The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-08
notes OF The Blizzard
State of the Elements Reminiscent OF
the Storm of 1888.
CATTLE DYING IN THE WEST
Zero Weather in Tennessee - binding
snow storms Block Railway and
Street Car Travel About
the Country.
Sy the United Press.

cent of the blizzard of 1883. This morh-
ing the thermometer registered de-
grees and there was slight raise our
ing the day The weather bureau pre-
diets a fall to degrees below zero by
tomorrow morning, and that the snow
will continue. The Potomac is frozen
and predictions are made that the Long
Bridge. Washington's direct railway
connection with the South, will be car
ried away The district commissioners
will ask congress to appropriate $4,000
to clear the river of ice.
Wilkes Barre Feb. "A snow storm,
accompanied by heavy wind, set in
through this valley today, and by 5
o'clock the fall was about five inches
deep. The snow was fine and light, and
drifted badly. The entire system OF
the Wilkes Barre and Wyoming Valley
Traction company is showed in, and
cars ceased running at 6 o'clock. 1t
will take two or three days to raise the
Ilockade on all the lines. The rail-
q .4lhds are having some trouble with
drifting snow on the Wikes-B Barre
mountains, but trains are nearly on
time. The temperature stood at about
4 above zero throughout the valley to-
day. At S o'clock it is still showing
with no signs of letting up.
Snow in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1.-THE blizzard
that has been prevailing throughout
the western states struck Philadelphia
and the eastern section Of Pennsylvl-
MIA this afternoon, and tonight it is
showing furiously over the entire east
. ~.
perature attained today was II above
zero and at 9 o'clock tonight it had
fallen two degrees. Through transpor-
tatiCu from the west is delayed from
one to three hours, and the delay is
growing worse as the night advances.
The local weather bureau predicts that
the blizzard prevailing will cease eitler
some time tonight or during tomorrow
morning, and that by night this section
of the state will feel the cold waVa that
is adv lucing from the west and the
Temperature u fall to zero and below
again. The storm is also raging in
Delaware and South Jersey and along
the jersey coast.
! Chic tgo, Feb. THE ice in the lake
between shore and the water works
Grib off Sixty-eigtht street is so solid
that the city tugs We're unable 30 reach
that point today. The telephone cable
through the water net has broken and
there is no way to communicate with
the men in the crib. 1t is said the
crib men have plenty of flour and salt
meat.
Jeffersonville., Ind, Feb. Ice in
the Ohio was stopped, forming a gorge
ef. Ir1.bAlG
of coal are in danger Of being sunk,
the minute the gorge moves. The tenn
perature is 8 degrees below zero. The
river at this point is an almost solid
cake of ice, over a foot thick and rapid
ly forming. There is no great suffering
among the poor here.
Billiards in the Southwest.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 7.-Blizzard
weather prevailed throughout almost
the entire south and southwest today.
At Richmond Va, snow has been
falling since yesterday evening; at At
Qanta, Ca, the temperature has fallen
from 40 to 6, with a binding snow
storm; at st. Joseph, Mo. the thermo-
meter was Is below, the lowest record
for the winter; at Mexico, Mo, the
roads are impossible with drifted snow
/ and the thermometer is 4 below; Hum
ttngton, w. Va, experienced the coolest
day in that region for twenty years,
and tonight it is 10 below, with snow
a foot deep; at Birmingham, Ala, the
thermometer is 10 below, with furi-
Gus gale blowing; at Middlboro, Ky"
the wind tonight is blowing forty-five
m les an hour, with fine snow falling.
Milwaukee, Feb. 7.-Altogether there
Is now eighteen inches of snow on the
ground No freight trains were run
out of Milwaukee on the Northwestern
line until tonight. The st. Paul roads
fast mail from the east was five hours
late The Wisconsin Central trains
were twenty minutes to half an hour
behind time. At West Superior, Wis,
the Thermometer tonight was Is below
zero, and falling rapidly. At Sioux
City, Ia, it is 90 to 30 degrees below
zero.
Lima, o., Feb. To-day was the
coolest this city has seen in many years.
The thermometer, at noon, showed 4
degrees below and it is growing colder,
and it will probably be Is or II degrees
below before morning.
,Storm iu Other Localities.
Cork, Feb. 7.--Snow has fallen for ff-
teen hours in southwestern Ireland.
Several trains are imbedded in drifts
and no railway train is operating regu-
larly. Communication with Killarney
fTrelee, Hallow and Bantry has been
suspended.
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 7.-Tonight
the mercury had fallen to 20 degrees
and was still falling. Reports from
various points in the state show that
the cold is intense and that the freeze
of December last will be equalled. II
Is feared that the orange trees, which
were recovering from the freeze, will be
ruined. The loss to the early vegetable
and strawberry growers will be heavy
Denison, Tex, Feb. IA bowling
blizzard with the wind blowing fifty
miles an hour, prevails Throughout
northern Texas. 1t is the worst storm
in years. Thousands of cattle are dy
ing from exposure.
Perry, o. T., Feb. THE blizZart
that set in here yesterday is the worst
storm that the territory has experienced
in twenty years.
Sedalia, Mo-. Feb THE worst bliz
zard since 1888 is sweeping over this
section
Little Rock, Ark, Feb. THE tenn
pcrature fell to degrees below zerc
this morning, the coolest weather evei
known here.
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. THE mer
curry reached zero this morning ant
will go below tonight.