St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-19
CAUGHT IN THE ICE.
One Million Dollars Worth of
Property in q PerilouS Posi-
tiOn.
Heavy Snow and Extreme Cold
Weather in Many Southern
States.

JEFFERsONVILLE, Ind, Jan. 18.-The
situation at the pumpkin patch," three
miles up the river from this city, is
terrible. There is all immense fleet
Of coal barges Wedged in the ice
at that point. The gorged ice has at
tanned thickness of eight feet. About
S1.O00.000 worth of property, consisting
of coal DargeS, steamers and tugs, are
fast in the ice. and it is feared that
when the ice starts to move all will be
destroyed. Preparations to dynamite
the ice are being made, but it is feared
the attempt will be unsuccessful. The
Ohio liver is still frozen solid from
Cairo to Pittsburg. On account of the
falls here this was the last point on the
river to be closed by the ice.
BELLE ISLE, O.. Jan. 1S-FOr the
first time in thirteen years the thermom-
eter at this point made a descent to %
deg below zero, and the Ohio river is
frozen so solidly over that heavy teams
are crossing Oh the ice. Should heavy
rain start the ice and snow into motion
great danger is feared TO the steamboats,
in the harbOr.
RALEIGH, n. c., Jan. 1S.--The mer-
curry here yesterday was deg below
L.
thaW, and six SHOWS have fallen, the
total depth being twehty-eight inches.
Temperatures as low as % below are re-
ported in the western counties. Nearly
all outdoor labor is suspended, and
there is great suffering. The ground is
hard frozen to the depth of over a foot.
and all streams are closed by ice. Ice
is one foot thick. All kinds of small
game is freezing to death.
DOVER, Del, Jan. 18.-The coldest
| weather for fifty years prevailed here
last night, when the thermometer reg
istered 6 deg below zero. DR.. Henry
Ridgely, the largest peach grower in
this section, says the peaches are not
hurt.
DEN1soN, Tex, Jan. 49, This entire
section is covered with snow. 1t is the
heaviest fall of snow III a number of
years. The storm has been raging for
the past twenty-four hours without any
sign of abatement. The loss of stock in
| consequence of the storm will be very
great.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, Jan. 18.-A ter
rife snow storm has been raging here
since last night. The beautiful being
one and half feet deep-an unprece-
dented condition. Traffic on the Cotton
Belt road from Texas is suspended for
the present. Trains due last night have
not arrived yet. with no prospect for the
better today.
AUGUSTA. Ga, Jan. 1S.-The third
snow i'll three weeks, probably the hard
est in the history of Augusta, has been
falling since o'clock this morning. No
signs of an abatement yet. The snow
extends all over the state.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Jan. 1S.-Snow
began falling here at 10 O'Clock this
morning and continued steadily three
hours. The ground is covered to a
depth of all inch and half. The streets
are full of snowballers. Nothing like
it has been known in Charleston for
forty years.
QUEBEC. Jan. 1S.-Never within the
memory of man has Canada suffered SO
continuously from intense cold weather
as during the last month. There has
been only one break in the intense cold
of the last four week. and that was for
two days. The thermometer has for the
most OF the time registered from ID to 20
deg below. The suffering among the
poor in all parts of the country is great.
Numbers of people have been frozen to
death. some, including man at Lewis.
in their beds. Many of the streams are
frozen solid to the bottom of their beds.