Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-28
UNUSUAL FRIGIDlTY.
sNoW-sToRMs IN MIDDLE CAROLINA
AND GEORGIA..
Ice Eight Inches Thick at stanton, Va
A Blizzard Mt Fort Monroe
Cruel Cold Abroad.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatcb.l

STAuNTos, Va, December 27.-At o
o'clock this morning the mercury stood at
10 degrees above zero. For seven days
past it has varied from IL 10 20 degrees
above. This is the coolest continuous
spell here for years. Ice has formed eight
inches thick, rare occurrence IN this sec
tion.
BLIZZARD AT OLD POINT.
FoBT MONROE, Va, December H.-The
worst blizzard in twenty years struck this
vicinity about midnight. aud snow has
been falling ever since The electrician
line TO Hampton is blocked and nayiga-
tlan IS suspended.
Icg-covERED STEAMERS.
NEW YoRK. December 27.-Of more than
twenty steamships due or overdue only
four have reached port up 10 o'clock TO.
day. and these bore striking evidences OF
the rough weather and intense cold eXpe-
rienced. With ventilatOrs demolished or
twisted out of shape. lfe-boats smashed,
and everything on deck in a demorallzed
condition. it ls gratifying TO fnd that
nothing serious has happened to the pas
sengers or crew Of any OF the incoming
steamers. Each steamer was completely
coated with ice.
FATAL sNow-sLIDE.
special TO the Statesman says -" A snow
slide Saturday swept away the engine
house of the Narrow Gauge mine at Deer
Creek and wrecked q concentratOr mill.
500 wards below. Henry Bloss, who was
IN the engine house. was instantly killed.
teamster named Mcconnell was caught
and his team killed, but he was dug out
alive. The snow in the mountains is very
heavy and slides are frequent"
THE MISSISSIPPI AT ST. LOUIS FROZEN OVER.
ST. LOUIS, Nc, December 27.-The Mis-
sissipp river at this place is covered with
ice from shore TO shore. Navigation is sus-
pended and boats are tied up with no
prospect of resuming traffic in the near
future.
sLEIGH;NG AT WILMINGTON.
WILMlNGToN. n. c., December 27.-The
sleet-storm reported last evening has not
yet abated. and has now reached the pro-
portions OF a first-class snowfall for this
climate. Many slelghs of rude and hur-
ried construction are now on the streets
a sight very rarely witnessed here.
BLIZZARD AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON. s. c., December PA
blizzard struck Charleston this morning.
and for the first time within the past tif-
teen years the house-tops were covered
with q thin coating of snow and sleet. The
mercury averaged about three or four de-
grees below the freezng-point during the
day, and pedestrians, not being accus-
toned TO ice, had hard time getting
along the sidewalks. The orange-trees IN
the city are injured somewhat, and will
probably bear only one crop this year,
They usually bear two crops. Planting
aud truck-farm crops are not far enough
advanced to suffer any damage. Straw
berries are well protected, and the plants
will escape without severe trouble.
DEAIr I THE COLD.
ATLANTA. GA, nber 27.-Mary Lee,
a colored woman believed to be 100 years
old and'very feeble, was frozen to death IN
her hut last night.
SNOW AND sLEET IN AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA, Ga, December 27.-The
heaviest snOw.storm in five years prevails
to-day. 1t was preceded last night by
big sleet-storm. The weather now Is
mOderating.
SNOW IN COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA, s. c., December 27.-This city
was visited to-day 10y severe snow, the
first slnce 1857. The city IS now covered
TO depth Of four inches, and reports from
all over the State show that the snow
storm is general. ln the upper part of the
State it is over a foot deep. II Is still
showing here.