Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-25
BOREAN BLASTS,
Whtry Winds and Sheets Of Snow While
Balmy Brcczcs Gently Blow
Der Texas Plains.

INDIANAPOLIS, December Ei.-it h"s
heen showing and sleeting since yes
terday morning. The snow 10 over
foot deep, and railroad trains are 9e'
laycd from one to eight hours. me
weather Is now warmer, with siiSht
rain.
Chicago, December 81, a snow
storm over "A wide area prevailed last
night, and to-day was followed by
sleet turning to rain in some places
II was heaviest In Southern Illinois,
Indiana and Michigan. Trains are
DELAYED from one to ten hours ieie-
graphic communication Is greatly IN
| terfered with on account OF sleet, es-
pecially toward the south ana east
THE OHIO VALLEY.
Cincinnati, December 2i-Snow has
fallen every day but one during the
past eight days. Experts say 1t reached
| twenty inches in depth. This morning
| n sleeting rain commenced anda heavy
dark mist arose from the snow, cover,
ing the entire region. IL rained all
day and commenced pouring mt dark
and has been pouring down ever since
to the present writing, ut midnight.
Nobody is ON the streets except
those who are Obliged to 90. The
cellars are flooded everywhere, and
many roofs are breaking in. one line
of street cars has stopped, and all rail-
way trains are delayed. The CONNER
cial-G azette's specials report snow the
whole length of the Ohio valley, but
much deeper in West Virginia ana
Pennsylvania than here. The rain Is
melting IL rapidly everywhere.
Cincinnati, December 2i.--lnnum-
cradle small loses are reported from the
! leaking of roofs and from roofs crushed
by accumulated snow, with rain.
Among the larger Losses of this kind
are the Cincinnati varnish factory, in
the western part of the city. I he roof
fell and destroyed the second story,
injuring the contents of the first. Loss
$40, 900. Heidelback, Friedander "
Co. g, clothiers, stock was damaged
Sll 600 by the falling of the roof Many
livery stables suffered from crushed
roofs. The steamer Champion has
been caught, together with Il number
of barges, and lost. Uriah Shinkle,
who was carried off on his barge, has
not vet been heard from.
Cincinnati, December 2i.-rhe Gin
cinnati 81 Portsmouth narrow gauge
railroad bridge and the long iron tres
tie near California was torn down by
the flood in the Little Miami at noon.
Oak street tunnel, on the Cincinnati
Northern railway, caved in. All
trains stopped.
Cincinnati, December "a. - -Four
hundred barrels of molasses Mt the foot
of. Sycamore street, consigned To the
Little Miami and Cincinnati, Hamil
ton d Dayton, were swept away by the
rise in the Ohio river which is rising
foot an hour
WESTERN NEW YORK.
Utica, n. Y, December 24,-The
thermometer here was % degrees be-
low zero Saturday night, and in Boone
vile, Oneida county, 80 below.
NEW ENGLAND.
Boston, December 81 - The Their
mometer throughout New England
ranges from 10 to 80 degrees below
zero.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
st. Johu, n. b., December 2i.-The
THERMOMETERS here is Is degrees below
zero.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, December 9l.-lt has
been showing here since . o'clock this
VIRGINIA.
Petersburg, Va, December "a
Snow has fallen to depth of four
inches, and the fall is general through
out the state,
PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg, December I.-Pittsburg
was visited to-day with the worst
storm in years. 1t commenced snow
ing this morning nj daylight and con-
tinued till dark, when it changed to
n steady rain. The streets are in u
terrible condition, and many cellars
are flooded and goods damaged.
Trains are all delayed, and telegraph
wires Frustrated in every direction,
owing to the heavy snow.