The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
SNOW AND WIND.
A Blizzard and Cyclone Sweep
Across Land and Water.
Lives Lost, Vessels Wrecked and
Property Damaged.

across the country few days since will long
be memorable in the annals Of similar vista
tions. While the damage done inland was
heavy in many places the disasters to ship
ping along the Atlantic coast were particu-
larly severe From Maine to Carolina
the coasts are strewn with the debris of
shattered shipping. Lives-no one can tel
how many-have been lost, stanch vessels
have been cast ashore and destroyed in num-
bers almost unparalleled. Even the shelter of
land locked havens has not served to avert
disaster. Many craft met mishaps in New
York harbor and the usually peaceful waters
of Staten Island and Long Island sound were
the scenes of serious marine disasters. From
dispatches sent from prominent points Of the
country we gather the following details:
Washington. D. c.: Signal service officials
here say the snow storm reported from vari-
Gus points during the past few days is the
most extensive and severe that has occurred
for ten years. Very cold weather and
in in ~ the West, North, Northeast
and Northwest, but in the South
the weather is unprecedentedly severe. At
Montgomery, Ala, it was only degrees
above zero, and all through Tennessee it was
below zero. Freezing weather prevailed all
through the Banana belt and as far south as
Tampa, Fla. The coolest weather reported Is
from Minnedoza, Manitoba, where the ther-
mometer registered 80 degrees below zero.
Pittsburg, Penn: Reports from the sur
rounding towns are to the effect that the
storm was the most severe in years. There
is two feet of snow at Youngstown, Ohio,
and travel was nearly stopped. All the col
lieries in the Mount Carmel region, which
resumed work but recently, were compelled
again to suspend by the heavy snow storm
which struck the mining districts. The snow
is about two feet deep The snow at White
on the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh and Sus-
uuehanna roads were abandoned, -
Galveston, Texas: This is the coolest
weather experienced in Texas in forty years.
At Palestine the temperature touched Zero at
Austin eight degrees above and at Galveston
eleven degrees above. The oldest inhabitants
say they never experienced such BLIZZARD
Thomas Jefferson, an oysterman, was
frozen to death on the deck of his sloop.
Mech damage has been done to cattle IN the
State.
New Orleans, La.: The signal service office
reports the mercury nineteen and a half
above zero, being the lowest temperature re-
corded since the signal Office was established
here in 1872.
Richmond, Va: A heavy snow storm de-
layed trains and partly blockaded the roads.
Fourteen inches fell in North Mountain, and
six inches in Staunton. In Lynchburg the
thermometer was fifteen degrees above and
still falling There was snow fall there OF
five inches
Jacksonville, Fla: The cold has been in
tense throughout Florida, the lowest point
the thermometer reached here being 81 de-
grees above zero at the signal bureau. At
0cala South Lake, Weir, Waldo and other
places it was II degrees above. This is the
coolest weather that has been felt
here since the great freeze of Feb.
0, 1885, when all the orange trees
throughout the State were killed. The
oranges on the trees are frozen hard. Inter-
views with prominent orange growers in
various sections of the State reveal the fact
that they think the trees are killed. Many
others seem to think differently, but admit
that the crop will be badly set back
Chicago, Ill. The storm thoroughout the
West has been extremely severe, and the
weather the coldest ever experienced In
many localities. In Nebraska no trains have
run for three days, business has been practi-
cally suspended, and at Omaha the mercury
went down to % below zero. The snow
the eastern Montana ranges, and live stock
generally is i'll good condition. At ST. Vim
cent, Mimi, the thermometer was forty eight
degrees below Zero On the Northern Pa
cific road a regular blizzard has been in
progress. On the Omaha road the reports
are that the snow is being blown so violently
on the Nebraska division that orders have
been issued to abandon the running of
all trains until the wind ceases In
Inwa the blizzard ragged all day
and all trains were practically abandoned.
A large number of members Of the Legisla-
tire were blockaded and unable to reach Des
Moines
St. Louis, NO.: The thermometer dropped
to five de gees below zero, with wind at
thirty miles an hour; but little snow fell
Railroad travel has been obstructed in all di-
rections. In Kansas the storm was the worst
ever known.
Boston, Mass: Reports continue to come
in from points along the coast which show
that the storm worked sad havoc among the
shipping. The sixty-ton schooner Ranset,
anchored off Hull, has disappeared. The
crew went ashore At Portsmouth, n H.,
the schooner Josie, of Newburyport, went
ashore in bad position at Newcastle,
and probably will be a total wreck.
At Portland the three-masted schooner Gyp-
sy Queen got adrift, and collided with the
schooner Martha Lane, almost completed
wrecking her. A fishing schooner went dow
at the entrance to the harbor, the crew es-
Gaping in boats The fishing schooner
Laughing Water drifted into the three
masted schooner Emma and filled
and went down, the crew having been taken
off by the Emma. The three-masted schooner
Allen Greene, of Providence, from Boston to
Baltimore, in ballast, was driven ashore in a
thick snow squall one mile west of the Point
Judith Life Saving station. The crew, seven
the use of the breeches buoy. Numerous
other wrecks were reported along the New
England and Long Island coast.
Long Branch, N. J; The schooner Mary G..
Farr, Of Philadelphia, caught fire at sea off
the New Jersey coast on Friday night, struck
on bar ten miles south Of Long Branch in
the height of the storm, and every soul on
board was lost. The crew consisted of a
captain, mate, cook and four seamen:
The sloop Hurley, Captain An sbro, and
the sloop Snow Drift, Captain John
Matthew'S parted their cables and were COM
pletedly wrecked off Keyport, N. J. Many
other sloops had their rigging carried away
and were cast ashore.
New York, N. Y: Dispatches received
here from the interior OF the State and from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey report that the
storm was the fierces5 felt in years and great
ly inipeded travel and traffic. In this city
the wind ragged with unexampled fury, and
disasters in the surrounding waters were e
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