The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-27
BL[ZZARDEAST ANDWEST
All Sections Of the Country Suffered
by Snowstorms.
A REGULAR WINTER CYCLONE.

It Spread North, East, South and West
Rivers and Harbors Choked With Ice
and Navigation Impeded - People
Frozen to Death in Various Places
Ice Gorge in the Ohio.
Dispatches from all parts of the United
States showed that the intense cold, from
which New York City and the East
suffered, was widespread. In many
places raging billiards., the worst ex-
perienced in years, developed, and the
mfferins caused was intense. Trains to all
the large cities ran ten and fifteen hours be-
hind time, and large number Of towns
were storm bound, and business was practi-
cally suspended. On several railroads, nota-
bly, the Union Pacific, trains were stalled,
owing TO great snow drifts.
Numerous deaths from exposure, especi-
ely in the West, were reported. Serious
trouble has been caused in Ohio and other
localities where natural gas is generally used
by the diminution in the supply OF that fuel
and the impossibility Of securing an adequate
supply Of coal on short notice. From all the
most il.ense suffering among the poor. The
ordinary bureaus for the relief of the desti-
tute were practically paralyzed by the un-
precedented demands made upon them.
In the northern part Of New York State the
thermometer fell to an unusually low point,
reaching 81 degrees below zero at the Thou
sand Islands and Alexandria Bay, 26 to 80 be-
low In st. Lawrence County. and 10 to 10 be-
low In Watertown and vicinity. Some OF the
IL G2oA4 nhdnj
breaking stone to prevent widespread starva'
tion.
In New England the thermometer ranged
from two to thirty-five degrees below. New
London (Conn.) Harbor is frozen to the
mouth Of the Thames River for the tlrst:time
IN twenty years, and at Portsmouth, N. H.,
the Piscataqua River Is also frozen, thing
which has not occurred since January, 1851.
The blizzard struck Chicago before 1t was
expected, and early in the morning the ther-
mometer registered several degrees below zero
and continued its downward course all day,
reaching ten degrees below late IN the AFTER
noon. The wind blew from forty to sixty
miles an hour, and a fine snow which fell
obstructed street car traffic. In st. Louis, at
nine o'clock, it was seven degrees below aud
the thermometer fell all day. In Milwaukee
the day started in with the mercury at eight
degrees below zero and four inch snow fell:
The South and Southwest had their 1ull
share Of the blizzard, Texas and Arkansas be-
ing the worst sufferers. In Texas the wind
blew at the rate Of fifty miles an hour and
the thermometer fell below zero. Thousands
of cattle died Of exposure. In Little Rock,
Ark, the coolest weather on record there was
experienced, the mercury registering three
degrees below, and in Memphis, Tenn, the
zero mark was reached.
Eastern Colorado reported blizzard with
great suffering among destitute on isolated
farms. The thermometer was below zero
for two days.
t. Throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware q fierce snow prevailed. At mid
night the wind shifted to the northwest and
the snow ceased. The thermometer was
near zero.
Binding snow storms ragged all along the
line of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway.
Snow which fell in Northern Texas eleven
days before was still upon the ground. A
bowling blizzard, with the wind blowing
fifty miles an hour, prevailed throughout
Northern Texas.
The blizzard is the worst storm Oklahoma
Territory has experienced In twenty years.
The Thermometers register from ten degrees
to fifteen degrees below zero.
A cold wave struck Atlanta, Ga, and the
the thermometer fell from forty degrees to
six degrees. A binding snow fell.
Washington City had heavy snow storm.
The thermometer registered five degrees
above zero, The Potomac Is frozen.
At Jacksonville, Ind, the ice In the Ohio
stopped, forming gorge sixt" Lies long.