Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-11
I44-Inch Snow SnarIs
Traffic, Causes Many
Accidents in DC. Area
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Hospital suffering a possible skull
fracture. MISC Lila Sylvester, 81
OF 5000 Fourteenth street NV, a
passenger in Mr.. Brownrigg's car,
was treated for shock and a possible
ankle fracture. Mr.. Brownrigg and
Mr.. Lowell were released after treat
nent for minor injuries.
Passengers in Capital Transit
bus were shaken by collision with
an automobile at South Dakota
avenue and Vista street NE. short
ly after o'clock last night. The
bus driver was Charles Pugh, 81, of
1903 Third street NE. The driver
of the automobile, John j. Davis,
80, of All G street Sc, and a pas
senger, Miss Mary B. Wadsworth,
rs, of 1720 Jay street NE. were
treated for bruises at Casualty Hos
pital.
An Army nurse and soldier sta
toned at Walter Reed Hospital
were treated there for cuts and
bruises after they were struck by a
car while walking along Georgia
avenue, near Forest Glen, during the
storm. The automobile, driven by
William Knight, jr., Route 2, Silver
Spring, Md, skidded into 1t. Arlene
Waters, 20, and TVS Thomas Hogle,
rs. Montgomery County police said
visibility was poor.
A 16-year-old boy, Francis j. Pet
rey, of 1922 Fifth street NV, was
struck by an automobile on Georgia
avenue near New Hampshire avenue
NV. He was released from Gar
field Hospital after treatment of
decorations of the chest The driver,
Morris Nushinsky, 80, of Cheverly,
Md, was not held.
NyIons Scattered In Wreck.
An Associated Transfer Co. truck
bearing cargo of precious nylons
stalled on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad tracks near Hyattsville last
night and was struck by train just
after the driver had leaped to safety
Dozens of local residents picked
up stockings scattered across the
tracks before Hyattsville police ar
ried to guard the cargo. The truck
ing firm reported the truck was not
dispatched from Washington and
probably came from the South. The
amount of cargo loss has not been
determined. But one woman called
The Star to announce that she got
a pair, land what's more they fit. u
Skidding cars bumped tenders on
Maryland highways, but no serious
accidents were reported to Maryland
State police. Virginia police were
ditched along the highway in Fair
fax and Arlington Counties last
night, but roads we're open today.
Plane Flights Resumed.
Plane flights from the National
Airport, suspended during the storm
last night, were resumed early to-
day. Bus lines were operating or
schedule today after inching along
icy roads during the night.
The cold weather, moving from
the Southwest. hit Virginia, Della
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District. Storm warnings were posted
at Baltimore, Annapolis and several
Eastern Shore points.
Sudden Floods in South.
Heavy rains caused sudden floods
in Northwest Georgia and Alabama
and a threat to levees of the Mis-
sissippi River. The Warrior River
at Tuscaloosa, Ala, was expected
to reach crest of GA feet, Is feet
above flood level. as clear weather
settled over the Southeast.
Prisoners of war were working to
strengthen levees in key places
along the Yazoo, Yalobusha and va
coma Rivers in Mississippi, the AS
ISOLATED Press reported.
Snow f1urries also extended over
the Western Great Lakes region and
the Northern Rockies North Dakota
reported temperature of 10 de-
greeS below zero.