Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
LATE NEWS b T. u...-
Stories. of the Storm in Many
HAS,
GALE SWEPT OVER e. rTs - EIllLrI
The British Steamer, samIa is otiIl
49, 900 ~ %.
Missing.
LOW MERCURY IL NEW YORK

NEW YORK, December 1.-THE cola has
four hours. The" meTcdryN thls morning
marked eight d-ssee above zero. AT Sara
mac lake in the Adirondack mountains.
thirty-two degfees'" De&T7'" zero vas re-
corded; at Huntington Ssyy, in the same
region, the temperature was forty below
zero. AT Gonseo the mercury feI 20 zen
degrees. below zeSo.,,,,,.
BRUSH. Col, December 29.-The weather
for the past three or roua' do IS has been
the seYerest experienced To- Yeas. Last
night the mercury dropped 10 twenty-SIx
below zero.
PITrSBURG, December 2a-The lowest
point reaeh he'd by the thermometer here
was four degrees below at I O'Clock
last evening. At 3 a. nR -tVoay the signal
service station reported three degrees be-
low. Considerable ~troTfne has been ex-
pericnced by a shortage in the natural gas
supply, caused by the breaking of a big
main leading from. the gas iIelds. The re-
ports from the mouEtairs say at some
points me mercury reached sixteen degrees
below zero.
ATLANTA, Ca" December 2o.--The cold
wave. reached It's climax here at o'clock
TINS morning, when The Thermometer regis
tered touE, GfgIseS. ahQye zero. This morn
ing the weather Is moderating, and indica-
tons are that 1t Will continue to grow
Atlanta unawares- The motormen on the
trolley cars were the chief sufferers and
extraordinary efforts were made to shield
them from suffering. Great bonfires were
lines, and hot bricks were supplied for tine
men to stand on.7H $3.50
MASSILLON, Ohio, --peGember 29.-With
the temperature lowering around zero to-
day many of the idle coal miners are with
out fuel 10 heat their houses. Coal is so
scarce that there is ast enough to keep the
pumps going at the mines, and the opera
tors VIII soon be Compelled to buy outside
going to destruction The operators VIII
hold a meeting at Cleveland today and it
is possible that The extremely cold weather
may lead them to offer some concessions to
the miners.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December %
Nicholas Backus. keeper of the light in the
water works crib, WAS overcome by the
cold last evening in a row boat on Lake
Erie. he was making the trip from the
Earbor TO the crib, with his younger broth
er. a siXteen-year-old lad. The two lost
their bearings and finally the elder was
overcome and sank to the bottom of the
beat ina -fainting condition. An hour later
the young man managed to pull the boat
up to the crib. His brother was frozen to
death. and the younger was almost dead
with cold and exhaustion
Tremendous storm Abroad.
LONDON. December "a tremendous
storm prevailed over the northwest of Ire
land yesterday evening, and there is a
heavy sea of that coast today. The Allan
line DsteaIrs hip -IGursntian, Capt. McDoug-
all. from Liverpool December "a, tor Halt
fax. n. s., and Portland Me-, was unaole
to proceed on her journey and lay OF Mo-
vile all night.
Nothing has been heard of the British
steamer Sarnia. which, as exclusively re-
ported blythe Associated Press yesterday
afternoon, lost her rudder, and, after hav-
ing been taken in tow by the Anchor line
steamer 4Auchoria, Was abandoned owing to
the heavy weather which prevailed at a
point about 13D miles west of Tory Island.
The Sarnia was bound from Portland, Me-,
via Halifax, for. Liverpool. and has on
board fifty cabin passengers and a large
number of sheep. 1T.'
Tugs are waiting at the entrance of
Tough Foyle for'ths weather to moderate
in order to search for the Sarnia.
The gale has been especially severe in
the Bristol channel, The British ship Poly
nesan. from Cardiff, collided in Barry
Roads with the British ship Balclutha,
outward-bound from Barry. The Polyne-
sian put into Penarth a comparative wreck.
Several small wrecks are reported along the
coast.
A heavy gale Is sweeping across the
channel delaying the mail boats. Snow
has fallen in many places in England for
the first time this season.
The brigantine Woodville, from Dublin
to Liverpool has foUndered. Six of her
crew were drowned.