The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09

down the stream and went head ong into
the Italian bark Giuseppe. al the Savan-
I nah. Florida and Western railway wharf.
The latter vessel sustained damages 10
her deck and rigging that u Is estimated
will cost her owners at least $50 TO re-
pair
after taking her course along the en-
tire river front and smashing vessels
right and LETT, the old hulk swung across
the river again aud stuck her bows In the
mud where she remained for a short
time. and without the aid OF a tug, came
or and foated down the river. where she
held up on the bank near the wharves al
Fort Oglethorpe. about FIVE miles below
the city. There she rested on her port
eide. 20 await her lawful owner 20 pun her
of
The Lovfold was sold al auction about
two weeks ago TO Capt Marzyck Of Jack
sonvile. Fla. for about $50. She had been
stripped OF her rigging and was placed
/ across the river. 20 await her owners dis
position To was reported that there was
no Waterman on board when she parted
her moorngs. The Lovfald is the vessel
which was run into by the British steam
ship Hindustan about two months ago, and
the steamers owners paid about 5000 20
settle the claim for damages. She was
afterwards condemned and sold, bringing
about 81 i00.
The masters Of the damaeed vessels
were yesterday looking Tor t.e owner OF
the bark. 10 enter claims for the damages
she did on her career along the river front
but Cart Marzyck was not IN the city.
The freeze got the best Of the truck farm
ers. The English pea crop was the prin-
cpal thing coming on at this time. Most
Of the peas we're just above the ground
and all these were killed outright. Some
Of those IN the ground may escape. but all
the green truck that was above the grount
is killed. Besides he peas there was some
little cabbage up. but very little else. and
a freeze at this time was not so great
calamity as Il would have been later
There are a good many potatoes In the
ground. but they are planted deep ana are
thought 10 be well protected. II Is moi
thought Mr.. NJ. L. EXley says, that they
will be Injured.
out on Mr.. Exleys place the thermom-
eter at 8 o'clock IN the morning registered
y degrees, three degrees lower than II
went during the freeze Of last December
This thermometer is In a protected place
on a piazza. and Il was probably con
siderably colder In the lowlands. The
ground was frozen for depth Of aboui
four Inches. and there was heavy ice on
some of The small canals IN the fields
The Ice was thicker Mr.. EXley says, than
IN December. The reason why the Ogee
chez canal is not frozen sufficiently hard
for skating. he says, Is because the tides
which was not the case In 1856. as the
canal was locked. He says there IS plenty
Of time yet 10 plant English peas and stu
he ahead OF Norfolk.
Supt Fleming of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway was asked about the
reports of the damage by the freeze ~
Florida. He replied that he had received
enough information TO know that every
hing IN Florida was frozen up and he did
not think it worth while TO Investigate
any further
THE damage VIII be very heavy" he
said. The reports show that Il is even
colder than the December cold wave. All
the early vegetables which have put ~
since December have been killed, ana
what fruit was left by the December
freeze was probably all killed also"
The Plant system officials in Florida re-
ported the following minimum tempera-
ure from Florida Thursday night: Jack
sonville, "a degrees; Titusville, Is degrees
Tampa % degrees: Jupiter, 2S degrees
There was the usual cold wave complaint
during the day Of the failure of the water
70 rise above the first floor OF houses IN
the city. superintendent Lotion was called
up by telephone at the waterworks in the
afternoon. He said that the works were
supplying about S,000.e00 gallons OF water
day. which IS nearly the full capacity
OF the wells. The pressure was down to
thirty-three pounds and there was only a
foot of water in the supply chamber.
1--WE cannot afford to exhaust the entire
supply" SAID the superintendent. be
cause in case Of fire, we would then be
unable to supply any extra pressure. With
all the MIGRANTS in the city running It is
impossible TO maintain the pressure ct
present"
The superintendent said that several
bursted fire hydrants had been reported,
which were being taken out ard replaced
with new ones. II Is a fortunate thing for
Superintendent Lotion that the Deem
her cold wave demonstrated that the
works are unable 10 maintain a pressure
sufficient to put the water to the upper
stories Of houses in the city while all the
hydrants are open. otherwise the blame
for the failure OF the water supply would
| fall upon his shoulders.
AS might have been expected. there
we're a large number OF bursted water
pipes reported yesterday morning, and
the plumbers we're kept on the run, en-
deavoring to ill the demands made upon
! them.
a good many pipes In houses and yard
| MIGRANTS as we'll froze up, not through
any oversight on the part OF the occu-
/ pants Of the houses, but because OF the
constant diminishing In the pressure from
/ the water works. Many people opened
/ the stop cocks in their hydrants early In
! the evening sufficient under ordinary cir.
/ curnstances to allow goDd flow Of water
! but found them frozen solid. and In many
! instances broken yesterday morning. The
trouble was caused by the stoppage OF
/ the How Of water. owing to a lack Of
pressure and the freezing Of the water
4 IN the pipes during the night. In some
houses the pressure was insufficient e
force the cold water into boilers and the
warm water pipes were frozen. The
damage by the freezing and bursting oil
water pipes viii be very great
The most Of the danger from the freeze
will be over after to-day Observer
Smyth at the wea Their bureau received In
structions last night to lower the signals
The storm which swept across from Ala
bama has passed up the coast, and the colo
wave will have passed by tomorrow.
Now Il the Time.
The benefit to be derived from a goot
medicine in early spring is undoubted
but many people neglect taking any Unit
the approach Of warmer weather. wher
they Wit Ike a tender flower in a hot sun
Something must be done to purify tht
blood. overcome that tired feeling anc
give necessary strength. Vacation /,