Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-11
The Situation .Else.eh.re.

NEW York, Feb. 1o.-A dense fog and large
foes of ice on Long Island Sound pretty Of
fectually impaired navigation through that
channel during the night and this morning
Up to l O'Clock this afternoon none Of the
large boats had reached the docks of this city
Ferry navigation is difficult on account Of the
ice and fog. 1t has been raining heavily most
OF the day and the danger of water famine is
averted. Seldom have the streets presented
more lamentable and disgraceful aspect than
they do this morning. Sidewalks are flooded
the whole width with water from
the accumulated frozen snow. In roadways
and on all the crosswalks are ponds of water
Along the down town water front the back
water has flooded nearly all the cellars on
South Water and Front streets, ,and large force
OF men are kept busy in draining them out
with pals and drawing water up with sue.
ton pipes. In addition to this many of the
leader pipes from the roofs burst with the
thaw, thus adding to the discomforts of pedes-
trians. On the East river the fog was so
dense that navigation was positively danger
Gus.
WATERGAP, Pa, Feb. 10.-There is heavy
fog and rain along the Delaware valley and
snow is melting rapidly. There is an enor-
nous body of ice in the river and fears of
food are entertained.
New ORLEANS, Feb. 10.-The water is still
rising in the rear of the city. In many places
in the Third district it has crossed to the east
side of Claiborne street. skifs and sail boats
are coming into very general use in the over
flowed district. Cypress Grove, the cemetery
and the Spanish Fort railroad are submerged
Water in the canals is slowly receding.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 10.-The Sciota river
is very high, having risen seven feet last night
Low lands near the city are flooded and i'm
mense quantities of fallen timber, rails and
p0rd wOndsbQvo bppo chp1o
live stock has been lost.
LONG BRANCH, Feb. 10.-The storm has
driven the ice fields north of this place, and for
the present further damage to the pieris avert
ed. Fifteen iron supports of the dock are
broken and nearly all the cross bolts are car
ried away. There are indications that the
storm will be heavier. There is dense fog.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 10. = The snow fall for the
week ending last night is altogether unprece-
dented. The amount was 80 inches and 26
hundredths.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10.-A Monongahela ic
gorge came out this morning and destroyeu
nearly ten thousand dollars worth of prop.
erty.
New YORK, Feb. 1O.-None of the missin.
steamers heard from to-day, and come are un
doubtedly lost. The two which attract the
most attention are the Batavia, of the Cnnard
line, and the Bristol. The City of Batavia had
large passenger list, largely New Yorkers.
The company's agents are unwilling TO believe
she has gone down. It was thought the
steamer Bothnia would have some news, but
that vessel reports didn't see sail from
leaving Queenstown until off Fire Island.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10.-The damage by
Sundays storm along the Mississippi sonnd,
from Basagoula to Bay St. Louis, is 500, 600.
The water is within half dozen squares of
the settled portion of the city. The inunda-
ton covers about five square miles and con-
tains probably $4,000 inhabitants In many
places the water is three or four feet deep, and
Ill low one.story houses everything is washed
out
HHLIFAx, Feb. 10.-Eleven passengers, the
purser and two of the steamer Northern
Light arrived at Georgetown, Prince Edward
Island, from Cape Sharp, all badly froze, be-
ing twenty-eight hours on the ice. They re.
port the steamer surrounded by ice. Two
boats 60 to her aid.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 10.--An ice gorge,
formed between the piers, at the mouth of the
river to-day. The water rose rapidly until
many docks were submerged, and disastrous
inundation was threatened. A cannon was
taken on the pier and thirty shells fred Into
the gorge, which broke it, and the water is
now at about an ordinary stage.
NEW YORK, Feb. TO-. Two cars of the local
passenger train of the New Jersey Central
train jumped the track at Communford One
filled with passengers was overturned and took
fire. No passengers burned but Edward
Reeves, Elizabeth, was fatally injured and A.
c. Laird, Thomas Davenport, VIM. Steele,
Geo. w. Frost, VIM. Sanders, Nellie Harris
andJames Hore slightly.