The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-23
A VERY WELCOME Change
The Middle West Rejoices in
Lower Temperature
UNREASONABLE SNOWSTORM
All Colorado Wears a Mantle Of
White
1uch Damage Done to Shade and Fruit Trees
and to Electric Wires-Eastern
Hot Wave Broken

Assoc lated Press Special Wire.
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Relief from the
sweltering weather of the past week
reached here tonight when a cold wave,
accompanied by driving rain. which
sent pedestrians hurrying foi their
homes, arrived. At midnight the ther-
mometer stood at S. having dropped
from Sc at p. M. and the indications
are that it will continue to drop until
morning. The barometer indicates
storms, which will he welcome visitors
after the scorching days through which
the city has just passed. Today was ex-
cessively hot and the wind seemed laden
with heat and only added to the gen.
eral sufferlngs. At Z o'clock there were
no indications of the change which came
an hour later. The past few days breaks
all records for September in this city.
There were ten deaths from heat and
numerous prostrations.
Dispatches to the Associated Press from
many points in Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consin report a dop in temperature to
nearly the same figures. At nearly all
points which have been heard from the
change was ushered in by violent wind
storm which at some points did consider
able damage. In northern Wisconsin the
wind was ccomranied by very heavy
rain, some points reporting a fall from
half an inch to one inch in less than an
hour. Telegrahpic communication with
the northwest was seriously crippled by
the storm and at o late hour tonight the
wires are still i: bad condition.
The south west gale which started In at
daylight this morning blew furionsly on
all the upper lakes. On Lakes Michigan
and huron the wind was from the south
west, on Lake Superior suntherly and on
Lake Erie soutreasterly. Strong soutber-
ly winds have prevailed for so long that
it is not thought by marine men that
any schooners were out in this heavy
blow, They were forced to seek shelter
at the lower end of the lake, and there
has since been no weather in which it
would be worth while to venture out and
fight their way against strong head
wind. On this account it is probable that
few disasters will be reported on TIE
| lakes from the gale.
DENVER. Sept. 22.--Nsarly the entire
| state of Z dorado is covered by mantle
of snow, although tod.y's bright :snn-
shine made great inroads upon it on the
| plains. and in the valleys. The storm
was a record breaker, such depth OF
snow never having been seen so early in
the season. At Greeley, fifty miles north
of Denver, the snow Was fourteen inches
deep, while in Denver nearly eight inches
fell. In the mountains it exceeded foot
in many places.
The southern limit vf the snow was
Pueblo, $50 miles south of Denver.
although in the mountains in the south
western corner of the state it extended
nearly or quite to the New Mexico line.
Immense damage was done to shade and
r. 81 L->r
touched by frOsts and the great weight of
wet snow was more than the limbs could
resist, the people being kept awake by
the crashing of branches torn from the
trees. Hardly a single shade tree in this
portion OF the state escaped damage moro
or less severe. and many thousands are
utterly ruined. Sidewalks were COM
pletely blocked by the broken branches.
Much loss was also sustained py the tela-
phone and electric light wires.
Grand junction. Montrose ano Canyon
City, che best fruit growing reeions of the
state, escaped serious damage from the
, snow. although tonight sharp frost may
cause great havoc.
In the mountain valleys much late
grain was ready for the harvest. 1t was
nearly all ruined.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-The official
thermometer of the weather bureau today
recorded the highest temperature ever
taken by the department on Septen, b er
22d in this city. At noon the mercury
registered 96 degrees. The m can temper
ature for the day was Sc degrees. which
is % above the normal for Sepiemb ber 22d.
The humidity was low, however, there
being only 40 per cent of moisture in til
mosphere.
WASHINGTON. Sspt 22.-willis L.
Moore, chief of the weather bureau. to-
day gave out the following weather
bulletin: The hot wave will be broken
some time tomorrow, probably in the af-
ternoon in Chicago, ST. Louis ana the
states of the central and upper Mi sisslppi
valley, Texas, Arkansas and west po!-
tion of Tennessee and Kentucky, eastern
Minnesota and the upper lake region. A
decided fall in temperature will be ush-
cred in by heavy thunder storms and
rain, followed by several days of cool
weather.
MARSAALLTOWN, Iowa, Sept. o.
The protracted siege of hot weather was
suddenly broken this afternoon by rain
and cold wave, the temperature falling
nearly 40 degrees in two hours. A severe
frost is likely to follow il the weather
clears.
SALT LAKE. Utah, Sept. 22.-A special
from RawliIs, Wyo., to the Tribune says:
Frank Nevins sent his two sons into the
gulch mile away from home to drive
the cows. Twenty horsemcn, who went
to search for them, have returned, find
ing no trace OF them. They have un-
doubtedly perisheo in the snow, which
is two feet deep. The Snake river stage
picked up sheep nerder nine miles from
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