Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-17
COLD WEATHER SOUTH.
Loss TO TRUCK GROW ERs
BY TINE FREEZE.
Potatoes, Peas and Berries all Wiped
Outline Loss Over Two Million
Doliars-ynow Twepty-Four
Feet Dcep-Ths leo
Harvest.

CHARLESTON, 9. c., March 16.-A
blizzard came down on Charleston this
morning without warning from the Gig
nal service. In twelvs hours the mercury
fell from 20 TO "A degrees, and everything
srs will be counted In the hundreds Of
thousands of dollars.
The frat freeze Of the winter occurred
on March 5, whom the mercury went
down to SO degrees and damaged the
carly crops some, but the plants rallied
soon after. Potatoes, peas and berries
are much advanced owing to mild winter
and the farmers had good prospects Of
getting their produce to the Northern
markets even Ia advance Of the Florida
Fstufl.
The lates. freeze, however, has wiped
out every thing green. For the 0rst time
In many years water fross when placed
In the open air ct 10 o'clock in the NOR
ming. The truck crop Of Charleston and
vicinity rsprseents In round numbers
over two million dollars.
PUEBLO, COL, March 16.-The amouut
Of snow that has fallen and accumulated
In the higher mountain ranges Of Color
ado In the past few week: Is somethiuR
phenomenal. The railroad which runs
| " 0A buRV onN Wv Cho oAa oiUttiC&
crosses the Couejos and Cambrss ranges.
1t has been impossible on account oil
snow since tho middle Of February. and
10 still not quite ready for rs-opening oi
trafic. For some time people have been
travelling on foot between the stations Ol
Cumbres and Osiar, thus making patti
in the snow, and In two places this trail
GOES above the telegraph wirea
In shoveling tho euow from the rail.
road track the men cut Il out In three
tteps. Tho man at the bottom throw
the snow up 10 the one on the first step
he throws It TO the next, he TO the mex
and the latter tosses 1t out. The step.
are eight feet apart.
A wagon road connects Del Mort,
with the mining camp OF Platoro. Dur
Ing the past two weeks the town Of De
Norse las spent $500, and individual,
have spent 500, in clearing It of snow
yet the snow 10 ton feet deep In the road
During the past week some men wen
from Leadvillo on the top Of Aosquit
found the wire four feet under the sur
face Of tho snow. As tho poles ar
twenty feet high, the snow is twenty-i lou
feet deep.
| Yet. strange to say. with all this almos
Incredible amount OF snow on the biz
mountains, tho little ones have bscr
more than usually free from It. Tn;
railroads have not been blockaded, OK
cept the Denver aud Rio GrAnde branch
to Durango aud the Denver and Sou'l
Park road to Guunisop. All the mali
lines havo been practically unobstructed
Here in Pueblo. within plain Wow Q
great msssss OF SNOW on the mountains
1t has at NO time been more than tw
inches deep, and 1t has been dusty al
the time except In November.
4 CHARLESTON, 8. c., March 18th
mercury ia down to "a degrees here thl
morniuR. 1t 10 feared that great damag
has becn done to tho truck crop. 1t |
the fret hard freeze here this winter.
PINE GROW, March l6.-Snow storm
has prevailed In this vicinity for the pas
thirty-six hours. Considerab'e snow Il
falling on tho mountains north OF here
The thermometer has ranged between 81
and 10 degrees above zero.
HAMBURG. March 16.-Cold weathe
and snow squalls prevailed to-day.
sufficient quantity OF ice has been har-
vested to supply the local demand.