Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
MlDWlNTER'S ICY BREATH
GREAT SUFFERING THROUGH
OUT THE WEST.


snow Bound Trains-FiremeR Frozen
While Battling with the Flames he
Thermometer Way Below Zero in
Many Places.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The thermometer at
5 O'Clock this morning dropped to y
degrees below zero. which, taken with the
cold record OF yesterday, makes it the
severest showing in the way of extreme
weather known here in many years. At
S O'Clock this morning the thermometer
was still "A degrees below, and at the
same hour Kansas City reported it 81
degrees below, st. Paul %, Omaha "a,
Dubuque 81, Des MOnes q, and keOkuk
p beloY zero. The effect in this city as
been to partially paralyze the ordinary
course OF business. A number Of the
larger wholesale houses have not sent out
their heavy trucks. and those teamsters
and street car drivers and conductors
who are out Drawing the weather are suf-
fering greatly. Fire alarms have been
more numerous than usual, and last night
proved to be one Of terror 10 the members
Of the department. Three fires after mid
night served TO keep practically the whole
force on duty. and the services required
Of them under the circumstances WAS
such as taxed their endurance TO the full
est extent.
In addition to the burning Of several
buildings on Randolph street, the fiue
private stable of Marshall Field, on Prai-
RE avenue. was burned. The loss was
$4,000. AT O'Clock fire was discovered
IN the Beurivage fiat on Michigan avenue.
one Of the most imposing residence struct-
ures in the south division OF the city, and
the flames spread with rapidity which
caused number of families to seek the
! in 81 Fffh tn,
the trouble experienced in working the
I engines, on account Of the intense cold.
/ the building was badly burned and fi0OdeS
inside. No lives were lost. The escaping
occupants took refuge in the Leland HO-
4 tel. adjoining the burning building.
I The severe weather caused q great many
needy people and professional tramps TO
/ hesIege the relief agencies and police sta
tiOns. Several trains loaded with live
T stock are still suow-bOund ten or twelve
[ miles from the stock yards. Some cattle
. were frozen to death and others were par
italy frozen, and mad 70 be killed. Hogs
I suffered less than the cattle. Corn laden
ears We're on the same trains With the
/ stock and gram is being used for feed.
the suffering tor water is grear. The
men sent TO dig out the trains were Of
tered fifty cents an hour, but were obliged
10 return To the city nearly frozen.
dispatch from Council Bluffs. Iowa,
saws; AT 10 O'Clock last night the Their
I mOmeter recorded "A degrees below zero,
the cOldest weather in twenty-five years.
At Lincoln. Neb., at 8 O'Clock last
night il was IA below.
At Quincy, ILL.,, at IL O'Clock last night
it was - degrees below. This is the cold
est temperature since 1878.
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, II o'clock
last night, it was - degrees below.
None OF the towns IN the above list re-
IL no
/ any damage to property. At Chicago
there was a number OF minor casualties,
including the breaking OF plate glass
windows by the intense cold.
FIREMEN FROZEN.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.-Fire on Front
stTt CT to-day caused a loss Of about SI0,-
900 in money, and Its results to the IRE
/ men We're serious. A number of th m
re badly rjured by the cold, one,
/ John Schuier, Delng drenched with water
which fruZe him. He managed to walk
To the engine house, several blocks away
/ where ne was put to bed, but It Is thought
that be may be permanently injured.
. Lawrence CFanbert was also overcome by
tue cold. Both his hands are frozen.
+ There are very few people on the streets,
halt the street cars have stopped running
and the ferry boats cannot run at all.
TwESTY-THREE DEGREEs BELOW.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-The mercury fell to
/ 3 degrees below zero this morning, hut
since that time has been rising, and at
noon was II degrees below. This is TIL
coldest day here since January II, 1864
when the thermometer marked 2G degrees
below, the lowest on record at this point
Very heavy ice is still running through
the harbOr. No gOrges are vet reported
below the city.
FORTY-EIGHT DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
JAMESTOWN, OAK, jan. 5.-Yesterlay
was the cOldest day ever known here. Ii
was f. degrees below zero in the morning
and y below at noon. The air was filled
. with frost, with stiff breeze from the
/ northwest. 1t calmcd down last evening
and the weather moderated. No trains
have run on the Jamestown and Northern
Road TO Darlington since Tuesday.
ONE HUNDRED MULES FROZEN.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. "a stock train
/ bearing 500 mules. mostly weanliugs, Ell
. route from Austin. Tex, has b block
( AIDED since last evening AT LfCs Inlmh,
. on the Missouri Pacific FaIway. The
animals are not acclimated, ami 100 OF
them have died from exposure.
TWENTY DEGREES BELOW.
ATLANTA, Jan. "a snew blizzard pre-
! vailed turs morning tor several hours.
The wind was strong and sharp. The
thermometer was down 10 10 degrees
above zero. Never has worse weather
been recorded here. There is a prospect
Of colder weather tonight.
CANADA's sN0w-BOUND MAILS.
QUEBEC, Jan. 5.-The first mails from
country parishes since the great st rm.
which set III o. the Ist inst, reached town
to-day. the bags having to be carried IN
/ on snow shoes. Such complete stop
page Of communication in the country
mas not been known for 30 years past.
AN INTOXICATED WIDOW FROZEN.
READING. PA. Jan. 5.-Mrs. Conrad
/ Schuenlay, a widow and mother OF two
children. last night drank a quantity OF
whisky and. wandering from home. was
frozen TO death, at kutZtown, during the
night.
BITTER COLD WEATHER.
BISMARCK, BAK., Jan. 5.-The coolest
weather known IA ten years prevails here.
Thursday night the mercury fell to 80 de-
ees below Zero, and last night TO 80 de-
grees below 10y the Signal Office thermOm-
eter. The weather is calm.
THE CoLDEsT IN YEARS.
( CLEVELAND, Jan. 5.-The weather Is
! the cOldesL reported in years. The thtr-
mOmeter has indicated as low as IS d..
I grees below zero in some places. There
is clear sky and the air Is tull of frost.
VERY COLD IN ATLANTA.
4 CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.-The thermometer
AT O'Clock THIS morning stood 20 degrees
b low, which is the lowest point it has
touched here for years.
TWO DEGREES ABOVE.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Jan. 5.-The
temperature teli TO , degrees above zero
this morning. Ii is the coolest weather
re since 1877.
SNOW At WILMINGTON.
WILMINGTON, y. c.. Jan. Snow
covers tue ground to the depth OF TWO
inches and is still falling.
COLD DAY FOR MARIANA.
MARIANA. FLA. Jan. 5.-It was freeZ-
ingly cold here to-day.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCEAT AT SEA