Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-20
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THE HoEszcEss 9E TIE COLD. !
An appslIiag Record -Frost. sao,s aad stss4s-
Loss Of Limbs md Fsatisrss = Hen ard 10
men FrezsRf 70 Death T,eo EeRSred Passes,
gers Biotle8 up ii tie Saoio-A,efaJ WigAt o.
tie Prairiss A e ~
The following account Of fsnlfuI incidents sua gusl
ugs fren the cold ssiapile from tbs Chicago 7fs
and other SoarssH - -
Ike T.mpsrdttys al 81 Louis
At st. Losis or saturday. De Rsss5Fssn rays q hsr
Wsauever prrisn I'D colder weather shaD vs. Isl
here tse lrss day Of The year 1854. asg sie
nay lfkey enouEh oe spoksn Of for ysayE Is fhpe1k
I Friday ATT oe ook on ihs morning % that cay th'
Thermometer ten 70 lss below zace, ana sii.i n .
1 thername sr 4 Grssts sonsEructon Indicted stsa
peraturs tue before daylight Of twenty two De
I greeH oelsyF zero
saeh dssrss ef esld is FIthoEt q psrIs ksse for a
legst be last thiTyoIs years. FoE lYsHiY tive via
terE duriBg that psriod the msrsury hAs sa t'os Be
low z-re. Ii Of these winiersit fel bsoT teE
degrees 10 ~: II JauHsryi SA Esblusry, ltJss En
usrP, 1871, J-Rgary. 1882 Fshru 10y, lsss Jaau ny
4 ie57 and Js1uary 1854 But atBe tinle before til
yoaF has It Indicated - inteus- degree u eotd s 0a
ihs Istias, ,sot Probably, ogsitoT via "a.
extreme e,ld and icrisus snow storm whsh sesempa
MED t ths weather hsfs BEs never been mere intoera
/ bic than FOR the issi two three days FreEn tbs
above statement Il is obssrF-bs hat he seYsIest eeid
/ oScurs In ths months Of January ana Februsry.
RiysT ard Raitrogd Blsskadsd
TIE various railreAds snserlsg St Lgsis ucrs al
blocked NJ BY snow sui he cars eithsr f4ec 70 -
rys usre bshiui it was expected here ueufd be
rnueh difficulty delay fer several dsrs In 1asviae
freiHht ~ si cLes aud cars must be bonk dad
stauoss frczen md eEt o. and mslS Of the ssts
are drifi-d ne ry fsil Tke Mississippi is frozen eysr
and sETsSi thsrCu zare fos Sroassrs siSrad ersety
from the fsst Of Car street although gsUH snG
indviauslz Including ladies' Whee batrowE dosE sad
tiny sieEhs dotted ne re 4 a. diTsutoHs ss fSr
could res 9TH up saddsvn the river sestarsa rrsV
ulsry iae St L1uia whar, were fsHost, tysssty
.ss2 ers whose zts as The moving Of the aigb mass
Of ice 10 one can tell Eltbough Ei vii dresd Tie
list Of thgs jsopsrd.zsd includes ihs-Jslis
SehUy Ter Belle Pecria, Al SwesEoy AuFcrs Essie
John II. Dckey, Hofr-plE a., Arizona, Silver Lake
Lson,dss r O. Wood NsInio Byerg "a Hise Hs5sl
rator War ESgls Hope, Lumizary Edward VysIsb-
sso all she ferry boas, and large nuRbsrof hAi6oats
A bridge rss bailt over The entiro shanpel a.a il
expected 70 be used for the next ak Gays On
The bar AID wherever the water is stil bridge Is po
qair-a o. Saturday evening tesma beszr 70 esas-
10 liinois the Ice, ard nigh several robberias
esmatisd on ihOg1 eros lag. Grove of satte
EHd sunk splendid skating aeld was s.arted fer 8
mills "a lengthy Gambling and iiguor snss were pst
up. O2 Thursday morBius barge WAS driven aat into
ihe river, " IA dr krcs! CHAM, esrS Of Ito Madison
lHEs.s, County Csal company, aad another raaz o.
heRrd; the ether get sray. Mr. Froshngkazi vss
last probably IN trying got shore on tkseaeea ef
lee 81 Carsndsst Hs so1aPSaieE, IrshmAa, got on
SEE nesF CRhskla, Aiter much su3srag he fssshed
hsrse. II ss0R 5sscvere6 thag ha was terribly
fostb0n. Beth arms 20 his OiboWs ais sft leg nearly
to The kEes BIZ oarI anG Hose were frozen EA tsraed
blsck. Gre leg aud bo.h crms vii, il Is thought, have
to be amPGtaied.
Chicag0
The effects OF the stoIE, IN and aboui Chisago were
fearful L tie extreme, bg, there Sot more Easv
tbsH on sJnte previous years The Tia6S ssys:
The recent storm not accompanied in any local
iiy with the immense falls OF whsh formed tsr
great feature Of the stara Of Is55 neither was the
trsCt Of ceuntry visited 5y - extensive vet It pos
sJssed some features wlich sde Il terrkle than
any shat has seeulrsd ( years Scarcely q winter
passes which We visited By stsrms In which az
a1r falls
ms,c-isl damage or attracting unUsusl nstise The
greatest fall Of sasnE 10 hsve been Ia Lines s.
the quantity gradually decreasing until, st Cleveland
ia tie ,sstthers was tie, I'd At Omaha, Nebraska,
II the WsE bat thres inches Here il was about eight
and aalf inches Tbs storm was similar ia ts ehsF
seter to those which tfsqgsnty sceur the great
plains Of the Par West, and have made them the ter
ror Of travellers.
