Evening star., 1940-01-28

Fair and Warmer
Is Forecast Today
For Washington
Several Persons Hurt
In Accidents Attributed
To Snow and Ice

Fair skies and slowly rising tenn
peratures in Washington were pre-
dicted by the Weather Bureau for
today and tomorrow. At the same
time the forecaster admitted that
the temperature had long way to
rise, since he expected q low of 10
degrees early today.
Hundreds of workmen still
hacked away at the ice crust that
covers the Districts streets. In
nearby Maryland. and Virginia
Coast Guard cutters were operat-
ing at top speed rescuing men of
the sea who found the floating ice
too much for them.
Chesapeake Bay was clogged with
ice, and all but the largest vessels
were warned away. The upper bay
regions were said to be impossible.
Several Persons Hurt.
Several persons were hurt in and
near the city in accidents attrib-
utable to snow and ice conditions.
Thomas Brown, IA, was in serious
condition in Gallinger Hospital after
his sled struck an automobile near
Bladensburg Heights, Md, where
the youth lives.
Thomas r. Henry. jr., II, of 1916
Albemarle street NV. was under
treatment at Georgetown Hospital
for minor injuries received in ski
ing accident near his home.
Alexander Pattie, 36, of 1911 T
street Sc. was taken to Casualty
Hospital last night with injuries
received in a fall in the 1900 block
of Good Hope road.
Cutter Goes to Aid Barges.
The Coast Guard cutter Mendoza
was bucking through Potomac River
ice last night in an effort to reach
Morganto1n, Md, where a number
Of barges, dredges and other equip
ment being used on the new bridge
were reported in trouble.
The Coast Guard had been in
formed that heavy ice was pressing
the equipent hard and was endang-
ering the preliminary work which
has been done at the bridge site.
It was said that the Potomac
River-Which spreads out to width
of over seven miles near its mouth
was frozen over right up to the point
where 1t enters Chesapeake Bay.
Ice was piling up around the
Chesapeake lighthouses, from which
keepers have been withdrawn. In
habitants of three tiny islands near
the Eastern Shore-Smith, Tangier
and Chincoteague-keep in COM
munication with the mainland by
radio, but reported no food short
ages.
Food Sent TO Sailors.
A tug was dispatched from Nor
folk with food for sailors on the
freighter Lillian Ann, which is
aground and gripped fast in the ice
on Adam Island.
The 104-foot trawler Edith L.
Hudgins reached Norfolk with one
of the largest catches of the season,
brought in only after the ship had
fought through what Capt. A. Yet
man described as one of the Bit
terest storms he ever had encoun-
tered. One member of the crew
was washed overheard, but rescued,
during the height of the storm.
The James River was frozen over
just above Newport News and the
steamer Wilton turned back yester-
day a short time after sailing for
Richmond.
Virginia Is Hard Hit.
Ice and zero temperatures had
hit Virginia hard. The States road
and water transportation was slowed
to a near-halt, while the conduct
of business was seriously impeded.
Employees of the State Highway
Department started building an
emergency stone pier in the south
fork of the Shenandoah River for
the protection of the piers of the
highway bridge near Front Royal.
A large hole has been cut in the
ice, which extends from bank to
bank, and $50 tons of rock are be-
ing dumped into the opening to
prevent a recurrence of the ice jam
which carried away structures near
Riverton three years ago.
The bridge across. the Mattaponi
at West Point was closed to traffic
when the ice threatened to wreck
it. Another jam threatened the
Barret's Ferry Bridge across the
Chickahominy in Charles City
County.