Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-10

ma nh Wind that has preValIed IOr tI

The high wind that has prevailed for the
past two days has made the cold more
severely felt. Usually a very low tenn
perature is reached a & a time when there
IS little air stirring, and the cold, though
more intense, is not as severely felt as
when accompanied by cutting wind.
1t was a busy day for the plumber
People who went to bed early on Friday
night did not think Of finding the water
pipes in their yards frozen solid when
they got up yesterday morning. There
were no warnings of the extreme cold,
and people were unprepared for it. Ice
formed on the ponds in the suburbs Of
TIE city, and the ground was frozen an
inch below the surface. The plumbers
7. were routed out early and had all they
couN attend TO during the day.
1t iS impossible set to estimate the dam
age to the vegetable interests. The freeze,
since It began, has been unusually severe.
The principal crops injured are cabbages,
peas and beets. The greatest damage is
probably TO the beet crop. The cabbage
crop is already small, having been greatly
injured by the heavy rains and continued
wet weather earlier in the season. Farm
ers who were in the city yesterday said
that everything was frozen up on the
truck farms. Until the weather m0der-
ates it viii be impossible 10 get at the eX-
tent Of the damage.
Reports from Bryan and bingham
counties state that the freeze there has
been very severe. and considerable dam
age has been done.
Very few people were on the streets in
the afternoon. Everybody who did not
nave TO be out, stald indoors. Last nicht
BrOuRht0u rect missed the usual oatur-
SjelTt ~ 5vds, aud the market was
almost deserted after O'Clock. The wind
- histled around the street corners, and
Nthe police had little difficulty IA keeping
the crossings clear.
Along the wharyes the day was unusu-
ally quiet Ena cold was severely felt by
the lonGeh o--men, and vessels were load
Ell slowly. The high winds and threaten
ing weather, and the red flag at the zig
nal station. were a warning 10 shipping
men. The Baltimore and Philadelphia
steamers ala not sail, and VIII hDt until
the signals are ordered down.
At 6 O'Clock last night the following
was received at the Signal Station:
wAsHrNoroN, Jan. ., 5:25 p. II.
Obser1er 4e1UR1HHk. G4..
Hoist on shore signal Savannah and savsn-
nah section. HAZEN.
The white light was run up above the
red, and was still up at O'Clock this
morning. AT that hour mercury was still
falling, and the signal officer on duty
said il was likely TO so lower than 1t did
tw0years ago, when II went down TO Is
degrees.
The cold Is severer over the entire coun-
Try than has been known in years. Do
mestic happiness bad the hardest strain
at Bismarck. OAK, Of any place in the
United States. The good wife that gOt up
and made the early fires IN thar town
hraCed a tenn perature OF 80 deg. below
zero. All through the extreme North
west mercury ranged from ID to % deg.
AGlOw. Jacksonville was about the warm
eAt town IN the United states. The Their
mkm5 ter there stood At 35 IN the morning,
ami in the afternoon it got up 90 over 49,
From Portland, Me, 10 Galveston, Tex.
and from Duluth, Mimi. 10 the Ogeechee
there was one great SILVER. At breakfast
dime 10 was 20 deg. colder IN Atlanta
than in Boston. In the aforementioned
place the Signal Service reported the mer-
curry az only 6 deg. above zero, while ia
BOston II was 20 deg. above. Savannah
was only 2 deg warmer than the Hub.
GalVestOniane had q chance TO an their
ace houses with the temperature at IA
deg. below freezing point.
Montgomery, Ala. experienced the
greatest change between Friday and
Saturday morning. I'M % hours there the
mercury dropped from A. deg 10 3. At
Pensacola there was a change Of a6 deg.
Rnd az Savannah Of 20. The only section Ia
which the temperature raised ON Friday
night was through the lower lake region.
AZ buuaios tiefelahu ahu heikhuuI ing
towns there WAS e rise ol from 90 Z deg,
but even then the temperature was not
over 10 above.
A warm wave has already started ami
VIII follow the extreme cold wave. The
predictions for to-day are. Fair weather,
slowly rising temperature lu southern
portion. stationary temperature 30 north
nrn portion, followed by warmer weather,
northwestorly winds, aud generally higher
barometer.
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