Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-04
INTKNsELY COLD wRATRER.
Fourteen Degrees Below
Zero.
INTERRUPTION OF TRAVEL AND BUsI
NESS.

ANA 14ON Ut AhAN FL AM 0NSA-
NESS.
The year 1894 com mmenced Its reign in an
angry mood. The most remarkable change
Of weather known in this city for many
years was experienced on the night Of Its
Inauguration. Thursday evening was warm,
and rain fell in gusty torrents. At mid
with stormy flourish of trumpsts, the rain
stopped, the wind rose higher, . few fakes
Of snow came wandering down, and then
gave up discouraged, and the weather grew
cold with unparalleled rapidity. Friday
morning the Thermometer stood at four de-
grees below zero. The cold increased in In
tsnsity all day, and the most bitter and
piercing nOrthwesterly wind known in this
section for years swept our streets. At night
fall the Thermometer stood at 100 and
before morning it fell as lew
as I4e below zero. At Camp Cleveland the
Thermometer stood at 10e below zero. The
wind continued to be terribly high and keen.
Saturday the weather moderated cOnsiders-
wy oAA yGsb1IA1J ~ Mac COAA PeI6tANoAg OOAAaH
Portable, the fierce nOrther having almost
entirely subSided. The lake, which was
tossing in heavy waves on New Years day,
and sending up white clouds Of vaPOr, began
to freeze on Saturday and Is now one solid
iee-Asld.
PERSONAL INJURIES FROM TIE COLD.
WehaVe heard several rumors Of loss Of life
in our city ensuing from the cold, but they
can be traced to no authentic source. A
German, named Christian Helm, was found on
Pittsburgh street, on New Years morning, in
& state of lntoxlostion, with his hands
and feet terribly frozen. He was taken to
the station house and thence to the poor
house, where he is receiving good care. Sow
eral Of the soldiers at Camp Cleveland had
their feet frozen, and We hear Of any number
Of minor casualties In the way Of frOst-bit-
tsn noses, ears, fingers and toes.
ga telegram from MesdevilIe, which will be
found in our Specials, announces the death,
on the Oil Creek Railroad, Of two brskesmen
on freight train, one of whom rolled of the
car and the other was found ct his post, his
hand frossn TO the brske-Whsel Do not
these brief words express q story Of hsroism
and devotion to duty as noble IS many that
have nsrved our hearts as We read them In
Roman chronielesH
The Columbus train, due here On New
Years morning, was fifteen hours behind
time. It's engine was frozen up at Rochester,
and. as tnat place Is not a telegraph station,
q young man, living in this city, namsd
Woodbridge, was sent back to New London
with despatch. Hs was overcome by the
cold on the way and lay down on the track
unable to proceed. He wsuld probably new
or have risen had he not bsen discovered by
two men who took him to house and warm
ed him up. His legs were slightly frozen.
INTERRUPTIONS TO BUSINESS AND TRAvEL.
Nearly all the manufactures in the city
we're compelled to stand idle until Saturday
noon on account Of the freezing of
their engines. From the same cause all
trains on every direction were greatly de-
layed, disordsrsd and bslsted. Some trains
we're delayed as much sS twenty-four hours
BY this cause. All westward bound trains,
too, found their progress materially intsrfer-
ed with by violent hsad-Wind. We hear,
too, of heavy SHOWS, both eastward and west
ward Of us, which have greatly interfsred
with travel.
The telegraph lines running eastward from
here were down most of Friday and Saturday
but are now in working order.
An explosion occurred in the kitchen Of
Wheeler and RusssI's Dining Hall, ct the
Union Depot, on Saturday morning, result
ing from the freezing Up Of pipe in their
steam cooking stove. Ths steam, thus pent
up, accumulated until 1t exploded the stove,
playing smash with windows, walls and cell
ing, and coming within an inch Of annihila-
ting 8 servant who was in the room.
The cars on the Kinsmsn Street Railroad
stopped running for the day about nine New
Years morning, the drivers refusing to en-
durs the bitter cold.
The conventional calls Of New ears day
we're almost entirely omitted. A few hardy
nsvigators sailed ont to make the rounds,
but most were soon conquered BY BOreAs
and glad enough to beat 4 hssty retreat to
cosy room and warm FIRE.
Thus has the "wintsr Of our discomfort"
come in real earnest: thus ominously has
1864 heralded Its own nativity.