The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-01
Much Colder
Weather Due
Tocomo Hos High
Wind During Night

Tacoma degrees still
lower In outlying suburbs
COMMENCEMENT haN and
other nearby arms Of Puget
Sound took . bitter cold lash
ing with all kinds % nuisance
damage % property sfle.t
and sshore. hut 80 far ~ could
h determined. No .erieu.
damage Of any Kind.
Ashore. the damage vas chiefly
limited 10 power line outages
caused by falling trees and heavy
branches which shorted out some
circuits. particularly In the lakes
district. frozen water pipes and
general shrinkage o. fuel supplies.
That u win he n cold New
Years ahead was Indicated hs
an advisory small craft warn
Ing ordered hoisted nv weather
stations nj n. nm. "Wednesday
for the straits and Inland
waters Of Washington.
With this went a forecast Of a
cold wave "Wednesday and We'd
nesisy night. forecasting tempers-
lures near 20 degrees in the
western portion and zero or below
in the eastern portion OF the state.
Light snow WAS predicted for
areas Of the l2Oth meridian.
The nights heavy north
wind caught n good number Of
Tacoma trees and light poles
braced In the other direction.
Homes were lightleSs for several
hours in parts Of the Taeoms
light system. mainly in the Lakes
district. The department had
crews working out there from
a. m. on. A few poles were lean
ing there but most OF the trouble
was from trees over the wires.
One part OF the central section
Of the city was out during the
night after pole in the X st
substation blew over. shorted wires
and caused panel to burn out
That cut out a section of towr
extending down TO the neighbor-
hood OF the Temple theater
Service was restored there by 4
a. m.
As usual with q frisky
north breeze. Taeoma's water
front was feeling the effects
most keenly Wednesday.
At the Point Defiance boathouse
the herring pota pile and net
ting structure in which Is kept
live bait for sport fishermen was
broken. An estimated 10000
herring escaped.
There also one float was broken
up, and second, upon which the
vital pumps for the nearby acquar
ium are installed. was tossed
about until the pipeline and pump
for the indoor tanks were out OF
commission; emergency repairs
were under way Wednesday II
hope OF saving the fascinating ma.
rine specimens in the aquarium.
sawmill and logging opera
tions dependent upon water
handling OF logs were ineon-
venieneed most Wednesday, as
waves pounded log booms I'M
al the RATS OF timbers were
set adrift about Commence
ment bay, both hampering
lumber operations and threat
ening navigation.
The fleet OF local tugboats also
found Itself in a most peculiar
predioament Wednesday inasmuef
as log towing WAS temporarily
impractical. II has long beer
customary for owners of logs 10
order a maximum OF logs towed
on New Years eve because tax
able inventories are assessed Al
that time.
Limbs Of fir trees fell across
city power lines in the Lakes dis
trict about 4 a. m. and caused
local circuit outages. including a
line TO Crystal Springs Water Co,
30 that some homes in the De-
Koven area were without light or
water.
The water supply Was eBt
off for several hours and
many residents were apprs-
hensiye Of iee-plugged pipes
even where faucets had been
permitted 10 run through the
cold night.
Some short circuits between
power and telephone lines resulted
AZ DeKoven 10 that telephone
bells were set ringing some in
termittently and some steadily
One resident reported his tels-
phone rang steadily for half an
hour until finally ne found a
screw driver and disconnected one
OF the wires.