The daily Caucasian. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1895-1895, 1895-02-10
THE HAND OF
THE STORM.
Congealing the WA,er,--Gorging
The Rivers--Bloeking Nayi-
cation Stopping Trains.
TWO MEN IN THE RIGGING.

" ~ "a AAs AN ~ ~ AAooAAso'
~, "s Their C.ra p. .,.as Loot In tn. D>-p.
D..oI.t~ >~~a. In Nov Essissd. Brsis
Ir-.. Killed In tho ~aa,h. 4 Hss.rS ss
the ~ orI oG the Cssid w.,s.
Nm inHk. Feb. s.-\-w 1urk IL
practically ice bound. The TIA, frum
the uarrows To sandy HOOK is almost a
solid CAKE "f lee. The upper hay would
b~ a. bad were il not that number oi
permit III. passage al crafts and small
,t-am-r, ply ing in the North End East
. rivers. Tugs are constantly at WORK
clearing way for the staten lsiand
ferry boats.
Th- tug, were al work all day break
ing the ice in the Erie Basin Tw"
linat- of the I.-high Valley w-r- stall
I'd in the East river for over All hour
and a tug that went To their as.istanr.
was also stopped by the ice. The Rus
sian steamer, kegulu-, which left B"s
ton Thursday for this city. got stalled
at City Island, and four tugs were re-
quired Ia bring h-r Ia the Atlantic
The steamer Salamanca. from Ven. =
zuela To South Amhoy. with cargo Of
asphalt, was ice-bound of staten
Island and forced to remain there Tn.
/ ship FrankistOn, from China on her
way To Brooklyn, had Ia b- tow-d L.
Staten Island, where she anchored for
the night.
The Potomac Rlork ked with Ice.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-The intens-l,
cold weat her continues here. but TODAY
its severity was soinew hat modified b,
the sunshine. The thermometer nj The.
Weather Bureau at 4 o'clock thi, morn
ing was degrees above zero. The
predictions are that the weather will
be fair and slightly warmer for tn,
next ~ hours.
Navigation on the Potomac river for
about 30 mile, down is practically al
an end, even for the big steamers that
ply between this city and Norfolk, Va
For about fouty miles between Alex
andria, Va, and Maryland Point, tn,
. ice Is gorged in the channel to tn,
height of from 10 to 20 feet. 1t tooL
. the steamer Washington two hours I,
penetrate the mass going down to Nor
folk.
The steamer Norfolk. which arrive,
this morning, had ten inches of ice oi
her upper deck, aud had hard tim,
+ pushing through the gorge.
: The running Of the steamers Wash
ington and Norfolk will bt suspcnd-,
. until the channel opens.
No boats are running in the Ch->a
peake bay, those from Baltimore ha,'
ing been compelled To stop.
Bs s"late In New England.
h CHATHAM, Mass, Feb. 9-The coas
t i'm the vicinity of this port presented
: desClate appearance at sunset tonight
: 4 great mass of ice lines the shores fo
e miles and ii is almost impossible L
k launch boat. An unknown two
n masted schooner anchored near Bish
n ops light this afternoon. but at
= o'clock large body of moving ic
- went down upon the vessel causin
y her anchor chains to part. Tn
d schooner set signals Of distress in tn
g rigging. but the Chatham lif--savin
y station was unable to reach her with
n boat on account Of the ice. At dar
X she was drifting h-lplessly in the Il
l. rection Of Handkerchief shoals.
y Ro.noke's Worst spell.
,. ROANOKE, Va, Feb. 9-The wealth,
y is still very cold here. not " hstandir
n the mercury went up nearly % d-gre
today. The thermometer now stan'
IL above. The sOuth-bound vestibul
Norfolk and Western train. has n
nj passed through Roanoke for fort
70 eight hours. The street cars began ru
te ming at noon, having been tied up
of snow and the intense cold weather
of the past few days. There is conside
I'd able damage done Throughout the ci
a
and the weather has been the sever.
at spell ever experienced in this secti,
he of the State.
n Stopped Factories At DanvIIls.
n DANvILLE, Va, F'eb. s.-The w-at
'e- er has been mOderating here since !,
r. night. The sun shone brightly tod
and there was little thawing. The
have been no mort hern mails here sin
A Thursday night. The tobacco bu
-, ness. Danville's leading industry.
~, y been at a stand-still on account Of {
80; harsh weather. No leaf tobacco is
,o. ing marketed and the factories
,va idle.
w Six Men Lost OF Long Island.
of EAsTPOkr. l.. l., Feb. 9.-All Of I
ri crew OF elght Oh the unknown thr
mt. masted schooner ashore near Lone i
y
men. who are still in the rigging.
account of the high sea running
. surf boats Of the life-saving crew G,
not be launched, and there seems to
:. !. no hope for the two men. They
5 78 hold of the shot line that had b.
mi sent aboard hut were unable to hau
$40 in.
ms Ferries Ice Bouad In Michigan.
ICDINGTON. Mich. Feb. 9.-The
anu anu Thompson and steamer r. 4 F.
,rth No. 4. which started out to relieve
ST imprisoned car ferries Of Manis
has were forced to abandon the underi
ing owing to heavy ice. Capt. Acl
The man. of No. l, came ashore over the
tria. at Manistee today. He says the
this supply of his steamer is completely
und hausted, but there is enough lumber
uls board to enable the engineers to /
things warm. Only one bOi er i b<
fired. The steamer is safe and Il
on board are comfortable.
De-
Dost- Fruit Trees Killed In Georgia.
ab- ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 9.-Advices (
the Marshallviile, in the heart Of
iast peach belt, are to the effect that
a. a1 young buds have been killed and
e" the growers are uneasy about the
sequences Of the freeze of the .
!. though they are not. yet known I
ltire, serious.
died Fresh Start IN New York.
to LYONS, n. y, Feb. "a second
'acui- zard began at = o'clock this eve
y-five aud within . couple of hours it
showing and blowing harder tn,
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