The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-10
THE VALLEY BLOCKADED.
Engines Covered Up With Snow, and No
Trains Running.
gUCH SUFFERING From THE COLD.
Communication with the Outside Wor'd
Cut on At Many Places-Ihe Mercury
Lower Than for Years Past

AIDED by snow drifts. All trains on the
Valley branch have been abandoned. No
trains have arrived from the North since
Thursday. Tho train from Lexington on
Friday morning reached Strausbufg and
1,ae fbere abandoned. 4 number Of en-
gineq are fast In the drifts, some com
nletcly covered over. TWO engines, at
tacbcI 10 so south from Straus0urg to-
day. bat are stopped az this point by
heavy drifts. between woodstock ana
I,dinburr Winds are not 50 high as yes
torday bat the snow IS still dri.t ting. Inc
country roads are all blockaded. The
weather has become warmer and the
snow is beginning 10 melt in places.
Tho mercury yesterday morning was
f9ur below zero. with heavy winds. Dur
ing the day 81 did not get ten above
zero.
THE CoIpYsr YET.
ASHLAND. VA. Feb. -Special.-Yes-
farday was the coolest day Of the sea-
son here. Many Of the snow drifts are
very deep. and travel on the public roads
IS almost entirely suspended. This is the
worst storm in this section for years.
The mercury was below zero this morn
Ing.
MopFEA7ING N BoCKBBIDGE.
LEXINGTON, VA, Feb. Especial
The weather continues cold. some twenty
degrees above zero. but falling. The Val
icy branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad continues blockaded with heavy
snow drifts. and no passenger or freight
trains were in or out since day before
yesterday. ana the railroad people don't
know when trains Will move. The cOun-
~ roads continue snow blocked
coLDisr sINcl 1881.
a A
storm, lasting from Wednesday until late
Thursday nsht swept over this section,
drifting i'm the roads to such an extent
as 90 render them impossible. No mail
has reached this place since last Thurs
day. The thermometer has ranged from
zero to twelve below, the coolest since 1881.
Relief associations are distributing food
and clothing to many in want.
cHHD IN FLAMrs.
The tcu-year-old daughter Of Thomas
Leek had its clothing to take fire to-day
at "A stove and rushed from the house
onyeloped in flames But for the timely
arrival Of nelghbor who ran to 1t and !
threw the child into a snOwbank, IL would |
have burned to death.
Twelve BELOW zfHo AT MAhIoN.
MARION. VA. Feb. S.-Special.-The |
mercury fell here last night 10 twelve de- |
grees below zero, and has remained be- /
low an day. with "A regular blizzard pre- I
yailng. Many of our poorer people who
were ont OF wood and provisions are be-
ug looked after by our charitably inclined
'iuzeus and their wants supplied. Busi-
ness. which has been very dull for the
past month, IS now almost paralyzed by
Pee present condition of the weather. Feed
or stock is reported scarce in many sec
ions Of the county.
one thing, however, Is plentiful, and
i. ,Ifg
v Offices our people are disgusted with
politics. and the ohice-seekers are the
,res mostly Interested.
rw,NrY BLOW AT ELK HILL.
ELK HILL. VA, Feb. S.-SpeciaI.-T
s. the coolest weather felt in this section
Tor years. Snow commenced falling here
10 4 o'clock Wednesday evening. and
moved continuously for thirty hours,
dosing Up with stiff northwest wind,
which drfted the snow several feet deep
n places, making travel almost impossi-
RLINDNG BLIZZARD.
PAMPLlN CITY. VA, Feb. Especial
On Wednesday about o'clock +. NJ a
heavy snow storm burst upon us. and
'ouad many of our citizens totally unprc-
Jared FOR the intense cold. ON Thursday !
he blizzard struck MS. and the high winds
Tor two lays remind one of the sani
torms of the desert. Under a perfectly
lear sky volumes Of snow were whirled
md drIftcd, untl II many places its
icpth was from three to five fC-t.
Thc thermometer during this time has I
'arleG from six Below zero to twarty
lhOve. If this weather continues there 5
will be much suffering. {
TIE GAME SUFFERING.
ELLERSON. VA, Feb. Especial
N fs.fs
,ecn the coldest of the season, with the
thermometer ranging from zero to Is
bove. There was almost a hurricane
flowing all day Friday, carrying binding
masses Of fine snow. which made all
took, unless We'll projected. suffer great
y. The ground IS covered with about nine
nches of snow, which renders travelling
lmost impossible, as our roads were in
wretched condition before the snow. y
It this writing the thermometer is at 9 a
bovs zero. 5
The game In this section has suffered '
realty. as the ground has been covered o
With snow for nearly two weeks. c
TIL, COLD WAVE uNnRoKrv. :
FREDERlCKSBURG VA. Feb. o. {
peclai The cold wave is Unbroken here. u
20 malls from north OF the Potomac have
cen received since Thursday. The r.. II.
nd =. railroad Uarrow guaeO Pas made
: regular trips on time Throughout the | -
,orms. bringing in, besides local mall. =
1e western mail from Cincinnati and | a.
hicago. Saturdays mail train on this =
,ad was caught in a ten-foot snow drift Il
etween NasOn's and Orange, and had 10 d
Q dug out with shOvels. But little q
'avel in the surrounding country is pos u
bic. on account of Enow drifts. e,
COMPLETELY CUT OPP.
FRONT ROYAL. VA, Feb. Especial
ront Royal has eXpCrieLCed the worst
lzZard in many years. The snow fell
the depth Of foot and then drfted i, y,
that travel is impossible. All trains ~
e snow-bound on all the railroads. al
here has been no mail for two DAYS. and Il
prospect Of any. The thermometer has m
zen below zero for forty-eght hours. co
Geographic communication has been pos o.
bic only within the last few hours. The l
aspects are now that the worst is over.
FrozFS NEARLY TO DEATH.
PETERSBURG. VA, Feb. Especial. n,
n unknown white man was found to- te
ght on Mckenzie street, IN the extreme is
estern part OF the city lying in the sh
Ow. almost frozen to death. lie was oil
ken TO the city jail. whore, at midnight. -, ,a
lies IN an unconscious condition. 90