The Portland daily press., 1886-02-08
WINTER WEATHER.
Two Hundred Thousand Cattle said
to Have Perished in Texas.
Navigation Much lnpeded on Ac-
count of Ice.

CITY ISLAND, N. Y, Feb. THE ice in
this vicinity is very troublesome to passing
vessels and only steamers can manage to get
through The ice is compact in the Sound as
far east as can be seen with glass from this
station. Among the vessels frozen in at City
Island, bound south are schooners Helen
Thompson of Thomaston and Speedwell Of
Rockland.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb 7.-Navigation
on NarraganSett Bay is much impeded by
ice. The passage up to this city is kept
broken by the Newport and Fall River steam
ers and by heavy boats Of the coast wise
steamship lines. Newport harbor is frozen
across from long wharf to the torpedo sta
tion and from there to Fort Adams. At one
time the passage across to Dumplings Bay
was frozen across in one Of the widest places
and last night the Watcher which has
taken the place of the Eolus in the Wexford
line put back to Newport without making
her trip. Saturday morning the steamer
started out for Wexford at Z o'clock and
though she followed in the wake OF the Prov
idence steamer it was an hour and half be-
fore she reached Conanicut Point. From
there across to Wexford the little steamer
had to break her way The ice was five to
eight inches thick in places and the steamer
could only make headWay by backing few
yards and then ramming the foe. Five
hours were consumed in reaching wexford
landing the total time from Newport being
six and half hours. The longest passage
ever known before was three and half
hours, six years ago. Numbers of specta-
tors were out on the ice watching the steam
er's slow advance and some even ventured
to walk out to Wexford light house, a feat
rarely possible. The mail was taken from
the steamer before she reached the landing
and hurried ashore over the ice IN time to
catch the one o'clock train.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. I'm anticipation of the
possible damage to vessels and other prop
erty about the harbor here in the event OF
sudden rise in the temperature accom-
panied by rain causing the ice to gain III the
river, the ice along the banks for mile
south has been broken up with dynamite,
opening up a channel through which steam
ers and other craft may move to safe quar-
ters behind the dykes and land projections
in the lower part of the city. The ice was
found to be from one to three feet thick and
efforts will be made to remove enough OF II
to insure at least comparative safety to
property in the harbor when the crash
comes. Should the ice start on a high rise
from the Missouri river the result in all like
lihood will be destructive, but should 1t move
out quietly under the simple influence of
mild weather it is hoped that but little DAM
age viii be DONE
HAROLD, Tex, Feb. 7.-Reliable parties
arriving today from Upper Pan Handle
country report the loss of cattle by the re-
cent storm as very heavy. Along the south
side Of the Canadian river especially ID
Carson, Roberts and Hempsill counties the
loss is greater than in any previous winter
No reliable estimate of the loss can yet be
made but indications are that the total loss
in the Pan Handle country may reach 200,00l
head. =