The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-07
Eastern STATES Covering Unde
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Was moving on the Inspn PneS1e.
Kansas City. Feb. e.-Biind1ux es,ou
ana sand sforms and rapidly fa1iisx
thermcmeter have combines within an
last tWensy-four hours to create fhe
worst blizzard that has prevailed ii IL
southwest IN years. The weather. bexnn
70 grow colder today, and each Aour sl1xse
lhen has marked steady decline ID tho
thermometer. The local weather ofaca
preoacts that the cold wave will reach
Ito height touaorrou morning. when 15
peloW Zero will likely be- recorded. At q
Q clock this morning the mercury regis
Tered - above. It rapidly fell, and ct 10
p M. was at about zero. and still on the
aeciiue. a Hike fall 10 noted throughout
the whole Southwest, particularly in
western Kansas. where much suffering
already exists. In some places the cold
- 30 intense that outdoor business has
been suspended.
a northwest wind amounting almost 10
q gale Is drifting the SHOW badly and
causing damage TO telegraph wires and
street car traffic The Union Pacific sys-
tenn Is practically showed up. and all
Trains are late. In the country the storm
sweeps across the prairie and open fields
with 2 resist1ess force. II is estimated
fnsf At least 500 families In the four Kan
sas counties OF Cheyenne. Rawiins. Sher-
man and Thomas are without fuel.
majority OF the farmers are scauti,y
Clad and. while the sod houses In which
most OF them live are warm, the storm.
u lons-confinued. viii cause great suf-
1ering. Measures OF relief adopted by the
Kansas legislature vii, immediately be
put into eject.
Clearfieid. Pa. Feb. Sat & O'Clock the
thermometer registered 20 below zero.
Buffalo, Feb 6-Thsrteen and three
tenfhs degrees below zero was recorded
this morning, the lowest temperature
ever reoorded here with the exception OF
the 9Th OF January. 1854. when the Their
nYomefer registered ls5 below.
Albany. n. Y. Feb. Sat O'Clock this
morrdng 20 degrees below zero Was reg
istered.
Lebanon. Kan. Feb. 6.--T1e worst
sanistorm thAt was ever known here conn
menced about . o'clock this mornsng. 1t
Is no better ait this writing, p m. All
trains arc blocked. there being 1--WE feet
OF sand on the tracks here
Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 6.--The blizzard
set In here at O'Clock this morning. The
thermometer fell rapidly and at noon ii
was At zero.
New York. Feb. s.--T'his Is the coolest
day here since December 81. 1880. when
the thermometer registered below Zero
and the third coolest on record Today
at q. IN. the weather bureaus thermom-
eter. 800 feet above broadway. registered
below. at . q. M. zero. and at 10 d. NJ. z
above.
Boston, Feb. s.-Seven degrees below
zero has broken the seasons record. A
northeast gale which has been blowing
since yesterday has added to. the eiscom-
fort Suburban car lines are badly
blocked and incoming trains are late.
There are no vessels sailing and few ar
irving
Philadelphia, Feb. e-Tne thermometer
registered 3 below zero this morning. the
coolest weather experienced in this city
for fifteen years.
Pittsburg. Feb. 6--For three days the
mercury has registered below zero. Last
night II dropped to 6 below For the first
time in many years both rivers are frozen
over. shortage of natural gas has
caused much suffering, and many fa,ni-
Hes have Teturned to using coal.
Minneapolis. Feb. 6.--Dsspatches from
many South Dakota points tell OF blind
ing snowstorms. wind forty to nifty miles
an hour. and the mercury 10 to Is degrees
below zero
Miles City. Mont. Feb. s.--Last nights
was one OF the worst storms ever knows
In Montana. Spencer Henry. William
Moore and l. T.. Parish left In the after
noon for a ranch fifteen miles from town
in a sleigh. but became lost In the hills
Henry walked into town this afternoon
and reported his companions frozen 10
death.
Quincy, ILL.,. Feb. 6.-Thc present cold
spell II a record breaker. The therrnom-
etef has been down TO - below this week.
and under zero almost constantly for ten
days. Tonight blizzard Is raging ard
the mercury steadily sinking.