The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-23
IN WAKE OF THE COLD WAVE.
WESTWARD THE LITTLE BLIZ-
ZARD WINDS ITS WAY.

New York aud New England Report
HecOrd-BFeaISing Roast, While
ON sunday Morning at Chicago
Several PrOstratIOns and a Death
Occurred From the Heat-A DrOp
of - Degrees Occurred at Nights
and Great Mast of Cold Is slowly
Sweeping over the COuntrs-Iowm
Reports blizzard and Colorado
Great Loss From snow.
Chicago. ILL.,, Sept. 22-The hottest sep<
tember week which the people Of Chicago
have experienced in over twenty years
was followed tonight by a sudden cold
The temperature all day was as high az
on any day during the phenomenal hot
spell, the thermometer at o'clock D. m
registered 81 degrees. AT II o'clock to-
night the mercury in the Auditorium
tower showed So degrees, a drop of Is de-
grees in eight hours. The temperature
IS falling slowly, as the greas
cold blast from the northwest ap-
proches in all its relieving forcs.
There were half a dozen serious pros-
trations from the heat during the day ana
one death. The advance OF the cold wavs
about s o'clock was heralded by wind
Of great velocity, which did some damage
10 property, and continued while the heat-
ed atmosphere was being rapidly cooled.
Rain also added TO the meteorological
phenomena OF the day.
Ten deaths from heat directly were re-
corded for the week ending tonight, and
many serious prostrations.
Des Moines, Ia. Sept. 22,-The cold wave
from the northwest reached here this af4
ternoon. The early part Of the day was
very hot and the sky almost clear. About
noon the sky became overcast and
at ] o'clock the clouds suddenly took on
the appearance of an approaching cyclone.
The temperature fell with the most re-
markable rapidity ever known here. In
fifteen minutes the fall was 80 degrees.
and since then it has been slowly sink
ing. The fall at / o'clock was instantan-
eous, wall OF air seemed to pass In and
force out the heat. A few minutes after
a heavy rain set in accompanied by wind
that reached a velocity Of sixty miles and
did some damage. It Is very cold to-nighk
and frost is expected.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. "a tremendous
cold wave came upon this region lagg
night. Two inches of snow fell al Lead
>. D., and snow fell over parts of Western
Nebraska and Wyoming. The mercury
dropped 81 degrees IN twelve hours here.
ranging from 50 degrees yesterday to n
degrees this morning. A heavy rain fell
mere most or the day.
St Louis, Mo-. Sept. IA drop of 20
degrees In temperature was recorded here
AT .; m, from that Of the same time
yesterday A high wind from the south
prevailed all day and reached a velocity
OF 20 miles an hour. At .. m, the ther-
monster reads 60 degrees.
Bloomington, ILL.,. Sept 22.-The temper
ature dropped 25 degrees In half an hour
AT O'Clock y. M, and at 10 o'clock p
m, Is at b5, total drop OF 40 de-
grees In four hours. There was a wind
storm and heavy showers.
Buffalo, Wyo., Sept 22-An equinoxiar
storm started here Friday with a severe
gale, continuing all day and night. ac-
companied by snow. Last night the tenn
perature dropped below freezing and a
heavy snow fell all night and lasted un-
III tonight. The weather is now partly
clear, with the temperature at "a degrees
above zero Fully a foot Of snow fell on
the level which has formed into drifts.
making travel difficult. The excessive
moisture is fatal TO crops which bainiy
weather had induced delay In harvesting.
Settlers have not seen so severe a bliE-
zard this season.