The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-08
III THE BLIZZARD.
Cold in February Was
Neyer Before Known.
.on FROZEN At NEW YORK


& xeuues CRY. Feb. jurisdictions o. the
- weather 70 tissa section for years
arvyed today. Tonight the Their
6 re - q stationary with the prospect
E 81 y. ~. temperature will remain below
- 80 .--rs5 fore,rEow evening. This morn
- . ,,.a reached 10 below here, while
- ~ ). - eountry the II degree mark
s g. '>.rzstered. All the trains are late
S. ~ ,..nx are in great piles of Stow and
;ss-x sae prslnt - the storm Is still
J. 81 S. eastern Kansas, where the farm
s. -. rox able TO battle with s.
s q e 8 .ususs. Feb. THE approach OF the
- -~xe predicted for this vicinity. was
: - during the night by heavy
s.. .srss ana zero temperature. Today gales
s. $3.50 and q drop OK 10 or Is degrees Is
laoecsed
E.. n..aaa. Feb. 7--prifted snow and sand
s 81 ..tSrxe cold greatly interfered with
b --.vernent Of trains IN Nebraska last
-, ead today. The through train from
.,,s..~.. Mont, on the Burlington. due at
- - night. has not yet arrived There
-. hcsn no trains since yesterday
& q LING on the Fremont, Elk Horn &
81 ~s..c,sri Valley road from the Black
-. All trains on tht Union Pacific are
's.,sx.s and many engines were killed BY
3 fr6ezing.
fsacaxo. Feb. 1.-THE Chicago edition OF
i =. hisxxard was not OF 30 fierce q type as
s. ,.6,e.ea. but suburlban railroad traffic Is
x.,4oassy delayed and through trains are
Z. eaur snrse TO six hours late.
xsssas CITY, Feb. 1.-THE blizzard ragged
~ unabascd v.gcr All night and this
]. S.arninx 4he thermometer registered 10 liz
81 ssa.w xero, gale blowing. Signal Ofiicer
o,faunor does not promise any respite
81 Ia friday evening. The railroads are
- lnconvesienced much ny drifts
f,el;as, Tex. Feb. 1.-THE worst kind OF
aaxxard struck this place Wednesday
s..rainr. The wind blew gale and was
; ..>omuansed BY snow. The mercury
! xrosred nearly 10 degrees. and Is down to
s.ro. With prospects Of going lower.
xxx York. Feb 7.---This was the coolest
& - sluce December. 1850. The Hudson Is
& fss.en from shore 20 shore at Ninety
~l.sh street.. and the ice Ii very thick at
1aints above.
Wh,te River. Ont. Feb. 1.-THE mercury
krre Wednesday morning registered %
ko16W zero.
uuron. 8. D., Feb. 1.-THE worst storm
ernefass:ced here since the great blizzard
( Z IL prevails over the whole state
n rovonto Feb. 7.-During last night the
Il sAermouaeter went down 10 e below zero.
ahe coolest for ten years.
f5ushrie. o. +. Feb. 7.--Intcnse cold pre-
s.sls throughout the territory. and much
Z suRerins TO settlers and stock will result.
IN arilxaukee. Feb. THE blizzard Is de-
II &yinx trains on all roads entering Mil
sonkee and to q great extent traffic - at
! stsndstlil throughout Wisconsin.
sioux City. Feb. THE blizzard here -
Il Increasing and the wind Is growing colder
rrains are delayed and forty mile gale
4 \ blowing.
Concord ". H., Feb. THE thermome-
a. here nj daylight yesterday was Is de-
! xrees below zero.
baltimore. Feb. THE cold snap which
struck this section Saturday continues I'M
Abaiet Navigation In very difficult, ana
II the weather does not soon moderate tho
port Of Baltimore viii be practically
1 closed
Rutland. VT. Feb. 7.--For the first time
y ii serenty-five years Lake champlain II
frozen over It's entire length
Omaha. Feb. IA very severe blizzard
prevails In Nebraska. Little snow ~ faii-
iag. bat the air is full OF sand, and all
railroads ere running on schedule time
with she greatest difficulty. SO threaten
snx vas the weather in Omaha at noon
ihas all public schools were dismissed. IL
{ vas II below aero last night.
Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. Z 1T has been
showing here continuously for thirty
! heurs The snow Is from twelve to fif-
seea inches deep on the level. All the
street railway lines are tied np. aud traffic
III al kinds Is suspended. The railroads
n entering here are experiencing much
trouble In running trains. There II much
saeering from ce.a and hanger.
Warrington City. Feb. 1.-The weather
hcreau furnishes the following special
baistn: During the past twenty-four
Aoars the storm in Louisiana has moved
70 the South Atianie coast. increasing In
& Intensity, and the area Of high pressure
las moved from north OF Montana
& 70 North Dakota Between Norti pa-
hssa and the South Atlantic coast sharp
& sr+t StuStffE EkItItetstS VIII tdGSr tlks SeNei
sst cold wave ard lowest temperatures
ever recorded in the first week Of Feb
rrayy fren Arkansas. Kentucky and fir-
gsnsa southwark. The temperature OF
in'lAE territory and the northern por-
'laas of Texas and Louisiana has been
% = degrees IA the past twen.y-four
feurs and Is row 40 degrees. below nor
cal Emergency warnings for northwest
sales and freezing weather have been
snt 70 sonthern Louisiana and Miasss-
aaph Alabama. Georgia. South Carolina
and Florida.
SSa Aistonio. Tex. Feb. THE hlix-
1aFa which reached here last night had
maximum wind velocity OF forty
ssfea miles per hour. The mercury
ssxk 10 IL degrees above zero.
rhe HtsEGarf in Eurep~.
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