Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-08
The COLD BLAST Of B0lIl'
1T srnvoN THE CITY sru,...
AND WITHOUT v.,,,
Its Eject on the wcaths.
Warmth OF Spring to III. i.
Winter = Water Pipe, -
Trains Diocisndcd. "''

At : o'clock "Wednesday
there was no indication i, ''ns;
proaching northcr to one mia.
the ways OF the weather nv
snow had nearly all disappears ', \ 4
the streets We're covered with NM y, y 4
water. which were It's on,s "'la "
rhere was Il breath OF su,,s s.s
warmth In the air and ola ~. s's'
wiseacres. who were no, T. 'sHis|
auaihled with the tricks old ~ !.
phys us as they fonaly imav,n., s.''i
selves, We're predicting tha, al s 'aa'
was about over and there would /, " 4
more cold. But between 2 ~, y N
past three o'clock Boreau H..
colo as II direct from Green's. |
Icy mountains. struck the civ
less than an hours time ,bs 49,
which had but lately been coys,. ,-'''
with slush We're sheeted oyAr s,'H
or rough with the hard tro,'a :. =
ed up. naa lll,|
The wind blew at a sas.,
through tho long streets ~ 1 ~ i'4
and whistled shrllly around n. W.
ners, playing sad havoc wifi, " ",
and other articles of wear,n, ~
Of unwary pedestrians VII @Ppl'H
caught out on the streets. ;,v ~
WAS very cold, and one ba,,, "sN Z
that the north pole which We NV ~ NJ ~
trying 10 discover so long mun N.
taken notion to come down IA ~ ~
cover us. As the night adysnc" \, 4.
weather grew colder. the Wind ro. \.
ued to blow. and. although no r. y, :
fell. II was altogether n,r6, ~.
made those who had homes clsi !. 4. n
main within them. Those MA
not so fortunate wafa con,en.s ~
iind shelter from thu cold uhs,..-
they could, and many Of ,h.m nv.
the night in q number OF the an ,I,,,
saloons on lower Main stree,
The cold weather was yestard,v a.
chief topic of conversatl)n asr,i
town. A Ga2ett- udan talked MA \
number of old residen " " lort w.
and all Of them agreed that he Wan.
er had not been as cJli befor. 4,
eleven years. In the winter Of mi
however. a cold wave much restnS
Ing the present one did strike TEN
and caused considerable suffering II,
Oldest inhabltant could also rensuig
very cold spell which occurred N
1874. when a great deal Of stock III
ished, although 1t was as late Ia n.
season as March. But none could as
that the present spell" is equal n
GOODNESS TO any of the Others.
At 3 o'clock Thursday morning III
mercury had sunk till It passd sl.|
zero point. and at 6 o'clock Il was tril
degrees below that mark. This is|
cording to all reports, was as low IS n
fell. and later in the day yesleidly h
began to rise. and at O'Clock h Nj
afternoon It stood at ten dtga|
above the zero mark.
The fire ladies congratulated iisr
selves and each other that they val
not called out to any serious fires Isl
cold Wednesday night, for II they Bal
been they felt certain that they Es-l
have been almost almost frozen bsilul
they could have extinguished the fire
Much damage was done, howeyef, n
the bursting OF water pipes In rai1]
the water was frozen. II Is not erPa'|
ed any damage will result from u
cause to the main pipes Of the 81
waterworks. as they are buried % dsil
beneath the surface of the earth VI
large numbers Of smaller pipes wi
plying water TO private residences n
tells and other places with water iih|
suffered. Many such cases have ",
reported to the plumbers already u
the full amount OF damage done y
not be determined until a thaw cqnss
One effect OF the cold was 70 sAsaI
ually enioin Col. Boone and his agne
cation from bringing off yes'eIall
the much discussed wrestling mila
between the lion and bear. and ihal
teresting entertainment had 10 his'|
poned.
Railway traffic has also suffered y
siderably and no trains came y =
the Rock Island road yesterday y y
night. everything being blockaosl
the snow at Harrington, Kan, ana I