The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-01-14
OUR FROZEN COUNTRY.
ATALE OF ICE FROM MAINE TO FLOR
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A TALE OF ICE FROM MAINE TO FLOR
/ IDA.
Snow Twenty Feet Deep in New York
Great Loss of Life and Damage to
stocl-Rivers Gorged With
Ice and Cities Flooded.
CHICAGO, January 11.-Reports from
the West and Northwest INDICATE that
there is, as yet, no abatement of the
ccid snap. The mercury stood at fif-
teen to twenly-four degrees below zero
throughout the State yesterday and
last night
STAUToN, VA. January 1.-THE
thermometer registered six below zero
this morning, zero at 6 this evening,
and is failing. There are immense
snow drifts in the mountain5,r render
ing the roads impossible.
WASHINGTON, January 1.-THE sig-'
peratnre recorded here was Sc de-
reached this morning at o'clock. This
evening the thermometer registered
eleven degrees above zero. In the coun-
try outside of Washington snow is pill
ed in drifts and the roads are almost
impossible.
CHATTANOOGA, January 1.-THE
minimum temperature at the signal
Office this morning is seven degrees be-
low zero. 1t registered nine below in
the lower portion Of the city. Dis
patches to the Times from the towns
throughout east Tennessee. north Geor-
gia and north Alabama say last night
was the coolest ever known. Stock is
suffering greatly.
MOBILE, ALA, January 1.-The
coolest wheather ever known here has
prevailed since last Friday night. Near
| ly all day yesterday the mercury stood
| twenty-five degrees above zero. and
this morning it registered twelve
| above.
AaUsTA, GA, January 11.-This Sec
tion is experiencing the Coolest wealth
er in fifty years. This morning at Z
o'clock the signal office reported the
mercury six and three-tenths above
zero, the mean temperature for three
DAYS, which is the lowest on record at
the signal office here. The river is fill
ed with fields of floating ice, and a
gorge forming at the Charlotte, Colunn-
bia and Augusta bridge will probably
cause the river to freeze over tonight.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, January IL
This is the third day Of the cold wave
whose effects have been felt through
out Florida. But little news has been
received from the interior. The tenn
perature fell to fifteen at Fernandina
Sunday, twenty at st. Augustine, and
is reported to have fallen sixteen as far
South as Tampa on the Gulf coast.
The damage done is less than would be
expected from such q freeze. Oranges
remaining on the trees are frozen, and
the lemon trees in Northern Florida
are probably killed to the surface Of
the ground. Beyond losing their
leaves it is not believed orange trees are
injured, ,.even in the Northern part Of
the State. Cold weather IN December
prevented the sap from rising, conse-
uuently the average is less than II
would have been. There are no signs
vet of the weather moderating.
CHICAGO, January 1.-THE mercury
dropped to sixteen degrees below zero
during the night, and at 8 this morn
ing registered seven degrees below,
with very little wind stirring. The
signal service a; the same hours re-
ported the temperature at Fargo four
teen degrees below, at st. Paul twenty
degrees, and at Des Moines twelve de-
grees below. The railways continue
to encounter great difficulty in moving
trains. Eastern and Southern trains
due here twenty-four hours ago have
not yet arrived.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, January 1.-THE
ice in the OsWego river at Fulton be-
comes firmer and larger every hour, as
immence quantities of ice are constantly
coming down the river. The water
has risenmore than two feet since last
night and is rising several inches per
hour. The damage already done can
not be estimated. Fully seVentY-hye
families have been driven from their
homes and others are constantly NOV
ing out. The families are poor and as
fast as they are rescured are turned
over to the poor authorities. All teams
that are available are being used in re-
moving flour and other goods from the
mills and manufactures. Grain In the
mills is wet. Should the water recede,
the mills and factories will be filled
with ice. and as many OF them had
large contracts on hand, the damage
viii be very great. Hundreds of people
are thrown out of employment. Prof:
I3oynton of this city was telegraphed
for this morning, to consult with the
authorities about removing the gorge.
lie visited the place and says that 1t
cannot be done, as it is now two miles
long and increasing.