The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-09
ALONG THE ATLANTIC
sa9w voax osry sRozEN STIFF


sbr@afers % continue Tar an indeanise
cine. with increasing force and sio-
7euce. hourly growing IN sevef1fy. ana
wsrh scarcely sign Of a6atesnent, the
h1ixxard 1naarnasned ~ Icy sway from
gshurwtay night unt1l this afternoon,
~nA e,r.ffnuee in a slightly n11lder form,
fsulxsn. Today and tonight the ferries.
ejev1fed roadn. surface CARS stessnss'
traits And pedestrians have been I'M
peds1 ard in many cases stopped ny the
nform. The steamers OF the dsnersM
Vines plying between here ard Boston
have been seriously inlerfered WIN. and
4,.e VARIOUS ferries have not been merely
Aeiayex1. baft stepped for several hours.
lesssyrxred with the blizzard OF asSs there
h.s Been ,axs now. bat the temperature
80 trcn ur,lch s0wer and the Wind u
81 xreater 7esce<ty. The STORM nas
nbated somewhat tonight.
Dizpa4ches to the Associated Press
from snlarso- potns In the state report
that the storm liz the most severe expe-
rfrnesd Ia seven years. Railroad traffic
Is much ifnpeded. tra<uc on street rail-
ways In many cases entireiy suspended.
ard country roads ase completely block
AIDED with sn0w. In sane localities the
fan OF Snow In the last foslrteen hours
q reported to be a. uuch ~ three feet
and eyeywhere the high wind which
prevailed has created drifts Of great
size. At MlddIetpwn four Erie trains
are stalled TisrvughCut the length OF
the New York Central trains are from
one % four hours late. and generally
lsssak trains are suspended. On Long
Island the storm was az Its worst. caus-
lux much Inconvenience among the poer
and entaiiing great suffering
In Western New York the storm to
very sevsre Late In the afternoon the
New Yc~k Central started out the
North shore limited. a Through train for
Chicago. and every effort would be
made 70 put Il through, It was said.
without delay.
Jacksonville. Fla. Feb. s.-fAaim
Beach On Lake Worth. was the warm
rss point on thu nainiand OF the whole
state this n,orning. the mercury show
iag 81 degrees above zero. On top OF
the freezing Temperature last night
Tampa reports Snow fAiliug at day
break and at o'clock the snowsinrm
was increasing. This u unprecedented
In thai latitude. The mercury Tell to
IL degrees above xaso In Jaaksomville
AT Jupiter Il WIS Is. ~ Tampa e and
II Tlsussiiie 1s. At Key West aud Palm
Eeach fAe mercury dropped from 81 10
81 These were the only points In the
stale above freezing. Orange and other
fruit trees a-s probably all killed. ex-
ceps the oldest and toughest of them.
for they were budding and full OF sap.
And therefore particularly susceptible
70 cold. The loss will aggregate many
nxllioIs Of dollars. The average life Of
tree h thirty years. which means
fully twersty prospective crops for trees
now beginning % bear. All carly vege-
tables are ruined. and 100000 boxes OF
strawberries. which wcald have been
shipped FROM February 20 to March 10,
are destroyed. The plants are also
RUINED. ThTe viii probably be no early
strawneTries from Florida this season.
The prediction for tonight Is still lower
Temperature over the entire southern
peninsula.
Nashville. Tenn. Feb. Sit q the
eeldest here. With enc exception. in
Twenty-Five years The thermometer il
& degTees below zero The river IS very
Low here and freezing over
Acfaphis. Tenn. Feb. SIT 10 1910
degrees below zero here. the coolest
since January .. 1886, The river IL FIJI
of Ice ard local Jackets remain at the
bank.
Caasssneoga. Tenn. Feb. SIT Is 3
sclow aero. the lowest sisce asss. A
bowling northwest wind II blowing.
Springfield. o, Feb. Sow pressure
OF sssssarza. gas today compelled The dis
asaissai az most Of The pubic schools ON
acsrouiat os the cold.
Hinton. ". IA. Feb. She thar-
nsofnstsr u frusn II to 80 below IN the
mountains Trains are being DELAYED
from swo 10 twelve hours.
f-sSington. XIV. Feb s.--The therxrof,-
efer at the state college observatory
registered II below zero at s this rr,ory-
srS. the LOWEST since isss.
Ctss e.azid. Fssh s~-T'he blizzard r.ra.s
with unahatssi fury throughout IN. sav
causing faexe or less DELAY u, rsst,xss.;
trans and delnosuiising the street 49,
service. A heavy gale frs,rs the ives,
With the thswfnometrr slighsiv he,aw
aerss. prevailed throughout the eav
causing intense suffering 20 every one
rsstnlNeliFxi - he ent Of doors. TIE
sssfsaA authorities held a ccnfesprsse ara
s.sviaea u closa ali the schools IN the
csty az room. owing 10 The extreme exaig
.'sekseHellle. Fla. Feb s-as ia
oeissck hast might The thArx4sn,nessr -
1srsssasisle registered IS degrees have
a d1scp OF 20 degrees during the
Afternoon. Al Tallahassee iclcles )
fsot hong for4aea in the park. Iea q
forming in oeala
Atlanta. Ca. ren s,-@The semnar..
ture AZ o'clock hast evening e.,s !
degrees above sep and falling steadily.
ishfls RsSsk. Ark. Feb s.-Ths e~.,a
est weather known In this state In the
nsoath OF February was experienced
here yesterday. when at . a. m. the
Thermometer registered : degrees below
Zero. IN the country Wild beasts have
been made desperate and many tales q.
adventure arw reported. Near nanysile
while Mrs. Baker was milking. a HE
hear entered her hcsse and made ~,
with her t-ycsr-oid child Mrs. RaSer
gave chase with dog ard res~yxe~s.x,
she chsid. which had been hassfy nstssn
Wolves, fanthers ans other animals
arr making the nigfss hseeN.S In she
bottoms. Reports from farmers show
enormous boss in cattle. sheep and hogs
Omaha. rvb s--Tnere are no lnates.
sicsas that any deaths resulted frA;s, ss,e
fssssard. bat fears os great suffering IN
the destitute districts are ensrrtatn.>,s
Al chad-cn stock Is suffering severely
II WAS - dexrwes below zero there.
Mehste, Feb s--The weather h. 90.
coolest "a ten years. All Vegetables : :.
killed, Tire ioss viii be sererai hundred
thousand dollars