The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-23
The Weather i'm the East Makes
a Very Sudden Change.
SNOW LOWERS THE MERCURY.
Colorado Under q White Blankct-Peo-
ple Frustrated by Heat Hunt
Up Winter Clothes.

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eter indicates storms, which VIII ue -
coined visitors after the scorchinE DAYS
through which the city has Just fasst@i.
TO-DAY was excessively hot. ann the VIII.
seemed laden with heat and Only aglei
q the general suffering. Al Q ci0eA 80. 49,.
was no Indication OF the Change "f44~"
came an hour later.
sg-l.e ,,.at few DAVIS breaks all records for
septerY,ber In this city There were ten
deaths from heat and numerous prostf@~
ttoas. DiSDatcbes 10 the Associated fress
from many points ia Illinois. loWa anu
Wisconsin report drop in the tsfnpeFa-
lure 70 nearly the same figures. A. nearly
All relnte which have been heard from the
change was uEhered In by a violent "ina-
storm. which a. some points lid conH3d-
cradle minor damage. In northern I" -
consln the wind was accompanied bt =
very heavy rain. some points reporting a
fall Of from half ar inch TO one inch m less
than an hour TeIegraphic communica-
ton with the Northwest WAS seriously
crippled by the storm and at q late nour
the night wires are stlll IN baa ccnultlol.
Omaha. Sept. 22.-~I.ast night omaha ana
an of Eastern Nebraska was wrestling
with a hot wave with the thermometer
at 10 Tonight an inch Of snow covers
The ground al Zig Springs. North Pate.
Grand island and other north~ stern
towns, and ovsFcosts are ia demand at
Omaha with the mercury az a. II ~
clear. with prospects OF frost 1tFn -
beyond the possibility Of danger from this
source.
The southwest gale started IN az day
Light and blew furCusly on all he upper
lakes. or I.akfa Michigan ana Huron tne
Wind vas from the southwest on Lake
Superior Eogtherly. and on Lake Erie
s9utheasterly. Strong soutaeriy winds
have prevailed for so a long time that 1t
A. not thought that any scboonern were ont
4F4 HE los rod a
seek shelter al the lower esd OF the lake
and have since seen no weather in which
Il Womld be worth while 10 venture out and
fight their way against a strong head
wind. on th.s account it II probable that
Few disasters viii be reported on The lakes
ficm the gale.
Dallas, Sept. "a brisk norther reached
here thls afternoon. causing a fail IN tenn
peTatbre OF p degrees ia two hours.
chappell, Neb.. Sept 22.-Tae past week
las been a record breaker for weather.
The fore part was the warmest weather
OF the season. tho thermometer touching
III In the shade. Yesterday IL turned
very cold. and began showing during tho
night. There Is now enc inch OF snow on
the ground. and 70 Is SIN falling.
ST. Louis, Sept. p A decided change in
the temperature took place today. All
day long the weather was almost unbear-
able a hot south wind prevailing Al
by the mercury. and there was not much
change until shutdown. when the weather
became cooler. By midnight a drop OF
more than 30 degrees Was registered, and
the unprecedented hot spell that has pre-
vailed unbroken for more than a week
was broken.
Ia Crosse. Wis. Sept. 22~The long
spell Of heat ended this afternoon with a
furious rain. In which nearly half an inch
Of water fell In twenty minutes. The
rain was accompanied by heavy winds
The streets are Uttered with branches.
and many large trees were blown down
Several plato glass windows were blown
IN. The temperature was "a just before
the storm.
Denver. sept 22-Neariy the entire state
Of Colorado Is covered by mantle Of
snow. although today's sunshine made
great inroads upon II on the plains and IN
the valleys, The storm was a record
breaker. such a depth OF snow never hav-
Ing been seen 40 early IN the season. At
Greeley fifty miles north Of Denver, the
snow was fourteen inches deep. while I'm
Denver nearly eight inches fell. In the
mountains Il exceeded a foot in many
places. The southern limit OF the snow
was Pueblo. 80 miles south az Denver al
though In the mountains IN the southwest
ern corner Of the state Il extended nearly
or quite 60 tho New Mexico line
Immense damage was done 70 shade and
fruit trees. The foliage has been touched
by frost. and the great weight OF snow
was more than the limbs could resist the
people t<inE kept awake ny the CRACKING
az branches torn from TIE trees. Hardly
single shade tree In this portion 81 the
state escaped damage more or less severe.
and many thousands are utterly ruined
Sidewalks were compietel-- blocked bv the
broken branches Much loss was also sus-
tanned by the telephone and electric wires.
Grand Junction, Montroso and CANYON
City the best fruit-RrowinE regions a the
state, escaped serious damage from the
snow, although tonight's sharp frost may
create great havoc In the valleys rr,uch
late grain was ready Tor the harvest II
was n@ariy all ruined.
Washington city sept ss-Wlnls Moore.
chief - the weather bureau today gave
out the following weather bulletin. The
bot wave VIII be broken sons time tor7er-
row, probably in the afternoon. in Chi
cage. 81. Louie and the states or tao up-
per ana central Mississippi valley. upper
lake region. Texas. ArlSarsas and the
western portions OF Tennessee Kentucky
and Eastern Minnesota \ decided ana
sudden fan in temperature VIII De ushered
IN os heavy thunder storms and rain fol-
lowed hv several DAYS of cool weather.
New York, sent The oflsial their
momctcr of the weather bureau today re-
ccrgicd fhe highest ten1pera tgtre ever tx.
en- ~ the department on September - I'm
this city. AZ O'Clock the mercury f.g-
istered S. degrees The mntn tenanors,,lre
Car 'be day VAS SIS degrees. which f. y
above the normal of September - The
humidity was low. however there being
onlS % per cent. or moisture in the atmos-
pherc
Marshalitown. Ia. Sent = The PRO.
ffacied siege ~ hot weather was suddenly
broken this afternoon by rain ant a cold
wave. t1e temperature falling nearly - de-
Erees IN two hours. 4 severe frost is like
IS - follow - the weather clears.
PHILADELPHIA sept. Se-oue death O.
CURED today as a result ~ the intense
heat TIRE Nictna was p a. lemon srra
- The fhrruC-seter az aseio.k ts.s
morning registered 6. aud It reached 81,
deSrees thts afternoon.
Madison. Wis sept - strong vleA
swept over me northern YseYttau cf Dana
county this afternoon 'lqrootsoc trees
hiowing down buildings ard ovsrturnlrr
everything IN its way The path ~ tho
storm ran Through a lttle station named
Dane On tSs Northwestern rad. 4 train
bound foT Chicago asryly eeearssf The en-
esneov saw The sfCy1n approaching and
threw opsn the throttle. and rs thts means
outsty}rred the Wfnd
Springfield lh. sent @-TAe terrible
heat of the PAS; week Mas broken torEsff.
when a ca,t wave sve,sfae9 8aur rros,, t-s
northwest. TIE temperature ZEN IS t.-
srees IN ar hour. and A. =. ra. ros is,creF
bar a. degrees
washinE1en CHy Sent = WIN.
Moore. cAlFf 80 TIRE weather bureau. NRk
prepared the felloNing special euussfr.
AT this writlug ghe temperature az t-st-
CAKE is ~ dcgrVcS end tse max u1nr4,
seFnpera tupc dpriaS the &ay ass "a t.-
grces Nv tomorucw megunE the much
needed and loug wished cold wave VIZ
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