Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-01-05
The Polar Wave-ROugh Ex-
pertcnces on Land and Water.

From all points yesterday con-
tinucd cold weather was reported.
A dispatch from Bayview, n, j.,
states that the Lower bay is frozen
over as far the eye can reach.
Teams were crossing Shrewsbury
river at Red Bank. n. j. The
ocean at Horseshoe harbor, Sandy
Hook, is frozen fast for q mile from
shore, and several vessels have
been caught in the blockade, A
small boat; with American flag fly
ing, was seen blocked in the ice in
the bay about fonr miles west OF the
Cape May On, j. signal station
yesterday. The Iife-saving crew
attempted to reach her. but failed
on account of the heavy ice. The
tug Brazil then forced her way to
the place from Delaware Breakwa-
ter, rescued the crew and landed
them at Lewes, They belonged to
the schooner Chas. Dennis, for
Providence, L. l., with coal.
Their schooner had sprung leak
and sunk, when they took to the
boat, in which they had remained
twenty-one hours without water or
provisions. Their sufferings were
intense. Some were slightly frost
bitten.
A dispatch from Long Branch
says Railroad communication is
now open in all directions. Snow
plOws, driven by powerful locOmo-
tives. had the tracks Of the New
York and Long Branch railroad and
the Southern railroad Of New Jer-
scy cleared by daylight. BY noon
the Jamesburg and Freehold rail-
road had trains running all through
but they ran with difficulty, as the
drifts formed almost as fast as they
moved. The weather is moderating.
tie thermometer having risen to %
degrees above zero at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, a rise of 80 degrees in
twenty four hours
The daily mail train on the Poto-
mac. Fredericksburg and Piedmont
narrow gauge railroad mot the
Richmond. fredericksburg and Po-
tomac) which LETT Fredericksburg
for Orange, Va, Wednesday, had
not been heard from yesterday, all
communication being cut off by the
snow blockade. Advlces from The
Plains" in Fauquer county, Va,
state that the snow is 81 inches
deep, undrifted in the woods in that
vicinity, and from 9 to y feet in
drifts; that the mercury at sunrise
Thursday was % below zero, and
that no such cold has been expert
cnced there since 1929, VIXEN the
mercury fell to 6 below zero. AT
Riverton, Warren county,Na, yes
torday at 6 a. VI. the mercury in
dicated 80 below zero. At $50 |
a. NJ. in Petersburg Va, ycster
day. the mercury indicated 1G de-
grees below zero.
Memphis is now the head Of nav
igation on the Mississippi, and the
ice even below that place interleres
materially with navigation. Several
steamers are laid up.
In Prince Georges county, Va,
Thursday night, Eliza II. Jones
was found frozen to death at her
home.
The steamer Edith Golden, from
New York for Montego bay, while
passing down the Lower bay yes
terday was forced on ROmer Shoals,
n. j., where she now lies.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rainey, a poor
woman, was found frozen to death =,
in her room in jersey City, n. j.,
yesterday.
VIM, Cain, a resident OF Graham,
Mass, was found frozen to death
near his home on Thursday night
The Arkansas river from Little
Rock to Fort Smith is frozen over.
WEATHER INCIDENTS AND CASUAL
TIES.
The train on the Potomac. Fred
ericksburg and Piedmont railroad.
which left Fredericksburg Wednes-
day for Orange, Va, returned Sat
urday night for supplies and hands,
having been unable to proceed fur
Their than Parkin's Station, II miles
from Fredericksburg, on account
IF tho beovv snoudrifts Sav,ral