The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-26
THE ARCTIC WAVE.
Weather Conditions throughout the
Country.

WASIINGTON, Jan. l5.-The storm
Whlch moved eastward over the Ohio
Valley Sunday morning is central near
Nova Scotia. The temperature has
lallen generally over the eastern part OF
the country, ana cold wave has visit ct
the Sourhcrn States. with atemQerature
tall OF 20 degrees to 2S degrees.
AN ICE GORGE IN MEMPHIS.
Memphl1, Tenn, Jan. l5-For the
second time in history, au ice gorge ha
formed i'll the Mississippi river at Mem
PMS. The ice began to make Its aDDear
ance on Thursday night along the CITY
front, and today large cakes are bankeI
up in the bend Of the river in front of
the Anchor Line elevator. River traffic
between Memphis and Cairo is suspcndo
Ell on account OF the ice. Towns alon
the Mississippi without railroad facil9
ties are threatened with coal famiu l.
on account Of the ice gOr9es in tAc up
per rivers and the inability OF towboat s
u bring do yn cCal haagcs.
CfiATrANOOGA' CRITICAL CONDI.
TloN.
Cli iATrANoOGA, Tenn, JAN. ID
| Chattanooga is III the dark aud the city
without drop OF water. AT midnight
the water company's supply gave out
owing TO the freezing Of the river and
The water i'll the section pipes. Every
business house, factory aud uowspaDer
and residence Is effected by the DAMAGE
The electric lights went out, and the
city is pitch dark, with every street fro
zen as thick as glass. In case of fire,
not drop OF water could be scurcd
lor work. The situation is critica
EIGHTEEN BELOW ZERO
CHICAGO, Jan. l5.-Thc coldcs pcl
OF the past few days IS the severest cy,
perlenced in several years, and is gen.
eral throughout the West. At 10 o'clock
this morning the thermometer registered
l8 degrees below zero, nlt since that
hour the temperature has slightly mod.
Grated. The railroads are The chief
suffers, nearly all Tie passenger trains
being one TO twcnty.tOur hours late.
The mail service is badly dcmoralized
III some sections. Freight traffic. is
entirely abrnd ,ncd.
r"LDESr DAY SINCE ISL.
CAPE CHARLES. Va, Jan. ID
Snow Tell early tins morning COVERING
the penlnsular from eleven to iourLcen
inches deep. The mercury is ten dc,
grees tonight and falling fast. 1t has
peen the coldcst day since 1857. The
steamers between Cape Charles anc
Norlolk are making trips with mucl
difficulty on account Of ice. At Smiths
island ice extends mile ain, half lntC
the ocean.
| FINE SKA NG At NASH WILLIE.
! NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. l5.-TO
DAY ls bitterly cold. and tonight bids
lair TO he colder than last nishl. Th,
Cumberland IS frozen tight from bank t
BANK, and during The duv was visited b,
thousands looking At the unu slal sight
Ionds near the city are crowded will
skaters, scene rarely witnessed here
SUFFERING AT HOMESTEAD.
IIIrSBURG, Jan. lj.--~Thc contin
ued cold weather has Increased the sui
ierlng at Homestead, aud il is stated
that nearly 300 people are Oh the vcrye
OF starvation. Contributions are still
coming IL. hut the aggregate is so small
that 1t viii not procure The bare ncccssl-
ties.
COLDEST ON RECORD IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, Jan. lj.-DIs patches
from all parts OF Maryland show tie
thermometer marks below zero. There
Is no record OF such :old weather here
totOre IN the State.
GREATEST SUFFERING EVER * NOWN.
MEMrHI$. Tenn, Jan. l6,-Ncver
IN The history OF the central South has
there been 30 much suffering from cold
weather aS at present. All the rivers
are blocked with ice and snow. render
Ing passage over them impossible. Many
tralus are lac, and some have been
abandoned b. their suffering crews. The
most intense suffering Is pcValcnt among
The mounlalnccrs. Snow is from ten
inches to three feet deep in f. Etstcrn
Tennessee, Western North Carolina.
and Eastern Kentucky, and all kinds OF
labor ls suspended.
toIbEST IN TIIII;TN YEARS.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. lG.-NOt
Tor thirty years has there been such sc.
we're weather as now prevails in this
section. The thermometer is far below
zero, and dozen or more people are
reported frozen to death, Business OF
all kinds is suspended, and the united
efforts OF the city officials and church
members are benz utilized to aid tho
poor. All trains are late, and it is dIi.
llculL to run them on anything like schc.
dule time.
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