Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-13
The cold Wave.

ing. LOSS ABOUT 4U,OUU.
The Geld Wave.
[By telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, January IL.
Last night was the coolest Of all. The
thermometer at the signal-office recorded
1873 degrees above zero. Private Their
mometers recorded Il. This is over
three degrees lower than ever before re-
corded at the signsl-ofiice here. The
young orange-trees are probably killed
to the surface of the ground. 1t is not
thought that the older trees are much
hurt. The weather is now cloudy and
the temperature is slowly rising.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, January y.
The lowest temperature at the signal
Office this morning was zero, and in the
lower portion Of the city degrees be-
low zero. The weather is moderating
this morning.
AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., January 12.-
The minimum temperature of the pre-
sent cold wave was reached this morn
ing, when the thermometer at the sig
nal-office registered &c degrees above
zero. At 8 o'clock this evening it
stood at 10 degrees above zero.
IN GEORGIA.
AUGUSTA, GA, January 1.-THE
river was frozen over at 10 o'clock this
morning, in front Of the city, from the
South Carolina bridge to Mcintosh
street. Parties went out to the middle
Of the stream on the ice. The ther-
mometer reached the lowest point this
morning, when it was 6 degrees above
zero. The weather is moderating, but
it is still clear and freezing.
TwENTY-THREE BELOW AT ABING-
DON.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
ABINGDON, VA, January 12.-The
thermometer registered twenty.three
degrees below zero here early this
morning. 1t is said to be the coolest
weather ever known in this city.
TEN BELOW ZERO AT sTAUNTON.
STAUNToN, VA, January 12.-Last
night was the coolest in this section for
years. The mercury was 10 degrees
below zero this morning, and it has
been intensely cold all day. The mails
on some Of the star routes are aban-
doLsd.
FLATTsBURG, n. Y, January l2.-
The thermometer at 9 O'Clock this
morning registered q degrees below
zero, which is about the average tenn
perature in Clinton county, except at
Black Brook, where the mercury is said
to stand 80 degrees below.
WHITEHALL, n. Y, January r.
At Whitehall this morning the mer-
curry was % degrees below zero; at
Port Henry, "a; at Warrensburg, 80 /;
at Lake George, 30; at Glen's Falls,
25; at Ticonderoga, "a at Fort Ann,
&c. The weather in the places named
is clear.
IN NEW ENGLAND.
BosToN, January 12.-From north
ern New Hampshire and Vermont and
the country districts in this State come
reports of very cold weather-33 de-
grees below zero at Lancaster, N. Ii. (;
40 degrees below at Moretown, Vt.
IA below at Foxborough, Mass. Other
parts Of New England report CORE
spending effects of the cold wave.
UNEQUALLED sNOw-sToRM IN
TEXAS.
GALVESTON, January l2.-Atabout
1o'clock this morning light snow began
falling; by daylight regular northern
snow-storm was on the city, and by 10
o'clock six inches of snow had fallen.
Then, the weather moderating, the
snow began to melt and thousands Of
clerks and others in the business-part
of the town enjoyed the novelty of
snow-balling. Even the oldest inhabi-
tants admit that this was the heaviest
snowfall even known on the island. In
1914, 1862, and 1873 Galveston expe-
rienced snow-storms Of considerable
magnitude, but none OF them equalled
the one of to-day.
THE OsWEGO-RIYER GORGE.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, July l2.-The
situation on the Oswego river at Fulton
to-day is practically unchanged. The
water has receded trihe, but the gorge
remains firm and is constantly strength
eniDg. The thermometer is 20 degrees
below zero and heavy ice is forming
over the flooded district. Business is at
a stand-still and fully 1900 employees
ofmills and factories are idle. Should the
gorge go suddenly an immense amount
OF damage will be done and many houses
and some mills would be swept away.
The overfowed district comprises an
area Of two miles long and half a mile
wide, and the water is from five to ten
feet deep. The damage will be very
heavy, but it is impossible to estimate
it at present, as the manufactures and
mills cannot be entered.