The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-12
Railroads IBlockaded and
Travel Impeded.
and
ICE GORGE IN osWEGo RIVER.
Brief Lightning Flashes-Burned to
Death-Reported Ashore
More Cardinals.
The Cold Wave.

SAVANNAH, j anuary 10. The mercury
was down to IA this morning. which is
lower than it has been for years. The
vegetable interests of this section will
suffer heavily.
WASHINGTON, January 10 The cold
weather continues. This morning al
O'Clock the mercury stood at 10 de-
grees above zero.
CHICAGO, January 10.-Since midnight
yesterday the temperature here has
gradually fallen, touching II degrees be-
low zero at 10 O'Clock to night Very
little snow hes fallen during the last
twenty-four hours, though reports from
the outside of the city show that the
blizzard is still in force. Where trains
are not detained by snow, they are de-
layed in some cases by the severely OF
the temperature.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, January 10,-The
weather here is clear and cold. On
Saturday uight the thermometer re-
Oranges remaining on the trees are
frozen, and their loss will probably be
complete, but the trees so far are much
injured. Iteis slightly warmer tonight
PROVIDENCE, Mass, January 10.-The
gale has continued with great severity
all day from the northwest, and it is es-
timated that more damage has been
done during the past forty-eight hours
than for the past ten years ON this part
of the coast.s Eight vessels have been
ashore at Traro and Provincetown in
this storm, but no lives were lost. ~
PITTsBURG, January 10.--The snow
blockade on the railroads is almost I'M
precedented. No attention has been
paid to schedules, and all trains are
from one to fifteen hours late. In many
instances trains have been abandoned
and on several of the smallest roads
traffic has been entirely suspended. On
the main line Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road trains are from seven to fifteen
hours late. The limited express west
which was due here at o'clock last
night, arrived at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, having been snow-bound at Gist
Staten The fast train east, which left
here 4ast night struck nearlPeru Station,
and did not get away until this morn
ing. All trains were provided with from
three to five engines. On the Wheeling
branch of the Baltimore G. Ohio, the
Cincinnati express which started
from here last night, returned this
evening, having been snow bound few
miles out from this city nearly
fifteen hours, The ~ southwest
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad is
totally blockaded and trains have been
abandoned. The West Pennsylvania
and Castle Shannon roads have y1rtu-
ally suspended operations. The Fort
Wayne, Pittsburg & Lake Erie and
Pittsburg, McKeesport 6S Youghiog-.
,heny roads are reasonably clear and
trains are running, but somewhat be-
hind time. The Pittsburg e Western
and Panhandle roads have and are
still suffering greatly, many trains
being delayed in drifts for hours. The
cold has been intense, the mercury,
lowering about zero all day. Passen-
gers on snow-bound trains experienced
considerable inconvenience from cold
and hunger, but they were generally
disposed to take things geod-natur-
eddy. Great suffering among live stock
is reported. At East Liberty wards
several head of cattle are said to have
died from. exposure, and many more
are ina dying condition.
Washington County farmers were
taken unawares, and whole fiocks of
sheep, which had not been properly
sheltered, are reported to have frozen
to death. .-.-