Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-09

At Trinidad, Colorsdo, the Denver,
Union Pacific and Gulf train, due there
early yesterday morning, has not yet
arrived, being hopelessly blockaded by
the big snow drifts at Clarendon, Texas.
At Chicago the weather was Intensely
cold, the thermometer showing Il de-
grees below. A strong north wind ad-
oed tn the severity of the cold. West
erD trains are still late in arriving, but
traffic from other directions is in better
condition than for several days.
DRIFTS TWENTY FEET DEEP.
AT Sudbury, Pa, ten inches of light
snow fell Thursday night and heavy
WIND drifted 1t badly. All Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia and Reading railroad
trains are blocked. Freight trains have
been aunuied, and all passenger trains
are about five hours late. The Lewis
burg aud Tyrone brancb of the Psnnsyl-
Vanla, between Montanden and Belle
tonte, in the mountains. IS drfted shut.
Tue tracks are covered by ten feet OF
snow, and drifts and slides are twenty
feet deep at several points. All trains
on this branch have been abandoned.
The western blizzard struck Wash
inRton yesterday afternoon with its
full force, and the city is passing
through one OF the severest spells Of
cold weather il has ever experienced.
Tue snow began falling early Thursday
afternoon. Tue snow continued until
10 O'Clock yesterday, and drifteds so
badly as TO stop travel on the suburban
street car lines and to render transit
around the city slow and uncertain.
The cold wave was
RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE DEATH,
that Of Ed. Quinn, private secretary to
Representative Somers, OF Wisconsin.
VINO exposed himself during the night
and contracted d chill, from which he
Died al the Press Club rooms early this
morning. IL also was in part the cause
OF death Of David HaEerty, vol known
saloon keeper, who died from apoplexy
In the Academy of Music. The ther-
mometer went down just below zero 10
the early hours this morning, but at ii
o'clock was at degrees above and rls-
ing. All railroad trains were delayed,
aud great alarm was felt for the safety
OF the Long bridge over the Potomac,
ice having jammed against 1t.
AT MlddieOOro, KY, the mercury fell
TO Is below zero al O'Clock 10 the
morning, and the wind WAS blowing a
gale from the northwest Suffering
among the poor is intense. AT Ierre
Hsute, Ind, it was nineteen below zero
at a. IN.
AT New York the
WORST SNOW STORM
since the blizzard OF March IS, 1SSs,
started in Thursday evening anu still
continues Traffic on the surface street
railways was mucn delayed, and IN con-
sequence tue elevated roads were taxed
beyond their capacity, under normal
conditions. With that capacity reduced
two-thirds by the storm the delay was
IN st annoying. Trains were running
twenty aud twenty-five min
utes apart, and as they
stopped at tue station the cars were so
full that IN some instances - 'atec
could not be opened, and no one could
get on. Women we're in some cases
pulled out over the railing, and hun
dreds of people were carried past the
static s. Men not only filed all the
platforms, Uut clung on outside tue
railing of the rear platform, In
peril OF being thrown of al the curves.
On the North and East rivers,
where the storm had clear sweep aud
where the running cakes OF ice added
90 the danger, the ferry boats stopped
running when the storm was al lts
fercest. They made half hourly trips
during the night and just before dawn
stopped running altogether. The grsat-
est danger was experienced with the ice
cakes in the river. The slips we're filled
With ice and boat could reach her
dock only after long delay. The Jer-
sey Central railroad was Completely
blocked up to $50 a. m. No cars had
reached the depot at Jersey City and as
consequence
THOUSANDS WERE SNOW BOUND
and unable to reach the city. The Of
dclals declared that they would have
the cuts cleared of snow and trains run
ming before noon, but they didn't. One
of the Jersey Central ferryboats arrived
at the foot OF Liberty street, al $50,
some twenty minutes behind time, car
ried only one passenger and that
woman. Thursday the same boat, at
the same hour, carried 2,5OO passengers.
A Richmond the day was the coolest
in MANY wears. The James river is
filled with ice.
At Baltimore the mercury was at
zero, and street railways were block
aded with snow. Much suffering was
reported among oystermen.
At Wilmington, n. c., yesterday was
the coldest Gay, with one exception, ln
twenty.four years. The wind was forty
10 fortv.six miles an hour, and at 10 a.
IN. the mercury was only 10 above
zero. within one degree Of the record.
The ground was covered wit snow.
throughout Iowa the cold was in
tense. the mercury going as low as 30
below zero, with high wind, and much
snow.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The blizzard reached Charleston at
| D. m. Thursday, and the mercury IeIi
from sixty until it touched twelve at
7.3O o'clock Yesterday morning, the low
-st February temperature on record.
The wind was twenty-slx miles an hour.
The freeze brought complete disaster |
ON truckers. all tender plants above |
yropnd having been EiIea. Strawberry |
blossoms are killed and the berries
be delayed four weeks beyond the usual
time. Il Will De April before the trst |
berries ripen. The cabbage crop Will
average only twenty-five per cent OF
rroD. Lettuce, marrow-fat peas and |
smaller varieties are all killed, The de-
strnctlup is universal over the Southern
,-ncking section and extends TO Florida.
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
At Springfield a heavy sno" storm,
accompanied by high wind set 10 at6
u. m. THURSDAY, snd continued yester-