The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-14

ANtN+@4 X -11s l4--~lHeS morning The
'aeT;n ofneters Il and about Pittsbur<
marked - degrees. There was a heavy
irost and In n-any places ice ar eighth
ot an inch thick was formed Most Of
me early garden truck ard small fruits
We're destroyed. Neariy all the apples on
low ground are frosted Reports from all
over Western Pennsylvania Eastern
Ohio and West Virginia indicate that the
fross was as severe there as here.
New York. May l2.-Reports from many
sections OF the state indicate thai las
nights frost did an immense amount Of
Damage 70 growing vegetables. crops and
Iruit- kilograms from Dunkirk state
that the entire grape crop OF the Chau-
ta1gua grape belt was ruined The loss
IS estimated al $.5eu0oo in this oslt.
The Chaatauqua grape belt extends
through Erie county westward 10 Erie.
II occupies strip from six 10 eight miles
n width along the southern shores OF
Lake Erie. The number OF acres bearing
grapes last year was y, ,eJa. This year
$3.50 acres would have been bearing. The
vines were loaded with blossom buds last
evening, and today from one end OF the
belt to the other the vineyards are moth
ing but blackened ruins. and have the ap-
Tseanauce OF having been visited by fire
Three Thousand six hundred cars were
loaded from the belt last season.
A Nes1 field the vines were entirely cut
down. Some growers will plough up their
vineyards and return to the old style of
general farming. Broekton. generally
known as the center of the Chautauqua
grape belt, Is IN mourning today. No hing
is raised there but grapes and the frost
last night cut them all down. Jerry
Hickman. the millionaire grower and wine
manufacturer. says the loss in the belt
done 10 grapes viii reach al least See..-
90, His own loss he estimates at S25e.-
oSo.
a. r<-oa.,4o -.o.Asr~ - = .oa zra,a crov
can be saved.
Erie. Pa. Day ls.-The grape crop IN
this section will be complete failure be-
cause of last nights frost. In this Coun-
y 400 acres OF vineyards were destroyed.
and in ChautauQua county. y. Y, easily
$500 acres are ruined. These vineyards
il good years net $50 an acre, SO the
financial loss TO the grape growers IN the
two counties will reach 81 .500.1so.
Buffalo. May l3.-Dispatches from all
over Western New York prove that this
section of t--- state has suffered from the
frost. Along he grape belt in Chautau-
qua county the grape growers take
melancholy outlook. and some messages
state that the crop is entirely destroyed.
In Niagara county. where small fruits are
frequently raised there is disposition
TO take gloomy view OF the ravaScs OF
the frost, but conservative judges state
that the damage IS not general or severe.
Next TO grapes strawberries. perhaps,
have been most seriously hurt. In Allie
gheny county the lowest temperature re-
corded was = degrees. and IL Is likely all
kinds OF fruit have been damaged.
Dispatches from Western Ontario inil-
cate that the temperature was very low
there and the damage perhaps very much
hsavier than on this side Of the border.
Besides that done 10 the grape crop.
the injury 10 the apple. cherry and other
e. Fazisi iafe I
he some days before an accurate estt
mate Of the total des, ru ton can he made.
Detroit. MAY IS.-Snow storms are re-
ported today from all principal points in
Western Michigan. from the northern
peninsula and from portions OF the south
err nef,fnsuia. The consensus OF dis
patches from this region IS that II the
wind ahates fruit viii be badly frozen.
Early vegetables and small fruits have al
readv greatly suffered and there are the
rravest apprehensions regarding the en-
tire crop.
Cumberland. Wis. May i3-There was
very heavy frost throughout this region
mis- morning. killing nearly all kinds OF
vegetation. The ground was frozen hard
enough 20 bear up a team OF horses on the
ernst of the plowed land.
%sarah WIS. May 13-The snoWstoTrn
LAST night destroyed numerous fruit trees
ln thfs vicinity. The snow was SO WEI that
4
the small trees we're ieveled % the ground
Srow zen again this afternoon. hut & was
light
s7sYta. Wis. May 19-The heavy froSts
killed all the grapes IN this vicinity pf
ths hundreds 81 acres u small fruits only
aho1lt % 20 X per cent. OF the stTa"'oeFrles
were damaged.
Chicago. NEay -s-Prof. Moore. OF the
r-vi.c,f states yvea +her bureau here 20
3av said '.The prospect Is that the
greatest damage viii res1it 70 the peden
growers Of Michigan. The fne weather
~ tho last few weeks has brought toe
trees afcuE - a point where they VIII be
NOS. susceptible 70 cold TIE cold wave
= bound directly for Michigan. too. and
VIII stir up soue northwest winds thst
Nfl make matters worse
C,htvseo shtvered in a temperature q
4, sar~.-es TO-DAY. WITH a heavy gale blow
Ing or the lake and promise ~ colder
weather tonight.
Nmw York. NAV Es-D!spatChe9 from the
e-r.eperro wing section 81 this state report
thaf the wires have oeen ha:ly damaged
by the frost Il Sa'uTvfay ana SanatY
nirhr one of the largest growers IT The
ststa tr,frraatex that the total damage 70
the crop vii be s2.0sooso
fo,,rhir,x y Y May i2-Suftday n!Chi :
er,zf aesolatei the CGsutauqaa eTaTe
hal- TIE vineyards appear black. As K
s~.a N,T IN SSe~s over them. fHtfsleE~ Ee-
-. ar srnau fruits ba3ly damaged
e-he~ries arli strawher-ses are entirely DE-
StTaN -.
Washington C{ty. Nav iG-T31e weather
t,f,~ss.p furnishes the following crop h'3i-
1>,ir. Tire unusually warm weather taAt
.,,..,a f'r,f last week throughout the Mis-
s9g~4 a0l 4rper Mississippi valleys. the
tan-ar lake region. the middle Atlantic
states snH New England haS been follow
45 hY a uaVe - extremely low tciFil*%& &-
tst~s aNceesfn4y ln many rases he record
~ a1v uraS ts.s var for the f~Ss half Of
Nav. The warm wave began o0 Wessnes-
3sv me sen r. me Missouri valley, with
8 maximum te-3 rperzttIre ranging from -
degrees - I7e 1eEvees. and -n0Vs3 sraau-
arv eastsa~1 reaching the rui53le At
lantA, Sratex aa3 New England Frl3aT
4 rspol wave set iu IN the <or.hR-eE; Fri
ssv rieht Frosts were reported SEtar-
ssx morning a< FAR south as Kansas and
II zsag4rs Tnsy exter les - fhe Atlantis
~eaSt Nv -his morning rro1uciuE ilSst
f-s,sts as far south as CsattaHooEa ard
f.y-'-haurg Killing fros-s occtsrvf-i Ss.n-
sav -sornlrS tr Nearsssa- Iowa aas
Ns-rfxIa ara thss no~ninx ln Mt-h .ean.
tsA.a a Wsse virginia Warn.-Es ~
these fraSts were sect out ~ tAe W. er
f.av-au On ghe sav presiding rfetr o-s.tr--
-,.-.-.s 20 as she Districts Affected. SsscVrs
e--..--.ss sloax fhe lakes r. Nt-hssla ard
VISIONS \ Storm v.s.s-A Developed
s.-Assnlv during S1e iasf twenty four
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