The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-08
FLORIDA FEARS A FREEZE.
WINTERS ICY BREATH NOW FELT
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

low Zero at Atlanta Last Night-It
Touched Zero Rt Memphis at Noon
and Was SuI Falling - The
weather Bureau Warns Florida
That the Cold of Dee. 30 Is Apt to
BE EquHiIed by the Present lev
Wave.
Jacksonville. Fla. Feb. This morn
mss weather report predicting freez-
INK weather in Florida for tonight and
tomorrow created CONSERVATION among
the fruit and vegetable growers and the
shippers Of products. as well as the gem
eral Offices Of the transpor tation compa-
mes which carry them 10 market
The local signal station issued the
following forecast this morning: Show
ers to-day. followed by clearing weather.
Temperature will fall to about freez ng
ty Friday morning; severe freeze Friday
night, temperature Will probably go us
low or lower than on Dec 30 Southwest
winds shifting to high northwest"
A,6 p. m. the mercury was at 81 de-
erces. and the baromenter registered
s55-a tall of over 20 points since day
break The wind was westerly with
tendency to get into the northwest. and
It's velocity was thirty-one miles an hour.
The sky was clear.
President George R. Fairbanks OF the
Flonda Fruit Exchange said tonight:
If Florida has this freeze, as predicted
to-day. its effect will be far more dis
astrous than that Of Dec %. Then the
orange and lemon trees were thickly
covered with foliage and were in fruit.
The crop was lost, but the trees. except
in few instances. were uninjured Now
the trees are naked and just beginning to
leaf out again and to bud. A freeze would
XII them. The new crop Of vegetables
are now in their most tender stage of
growth A freeze would kill them too"
Ocala, Fla. Feb. THE thermometer
fell 2J degrees In two hours this afternoon.
At6o) clock the thermometer stood at 30
deer. e5 with indications Of Ice in the
morning.
Auana Ca, Feb THE cold wave
struck Atlanta about 10 o'clock this morn
iHg. in an hour the temperature fell from
a degrees to 20 degrees The wind blew
sale, reaching a miles an hour this after
noon. Snow squalls come at short inter
vas The wind kept the snow In the air
ald Il was binding At 5 o'clock the
thermometer was at 6 degrees above. The
ob'erN er says that 1t win go below zero
before morning.
ThonasvIle, Ca, Feb. Tine cold wave
struck this city to-day with tremendous
force. AT O'Clock this morning the
thermometer at the signal station stood
q. g degrees at 2 o'clock this afternoon
I'll u was SO degrees and al SIS o'clock to-
Il night it stands at % degrees, and is stlll
falling. The ground is frozen and all
!. water pipes have been thrown open Thn
freeze can do no harm, however, as there
Is very little green to be killed.
Augusta. Ca, Feb. S.-The thermometer
al ] o'clock this morning registers de-
lees above zero, with a stid west wind
blowing.
Columbia, S. c., Feb. THE blizzard
struck South Carolina at o'clock this
afternoon and is now sweeping all be-
lore it, with a high wind. The mercury
leu Il degrees in the first three hours.
il Is now IS degrees. " tn every indica-
uol or sliding down to zero before morn
ing
Galveston, Tex, Feb. 7.-Business was
practically suspended here all day long
owing TO the extreme cold weather. II
was colder than it has been since Jan. g.
S5 when Galveston bay froze and the
thermometer registered Il degrees above
zero. To-day at a. m, ii registered l6
degrees above.
New Orleans, Feb. About o'clock
yals morning, after several hours of warm
uzzNng rain there was a rafting OF
".hdoWs and loud whistling of the wind
~Acn beiokened colder weather A decided
ehange in temperature followed the whist
lns wind-the thermometer falling at a
ts which upset all calculations At ?
CLOCK it stood at 50 degrees, and at IL
4 oIoch this morning ordinary thermome-
Yrs registered 2S degrees. A bowling wind
p,e'aIed all DAY and made walking on
,u5 5 streets anything but comfortable
-lDolt II o. clock there was a light furry
- snow, lasting about Is minutes, and al
COCK there was another and heavier
"1cn melted as fast it fell, but gave New
eaAs people a good chance to see what
aAns snow looks like Tonight the high
'."' continues and the local weather bu-
.au says the temperature VIII fall or IL
sIees more before morning, which viii
NY down to 10 degrees, and would give
ord here
Gooila Ala, Feb. IA cold wave, with
sn WIND, struck here before daylight this
Ss.-''hg The thermometer tonight is
o"A 10 is degrees 1t will fall 10 degrees
.HSothing. Shipping in the river has
III u o-o|n all about by the gale of wind
.|r--,
,1'h h cragged ashore on the east side, but
!, 19y m injured and will float at the return
a. ne Tide Two barks, one an Austrian
n, y4e e otner an Italian, whose names are
p NsGern BILE owing to the darkness.
I'M louied in mldstream and lie locked.
49, sSsa-ner Kanawha dragged nile
asr,s. we stream. Considerable timber is
ro, rom booms. The norther is pro-
-e- The most severe in local annals.
-,-, --o.il emery, Ala. Feb. 7--At O'Clock
7nl the thermometer stood at II de-
ABOVE zero. The maximum to-day
pI.t % eeerees and the average "a degrees,
SUN northwest wind blowing.
,yb.a, iile, Tenn, Feb. IA snow storm
In RACED thirty hours without cessa-
bor. 1+oea at noon to-day. The snow IS
we've inches deep on a lCyel At
ars4 tonight the thermometer regis
IA. "esrees above zero. 1t will go to
s below before morning.
kes,tlb,nls' Tenn. Feb. THE mercury
ss zero this murning, and will go
rers below tonight. There is much
4mong motolmen and street
en- o1s' o., Feb. THE thermometer
al zero. and a drifting snowstorn'
-l r.f.- ca.