The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-10
SNOW DRIFTS AND FLOOD.
HIGH WATER IN THE SOUTH AND
SNOW IN TIE WEST.

A Regular Blizzard Sweeps Down on
the orthwest-Trafac Entirely
Abandoned on Some Of the Railroads.
some of the Drifts Twenty Feet High.
The Cumberlsnd's Rise.
CHICAGO. March 9.-Dispatches from nu-
n,erous points throughout Minnesota,
Northern Iowa, Central Illinois, Southern
wisconsin and Eastern Nebraska. reports
that the ssversst storm of the winter ragged
SATURDAY. night and all day Sunday. There
Vas a regular blizzard blowing, and the
snow had badly drifted. Trains are rum
ming behind time, especially in Minnesota,
With great difficulty, and in some localities
not a wheel is turning. Travel on the
wagon roads has been wholly suspended, and
IN the cities street car traffic is more or less
delayed.
st. Cloud, Mimi, reports drifts from to
20 feet deep,
Morehead reports the snow there from
to feet deep. On the prairie and in many
localities the drifts are 10 feet deep.
In the vicinity of Winterset, Ia, twelve
inches of snow fell Immence drifts fill
the roads, and travel is almost impossible
SNOW IN TEXAS.
ST. LOUIS, NO., March 9.-Severe storms
are reported from various points in Texas.
At San Antonio at noon yesterday heavy
sleet storm from the northeast lasted from
twenty minutes to half an hour, doing con-
siderable damage to fruit trees. After a
heavy rain at jefferson, Tex, last eve
ming, the weather turned very cold and it
showed for about an hour. It is feared
that fruit trees have been very badly dam
aged. Texarkana reports a light snow, the
first this winter. The first snow at Pales-
tine, Tex, for three years fell yesterday.
The weather Is very cold.
BLOWING AT AsHBURY PARK.
AsHBURY PARK, N. T., March GA
heavy storm prevails along the coast.
Fogs extend two miles inland. The surf is
very strong, but no wrecks are reported
Railway trains are delayed.
A BLIZZARD IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, March "A terrific blizzard
prevails throughout the southwest portion
of England. The storm is the severest on
record in that part of the country, and it is
feared that an enormous amount of damage
was done Reports already received show
that many small vessels have been wrecked
of the coast The loss Of life is also reported
heavy. Hundreds Of sheep and lambs have
perished in the storm.
tesrifc snow and wind storm prevails
in the English channel The Dover mail
packet had much difficulty in making her
tIlp anu Was Oduly uhuldSSu.
A snowstorm has been raging in Scotland
and the north of England for a week past,
while in the south of England the weather
was mild until Sundays gale, which was
totally unexpected. 1t advanced in a north
easterly direction across the Bay Of Biseay.
blizzard prevails over the whole of the
south of England. 1t commenced in Lon
don at O'Clock this afternoon. The
storm increased to fury at night
fb1F6 Vn an ,nk s~tsxraa- -fHf
the tide All the channel steamers had
bolsterous passages. Even in the harbors
the waters were 30 rough that It was diff
cult to hold vessels to their moorings The
Dover mail boat nearly sank in the harbor
Her paddle box was completely smashed.
The mail ser vice steamers cannot cross the
clannel. The sea makes a clean breach
over the admiralty pier, where the telegraph
clerk and signal man are practically
prisoners. Similar reports come from
p-ints all along the coast. Throughout
Great Britain telegraphic communication is
interrupted by the blizzard.
GREAT DAMAGE TO CROPS.
New ORLEANS. March 9-The freeze of
FEB. 70 did considerable damage to pros
pective fruit crops in this section. On Sat-
urday afternoon large hail fell for a few
minutes and Saturday night rain fell for
several hours, causing greater damage by
"~SnouVo aAO oFeEuOWlnS LDe low lands
more completely than had been done in
many years. Several large growers had
their tomato plant beds completely washed
away and many others have suffered dam
age. Last night there was another freeze,
this time preceded by rain, which finished
up the peach blossoms, and very few
peaches, If any, will be produced this sea
son Last year the peach crop was lost by
freeze on March /. The above noted facts
VIII apply with equal force to a large mum
Der Der OF market gardens along the line of the
limos Central railway within a hundred
miles of New Orleans.