Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-27
WIDESPREAD STORM.

The Cold Weather Extends From the Hudasa
to Texas-Ice Georges In the Rivers.
The cold weather extends from the Hudson
river to Texas Il struck the southwest ON
Wednesday night about midnight In Missis-
sippi the mercury fell fifty degrees in . few
hours and the weather was the coolest expert
enced there in many years.
Snow fell all over north Alabama for several
hours yesterday. The ground was warm. how
ever, and the snow soon melted. II was the
first of the season. Last night the weather was
very cold.
In jacksonville. Fla. Yesterday afternoon the
fresh westerly wind, which had been blowing
since morning, wore suddenly around to the
northward and soon became q genuine north
westerly gale. the seyerest since 1872, and at
$50 m. it reached velocity Of fifty six miles
an hour. After that it subsidized gradually and
last night was comparatively calm. Considers
BILE damage Is reported in all parts of the CITY,
=. A severe storm ragged throughout northern
New Jersey yesterday afternoon and the roads
are almost impossible.
RISE IN THE susQuEuaNSA
For the first time this winter the Susaue-
hanna river is seventeen feet above the low
water mark at Wilkcsbarre and the highway is
inundated about three feet. The food came
very suddenly and is still rising The calcu-
lations Of lumber men along the stream below
have been that no more floods would ensue and
owing to this much damage will result from the
swollen stream.
All trains on the New York Central and Hud-
sor River railroad are detained at Hudson, n.
", until further notice by reason Of high water
and ice on the track between Stuyvesant and
Albany.
ICE GonGE IN THE MOHAWK.
The ice in the Mohawk river moved down
aboTt six MILES yesterday afternoon, but formed
another gorge. The ice is abou. Gig hteen inches
thick and is solid. The tracks of .he New York
Central and hudson River railroad are torn up.
washed ont and covered with huge ,akes of ice
for distance of sir miles between Palatine
bridge and st. townsville, Many freight trains
are stalled IN the water. one train near Fort
Plain being Jf the track It will be many DAYS
before traffic can be resumed on The New York
Central railroad
The water Is rising very rapidly again, and
many families at Cana joharie and at Sprakcrs
who lived near the river moved out last night
The ice crushed in several houses AS it went
out yesterday. Near Fort Plain the water
flowed into the Erie canal and carried off three
canal boats and bridge.
A washont on the West Shore tracks Mt Fort
Plain yesterday afternoon prevented the run
nng OF trains for four Or five hours Ono
track has been repaired and trains are running
again. Telegraph and telephone poles have
been broken of in many places and the service
Is crippled. The ice above st. townsville has
not come down yet, and unless the gorge at
Big Nose gives way much more damage will
be done.
The streams in st. Lawrence and Lewis
counties are dangerously high. Several houses
have been carried away. At Norfolk dam AID
~ mill have been swept away. Huge cakes of
ice are floating through the streets. Copcnha-
gen, Lewis county, has half its streets under
water and a mill partially demolished,