The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-20
| KILLED, 7 HURT
ON ICY HIGHWAYS:
MERCURY 5 ABOVE
Temperature Hits Lowest
Mark of Year at 8
This Morning.
5 HOLSTERS LOSE LIVES
Icy PaVements Cause Many
Accidents; County
Toll Now 149.

oil NOW I4S.
The seasons coolest wealth.
er struck the city this morn
ing, forcing the mercury to 5,
causing one auto death and
injury of several other per-
sons.
Little hope for a break in the low
temperatures before Sunday was
seen with the forecast for a mercury
reading of about 10 during the night.
Six persons were injured due to
ice and snow and woman was
burned. Five others were killed in
auto accidents on icy roads in In
diana.
The 5-degree reading at a. m.
was just 5 degrees lower than the
previous low of the winter, which
was Dec. 4. At noon the mercury
stood at 8.
The forecast is for continued cold
tonight, probably going as low as
10, and for rising temperature to-
morrow.
Buses into the city and in other
parts of the state were reported to
be an hour behind schedule; early
morning trains were an hour late.
and roads in the northern part Of
the state were reported covered with
a thin and slick sheet of snow and
ice.
City Streets Treacherous
City streets, despite all efforts Of
the street department and the po-
lice, continued to be hazardous to
drivers and pedestrians.
Richmond had the lowest temper
allure in Indiana with 3.
So far as astronomy is concerned,
winter has not even arrived. 1t is
due at 12:37 p. m. Sunday.
Huddled against the biting wind,
Marshall Mason. 643 Eddy-st,
stepped into the path of an auto
at Martindale-av and 16th-st last
night and died of his injuries.
Mr.. Mason's death was the 149th
in Marion County traffic this year
and the weather was said by wit
nesseS to have been a contributing
factor.
Failed to See Car
1t is believed by police that Mr..
Mason did not see the approaching
car. The driver, who stopped with
in 80 feet after the accident, was
not held. witnesses said he was in
no way responsible.
Mr.. Mason was 40, and had lived
in indianapolis nearly all his life.
He had been employed at the Saga
lowsky Bottle Co., COS S. Capitol-av,
several years.
He is survived by six brothers,
Cleve, William, John, Garfield,
Everette and August, all of Indian
apolis, and a daughter, Treon Mason.
He had been divorced from his wife.
Auto Skids, Hits Abutment
Paul K. Wenrick, 81, of a. Whit
tier-pl, is in a serious condition to-
Gay at City Hospital with injuries he
received late last night when his
auto skidded on the slick pavement
and struck the abutment of the
Pennsylvania railroad elevation at
Rural-St.
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, so, of 63i
N. Pine-st, was struck by car yes
terday as she was walking across
Westinghouse near Pine-st. Her
left leg was fractured.
Mrs. Frances Bellas, 81, of 1903
broke her right shoulder
when she slipped on ice yesterday
at Washington and Meridian-sts.
Mrs. JEANNE Baupert, so, of TOO N.
fell on the ice at Wal
nut and fremont -sts and broke her
right wrist.
Garage Damaged by Fire
C. r. Spencer, 81, of 1902 N. Capt.
tol-av, sprained his right wrist when
he slipped en- ice and fell in the
200 block N. Illinois-st.
A roaring fire in a coal stove in
the home Of Mrs. Zena Brown, %,
Negro, 237 Puryear-st, brought the
stove to almost white heat and
ignited her dress. She is in City
Hospital today in a serious condi-
ton.
fire in garage in the rear of
Cathedral High School, 1416 N. Me-
ridian-st, that started from an in
and spread to storeroom
late yesterday did $50 damage.
A fire that originated in an unex-
planned manner in a clothes closet at
the home of Fred Rouse, 1919 N.
last night did SIS DAM
age.
Five Killed in State
At least five deaths we're recorded
IN Indiana today as result Of the
perilous driving conditions.
Frank Allen, so, Ionia, Mich, was
killed when his automobile skidded
from the highway near Elkhart. Au-
gust Craft, IS, also of Ionia, son
Of the victim. was injured.
Earl Mclaughlin, 81, Of Star City,
was killed and Ralph and Albert
Fox were injured when an automo-
pile in which they were riding skid
ded from State Road % near Lo-
5ansport and overturned in ditch.
William Classify, 81, was struck
and killed by an automobile as he
walked along highway near
The accident occurred
during a snow storm Claude Sum-
ners. SIS, was killed instantly when
struck by an automobile as ne drove
l team of horses along State Road
u near New Albany.