The record-union., 1895-02-07
Coolest Weather Prevailing in the
East Experienced in Years.
BLIZZARD REPORTED RAGING IN
MANY SECTIONS
The Hudson River Frozen From Shore
to Shore-Lalxe Champlain Also
Frozen Overwhelming snow and
Storm Raging in Great Britain
and on the Continent.
Special to the RECoRD-UNION.
and on the Continent.


Thermometer at A. NJ. registered 50 below
zero.
This is the coldest day here since De-
cember 81, 1880. when the thermometer
registered 50 below zero, and the third
coldest day on record. The day at "A. NJ,
according to the Weather Bureaus ther-
mometer, 800 feet above Broadway, regis
tered 30 below zero; at A. NJ, zero, and
10 A. NJ, % above.
At Buffalo l3 3-l0o below zero was the
record this morning. the lowest tempera-
ture ever recorded here with the excep-
ton OF the 18th day of January, 1884,
when the thermometer registered Is 5-100
below. At O'Clock this morning it was
260 below zero at Albany.
The mercury at IL o'clock tonight was
A. below, and still on the downward
path. This was one of the coolest days
since December. 1890. The Hudson is
frozen from shore to shore at Ninety
sixth street, and the ice is very thick at
points above.
TRAINS BADLY DELAYED.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Trains were badly
delayed tonight, many of the western
trains being from three to six hours late.
lhe Grand Trunk trainmen reported
snoWbanks fifteen feet high at many
places along their line.
AT midnight the storm continues with
unabated vlgor and reports from the west
and northwest indicate that it will be
more severe within the next few hours.
HURON IS. d., Feb. 6.-The worst
storm experienced here since 1883 pre-
vailed over she whole State to-day.
BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, Feb. Ga severe blizzard pre-
walls IN Nebraska tonight. Little snow
is falling, but the air is filled with sand
anq all railroads are running on schedule
TIME with the greatest difficulty. SO
threatening was the weather in Omaha at
noon that all public schools were dis
missed. 1t is 150 below zero tonight.
TWO MEN FROZEN TO DEATH.
MILES CITY (Mont.), Feb. 6.-Last
nights was one OF the worst storms ever
known in Montana. Spencer Henry.
William Moore and L. L. Parish left in
the afternoon for ranch fifteen miles
from town in a sleigh, but became lost in
the hills. Henry walked into town this
afternoon and reports that his companions
froZe TO death.
COLD WAVE PREDICTED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ca special bulle.
tin from the Weather Bureau says: In
dications are for the severest cold wave of
the season in Colorado, Northern Texas.
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Nebraska
Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and South Da-
kota tonight, aud in Arkansas, Missouri,
Indiana and the Upper Lake region on
Ihursday afternoon and night.
MERCURY BELOW ZERO.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 6.-For three days
the mercury has registered below zero.
Last night it dropped TO six degrees be-
low. For the first time in many years
both rivers are frozen over. The short
age OF natural gas has caused much suf-
fering among many families.
COLDEST OF THE SEASON.
Boston, Feb. 6.-Seven degrees below
zero has broken the seasons record. A
northeast gale, blowing since YESTERDAY.
has added to the discomfort, and sub
urban car lines are badly blocked and
incoming trains are late. There are no
vessels sailing out or arriving in port
BLINDING SNOW AND SANDSToRMs,
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), Feb. 6.-Blinding
snow and sandstorms and rapidIy-tali-
ing thermometer have combined within
the last twenty-fOur hours 10 create the
worst blizzard that has prevailed in the
Southwest in years. The local weather
office predicts that the cold wave will
reach It's hight tomorrow morning, when
l50 below zero will likely be recorded,
"A hOl III W OSG w 4Ai G1tllOSL 10 q
gale Is drifting the SNOW badly, and caus-
ing damage to telegraph wires and street.
car traffic. The Union Pacific system is
practically showed up and all trains late.
In the country the storm sweeps across
the prairie and open fields with resist
less force. 1t IS estimated that at least
800 families in the four Kansas counties
of Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman and
Thomas are without fuel. Measures of re-
lief adopted by the Kansas Legislature
will be Immediately put into effect.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
ST. JOSEPH MOI, Feb. 6.-The ther-
mometer hovered from A. above to Il
below zero ali day, and high gale drove
what snow fell into drifts. Business was
almost entirely suspended to-day. The
railroads were great sufferers. Not
wheel was moving on the Union Pacific.
ALL TRAINS BLOCKED.
LEAvENwoRTH (Kas.), Feb. GA
special from Lebanon, Kansas, says: The
worst sandstorm that was ever known
here commenced about O'Clock this
morning. 1t is no better at this writing,
5 p. NJ. All trains are blocked, there
being five feet of sand on the track here
RAGING WITH GREAT FURY.
GUTHRIE 20. t., Feb. 6.-The worst
storm for years struck here this morning
and is raging with great fury tonight
The wind is blowing hurricane. Intense
cold prevails throughout the Territory
and much suffering TO settlers and stock
will result.
STORM IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
MINNEAPoLIS (Minn), Feb. 6.-Dis-
patches from many South Dakota points
tell of binding snowstorms, wind forty
to fifty miles an hour, and the thermom-
eter 1O0 to 150 below zero.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN FROZEN OVER.
RUTLAND (Vt.), Feb. 6.-For the first
time III seventy-nve years Lake Cham
plain is frozen over its entire length.
BLIZZARD INCREASING,
SIOUX CITY tIa.), Feb. 6.-The blizzard
here is increasing and the wind is grow
ing colder tonight. Trains are DELAYED
and slxty-mile gale is blowing.
TWENTY-FIVE BELOW ZERO.
CONCORD On. H., Feb. 6.-The tenn
perature here at daylight was 250 below
zero.
COLD SNAP IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE Md, Feb. 6.-The cold
snap which struck this section Saturday
continues unabated. Navigation is very
difficult, and if the weather does not soon
moderate the port of Baltimore will be
practically closed.
FIVE DEATHS FROM COLD.
LONDON, Feb. 6.-Bitterly cold weather.
accompanied by snowstorms, prevails
generally throughout Great Britain. Sew
eral persous have been found frozen To
death in the country.
Railroad trains in Scotland and Walas