween Boston and New York and
Springfield and New York was halted.
New York, New Haven e. Hartford
Railroad officials announced today
that all service between the cities had
been anulled until further notice.
Not single train, they said, had
gotten through from Boston to New
York since sometime yesterday. Trains
that departed from Boston at IL pm
last night, and later, all were stalled
along the line, mostly in Connecticut
in the vicinity of New Haven The
Colonial Express. which left Boston
at about 9 am, was indefinitely
halted at Providence this morning.
In New York City force of "a, 500
labored with $40 snow plows and
more than 500 loading trucks trying
vainly to keep the streets clear.
Forty motorized brooms moved cease
lessly over the city's bridges. Ele-
waited trains we're an hour late, three
trains being held half an hour at
one point by frozen switches.
No Fatalities Reported.
A drop in temperature of 18 de-
grees, from 80 to IA above between
midnight and 5 am. added to the
discomfort of the swirling clouds of
snow. Thousands sought shelter at
relief agencies, but no fatalities were
reported.
In eastern Pennsylvania, the drift
ing snow had closed some highways,
despite efforts of 1,4O0 highway
workers A score of street cars were
reported derailed in Philadelphia.
Temperatures we're reported between
6 and 10 degrees above zero. Four
persons lost their lives in vehicular
accidents attributed to the storm.
Starting late yesterday with the
temperature just above freezing. the
snow melted as fast as it fell. AS
the temperature hovered around
freezing, the ground became covered