Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-12

Yesterday morning xas .She coolest in the
history Of Roanoke, the Thermometer registering
degrees below zero. The public schools We .
closed and business at the city market was al
most entirely suspended.
The weather at Woodstock last night was the
coolest IN the past ten years, the mercury fall
ing to degrees below zero in town. and il 10 re-
ported to have been as low as II below q few
miles northwest of Woodstock.
The mercury fell to degrees below zero ct
Staunton.
The weather at Petersburg has been intensely
cold, and at an early hour Yesterday morning the
Thermometer registered 10 degrees below zero
Last night Richard Crenshaw was found frozen
10 death at his home in the city near the river.
IN NEW ENGLAND.
The weather throughout New England yes
terday ranged from one degree to twenty-four
degrees below zero.
The thermometer at Hyannis, Mass, was ct
zero, the harbor is frozen solid and the sound
is full of ice. Schooners Maggie Hurley. New
York for Boston; Carrie Walker, Hoboken for
Bar Hsrbor, Me-, and Joe, South Amboy for
Boston. are in port and cannot sail until the
ice breaks up. Anchored outside the break
water are the schooners Thomas II. lawrence
K. G. Berry and Pavilion. They will also
probably be frozen In, clear water cannot be
seen for a mile from shore
1t is five years since Newport has experienced
such cold weather is now prevailing The
mercury dropped to five below zero yesterday
morning, with high wind. Last night with
out the wind it was at zero. Ice cutters have
had to stop work and the harbor lie coating
over. The ice is three or four inches thick
about the docks
IN NEW YORK STATE.
Railroad traffic in New York state is DELAYED
by the blizzard and Tuesday night the trains
were from six to ten hours late Some roads
are running their trains with two engines. The
Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburg road sue
ceeded in getting train through with double
header. The Michigan Central, Lehigh Valley
and Erie are from three to four hours late The
West Shore and New York Central have moved
their trains until now nearly on time. II is
feared that the gale will FIJI up the cuts and
that some Of the roads will be impossible.
Freight trains are being hurried through and
no new trains will be sent out until the storm
Ceases
Eliza Wharton. fifty years old. living alone
on Shawangunk mountain, was found frozen to
death yesterday short distance from her
home.
The cold weather in the Mohawk valley is
very severe. At o'clock yesterday morning
the thermometer registered IA degrees below
zero in Amsterdam AID ~ below up in the val
ley. At o'clock last evening il registered at
zero, with indications of falling considerably
below during the night. Trains on the Central
Hudson and West Shore we're from one to three
hours late.
IN THE SOUTH.
Yesterday morning was the coolest for fifteen
years in the Ohio valley. The following were
some Of the morning temperature records:
W Wheeling. degrees below zero; Bethany, W.
Va, IL degrees below: Steubenville, Ohio, IA
degrees below; Elm Grove, W. Va, 10 degrees
below; Cameron, W. Va, 10 degrees below; st.
Cleirsvile. Ohio, IL degrees below.
The continued cold spell is somew hat remark
able In South Carolina. Yesterday morning
the thermometer was down to IA degrees and
the large pond near Camden was frozen over
for the first time since 1886
The Thermometer at Winston. NC regis
tered zero yesterday morning 1t is the cold
est weather for fifteen years.