Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-17
TIDES AND ICE GORGES.
NEW YORK,S WATER FRONTS
COMPLETELY INUNDATED.

West and south Street Cellars Flooded
Unprecedented Freshets and Tides
from Maryland to New Jersey-A Brig
LOst-FrOzen Out in the West and
Northwest.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Telegrams
from points in Maryland, Delaware, East
ern Pennsylvania, New York and New
Jersey report heavy rains and freshets
inland, and heavy gales and extraordinary
high tides on the coast. The rains and
tides, combined with the ice gorges, have
caused the water fronts of Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York to be inun-
dated to height supposed heretofore to
be beyond the reach of either freshet or
tide.
CELLARS AND STREETS FLOODED.
The cellars in New York along W est
and South streets are universally flooded.
Water stood on the car tracks in West
street and the wholesale section of Wash
ingtOn Market was flooded.
In Philadelphia and Baltimore the same
condition of affairs prevail to a less ex-
tent. In Camden, opposite Philadelphia,
considerable inconvenience was caused
TIL the tide turned. Several of the rivers
In Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
mischief has been done at a great many
points.
LOSS OF THE BRIG ANITA.
Only one shipwreck is reported as yet.
That occurred on the Jersey coast of the
American brig Anita, which went to
pieces near Cape May. All On board
were saved by the lite saving crews.
LADY DROWNED.
WflminUtOp noI bo, fr,-o5 oo~o,l
erably from both freshet and tide, and one
lady was drowned in a small stream
Which had suddenly become a torrent.
INTENSE COLD IN CHICAGO.
Advices from Chicago state that the
weather there and throughout the North
west generally to-day is again intensely
cold. At 3 O'Clock this morning in Chi
cagO the mercury indicates 10 degrees
below zero. The weather is clear, but
the air is filled with particles of snow that
are being blown around by a keen wind
Storm signals are flying and further
drop of 1O degrees in temperature is pre-
dicted. AT Omaha the mercury is 13 de.
grees below, at st. Paul 10 below, at Des
MOines 10 below, at Dubuque IS below, at
Fargo, OAK, % below, at jamestown,
OAK, 30 below and at Winnepeg "a below.
RAILROAD LINES BLoCKADED.
The Chicago and Alton, and Louisville.
New Albany and Chicago and several of
the small lines are blOckaded The for
mer road sent out one train about noon.
but expresses little hope Of being able TO
get it through. The Grand Trunk refused
cOnsignments Of freight to-day. The chief
trouble is south and southeast. Trains
west and north are nearly all on time.-
COAL FAMINE IN CHICAGO.
There is a coal famine in Chicago
owing to the heavy storms of tue past
two weeks, which have blocked railroads
in all directions. The supply of soft coal
there has reached a very low ebb The
supply of hard coal is ample, but only
small portion of the coal consumed in
Chicago and the territory which 1t sup
plies is OF that description. The worst
suffering is among the poor, and the
county agent has been utterly unable to
meet the demands made upon him yester-
day and to-day. A leading dealer said
to-day that, there had not been for ten
years such scarcity of soft coal as at
present.
THE BLOCKADE ON TRAVEL IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Street car travel
has been slow and tedious, and the work
ing people suffered much delay and in
convenience going to and from their
work. The cable car lines experienced
more trouble within the past two or three
days than at anv other time during the
winter. The snow of Yesterday is heavy
and hard to handle, and the low tempera.
ture has made the machinery brittle, so
that the traction cable has snapped once
or twice, and the pulley wheels have
done the same, forcing the company to
use horses to draw the cars for a cOnsid-
cradle portion of the time since Saturday.
The result was several blockades and
much suffering from cold by waiting peo-
pie.
THE RAILROAD SITUATION.
Trains on most of the railroads have
been greatly delayed during the day, and
the situation seemed to grow worse as
the day progressed. Roads to the south
and southeast suffered most. The Chicago
and Alton, Illinois Central, Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago and some other
roads were completely blockaded by DRIFT
ing snow, and most of the roads were
0bhged to side track their freight trains
Some-of the east bound roads refused to
take freight for transportation. The
western roads were being rapidly blocked
up with freight for transportation West.
and many Of the trains were side tracked
beyond the city limits waiting to be
switched across to connecting roads,
which are not now in a condition to re-
ceive them. Mails are greatly behind
~.
and business is being seriously affected
on that account.
THEATRES CLOSED.
AS a result of the railroad blockade six
theatres here failed to give performances
tonight.
TEMPERATURE FALLING.
Reports from the Western and North
western points show falling tempera-
ture tonight, all below zero. Omaha is
IL, ST. Paul 10, Des MOines 16, Dubuque
Is, Fargo, OAK, 28, jamestown, Oak, 30.
Winnepeg "a and st. Vincent. Mimi. 30
below. Denver reports it 33 degrees
above.
TRAINS ABANDONED.
Dispatches from st. Louis say that all
Chicago trains out of st. Louis have been
abandoned on account of the snow block
ade. Trains on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy arrive seven hours late. Ali
trains east of the Mississippi river are
also late. The Wabash, Illinois Central
and Chicago and Alton roads have
stopped running their trains for the pres
ent.
TRAINS AND RELIEF CREWS STUCK IN
THE SNOW.
KANKAKEE, ILL, Feb. 16.-Passenger
trains west-bound on the Cincinnati, In
dianapOlis, st. Louis and Chicago Road.
due here at a. m. to-day, are stuck in
the snow ten feet deep east of st. Anne.
An east-bound passenger train is held at
kankakee. The relief crew is also stuck
In the snow near st. Anne. On the Chi
cag0 and Eastern Illinois track the snow
plOw and engine is snow-bOund north of
st. Anne. The east-bOund passenger
train on the same road, due here at 10 a.
M, Is snOW-bOund beyond Macon. The
Illinois Central trains are four hours late.
The southbOund mail train which left
Chicago a. M, is showed in at Manteno
The nOrthbOund accommodation is stuck
at Tucker. The snow blockade on the
Cincinnati, indianapolis, St. Louis AMI
Chicago, near st. Ann remains unbrOken.
and it is believed will remain so until to-
morrow.
COMEDY COMPANY ON A STALLED
TRAIN.
OsWEGO, N. Y, Feb. 16.-A severe
snow storm has prevailed here all day,
impeding travel on the eastern division
OF the Rome, WatertOwn and Ogdens-
ourg Railroad. Five trains stalled, one
at HornellsVille one at Syracuse northern
branch, one at Albion, one at Mansville,
and one at Mexico. On the latter is
comedy company.
THE ANIERICUS CLUB.
An Immense Reception Given in PhiIa-
deIphia Last Night.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16.-The recep-
tion given at the Academy of Music to-
night by the Americus Club was one of
the grandest events of the kind here this
season. About 1000 people were present,
representatives from the State
governments of New York, New Jersey,