The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-14

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| vania suffers With New York in the
Matter of Fruit-An the Way From
Biighting Frost to HowIing Blizzard in
Michigan and wisconsin--Frost Belt
Extends into Dakota-Kansas Affected
I in a Very Slight Degree.
| New York, May 13.-Dispatches from
various parts Of the state report a cold
wave with freezing temperature at
many points. Ice formed in Rockland
| Duchess and other counties Fruit
! trees and vegetables have been damaged
| considerably.
New York, Hay 13.-Reports from
many sections of the state indicate
| that last nights frost did an immense
amount of damage to growing vege-
| tables, crops and fruits kilograms
from Dunkirk state that the entire
| grape crop Of the Chautauqua grape
| belt was ruined. The loss is estimated
at s1,500,000 nthis belt.
The Chautauqua grape belt extends
through Erie county, westward to Erie.
1t occupies a strip from six to eight
miles in width along the southern shores
| of Lake Erie.
The number Of acres bearing grapes
last year was $4,000. This wear 81. 900
| 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 nothing but bleckened ruins and
nave the appearance of having been
VISITED by fire. Three thousands six
; Hundred cars were loaded from the belt
last season.
AT Westfield the vines are entirely cut
GOWN Some growers viii plough up
their vineyards and return to the old
style Of general farming. Brockton.
generally known as the center OF the
Chautauqua grape belt is in mourning
To-Day. Nothing is raised there but
grapes and the frost last night cut them
all down.
jerry Hickman, the millionaire grow
er ana VINE manufacturer says the loss
IN the belt this seasonsrap edtfKvaasi
in the belt by reason of the destruction
cone the grapes will reach at least s.
tOO,OOO. His own loss he estimates al
SZooOoo. At Fredonia nothing of the
grape crop can be saved
Bufalo, n. Y, May 13.-Dispatches
from all over western New York prove
mat this section of the state has suffer-
ed from the frost. Along the grape
belt IN Chautauqua county, the Crane
growers take a melancholy outlook and
some dispatches state that the crop is
entirely destroyed. In Niagara county,
where small fruits are freely raised.
there is a disposition to take a gloomy
view or the ravages of the frost Con-
sefVatlve judges think the damage not
general or severe. Next to grapes,
STRAWBERRIES perhaps, have been more
severely hurt. In Allegheny county the
lowest temperature is reached % de-
grees. and it is likely that all kinds of
fruits have been damaged. Dispatches
from western Ontario indicate that the
temperature was very low and the
damage perhaps very much heavier
than on this side of the border.
Bufalo, N. Y, May 14.-Later re-
ports do not take anything away from
the hrst best estimates of the damages
done by the last nights frosts. On the
contrary, the destruction is found to
be rather more general than was at
hrts thought. Crops lying along the
lake front naturally felt the frost in a
less degree, but indications from the
INLAND belt are that the crop is almost
destroyed. The damage to the grape
crop in this section is estimated by Mr..
Gerry Hickman of Brockton the mil
, lionaire grape over, at 81. 500 900. Be-
SIDES that done to the grape crop, the
INJURY to the apple, cherry and other
1rult trees is very considerable. 1t will
be some days before an accurate esti-
mate OF the total destruction can be
made
Geneseo, N Y, May 13.-The mercury
touchaed so here this morning. Much
damage to fruit is expected.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 13.-This morn
ing the thermometers in and about
PlttsburS marked so degrees There
was a heavy frost and i'm many places
ice an eighth of an inch thick was
formed Most of the early garden
truck and small fruits were DESTROYED
Nearly all the apples on low ground
are frosted. Reports from all over
western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio
and West Virginia, indicate that the
frost was as severe there as here.
Erie, Pa. May 13-The grape crop
in this section will be a complete fail
ure because of last nights frost. In
this county 1000 acres of VINEYARDS
were destroyed and in Chautauqua
county, n. Y, easily 5000 acres are
| ruined. These vineyards in good years
net 500 an acre, so the financial loss
TO the grape growers in the two coun-
ties will reach S1,500,000.
Pittsburg, May 13.-Eastern Ohio.
western Pennsylvania and western Vir
ginia were visited last night by a heavy
white frostThe mercury dropped 70
- degrees and in exposed places ice
formed a quarter of an inch thick
Garden truck and grapes were nipped.
Blue Fields, w. Va. May ia kill
ing frost visited this section last night
and ii is feared that il damaged fruit
10 considerable extent
Cincinnati, May 1S-The United
States weather bureau reports a killing
frost at Pittsburg, Cleveland. Columbus
Parkersburg, w. Va, and Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, this morning. Frost at these
points means a large area where great
damage has been done 10 fruit and
Negetab les, and possibly 10 wheat.
Cleveland, o, May 13.-Telegrams re-
ceived from points throughout the state
show that the heavy frost of last night
was most disastrous. In many places
gardens and all kinds of fruit were
killed.
Detroit, Mich, May 13.-Snow storms
are reported tonight from all principal
points in western Michigan and from
the northern peninsula and upper por-
tons of the southern peninsula. The
consensus Of dispatches from this re-
gion is that If the wind abates fruit
viii be badly frozen. Early vegeta bles
and small fruits have already greatly
suffered and there are graVest appre-
tensions regarding the entire crop.
Meniminee, Mich, May IA howl
ing blizzard passed over the city last
night and snow is three 10 four inches