The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-02
THE COLD WAVE.
SNOW TWELVE INCHES DEEP AT
PORTLAND.
The Thermometer Far Below Zero in
All Parts of the Northwest,
With High Winds.
Special TO the REooRp.uSron.


PORTLAND orr, Feb. 1.-Snow has
reached a depth of twelve inches in this
city. For the first time during the pres
ent storm street-car traffic is almost en-
tirely suspended this morning on the
electric lines. The cable is the only line
in operation. The Southern Pacific train
arrived almost on schedule time, but the
Union and Northern Pacific are reported
several hours late.sSThe Weather Bureau
bulletin issued to-day says snow was
falling this morning at A. NJ. at all
points in Western Washington and
Northwestern Oregon. The storm is
moving with great rapidity, and will
likely appear on the east side of the Cas-
cades by 5 o'clock this afternoon. The
cold wave west of the Cascades has been
dispelled by warm atmosphere which
attends the storm. East of the Cascades
the temperature ranges from % above at
Baker City to 14o below at Walla Walla.
This will be succeeded by a warmer tenn
perature to-day on the approach of the
storm. In Montana and the Dakotas the
temperature continued below zero from
400 TO 440. The forecast for Oregon and
Washington for thirty-six hours is:
Wednesday. rain or snow; Thursday.
fair weather, decidedly warmer, with
brisk to high southerly winds, changing
to northwest and gales along the coast"
On the Columbia River binding snow.
cold and ice rendered it painfully dis
agreeable and exceedingly dangerous to
navigation. The ice on each bank ex-
dc hnnIroI i,ta
while the main channel is full of floating
ice. The harbor in front of Vancouver is
frozen over, shutting off communication
with this city. At Salem the storm con-
tinued furiously all night and morning.
until shortly after noon, when the sun
shone forth bright and the air was as
balmy as morning in spring. During
the morning all street railway and other
traffic was suspended, but is now being
slowly resumed. The oldest inhabitants
declare it the worst snowstorm ever wit
messed i'll Oregon. The snow is from six
to twenty inches deep.
TWENTY INCHES OF SNOW.
TACOMA (Wash.), Feb. About twenty
inches of snow has fallen since the storm
began last Thursday. 1t is the severest
snowstorm known since the '70's. Every
street car system in the city is paralvzed.
The city has fourteen teams and snow
plows at work, that the people may get
out of their homes.
SIssoN, Feb. Last night was the
coolest of the season. The thermometer
was at zero at daylight. Before noon it
moderated, and a heavy snowstorm set
in. 1t showed all day, with prospects of
clearer weather tonight.
CoLD-wAvE FLAG UP.
ST. PAUL, Feb. below zero weather
is reported to-day from all parts of the
Northwest. There was brisk breeze
here. At noon it was clear and 1872 below
down town and % and 4Oo out on the
bluffs. The night was the coolest for
years. The Weather Bureau has Just run
up the cold-wave flag again.
BLIZZARD RAGING.
MARsHALLTowN Qa.), Feb. 1.-The
winter weather reached its climax of
severity last night. The mercury went
down to 24o below with a northwest biz
zard raging. All trains are late, and tele-
graph wires are down in all directions
PIERCING GALE.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. LIT is 90 to 100 be-
low zero this morning with piercing
gale, becoming full-fedged blizzard,
when snow began to fall about noon.