Worcester daily spy., 1872-03-07
The Weather.

WASHINGTON, March 6, o'clock.-Probabil-
itieS.-Ihe barometer will continue rising on
Thursday over the middle and New England
states, with clear and pleasant weather, except
over northern New York and northern New En-
gland, with diminishing northwesterlv winds
and continued rise in the temperature. Pleasant
weather will prevail from the south Atlantic
coast to the Ohio valley, and thence northward
to the upper lakes, with easterlv winds and in
creased cloudiness. The pressure over and west
of the upper Mississippi valley will diminish
during to might and on Thursday with increased
cloudiness and possibly threatening weather.
eastery winds, and rising temperature South
erly winds will continue over the western gulf
states. Dangerous winds are not anticipated
for the gulf and Atlantic states.
ST. JoHNsBURY, Vt March 6.-The storm of
yesterday sull continues, and the gale is una
bated. The railroads are blocked No train has
arrived over the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad
from the west, and the snow plow, leaving here
at two p. NJ Yesterday, passed Danville at six p.
NJ. 1t has not been heard ftom since, and is
probably snow-bound in Walden. Mercury ten
to twenty degrees below zero since Monday.
LOWELL, Mass, March 6.-Yesterday was one
the coldest March days that we have experienced
here for number of years. The weather has
moderated somewhat this morning, the mercury
gauging at rwo degrees below at noon.
CONCORD, N. H., March 6.-The cold term
continues this morning, without wind Mercury
at daylight thirteen below, and five below at ten
A. NJ
AT Newport, N. H., eleven below at daylight.
LANCASTER, N. H., March 6.-We are now
experiencing the most severe weather ever
known in this region. For the past lorty-eight
hours the thermometer has stood at from ten to
twenty degrees below zero, with harsh, north
west winds Travel on the Grand Trunk is
obstructed by drifts.
EAsTPoRT, Me-, March 6.-The snow storm
yesterday was the most severe of the season. 1t
lasted ten hours. The mercury dropped forty
nine degrees. 1t was fifteen degrees below last
night. There are no mails; all blocked mp.
New YORK, March G.-The weather continues
intensely cold. The ice is increasing in the river
and harbor. The South and Hamilton ferries,
running to the southern part of Brooklyn, have
ceased running, and other ferries are much i'm
peded. The North river has large foes of ice in
II, and vessels arriving do not anchor in the
stream from danger OF being cut through.
The effects of the cold are severely felt here
| by poor people, drivers of teams and Others
obliged to be ont of doors. A driver of a wagon
was found frozen yesterday on Forty.sevcnth
street, his horse walking along, and the rens
| grasped in the dead mans hand Louis Schultz,
a tailor, was found frozen to death in a vacant
| lot in Brooklyn, and woman was found frozen
| in the ice Of cuvert on Lafayette street, Jer-
| sey City.
Nearly all the seamcn on the vessels arriving
| are badly frost-btten.
FORTRESS MONROE, March 6.-The storm OF
SATURDAY was the most severe known for fifteen
| years. The wind attained velocity of seventy
eight miles an hour. The tide rose very high
| sweeping off much lumber piled up for ship
ment. At Norfolk business was suspended by
the storm, aud the high tide set fire TO and de.
stroyed Two large lime kilns; also two more al
portsmouth, None Of the river or bay steamers
ventured ont during the storm.