The Portland daily press., 1893-01-19
Binding Snow storm at Memphis.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn, January 1e.-A biz
zard, accompanied by a binding snow
storm. struck Memphis last evening. At
II o'clock the snow was IL inches deep
on level, and in the drifts two and three
feet deep. Street cars are blockaded and
traffic suspended. The telegraph COM
panies are suffering from a general de-
moralization of the wires, and all the
trains are from one to eight hours be-
hind time,
Twenty Below. fNt3
CONCORD, N. H., January 1S.-The
mercury registered 20 degrees below this
morning.
Frozen to Death.
SALISBURY. Nd, January 1S.--Advices
from Nanticoke state that there is every
reason to believe that several men have
frozen to death on small canoes that
were caught out and frozen up several
miles from land. Some of the men on
them started to walk to land before the
ice was strong enough, and were probab-
ly drowned Three tramps were frozen
to death Sunday night. near Princess
Anne.
italian Cities Suffer,
ROME, January 18.-In Venice the la
goons are frozen, and the canals are fill
ing with ice and snow. Provisions are
at premium. The thermometer shows
1852 below zero, centigrade. In Genoa
the thermometer stands 20o below zero,
centigrade; in Vicenza, 240; in Padua,
3lo.
Mercury Freezes in Sweden.
STocKHoIM January 1S.-Intense cold
prevails throughout Sweden. In the
north the mercury freezes. All harbors
are ice bound. Steamers due from Lon
don and Hull on Saturday have not
arrived yet.
A Water Famine.
4 BARRE, VT, January 18.-The severe
cold weather may cause a water famine
in this section. The river is now almost
solid ice and the water is low in the res
ervoir of the Barre Water Company. The
polishing mills have been asked to be
saving of water. s..
This is the 9th consecutive day. the
thermometer has been below zero. This
morning it was "a below.
Ice Twenty Inches Thick.
ATHoL, Mass, January IS.-Last night
the thermometer registered 26 below ze-
ro. The ice is fully 20 inches thick.
Distress in Vermont.
CHESTER, VT, January 18.--The wealth
er has been the coldest of the sea son
here today, 200 to 300 below here, and
and in surrounding towns, continued
cold. Streams have frozen solid, mills
have stopped, farmers have hard work to
water stock, and families are without
water for domestic use. A thaw must
come soon or there will be water fam
inc.
II Sends Coal Up.
BOSTON, January 1S.-Coal dealers at
their meeting today advanced the price
of anthracite so cents per ton, taking eff
feet tomorrow. The price of bituminous
coal was left unchanged. Stove coal 81
ton, an advance of Is cents in 10 days.
There is said to be but one weeks sup
ply of anthracite in Boston.
Abandoned tho Train.
BRIDGEPoRT, Conn.,. January 1S.-At 2
o'clock this morning, the crew on the
Harlem river freight train, Consolidated
railroad, abandoned the train in the yard
in this city. The men brought the train
from New Haven to this city, and realiz-
the cars from this city to New York, as
recent order compels them to do, they
left the train. A gang of men from an
other train took the deserted train to
New York. The striking men were dis
charged.
The ice in the harbora. here is over
eight inches thick. A field of ice ex-
tends many miles into the sound. Navi-
cation is practically closed