With The attn ogphsre ct low temperature the sneFy
makes is way E!eWly doIrB sosi dsysd Of rrolsturs
reaching the earth bat 10 bo csBght up Egain sus
hurried 70 ssme oLher resting place or piled Ia huge
drifts By he defes winds BY rhish Il il accom- panied
TsTIninas in leazs sold, which lsud- k--ner Fsus
the wind which dses not die with f. the Cry snew
VIII not 10 upon tbs ground after She is really
passed bat Aosi1g tHrepgh he air N dense clOuda
keeps noving and drifting Tor days.
On Friday, in TIE tliy, the Jhse1ster fell ss is a.
tu.sty desrses, and on Saturday oning, At Ole
clock, twenty five IL below THIS stopped
tie usaal sew yesr's early calls and reYes.
Casualties from hs Cold,
a man named Pstor Joass, employed By the ohs.go
AZ Gslena railroad company In iheir ear Tverks Is
found yesterday morning on the lee in thsTeRr Of MUM
& Ee0tt's warehouse he WEs discovered abogt eiah I
oelosk Ia ae yaoTuiu AID Hs ar Il opposed X id
dsEi , ont pom taking dim isto the warehouse De- va
found tkst be still alive al very badly iFo
zen, Goth legs and both being hard as roska
He ca di8s a pstl8r had Lis hands frozen 50 tls
one would have 20 be taken II private ssIier had
beth ices lfozeni tsey would have 70 be taken on.
number OF hgemsu - n5e 'hat Or0ke cat Gns Of sol
deTa trau waidEg al tbs Csltrsi dspot had ears
lands and feet irCEsn. Msuy such occurtness Rrs n
eorred in tho ClicLgo papers.
Ssos sf 81 dsrk On lasf Friday evening Nr Iaha
Dsv.iu. packi-E clerk cf Day, Az i, Co while o
Hsy e biz home, found t26rasz giFi s5sgt
sntesn years 81 sss ylDgi IN As tke eorasr
Of Canal and Ma1issH s'rseFF, 10 reused her sur
sient yts e IN her rrsdeGCe g whieh he to5k her
ter lad left an eI7nlbut sLo-by before Mr. Osvlia !
lad gone bg- o. ek o. two whea hs found naE9r 4
welHan lying is ihe snor, whoa ne tosk hoGie Win 4
hlIr she % beHiid,rsd - tell even.hoF i
Hsais u turneG be tire sists- II the Erst Nhs
ksd probably reused heEs-il o. aneousCiuuB'y z-d !
vs dcrsa aEoct uni she again sauk frJrr szsanstion
Bota woala have uadoHbtsdy Peris1ea bat fer Alr. /
DeElin
rsas.t rss yrsyalsl thssuzhczs tie ally Saturday
tLs x Of tie soldiers s Camp Fry bad bees frsEsa
death bat this NC glad 10 siats proves to be un
.ouudsd 81 10 ons Of thsIs has died. though several
were badly frsstst u iheir es ssnds ears hHd nes3
on ths RailToads
The 6sree tern De sweeping over lie prsi-ie5 ssi
ths air with moving clouds OF susw, and piles up hugs
drifts between he fenees, along lie railroads, until tbs
tracks NEST every VTAcre were nipass able cy rsnE
TIE traEE frsm The sat -usauntsrrd the gfeFm ever
hundrzs miles out and Though pEosssSirg with dif8
Guilty swept ths drifts from the Track abssa If tEem
and kept on toward the slty. Those IN shsrge did
notice ihat the stern iasreAed in fury thsy near.d
Tie ely ard thai every revolution II ths -1-e
divers brought tbeIn TitnE Tie reach 81 greater terriers
and more haInineut porla. Prudence r;aply mCst
have dicss Sac FrspdaJy si Stopping At sSle ststsB
ust he storm Hbzted but, Injured 10 iiio Of 5EAE.r
stimulated tie vict1T-s already b7avelY
IL battle VITA TIE stOrm.EnR, the conductors sus en-
gnoers did not heed Es voice. All were EspguiBe 81
their ability ssaoh ths city and he dangers oustsrin
30 hlckly aud dsrkly the hsuTs ahead Of them
were fessisssiy hrsysa
HieiigaH Southern and Hishgaa CssiraI
Ths train On the Michigan Central rsilroas L,yiCsr.
tnr conductor, Whjch was due here IS hKitprst 10 !
@ 'eieck ThursdsY evening proceeded with great
Michigan Southern oross'ns some seven miles est !
ker- ct O'Clock On Friday morning almost eigkt /
hsErs 5sbiad slime ths train plunged iato immense
drift which lay directly across its way. Ths power
full lseoRotivs pHs ed shead Ugh. royalty Afs seat
terng the In steerinE e uds upon eaek siis a.
easily as a FhB would par. the foam. FurfhtE and I
Ei fart her nto tbs drift, aud slower and still ssWsr
went ths sngise. Il abered and struggled II lets
fa engineer then Hsugbt to back ths locCmoivo Rut
the powerful engine WAS ncry within The grasp sf
gisEt in whose hands It's srensis was 5st that Of
ehid. Tbs wind white freight siiterng in the resiy
air swept ar8uad tho ufstsd trsin And br-Hgll Il I
closer vi hin the chilling coils OF the mereeEs erft
The train far from assistance was inPrlspzsd In the
snow.
The seane when the passengers realized the gerils o.
heir situation Tgas terribly real hztils all de-
scFption. There were over haBdred passengers on
board many Of then being woneR aud ehi!drens wish
bat a short supply OF ws0d.
Death under any circumstances lE terrible, tha.
the strongest and brsTsst pEls when they roszs that
they sre in ts presence Bat when compelled
10 si aud watch 10 coming and nots the fght Of each
there is somsthng in It grHndly terrible, ts-t, sia
there IS the fGiues hope Of svering ~ the weakest