Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-09

| Ab "ho ASPOAtCo oJ AOii~D OhiSeA HASOOaANhA l that at 'clock, at the Alabama National l bank corner, the thermometer registered I zero.
 l brightly, but failed to raise the temperature sufficient to inake outdoor exercise at all I pleasant. Last night Lake Como, at East Lake, was reported as being nearly covered with | ice and the little lake used as a breeding l pond, frozen over sufficiently strong for l skating purposes.
 REPRESENTATIVES, RAILROADS TO A LARGE EXTENT TIED UP BY MONSTER SNOW DRIFTS. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. S.-The entire | Pennsylvania railroad system to Washing ton in the east and as far west as Piltsburg | is seriously crippled because of snow drifts. h some places, particularly at Miff1iu, forty-nine mics west of Harris burg, the snow has drifted as high as the | car tops. A few trains on the various di- visions departed from Philadelphia this morning, but the drifts interrupted their | progress at intervals of every few minutes. Thus far no accidents have been reported. The western, southwestern and Pacific express trains, which left here last night at S:50, 1925 and 11:20 O clock respectively, were snowbound all night in the neigh borhood of Downington. This morning
 
 and the trains proceeded slowly, arriving at Harrisburg shortly before noon. It is not believed that they can get farther west than Miffiin, as several trains have been snowbound there since last night. l The snow has drifted badly on the famous HHorse Shoe curve,'' which is in the AL iegheny mountains, five miles west of AL toona, and a freight train was stalled l throughout the night at that placed. As liberal supply of coal was put on all frQina bpfnra their danartur9 last nlp lt. there was no suffering among the belated l passengers or train crews. On the New York and Maryland division the situation is principally the same as on | the main line as regards the train service, although drifts are not so bad. The high winds blew the snow into heaps on the tracks almost as fast as workmen clear it l away and the cold is growing more in- l tense hourly.
 Luckily the telegraph wires over the Pennsylvania road are in fairly good shape, | thus making it possible to direct the move- 1 ment of trains from central points and | lessening the possibility of accidents. The Reading road is also in bad shape, particularly at Reading and in the coal 1 regions.
 An eGstbound passenger train on the | East Pennsylvania road is snowbound near Lyons station, and is almost completely hidden from view. There are only few persons on the train besides the crew. The trains on the main line between Pottsville and Philadelphia are more or less late. The mail train which is due in Philadelphia at noon from Pottsville is fast in pig drift near Hamburg. The Wilmington and Northern trains are | all snowbound, and traffic has been brought | to standstill.
 The schuyIkilI and Lehigh branch is snowbound completely, and no attempt was made to start trains. The Reading and Colum bia branch is also suowbound, and traffic is at a standstill. There is apparently no let up in the storm, and the air is filled with flying snow. Railroad men say the conditions are equally as bad as in the blizzard Of March, 1858.
 PITTSBURG'S DISTRESS. MUCH SUFFERING WILL RESULT FROM THE FREEzE-RIvER SOLID. PITTsBURG, Pa., Feb. S.-The mercury at o'clock this morning recorded de- grees below zero. In exposed places it was Several degrees lower. Indications are for or much colder weather inside of twenty-four hours. Trains on all roads entering Pitts burg are delayed by snow and frozen water tanks. Eastern trains this morning were five hours late, while those from the west were from two 10 three hours behind schedule time.
 Locally the suffering from the cold is widespread, principally on account of the unprecedented shortage of fuel gas. Coal dealers are overwhelmed with rush orders and are working night and day to meet the ever increasing demands. The run on all of the charitable institutions in the city continues. Produce dealers report Q scar city of supply, with no receipts, and prices are advancing.
 The extensive plant of the Westinghouse Electric company at Brinton is closed down, and the thousands of employees are idle account oi the frozen water and steam pipes.
 Teams are crossing the rivers on the ice drawing heavily loaded wagons. The river men are convinced that river property will be in great danger of destruction when the heavy ice breaks up. The Ohio river is closed between Pittsburg and Wheeling. The Allegheny and Monongahea rivers are ice- locked throughout thsir length. There can be no changes in the conditions of the big gorges in the Allegheny river until rain or thaw causes the river to rise several feet.
 COLD AS EVER KNOWN. NEW ORLEANS COMES UP TO HER GREATEST COLD WEATHER RECORD. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8.-This is the cold est spell that has visited this section since the winter of 1SS6. On the 9th of January degrees, and minimum was reached here last night of Is degrees, which will be no- ticed came dangerously near touching the very lowest record ever made by New Or leans.
 The local observer said this morning that | he feels confident that his instruments did not register the exact temperature, as the observatory is on top of the custom housf and in his opinion the heat from he<h11 | ing, which IS kept perfectly hoti | night, has more or less effeG | struments and probsh1 record degree or11
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