Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-15
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
Another Great storm.

Last Friday and Saturday the country was
visited by one Of the iercest storms of which
there is any record, extending from Maine to
Montana on the north aud reaching south to
the Gulf of Mexico, the weather averaging
very near the zero point over the whole vast
area 1t has not been 80 cold in the South
for years, and rarely has 10 destructive gale
ragged on our New England coast. Locally
little damage was done, although the wind
blew at a frightful rate early Saturday morn
ing drifting the snow badly, delaying rains
on all the railroads and impeding business
generally. At Newport II. L., the storm was
one of the most severe, yet most magnificent,
experienced for many years. Shortly before
Friday noon the wind WAS blowing furiously
and its estimated velocity was go miles an
hour. The sight from tho wharves looking
toward Torpedo station, Fort Adams was grand
in the extreme, the waters as they struck those
places, sending the spray mountains high.
! Many people went down to Eatons beach to
witness the spoutng rock emitting its i'm
mense volumes Of water A binding snow
storm and unusually high tide retarded travel
by rail and water at New London, CT. The
through New York and Boston trains were
delayed several hours, the tide being so high
that cars could not be put on the ferry boat
and conveyed across the Thames. The storm
was the most disastrous TO shipping that has
been experienced for years 1t is estimated
that no less than 40 vessels were wrecked or
badly damaged on the New England coast,
involving a considerable loss OF life.
The brunt OF the storm was, as usual, al
the west, but details Of the damage done are
as yet very incomplete owing to the obstruc
ton to telegraphing caused by the storm oi
the previous Tuesday, which levelled poles
aud wires from northern Iowa to southern
Kansas. A regular blizzard prevailed through
out the western states and territories, will
tue mercury all the way from 20 TO 40 be
low zero. In Texas the weather was thu
coolest experienced in 40 years. The dam
age TO stock of all kinds is immense. Tn
cold wave struck Galveston Friday evening
and the wind blew gale long after midnight
Toward morning the storm resolved into
vertable Dakota blizz ,rd, and at A. NJ. th
thermometer registered L above zero. Tn
signal service officer says this Is the loves
temperature on the Gulf coast since the sta
{ ton was established in 1871. At Austin tn
, temperature WAS 10 above zero Friday an
hundreds of water pipes were frozen. A
Palestine the mercury touched zero. Cattl
suffered intensely from the cold. The herd
drfted aimlessly about seeking shelter, an
= many of them must have persisted. Their
{ was a light fall VI snow at Savannah, Ga
- the first in six years At Jacksonville, Fla
:. Saturday night the mercury sank to 81 an
- ice formed an eighth of an inch thick. A
the oranges ungath sred amounting to abot
y half the crop-are frozen. At Wa hingtc
n it showed Saturday at intervals, making goC
q sleighing, which was well improved, Pen
! sylvania avenue being crowded all day vii
tquipages OF every description, from Il
j. most stylish turnout to dry-goods box place
1t upon runners. At Fulton, N. Y, a serio
n flood damaged several manufacturing esta
ia lishments and drove many people from the
homes In Pennsylvania and Maryland ra
road trains were blocksded by suowdrlfts
ID feet high, causing temporary suspension
D. traffic.