Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-10
THE STORM KING.
The Greatest Storm in the
East for Years.
THE MERCURY OUT OF SIGHT
Great Destruction of ships-Trayel
Generally Suspended on the
Railroads.

above zero. Hundreds Of water pipe
were frozen. At Laredo the tempera
ture is eight degrees below the freezinl
j int. At Palestine the mercur,
loucheI zero, which Is the ooldes
weather experienced there in fort,
years. The water works street plug
were all frozen and cracked. At Corpu
Christi the mercury fell 81 degrees il
twelve hours.
WAsHrreToN, January ga storn
Of great severity Is to-day raging on this
New Jersey coast. The cold wave ex
tends from the Mississippi Valley L
the South Atlantic States. 1t viii
slowly advance over the Middle Atlantic
States and will reduce the Temperature
TO zero. Severe frosts will occur Sun
day morning In Florida as far south al
Tampa Bay.
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
New BuRrPoRr, Mass, January 81
The severest storm for many years l.
raging here for the past twelve hours.
The schooner George Frseman, Captain
Thurston, with crew Of five men, went
out OF this port yesterday afternoon and
nothing has vet been heard from her.
ANOTHER wREcK.
SPR1So LAgK, N. j., January g.
The schooner Mary @. farr OF Phila-
dslphia, from Baltimore for Providence,
Is ashore on the outer bar and will be q
total wreck. All hands were lost.
rHx srosM III NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, January s,--The snow
storm, which ragged all last night with
unabsted fury, continued during to-day.
II was accom- panied by very high
wind, which caused drifts 10 the shel
tered places. 1t also had the effect of
delaying travel in the city to great ex.
tent. The storm seriously interfsred
with the prompt arrival Of the maila. A
number Of vessels parted their hawsers
and went floating at the mercy Of wind
and tide. At least two are missing and
lave probably foated out to sea.
THE STORM IN THE NORTH.
ST.. PAUL, MINI, January s.--The
sIgnal officers say that every indication
Ia that the force Of the cold wave IL bso.
ken, but IL win be some time before the
weather will become very moderate. At
Helena the mercury registers o. above
to-day, which shows that the wave has
left that section Of country aud Is trav-
cling rapidly down the Missouri Valley.
The lowest temperaturs reached was at
Minnedosn, Manitoba. where the ther-
naomstsr registered 81 below. Ga the
Northern Pacific, from Brainerd to
Fargo. the Temperature varies from 27'
to 81 below. the latter at MADEIRA.
IN ALABAMA,
MonILK, Ala, january o.-The wealth.
er here this morning was the coldest
since 1852, the mercury marking IL
above zero. The cold destroyed the
largest cotton crop ever known. The
plants out and under cover were killed.
The loss will aggregate three quarters Of
q million dollars.
rHE STORM IN MASSACHUSETTS.
BosTes, January o.-Reports continue
to oome in from points along the coast;
which show that the storm last night
worked havoc among the shipping. A
Provincetown dispa oh says that large
fiset OF schooners, including fourteen
three masters. were of Highland light
at sunset last night, several Of which
reached Provinoetown in safety, but
many of the Others were driven ashore
or fouudered. No lives are reported
lost, but he life.ssvipg crews were kept
busy, and there were many narrow ss.
caps.. The tugs Confidence and the Light-
ers' Aid, which worked two sets Of divers.
bound for the bark Ibes, which is ashore
on the Stone Horse Shoal. arrived last
night for the harbor. These are the
people about whom so much anxiety was
felt during tbs day in Boston. Captain
Fisher, OF the Peaked Hills Bar Life
Saving Station, reports that an unknown
three-master pounded along the bars for
about mile at daybrsak, and finally
went clear out IN the bar. The crew
were 10 the rigg ng. aud the vessel had
lost nsr rudder end some sails.
ri was impossible to aid her. A number
of coasters were probably blown out to
sea. The wind reached q velocity Of
sew snty miles an hour at one time.
END or TEE nLIzrARp.
Kansas CrrY, January o.--The sun
shons brightly to-day and the blizzard is
ended. Western trains arrived without
serious delay and the Eastern trains are
expected to be moviag on time to-mor-
row.
IN NEW JERSEY.
ATLAsrIc CIrx, N. j., January g.
The storm here was one Of the worst
for many vera. Houses ware unroafed,
and the high tide did great damage along
the ssa front. The beach 10 strewn with
sulphur, presumably from wrecked
vessel which IL not in sight.
IN TEXAS.
GALVESTON, january g.--The cold
practically ended in Texas to-day. The
loss Of stock i, the vicinity Of Eagle
Pass is considerable. Reports from
other partitions Of the State say that
there 10 much suffering among stock,
but the loss will not be as serious as was
at first believed, as the cold snap fortu.
nately was brief. No snow is reported
as having fallen in Texas, save little
furry north Of Dallas.
AT PORTLAND.
BosToN. January 9.-At Portland
much damage has been done the ship.
ping by the storm. Tugs are kept busy
saving vessels In this narbor. Various
sensational reports are in Circulation,
but all that is definitely known Ia that a
large number Of vessels v ere outside
last night aud that there is wreckage
afioat.
The storm i'm the East.
CHICAGO, January s.-The magnitude
and character Of the present storm can
not be fully told or understood for some
days, as telegraphic communication with
the great section Of the South and West
have been completely cut of for periods
OF ten and twelve hours. No trains
have been able to work through to
Omaha for three days, aud railroad trait
&c in Iowa is practically abandoned.
The telegraph companies have been more
seriously hampered than before in ten
years The storm area extends East to
Maine and South to the Gulf.
the storm in Kansas.
LA JusrA, COL. january 9.-Two
hundred men with three engines and
snow plows are working on the blockade
between Nickerson, and Dodge City.
kensas. Picks are being used to remove
the frozen snow. Six hundred telegraph
poles are down between the above points.
One thousand head of cattle were frozen
on the Colorado plains. The antelope
have been driven from the Rocky Noun.
tsins. Trains are delayed all along this
road, and local travel IL stopped. Two
men wers frozen to death pear Dodge
City yesterday. The temperature IL
from fifteen to thirty degrees below zero
Ths Queen 20 Open Parliament
In Person.
LONDON, January 9.--Tbe private SEQ
retary to the Queen telegraphed to Lon.
don this afternoon that Her Maj jssty
would open the coming session Of Par
Lament in person.
Low ne the 1surcury.
GAlvzsToE, January "a Naes cor.
respondent at Laredo says Mexican
silver money has fallen to price below
it. bullion value at that point