The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-23
ChiCagoeSe Relieved by Drop
of Twenty-Five Degrees
in Eight Hours.
HEAVY DOWNFALL OF SNOW
Several Central and Western States
Buried Under a Mantle
of White.

september week which the people or Chl-
cago have experienced in over twenty
years was followed tonight by sudden
cold. The temperature all day was as
high as on any day during the phenomenal
hot spell, the thermometer at P. NJ. regis
tering at the United States bureau 81 de-
grees. At II clock tonight the mercury
in the Auditorium tower showed 66 de-
grees, drop of Is degrees in eight hours.
The temperature is falling slowly as the
great cold blast from the northwest ap-
proaches in all its relieving force.
There were a half dozen serious prostra-
tons from the heat during the day and one
death. William Walters, an employe of
the North Chicago Street Railroad, fell
dead while at work.
The advance of the cold wave about
o'clock was heralded by wind of great
velocity, which did some damage to prop
erty and continued while the heated at
mosphere was being rapidly cooled. Rain
also added TO the meteorological phenom-
ena of the day.
Ten deaths from heat directly were
recorded for the week ending last night,
and many serious prostrations. The
total number OF deaths for the week
was 517, a great increase over the
same week last year. The record of
horses killed by heat was broken the num-
Der being $50. The maximum temperature
for the week was 81. The majority of
deaths were infants, thirty-one in one day
being the highest.
There had been strong wind from the
south all day, and when the change came
at O'Clock the wind veered suddenly to
the north and blew on the city at forty
mile rate. Great plate-glass display win
dows In two prominent State-street dry
goods stores were blown in, and all Sec
tons of the city suffered proportlonately.
Pendant signs were torn from their fasten-
ings and blown about the streets pro-
miscuously, making navigation extremely
dangerous for pedestrians. The great
clouds of dust stirred up by the storm
were another source of discomfort until
the rain began falling, and then the whole
population sought warmer clothing and
an early return to shelter.
BUFFALO, WYo., Sept. 22.-An equi-
noxial storm started here on the 18th with
a severe gale, continuing all day and night,
accompanied by snow. Last night the
temperature dropped below the freezing
point, and heavy snow fell all night and
lasted until tonight The weather is now
partly clear, with temperature at 81 de-
grees above zero. Fully foot of snow
fell on the level, which has formed in
drifts, making travel difficult The storm
was felt more severely on account of there
not having been previously cold enough to
produce frost.
The excessive moisture at this season
will be grand for next seasons range,
although fatal to late crops, which balmy
weather had induced delay in harvesting
The Oldest settlers have never before seen
so severe blizzard at this season.
OMAHA, NEBR., Sept. pa tremend-
Gus cold wave came upon this region last
night. Two inches of snow fell at Lead,
S. D., and snow fell over parts of Western
Nebraska and Wyoming. The mercury
dropped 81 deg. in twelve hours here,
ranging from SO yesterday to AZ this morn
ing. A very heavy rain fell here most of
the day and is threatening to fall tonight.
Very little damage to crops is antici-
pated, for the very warm days of the past
two weeks put the corn out of danger of
frost
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 22.-The hot
spell of two weeks just past was broken
to-day. A terrific gale prevailed all day,
blowing so miles an hour until 1890
o'clock, when the cold wave accompanied
by rain came, the mercury dropping very
rapidly. Tonight there is every indica-
ton of frost.
DENVER, CoLo., Sept. 22.-The damage
done to the fruit interests by the heavy
snowfall of last night is beyond computa-
ton. In the vicinity of Denver fruit and
shade trees were broken by the weight of
the heavy snow freezing to the limbs yet
in full leaf, and scarcely tree for miles
around escaped injury. Reports from the
interior show the same deplorable condi-
tions, varying only in degree. While the
fruit-growers may save most of the ma
tured fruit out of the wreck, the more
serious injury is in the broken trees and
shattered trunks. Telegraph and telephone
lines suffered locally from the same cause
The snowstorm was general all over the
State, the amount varying from four to
twelve inches.
To-day the sun shone clear, but did not
succeed in melting al the snow that lay
on the ground. The indications are favor
able for killing frost tonight.
QUINCY, ILL, Sept. GA cold wave
swept over this section shortly after 4
P. NJ, and by 6 o'clock the temperature fell
40 degrees.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. pa drop of 20
degrees in temperature was recorded here
at 6 P. NJ. to-day from that of the same time
yesterday. A high wind from the south,
veering westerly, prevailed all day, and at
5 P. NJ. reached velocity of thirty five
miles an hour. At P. M. the thermom-
eter read 63 degrees.