The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-16
WOR oT IN YEARS.
The Storm Is Making tho southorner
Shtver These Days

Shiver These Days.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 15.-Thc worst
snowstorm in the memory of the present
generation is now prevailing throughout
Georgia. In Atlanta 1t has fallen heavily
since morning and the ground is covered
with five inches of snow on four inches of
the frozen remains of sundays nights
storm. The trolly car system is para
lyzed and practically no business is being
transacted. Tho streets are given over to
lmproviscd slcighs and merry snowballing
parties are enjoying the unaccustomed
sport.
Rose Coghlan's matinee at the Grand
Opera house had to DO postponed. At
Daren, on the coast, tho ground is COW
cred with snow four inches deep. This is
the first time in the history of this an
cent town that such thing has hap
pened.
Twenty years ago there was a fall of
snow. but it was gone IN two hours. There
has never been such severe spell of
weather as has been experienced for tho
last few weeks. All the orange trees and
early vegetables are killed.
Tnomasville, the famous winter resort,
had a three-nch fall of snow last night
and sleigh bells are ringing in the streets
for the first time in the history of tho
town. At Buchanan the snow and slect
had stopped all sawmills, coaling and
other public works of tho country. In
Telfair county the heaviest snow ever
known in that section fell last night to the
depth of three inches and turned into a
fine slcet this morning. Cattle on the
range are dying from the effects of the
pro racted cold weather.
H,h
children, brother and sister, aged 10 and
~ years, we're frozen to death in tho
Glover district, this county, locked in each
others arm'. The boy had wrapped has
sister il las coat.
ATLANTA. Ca, Feb. I5.-Specials from
South Georgia report unprecelented snow
st rms. Fruit and vegetables are killed,
animals freezing TO death and people suf-
fcring. At Thomasvlllo, a great winter
resort. sleighs are out for the first time in
the story of the city.
DENVER. Coo. Feb. l5.-At Florence,
Colo, tuo mercury dropped p degrees be-
low zero last night, which resulted in tho
total loss of two carloads of California
oranges.
ALBUQUERQUE, y. NJ. Feb. I5.-Ioso
Carab j,i aud his son, Juan. have been
found frozen to death on the mesa east of
this city.
BALTIMORE, Feb. IA private tele-
gram states that a party of Baltimore
men has been shipwrecked on an island
oir The coast of North Carolina. Tue
steamer was caught in the severe storms
and wrecked near the island. The pas
senzers took the life boat and reached
land.
MADRID, Feb. l5.-The river Segura,
which flows through the provinces of Muir
cia and Alicante into the Mediterranean,
has oyerilowed. \ portion OF the cIty of
Orihula i inundated. The railway 10 Al
cante 5 submerged. There Is also a s.ri-
GUS flood IN the Gaudiaquiver river. Tr.-
ami. a suburb OF Seville, Is under water.
The river Iaguk Is rising and the town of
Aranajos. about 80 miles southeast OF
Madrid, where there ls royal palace, Is
threatened with inuuda;ion.
MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 1.-The electric
cars are interrupted by a heavy fall OF
snow. Snow IS reported ~ Savannah.
Georgia. and Tallahassee, Florida.
DALLAS Tex, Feb. IJ.-Reports from
Wednesdays snow storm from all oyer
the satc sum n up as without parallel IA
the history of Texas. the whole surface
of the state was robci ia white. 4 most
singular fac, Is yhag the deepest snow fell
IN the gulf counties. There were Il inches
al Galveston.