The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-24
THE com xyEATHE FER.
2opcrts from Al! Over the Country Ia 2:e-
gard 10 tiie Weather.

was bitter cold and tonight bids fair to be
colder than last night. The Cumberland Is
frozen tight from bank to bank and during
the day was visited by thousands looking
at the unusual sj&ht. i'pi4t,s Dear the city
are crowded with skaters, scene rarely
Witnessed here,
lce Ia the mississippi.
Memphis, Tenn, January 15.-For the
second time in it's history, an ice gorge has
formed in the Mississippi at Memphis.
The ice began 10 make its appearance
Thursday night along the city front ana to-
day cakes banked up in the bend OF the
riE&ancotgont Of the ANCHOR line elevator.
Dlo. ile ~, tetween Memphis ana Calro
~ barre ssmeA.,r 9!nIed on account OF ice.
:. no, gIrera..s - -. WIjh1uL rail-
= Later. IL threatened with coal
'r,es had s.S$rs:uunt OF zee sorEc5 III the
uppeo. as and inability OF tow boats TO
bring down coal barges.
kuIned by the ice.
Memphis, Tenn, January 1S:-The
steamer Guiding Star of the Cinclnnau,
Memphis and New Orleans line, IS aground
rs Harris's landing, few miles from New
Madrid No. and viii prove 4 total loss
Tho ice has knocked q hole ten feet long
and four feet wide in her hull and she IS
rapidly going to pieces. The crew DESERT
ed her Yesterday 'Ehe boat was valued at
$4,000; carSo, %5O,oOO.
she Coolest >ince 1885.
Knoxville, Tenn, January 16.-Special)
This morning was the coolest since Janu-
arv 1881. Tho thermometer Went TO ~
degrees below dezo. it fell from above
at o'clock p. H., yesterday, to ~ degrees
below this morning, at the signal once.
Private thermometers registered Ipuch low
err They show from IL to is degrees be
low zero, though the lowest were IN the
suburbs There is nine inches Of snow On
thA ground. The river opposite the south
ern part of the city is frozen over solid so
that skaters so for miles down the stream.
Inst opposite the city tucre is a very swift
g.nrront This has not frozen over, but
has carried great fakes of ice down stream
All day TO an eddy below the knoXv!lie ana
Augusta railroad bridge. Here gorge has
formed. and if the cold continues damage
viii be done. Several stelho?a's Mli "a, N ~
1nerous grain bargcs are fast III the ice at
the wharf in the eastern part or the cry
The grain has been unI"aGed from Ihe
barges.
Severe ut Knoxville.
Knoxville. Tenn, January l6.-Not for
thirty years has there been such sef ~
weather as prevails IN this section. he
thermometer is far below zero and do2th
or more people reported frozen to death
Business Of all kinds Is suspended aud the
united efforts Of the city officials ana church
members are being utilized to aid the poor
All trains are late and II Is dlflcult TO run
them on anything near schedule time.
NFnmDhia, Tenn January 16.-Neger III the
I.t-ic a., 80. al cou4I haS thnra been so
nin,Ii9 % M fr c0id weather MS at
niurn H. .,.i7.s oro blocked with ice
ia sor ro,1jorn, roseaqe over them i'm
nnss;lIn Many trains are late and some
born h,,n ohSSn5nnnG nv their suffering
nro,vs Mo mast intense suffering is prea-
IaTt anon, the mouutainecrs. The snow is
from rom inches ia three feet deep in east
ar,, Tnnnnesna' Western North Carolina and
eastern, Kentucky and ali kinds of labor is
susDendpd
Nothing. but Fee in Chattanooga.
r sc C,,++o
Chatianooga' leiil., J4huai! :.n ~
nooga Is III uafkheSS anu .be Guy - "lCnouo
a drop Of water. AT mldniShC the wafer
companies supply gave out owing TO tho
freezing of the river and water in the sec
lion pres. Every business house, factory
l ,ihnIn,-sn.ner and residence ix affected by