River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-19
tn. COLD WAVE.
Jack Frost's Power Felt IN All Parts OF
the World.

Jack Frost's Power FeIt IN All Parts of
the World.
WABASH, Ind, Jan. 16.-At o'clock
Sunday morning the thermometer reg
istered 20 below zero. the coolest in
over twenty years. The increased cold
was felt before midnight and steam
was kept up in all the factories. Stock
is suffering severely, and there is no
doubt that all fruit is killed A high
wind is blowing from the southwest
and another cold night is imminent.
The natural gas supply is abundant
and of good quality.
LEBANON. Ind, Jan. 16.--Through
misunderstanding of ders between
employees of the natural gas company
the supply of this city, which comes
through pipe line 20 miles in length.
was shut off about IL O'Clock Sunday
morning with the thermometer Is de-
grees below zero. There was great
suffering among the people. Church
services were discontinued and most
of the population went to bed o keep
warm. The supply came on again at 3
o'clock.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 16.-The Ohio
river is frozen completely over at this
point and river traffic is entirely closed.
This is the first time in fourteen years
that the river has been frozen over,
and the coolest weather for eight
years has been suffered Sunday, the
thermometer registering 5 degrees be-
low zero at : a m. From New burgh,
IL miles above here, to Henderson. 10
4 =. "a g -,
some places piled several feet high.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Jan. 16.-The city is
threatened with coal famine. Freight
trains on all the roads have been
abandoned because of the snow block
ade. and the supply is nearly exhausted
For nearly a week dealers have been
doing out coal to their customers in
small quantities, hoping to be able to
replenish their stocks soon, but the out
look is just now very dubious.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Jan. 16.-The mer-
curry broke its record for this season
Saturday night by getting down TO %
degrees below zero mark. In fact Sat
urday night was the coolest in this city
in eight years Saturday the coal sup
ply of both Champaign and Urbana
was exhausted, and great many fam
lilies are suffering on account of lack of
fuel.
GREFNsBURG, Pa, Jan. ia little
child of David McCracien, of Logans
Ferry, was frozen to death Saturday.
The baby was months old. Mrs Nc
Crac Ken, wrapping the child up, started
to walk to Parnassus. distance of 2
miles When she arrived there the
babe was frozen stiff.
MAsCoUrAH, ILL.,, Jan. 16-The re-
ports from st. Clair, Washington, Clin-
ton and adjoining counties in the great
wheat-growing section of southern
Illinois indicate that the growing crop
has been badly injured by the Deem
Der drought and the exceeding cold
weather of the last two weeks. An
accurate estimate OF the damage can
not be made at this time. Il he Their
mometer registered degrees below
zero here Sunday, the coolest in years.
CAPE CHARLES, Va, Jan. l6 Snow
fell early Sunday morning, covering
the peninsula from IL TO IA inches deep.
The mercury is at 10 degrees 1t was
the coolest dav since 1857. Steamers
between Cape Charles and Norfolk are
making their trips with much difficulty
on account of the ice. At SIN this
island ice extends a mile and half
into the ocean.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 16-Sunday
was bitterly cold. The Cum berland is
frozen from bank to back and during
the day was visited by thousands look
ing at the unusual sight. Ponds near
the city have been crowded with
skaters, a scene rarely seen here.
BALTIMORE. Md, Jan. 16.-Dispatches
TO the Sun from all parts of Maryland
show that the mercury marks below
zero in the eastern shore counties, as
well as in the western and noun
famous section of the state.
Salisbury reports 10 degrees be-
low zero, and in the country round
about birds iowl and rabbits are found
in large quantities frozen to death.
There is much suffering among cattle
on the marshes and many will die.
The Wicomico and Nanticole rivers
are frozen solid for miles, and in many
places the ice is banked up 5 feet high
in the lower Wicimoco.
LONDON. Jan. 10. - The weather
throughout Europe is intensely cold.
In Russia the mercury is reported to
have fallen to 90 degrees centigrade
below zero and in Siberia to 10 de-
grees below zero. Wood fires are
kept burning in the streets of st.
Petersburg for the benefit of way
farers Even the double windows of
houses are coated. In the south of
Russia the mercury indicates IS degrees
of frost. All river and canal traffic in
Germany is interrupted. Navigation on
the Baltic has almost ceased.
The pontoou bridges on the
Rhine have been haused in. In
some parts of Hungary the Their
mometer is SO degrees below zero CEN
tigrade, and in Constantinople tram
cars and cabs have stopped running
and snow has blocked all ira file in the
suburbs. Even telegraphic communi-
cation in Turkey is generally inter-
rupted Many deaths from cold have
been reported.