The herald., 1895-02-08
SAILORS NIPPED BY THE colo
Crew of a Vessel Badly Frost
Bitten.
Continuance of the Arctic Blast in
the East.
The Zero Era In Nearly All the Big
Cities-Grsst suffering Among
the Poor.

EAsrpoRT, L. l., Feb. 1.-THE nine
men. including the captain, who we're
rescued from the brig Gem yesterday in
almost frozen condition, are still in the
life-saving station al Moriches. Among
the men ere Daniel Sslas. seaman oil
Sacramento Cal. His hands, face and
feet are frostbittsn; John jackson, a
aeamau of San Francisco, had his feet
and hands frozen.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. Ut mas
been showing here continuously for 81
hours. The snow is from IL TO 10 inches
deep on the level. All the street rail,
way lines are tied up and traffic OF all
kinds is suspended. There is much sui
fsrinG from cold and hunger.
KANSAS Cry, Feb. THE blizzard
ragged with undated vigor all night. At
this morning the thermometer r9gis-
tered 1912 below zero. A gale 10 blow
ing. Signal Officer O'Counor does not
promise any respite until Friday even
ing. The railroads have not been in
cor venienced much from drifts.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. THE approach OF q
cold wave, predicted for this vicinity.
was signalized during the night by
heavy winds and zero temperature. To-
day gales prevail and drop OF 10 or 10
degrees is expected.
LONDON. Feb. 7.-Storms severely i'm
pede traffic throughout England, and
are becoming more severe. The high
lands OF Scotland are completely iso-
listed, An unknown vessel foundered
off Port Patrick, Scotland, with loss OF
seven lives. A two-masted steamship
with q black band around the white
smokestacks is ashore on the Isle OF
Man. The Thames lie frozen over at
Chelsea and the Scheldt at Antwerp is
covered with ice. At Antwerp the
Thermometer registered 10 degrees be :
low zero, the lowest in 20 years. In
Wales thousands are ont of work on &C.
count OF the severe weather.
CHICAGO, Feb. THE Chicago edition
of the blizzard ia not go fierce n type as
predicted, but suburban railroad traffic
10 seriously delayed. Through train 8
are three TO elk hours late.
OMAHA, Feb. 7.-Driftsd snow and
sand and intense cold greatly intsrfered
with the movement of trains in Me-
brasks last night and today. A through
train from Billings, Mont, on the Bur-
lington, due at IL As last nigat, has not
yet arrived No trains have arrived
since yesterday morning on the Free
mont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley road
from the Black hills. All trains ON the
Union Pacific are delayed and many en-
gines are "klled" by freezing.
WASHINGTON. Feb. THE weather
bureau furnishes the following special
bulletin: During the past "a hours the
storm in Louisiana has moved to the
South Atlantic coast, increasing in i'm
tensity. The area OF high pressure has
moved from the north OF Montana to
North Dakota. Between North Dakota
and the south Atlantic coast sharp pa
rometric gradients will cause the sever
est cold wave and lowest temperatures
ever recorded in the frat week of Feb.
ruary from Arkansas, Kentucky and
Virginia south ward. The temperature
in the Indian territory and northern
portions of Texas and Louisiana has
fallen SO to SO degrees in the past "a
hours, and Is now 40 degrees below nor
NAL. Emergency warnings for north
west gales and freezing weather have
been sent south to Louisiana. Missis-
sippi. Georgia. South Carolina and
Florida