The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-17
A SIIIVERING WORLD.
Reports Of Intense Cold from Two
Continents.
THE OLDEST INHABITANT REMEB
BERS NOTHING LIKE 1T.

seventy-Nine Degree Below Zero in Eu-
Thermometer-Twcnty Inches of Snow
in Tennessee-The Northwest Calls it
the Coolest Yet-Ita1ian Bark Foun-
ders with All on Board.
FALL RIVER, Mass, January 16.-The
steamer Providence, of the Fall River
line, left Newport for New York tonight,
having been detained there by extensive
repairs to her bottom, consequent upon
hard knocks received from ice foes in
New York harbor and Narragansett Bay.
The agents of the steamboat lines here
say they do not recall any time in the
past 20 years when the waters of the bay
were frozen so solidly at such an early
early period of the year.
The steamer Richard Borden, of the
Fall River & Providence Steamboat Com
pany, has discontinued its trips during
the past four days, and will not attempt
to start out tomorrow unless the steamer
Pilgrim, of the Fall River line, ploughs
the channel as far as Bristol ferry.
The Seaconnet river is frozen solid
from Fence Point to West island, and
navigation in that direction is closed for
some days at least. A few coal steamers
are hemmed in by the ice at Mount Hope
bay, but the crews are suffering no hard
ship, as they walk over the ice into the
city for provi ions.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, January 16.
Schooner Carrie Walker, New York for
Bar Harbor, which sailed from this port
last week, returned here last night, and
has been in the ice off Hannis since leay-
ing this port.
The schooner B. W. Morse, Newburg,
Norfolk for Bath, arrived today after
hard passage.
BRIDGEPORT Ct, January 16.-The ice
day. No sailing vessels have entered or
left for ten days.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, January 16-Not
for 80 years has there been SO severe
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 has been
suspended, and the united efforts of the
city officials and church members are
being utilized to aid the poor. The most
intense suffering is prevalent among the
mountains. The snow is from ten inches
to three feet deep in Eastern Tennessee.
The snow is three feet deep in western
North Carolina and eastern Kentucky,
and all kinds of labor have been sus-
pended.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, January 16.-De-
spatches from all parts of the state re-
port the coldest weather for years. The
Winnebago Indians on the reservation
near Black River Falls are suffering ter
ribly.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, January 16.-After
three winters that scarcely deserved the
name, the Northwest is now experience
ing one of the old fashioned kind. The
present January has beaten the record
for intense and sustained cold weather
and there is no prospect of change.
Yesterday ice six feet thick was cut
from Vadnsis lake, Just outside the city.
The cold has, however. been entirely
without the blizzard feature.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, January 10
Chattanooga is without water. At midi
night the water company's supply gave
out. owing to the freezing of the river
and the water in the section pipes.
Every business house, factory, newspa-
per and residence is affected. The cleo
tric lights went out last night and the
city was pitch dark. In the case of fire
not drop of water could be secured.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, January 16.-For the
second time in history an ice gorge has
formed in the Mississippi river at Mem
phis. The river traffic between this point
and Cairo has been suspended. Towns
along the Mississippi without railroad
facilities are threatened with coal fam
inc on account of the ice gorges in the
upper rivers and the inability of the tow
boats to bring down the coal barges.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, January 16.-The
blockade in the harbor grows worse each
day. No sailing vessels have entered or
left for ten days.
BALTIMORE, January 16.-The ther-
mometer is below zero in the eastern
shore counties and in the western or
mountainous sections of the state. Birds,
fowl and rabbits are found in large num-
bers frozen to death. There is much
suffering among the cattle on the maish-
es and many will die.
CITY ISLAND, n. Y. January 16.-Slx
unknown tugs and schooners are stuck
fast in the ice off this place. The
schooner Druid is reported at this place,
leaking about 500 strokes an hour, hav-
ing been cut by the ice. IAN attemps
will be made to bring her ashore. Her
cargo is all right