Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-11
Cold Weather, Severe Gales and Ragin
Waters.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Cold Weather, Severe Gales and Raging
Waters.
CHICAGO, February 1Oth.-The mercury
fell rapidly after midnight, and reports from
all western points indicate clear and cold
weather. In this city at o'clock the Sig
nal Service reports temperature at 40 be-
low zero. Omaha 10 below, Kansas CITY 14o
below, st. Paul 23o below, Dubuque 26o be-
low, Keokuk 15o below, Fargo 500 below,
Winnepig 800 below The worst effects of
the storm appear to be southeast of Chicago.
Trains between here Louisville and Gin
cinnati are completely blocked. This morn
ing passenger trains east were abandoned,
except by one line. All the roads expect to
send out afternoon trains. All incoming
trains froTi the west are from six to eighteen
hours late. Trains are leaving for the west
on time. Freight business on all roads is
practically suspended.
GLOUCESTER (Mass.), February 1Oth.-A
heavy gale ragged all night. The Portuguese
brig Julia Norton dragged her anchor and
dritted on TO the rocks at Fresh Water cove
The crew of eleven men were rescued by
the lite->aving crew with much difficulty
| The vessel was completely wrecked
CHESTER pa, February 10th.-Heavy
rains and melting snow raised Chester
creek TO an unusual hight last night, and
caused considerable damage. From Lenni
| to the Delaware river, distance of eight
miles, the danger is extensive to manu-
featuring establishments, dwelling houses,
railroad and county bridges, but no loss of
life has been reported.
New BRUNSWICK On. j. February 10TH
The ice in the Raritan river was
broken up last night by flood caused by
heavy rain. The banks of the river are
overlooked, and manufacturing establish
ments and dwellings along the banks
flooded. The New Jersey Rubber Shoe
Company, the New Brunswick Hosiery
Bronze Company have been compelled to
suspend.
TRENTON On. j., February 10th.-The
| ice in the Delaware moved abort o'clock.
The river is blocked from River View Gem
etery to Morris Island. The gorge is forty
feet high. Fair street is flooded, and boats
are in Use. Travel on the Pennsylvania
Railroad is threatened. Assainpink creek
is swollen, and there is danger from back
water. Much damage has been done, and
more is apprehended.
BURLINGTON Ga.), February 10th.-The
night is intensely cold, with a northwest
ern blizzard, the worst for years. The
| thermometer was $50 below zero this morn
ing, and is now 100 below There has been
no mail in the last a hours. Trains due
last night stuck fast in snowdrifts at Gales
burg. East-bound trains are blockaded in
drifts near Rhinestone.
| WILMINGTON Dell, February 1Oth-The
Brandywine river began to rise last night,
and early this morning swept away the
| delphia Railroad bridge. The loss is 800
600. The water is very high and more dam
age is threatened.
PHILADELPHIA, February 10th-The ice
has not yet been moved in the Delaware
river above the city, and although the
water is up to the top of the wharves in
places, there has been no destruction of
property. In the Schuylkill river the ice is
| moving OFT without causing damage.
TRENTON O.. j., February 10th-The
icegorge tonight increased alarminglv, and
the Delaware river, for three-quarters of
mile across, is completely closed. The
water has backed up into Crosswicks' creek
and flooded the Lamberton meadows In
South Trenton scores of houses are flooded
| nearly to the second story, and the people
are removing their furniture Some citi-
zens are tying ropes around their houses,
and fastening the ropes 10 trees, to prevent
their removal by the ice or a sudden thaw.
| In case of a thaw or rain within the next
| few days, the destruction of property will
be enormous. There has been no such
peril to the city since 1857.
PIrTsBURG, February 10th.-The cold
wave struck Pittsburg this morning and
the thermometer has since been falling
steadily. AT midnight the mercury marked
five degrees below zero, a fall OF fifty-seven
| degrees in thirty hours. All railroad travel
from the west has been INSTRUCTED, and
trains are from two to nine hours late.
ST. JOSEPH (NIich.), February 1Oth.-The
! Snow-stOrm is tonight increasing in fury.
| The trains are thirty hours behind time.
with miles of snow-drift ten and twelve
feet deep on the track. The streets in
| town are blockaded with drifts ten to fff-
teen feet high. Thermometer registers fif-
teen degrees below, and is still discerning.
CHICAGO, February 10th.-Chicago seems
! to have been the center of the snow area.
and for a distance of about sixtv miles in
every direction it has fallen to a great
depth, and is drifting badly. Most of it
| was very moist when it fell, which makes
it very heavy, and as hard to handle. al
most, as sand, having since been frozen
| hard and ground almost to powder by
| drifting. The level character of the coun-
| try in every direction, and its freedom from
| forests, facilitates its carriage by wind and
| Judgement wherever a railroad cut fur
nishes q place for it to drop into.
In consequence of this, and of the
| extremely low temperature which has
! prevailed all day, it has put most of the rail
! roads III worse condition, If that were
possible, than they were yesterday. 1t is
next to impossible for men to work, and
about as difficult to keep steam up in the
engines. From every direction reports
! come OF engines " dead and sidC-.racked
| Suburban trains in every direction are
moving slowly, but many persons fear to
| risk q night in the cars and remain in the
city. The cattle at the stock yards are suf-
fering intensely from the cold, the sheds
being unprotected by roofs Many stock
| trains are showed in on the various roads
and as the mercury goes down the homes of
| shippers and cOnsigneeS go down CORE
| spOndingly. Dealers assert that unless
| speedily released. most Of the cooped-up
stock will perish, entailing loss which
| cannot now be estimated. Twelve cars of
cattle were brought to the yards to-
day by eight locomotives. Double
headers We're started out with trains
of cattle for London and Liverpool markets
| but after going short distance il was found
| impossible to make any Roadway, and they
| were returned 10 the NdFuS. ne railroad
men report snow banks 10 to Is feet in
| hight along the southwestern roads. Thirty
| four cars of stock on the Milwaukee q St
Paul came in with twenty-one engines
Thirteen cars of sheep few miles out on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, were
| found frozen to death. At Fifty-nintn
street, this afternoon, the Fort Wayne ex-
press was ran into head and head by
switch engine going to the relief of the
suburban train. The train men saved
| themselves by jumping. The passengers
were badly shaken up, and both engines
were wrecked. On the Grand Trunk, four
engines spent four hours in clearing two
miles of track. and two of them were
ditched The weather has been very cold
all day. At s o'clock this morning the
standard thermometer marked Ice below,
and it remained unchanged till noon. AT
| ) P. NJ. 1t was 140-the highest point of the
| day. At P. n. it marked 150 below, at s
p, NJ. 200 below, and at 1880 P n DO below
New York, February 11th-A. M.-The
| thermometer yesterday at this hour marked
! 40. II now registers 50, and n strong gale
| is blowing, equivalent to 100 colder on the
| human thermometer.
Phenomenal Darkness in Kentucky.
New YORK, February 10th.-Louisville
| specials describe the phenomenal darkness
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