Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-02
A Chapter of Christmas Accidents.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 25.
Fourteen horses were burned at Fon-
tainia, Kansas. :,
The weather at Milwaukee is the cold
est ever known 1t is thirty degrees
below zero. A man was frozen on the
street.
The block on Centre-street, between
Leonard and North-streets, New YORK,
was burned. 1t is rumored that SIX girls
were burned, and Several hurt Loss
half million. :.
The ship Newcastle was wrecked off
Cooks Strait on the 10Th of November,
and sixteen lives were lost.
Dispatches from the West report the
heaviest weather yesterday and last night
known for years.
PHILADELPHIA, December 2S.
The snow crushed four hundred feet OF
Writings Car Wheel Factory. a num-
Der OF workmen were buried.
W1LIIAMspoRT, Pa, December 26.
The floor and ceiling of the Baptist
Church fell while i've hundred persons
were worshipping. Fourteen were Killed
and thirty wounded.
New YORK, December 26.
A nine year old boy was killed by a
SNOWFALL thrown by one of his Playmates.
Two colored women were shot IN Mem
phis, Tenn.
4 man was found frozen stiff at Phila
delphia last night.
New YORK, December 26.
There was large fire last night on
Centre, between Leonard and North
streets, and it is rumored that six girls
swere burned and several hurt. The loss
was half a million.
The Bowery Theatre, Canterbury Hall
Concert Saloon and the Clifford Hotel,
corner of Broadway and Thirty first street,
were also damaged by fire last night. :,
Twelve inches of snow has fallen, AMI
the teams and street cars have nearly
ceased.
The gale still blows from the North
west, and the cars are from SIX TO twelve
hours behind ss. .,,x
The snow is over o foot deep. with
heavy drifts. Outdoor business is sus-
pended. All approaching mails are snow
bound.
The storm continues, and everything is
stopped.
MOBILE, Ala, December 26.
The entire through mailfrom New York
for this place of the 18th and l7th IN
stants have failed to reach here. The de-
lay causes great inconvenience.
COLUMBIA, S. c., December 26.
The heaviest snow and sleet known
commenced at noon yesterday, and con-
tinued for thirteen hours. The trains are
delayed.
New YORK, December 26.
An Eas.erly storm of four hours dura-
ton has driven the water out of the Nj
agara River into the lake. The city res
ervoirs are empty, railways are embar
rassed in getting water, and manutacto-
ries are suspended.
New YORK, December 81.
It is showing again. The snow is the
heaviest for twenty years. Thousands
slept in their Offices being unable to get
home. No mails left the city yesterday.
Vessels were detained by the storm, and
there were ne arrivals from sea yesterday.
LATER.-The storm has ceased. The
snow entirely stopped The travel on the
Eastern division OF the Erie Road.
A snow slide 600 feet wide and twelve
feet deep at Little Cottonwood, swept the
stage road, and ten teams were carried
fifteen hundred feet into Cottonwood
Greek. Four teamsters were lost.
BALTIMORE, December 81.
The harbor is closed to the mouth Of
the Patapsco River, to sailing vessels.
Ice boats keep narrow channel open for
few steamers
MEMPHIS, December 81.
The people crowd the bluff to watch
the destruction of boats by the ice Only
three days supply of coal is in Memphis.
The Gas Company is without a days
supply. Coal is two dollars per barrel,
which will cause the poor to suffer- The
river has risen three and half feet since
Monday last.
An ice Gorge at Hen and Chickens
broke at two o'clock this morning and
came with terrific force. 1t swept clear
tho docks. and cut down ten coal barges
and a steamer from the wharf
MONTGOMERY, December q.
The weather is bitterly cold but bright.
There was sunshine but it failed to thaw
the ice. Even the surface OF the ground
is frozen.