Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-12
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LOSS OF LGFE REPORTED.
Heavy Ice has formed in all the .tribu.
taries, and all the bay steamers have been
/ Withdrawn. Great suffering is reported
among the men engaged in oyster dredg.
ing, ard it is feared that many lives have
| been lost, though no serious disasters ara
known to nave occurred. Cattle trains
arriving from the West are bringing many.
trozen cattle, but the high prices obtained
a. the drove yards to-day compensate for
tue losses by death. In one consignment
or sheep over a dozen frozen carcassea
were found, and hogs are said to have
suffered more severely. The lowest point
the thermometer has reached in this city
was d deg above zero, which was recorda
ed at O'Clock this morning.
wAsHrNGToN's SHAKING UP.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 1.-THE signal of
flee reports that the minimum tempera-
ture recorded here was b.6 deg. above
zero, and that point was reached early
this morning. At ! O'Clock tonight tha
thermometer registered II deg above
zero. In the countTytOutside of WashingI
ton snow is piled in drifts and roads are
almost impossible.
WINCHESTER CHEERS A TRAIN.
WINCHESTER, VA, Jan. 1.-The frsh
train from Baltimore and the East since
Friday arrived here this afternoon. The
passengers were greeted with cheers by a
| large number of citizens as the train
drew up to the depot The weather is in
tensely cold tonight and the snow on the
country roads il badly dritted. The star
mail route has been temporarily aban-
doned.
Six BELow AT sTAUNrON.
STAUNTON, VA, Jan. 1.-THE ther.,
m0meter registered o Ceg. below zero
this morning, zero at O'Clock this after
noon and is falling tonight. There are
immense snow drifts IN the mountains
rendering roads impassable.
THE COLDEsT IN MOBILES HISTORY.
! MOBILE, Jan. 1l-Che coldest weather
ever known here has prevailed since las6
! Friday night. Nearly ali day yes, erday the
mercury stood at y deg. aboveizerO, and
this morning it registered only II deg.
above.
THE BLOCKADE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PIrTsBURG, PA, Jan. 1.-THE railroads
| are still auneriu4 from q snow blOckadeI
| All trains were several hours late this
morning but less trouble was experienced
along the roads and It ID sexpected that by
| tomorrow evening everything will be run.
ming smoothly. The east bound limited
| express on the Fort WavBe road
jumped the track near Leetsvlle, Pa,
early this morning, but no serious dam.
| age resulted. The train arrived ia this
city two hours late The temperature az
neon was 1 deg. below zero. The Alles
| eheny and M0nOnRahela rivers are both
frozen over, and navigation is entirely
| suspended.
STATIONARY AT LOUISVILLE.
LoUIevLLE, Jan. 1.-THE weather,
here is extremely cold but clear. The
temperature was about sta atiOnary TODAY.
| The thermometer registered I deg. below
| % -
throughout the State.
GORGE IN THE sUsoUEHANNA.
PORT DEPOSIT, MD, Jan. 11.-An ice
/ gorge OF formidable appearance has
| formed inithe Susquehanna river here. and
| the lower part Of the town is flooded. II the
| cold weather continues serious results
are looked for.
FLOOD AND FREEZE.
MONTREAL, Jan. 1.-THE river has
! risen little since last night. A great
! deal OF damage has been done to whole
sale houses on st. Paul street. The
Henderson Lumber Company, on William
street, lost number OF horses.
which were frozen in the water.
Several large mills on the bahks
| OF the Lachine canal had to close
down for want Of water power. The
destltutiOn caused by the food among
the poor people in st. Gabriel, Point ST..
Charles, and other parts OF the city, is ter
rible, and II the flood continues system
OF relief will have to be organized. Coal
has been frozen In the cellars, and an in-
stance occurred this morning OF Ice being
cut out OF a stove at La Prairie, up the
river, the water is over the ground
floors Of thirty houses and the cellars Of
all bOuses are flooded. At 81. LanbeFt
the cellars are all flooded. The telegraph
poles and fences on the other SIDE OF tho
river are down and the country is flooded
from g.. Lambert TO La Prairie. The
water has backed into the country and
along the banks Of the rivers lies on the
prairies for several miles and is washing
AGAINST the Chaplain division Of the
Grand Trunk railway.
1900 MEN MADE IDLE.
MONTREAL, Jan. II, A. Mn St.
Gabriel village some Of the ground floors
of the houses are covered with water. II
is estimated that 100 men will be thrown
outofemployment. owing 10 the stOppaqa
OF the mills along the canal banks. the
water having backed up the tail race the
water wheels have stopped, and the city
Is depending entirely upon the
steam engines for its supply. and
these are unable to keep the water Ia
The reservoirs up to the norma level. Tha
Young Mems Christian AssociatiO rooms
are closed, as the water, which is i've feet
deep Ia the basement, extiRguisned the
fires in the heating apparatus. Several
other places are m the same predicament.
Great destiiutiOn prevails ia some fami-
lies. Al meeting Of the City Council to-
day committee was appointed TO relieve
the distress.
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