Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-02-09
A Real Arctic
....WaVeIet.
Cold all Over the Country 30
Degrees Below Zero.

Cold all Over the Country 30
Degrees Below Zero.
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
Of this week were bitter cold days;
but Yesterday capped the climax. In
Worcester county the mercury hung
around the zero mark and caused
pedestrians to take on lively gait.
The steamer PocomOke was unable to
make her trip Wednesday on account
of the ice in the river and bay and it
looks at this writing As though she
will not be here to-day
Thursday morning found good
fall of snow on the g-ound AMI the
.'beautiful' came down nearly all day.
Sleighing has been fine and nearly
everyone who could rig up an outfit
has been ENJOYING the sport.
i North Of us the weather has been
terribly cold. \ telegram from New
York on Wednesday says;
This has been the coolest day in
wears. The Thermometer was six de-
grees above earl Y this morning, and
by noon il was 10. Since it has been
steadily falling, until ut midnight on
the street at Perry's pharmacy i, was
even zero.
The cold was so intense and the
brisk wind blowing so bitter that husi-
ness down town was practically suspen-
'led after 3.I5 o'clock, and before nine
in the evening the portion of the city
below the bridge was given over to an
occasional reporter or policeman.
Owing to the insense cold weather
that has prevailed along the coast for
the past - hours, all the STEAMSHIP ps ar
irving at this port to day presented
an imposing and beautiful spectacle,
with their hulls, decks, spars aud rig
ging coated with ice from six to ten
inches in thickness.
The steamship Justin. which reached
quarantine about noon, looked like a
modera,e-sized floating iceberg. Her
decks. rails and rigging we're u solid
mass Of ice. Her sailors experienced.
considerable difficulty in getting about
the decks, and suffered much from the
severe cold. The steamship Ardan-
corrach, from Cieniuegos. had fine,
warm weather until passing To the
northward of Hatteras. when the
wind shifted to the northwest, accom-
panied by heavy seas, and the Their
mometer rapidly tell. When the YES
sci sighted Barnega, early in the
morning the wind was blowing with
terrific force. Great seas broke over
her, and the spray froze instantly on
reaching the decks and rigging.
The little British schooner Southern
Cross, which arrived from the Mos
quite Coast, laden with cargo Of CO.
coanut, on being towed in the Narrows
presented the appearance of an ice
ship her decks, sides and house being
covered with ice three feet in thick
ness. The little vessel had been on
the coast for over five days. owing to
strong headwinds, and when Barnegat
was sighted last evening the wind
hauled to the northwest and gradually
increased in force.
The vessel labored and plunged
heavily, shipping large quantities Of
water. which froze as quickly rs it
touched her decks. Her sails, rigging
and everything on deck soon became
one mass of ice. causing much danger
and difficulty in navigating the vessel,
particularly AS a portion OF her crew
were Mosquito Indians AMI unable to
withstand the fierce weather. Two OF
the Indians were severely frost bitten
about the hands and feet. Fortunate
ly, tug fell in with the Southern
Cross when about 20 miles south of
Sandy Hook at 10 Il. M, aud lowed
her safely into port.
FROM PHILADELPHIA.