Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-20
The Cold Weather.

RICHMOND, VA. Jan. 12.-Snow fell
here last night to a depth OF twel 20
inches. 1t is decidedly the worst weather
Richmond has experienced in number
of years. Comparatively littlo bnsiners
was done today. The street cars gave
poor service and the trains were all
greatly delayed The condition OF the
river is going from bad to wOisa and there
is no prospect Of the stream being made
naYigable any time very sooa.
The Bedford Democrat says: Nc a. v.
Davidson, who is ia his list year, SAID
Tuesday that the weather this week was
the coolest be had experienced since Jan
uarv, 1888. He was Lying in Charlotte
county at that time and says that me
ground was covered with snow an tha1
the ice was 81 inches thick; that during
a period of six weeks not n mill ~ the
county turned a wheel and IN conse-
auence many people suffered for bread. --
A number Of people, white and col rec,
froze TO death, while hundreds OF cattle
and hogs met the same fate. Fences
around houses and farms, as well as shade
trees were burned for fuel, il being d ~
gerous to 90 TO the forest for wood. Cd
men then living had never experienced
such weather as prevailed in that year.
NIAGARA FALLS FROZEN SOLID
OTTAWA, ONT. Jan. 10 wing ID the
extreme cold weather a complete bridge
of ice covers what is known as the "Jie
kettle" extending from n distance of
about 100 feet below the Suspension
Bridge to within fifty feet Of the loot OF
the falls. The bridge is composed of
frozen foam heaped to height Of six or
eight feet and so solid that several per-
sons have crossed It, This is the FIRST
time in a hundred years that tbeGe boil
ing waters have frozen over.
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY sTOrPED by TIE
COLD
TOLEDO, o., January II Tho trains
on twenty roads entering Toledo arc de-
layed from three to fifteen hours by snow.
The Toledo, Ann Arbor and North siich-
igan train has been fast in a snow bank
| north of COrunna for twelve hours. The
street car system last nigh, was de
moralized, over one hundred motors
being stuck. The natural gas supply is
next to nothing. II ceased entirely yes
terday afternoon. There is scarcely any
wood in town and much suft ring.
ST. MARYs, O., January with the
thermometer hugging the zero mark aud
the natural gas pressure down 10 noi bling,
came the startling report thlt the malu
! which leads into this field burst from he
intense cold yesterday afternoon and shat
off the supply altogether thus Leaving
the inhabitants of this city al the mercy
of this frigid weather. The Sulsru 3
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lndescribable, as there is neither wood nos
coal in sufficient quantities to bee bad /.
the city,
NEW YORK, Jan. 1G.-Last night and
this morning were uncOmmouly c"la all
over the Countrywide coolest ni-lt of
the winter. The lowest temperature vas
as follows: New York city, a. IT'D:
New jersey inland towns. g degrees
below zero; upper interior of New "tF
state, 10 below Lynohburg, Va, 4 5eloV;
Knoxville, Tenn, 10 below, with tn OF
twelve persons reported to BE- irZ.n 60
death Bloomington, H., II below; ST..
Vincent, Nina IS below. Chatton93-a
is without water, the river and the PIP IS
beiug trozsn. A train was abandoned hr
it, crew near Memphis on account Of tAo
I
in eastern Tennessee and weston Narih
Carolina. At ST. Paul. Mimi the
mercury stood this morning at - degrees
below zero, and today business has been
practically suspended. A block OF 'c'
six feet square has been c1t from 3D.
draish lake, Minnesota.
Never in the history Of the contra.
South has there been 50 much suffering
from cold weather as al present Sd. the
rivers are blocked with ice and snow,
rendering passage over item impossible.
The most intense suffering is prtYa'en'
among the mOuntaineers Snow from
ten inches to three feet deep toll IN eat.
ern ennessee and western North Caro-
lima, and eastern Kentucky, AMI al hia D,
of labor is suspended.
In Russia the temperature has he d
90 degrees below zero by the c. lt.graio
thermometer, and 20 degree bclow zc.'
in Siberia, which is tie coolest land n
the world Fires have been raging Do
Constantinople and 81 Petersburg I.s
streets OF the latter city are blocked 'i
knOW