The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-08
lay In watertown yesterday was 10 de-
grees below.

! 3ay In watertown yesterday was l9 de-
grces below.
HABBoR FROZEN OVER.
| PLYMOUTH. MASS. Feb This har-
Dor rs completely 'rozen over which Is
| rare occurrence.
MANY SHIFTS OVERDUE.
| BALTIMORE. Feb THE usual busy
| VI arvcs along Light street were deserted
| today, and business almost entirely sus-
| j., nded. The bitter cold weather, the
| binding snow storm and ice have COM
| bined to practically close navigation. The
| Weems Line has started no boat ont Tor
| two days The steamer Essex. from the
! Rappahanrock river. due this morning,
| had not been heard from al O'Clock to-
! night. Jhe Baltimore. Chesapeake and
| Atlantic Company has discontinued all IFS
| boats till the weather moderates. The
Chester River Steamboat Company and
| the Maryland and Virginia Steamship
Company report no steamers IN to-day
nor has anything been heard from them
The sufferings OF the luckless oyster
men are terrible. In many OF the htuc
rivers and creeks down the bay oyster
vessels are frozen in, and their thinly
clad. poorly fed and miserably cared Tor
crew are reported 10 be In bad way
The ice boats Annapolis and Latrooe are
on duty day and night. ploughng UP ana
down the ice-bound harbor. in the at
tempt 10 keep a channel open TOT sea-
going vessels.
HEAVY GALE BLOWING.
COlJrA1Rt~S. O.. Fep. Tile thermom-
eter here is at zero. and a drifting snow
storm has prevailed during the morning
Street-car travel IS almost impossible, ana
the streets are practically deserted. To
add TO the severity, hcdVy gaze set IN
during the night and stu cSAtinues,
though the velocity has decreased ire
attendance al the suburban schools is
very light
THREE MIN LNCAsTD IN ICE.
VINEYARD HAVEN. MASS, Feb. T.
The after part of "A go3d-szed vessel. COW
erred with ice. with what appears 10 be
the nfcless bodies Of three men encascd
iu ice. ana frozen 90 the top OF the cabin,
has driNed ashore on Paul's Point Lam
bert's Cove, on the north side OF this
island The wreckage was discovered by
Edward Cottle. OF Lambert's Cove. this
morning and ne came here to notify the
medical examiner, VINO has started for |
that place to take charge OF the bodies.
one man could be easily distinguished, and
there are apparently two other frozen
bodies on the cabin. II is impossible at
this time to ascertain the identity Of
either vessel or bodies.
VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS, Feb I.
The wreckage has been identified as part !
Of the schooner r. =. Dixon. of Rockland, !
Me. and the bodies are those Of Captain |
Boswick and Mate Martin Lee and one |
sailor Of that vessel There is no eXplana- |
tion of the wreck.
FEARS OF A FLOOD.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Feb. 7.-Wash- |
ington experienced a heavy snow storm |
to-day. with gusts of wind reminiscent OF |
the blizzard of 1888 This morning the |
tn h-rmometer registered > degrees above |
zero ana there was a slight raise during |
the day. The Weather Bureau predicts a |
fan TO degrees below zero by tomorrow |
morning. ana that the snow will continue. |
The Potomac is frozen, ard IT is feared |
that the thaw will cause II flood. Fears
are also expressed that Tive long bridge, |
Washiugtons direct railway connection |
with the South will be ca5ried away. The |
District Commissioners w II ask Congress
to appropriate 5000 10 clear the river OF
ice. The snow and wind continue tonight
ana stroct-car traffic is much impedcd.
The Storm in Europe.
GENOA. Feb. "A violent storm IS
sweeping along the coast Twenty small
vessels have been driven ashore near /
This point. Great damage has been done
TO buildings iu exposed positions and 10
piers and breakwatcrT.
CORk. Feb. -Sncw W has fallen Tor |
fifteen hours in Southwestern ireland. |
Several trains are embedded I'm drifts !
And no railway i'm the region IS operating
regularly. CommuniTation with killar-
ucy Tralee MalloH and Bantry has
been suspended.
THE RIVE sCHD DT IROzFN OVER.
ANTWERP. Feb. THE river Schlcdt
Is frozen over so solIdly as TO enable
people 10 cross ol loot. Navigation Is
Totally suspended above AustrOweeL