Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
WEATHER GROWING MILDER.
Rain Storm Moving in This Direction
from the Gulf

from the AuIA
The signal Service men said last night
that the cold wave had deliquesced, and
that the next thing in the weather line
viii be a rain storm. A storm OF con-
siderable energy has been developing in
the Gulf for two or three days, and 10
moving in a nOrtheasterly direction. 1t
was central yesterday IN the Eastern
Cult and is likely to reach here some time
tonight. The barometer was ialilng mere
al II O'Clock last night The highest thaJ
mercury went yesterday was ~ DEG. IL
was 80 last night, and the othcer who
took the last observation at the signal
statioB, said it would probably not get
below the freezing point The wind was
northeast 40 N o'clock and was travelling
al about ID miles an nOur.
The truck growers said yesterday that
so far as they We're able to tell the cab
baae crop is killed. 1t viii be a day or
two before they are able 10 get at an esti-
mate or the damage, but 10 is safe to say
tlaI the 9ntlre crop IN TINS part
Of the state IS a total loss.
out IN the country the ponds and streams
are al frozen no. The roads that IN many
places were oyerllOwed are covered with
Ice, ana farmers coming into the city had
good deal OF difficulty yesterday M get
ting over the icy places. The ice In the
Ogeechee canal Us from two TO three
inches thick. On the ponds il is from
three to four inches thick. and in some
places very nearly five inches. Reports
from adjoining counties say the weather
has been sGYerer in the country than has
ever been known.
MT. w. b. Daniels, purser OF the Ethel,
VINO went up on the steamer Katie Tues
day IN charge OF the EthePs freight, re-
turned TO the city last evening via the
q q ..f,
railways Mr.. Daniels reports that the
Katie was unable TO continue her trip
owing 10 the river being frozen over above
StOney Bluff, about I1j miles from this
city. After trying TO force her through
the ice u was decided TO turn back, which
was done, and the steamer was tied M at
Browns Landing, $. 9. Mr.. Daniels and
number Of passengers took a wagon and
went to Mallette station on the Port
Royal railway, ana from thence some went
to Augusta and others came 10 Savannah.
The Ethel is tied up near COhen's blum
with her feed pipes to her boilers frozen
up. The ice IN the river above Stoncy
blutf is said 10 be several inches thick.
From all interior counties come reports Of
unusually severe weather, and the old in
habltant thinks this year will 20 on record
as the coolest ever known in the state.
A volume of "HOlnles' American An
!
possession Of MIR. Gugie BOurquin Of this
city, says that the weather IN South Car
DINA and Georgia at the commencement
OF the year 1909 was uncOmmOnly cold
and several SHOWS fell in the months of
January and February. The grounds of
the lower country, it says, were covered
six incnes deep and those OF the upper
country from two to three feet deep. In
the upper country the snow lay several
weeks. A sleet loaded the trees with ice
from Broad river toward Savannah, a
distance Of 10 to 10 miles and made
great devastation in the forests. A letter
written at Savannah Jan. II, 1900, states
that the evening preceding there was a
heavy fail OF snow aud a severity OF cold
never before known in the State; the
IlepCd cf snow was two or three feet. At
Midway, Feb. II, il was stated that the
/ snow had been three feet deep in particu-
! lar places. aud from sixteen TO seventeen
inches on a level. During seven winters
| preceding 1900 the ground in South Caro-
! lima and Georgia was never seen whitened
/ with snow.
When the last observation was taken
at the signal station last night the barom-
/ etor was falling rapidly. The indications
/ for to-day are: Warmer weather, Increas-
/ ing cloudiness aud local rains, winds
generally northeast to southeast and
falling barometer