Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-01-11
ICE, SNOW AND WIND
Atlantic Coast Reports Great Loss
of Life and Property.
THE ORANGE CROP A FAILURE
The South Has u BAD Taste of New Eng
land Ciimate-Isad Wrecks on
the British Coast,

jacksonville. Fla. Dec. 31.-The mer-
curry went down to IA degrees above
zero at the signal station in this city
just before sunrise this morning, this
record being one degree colder than the
temperature during the great freeze Of
1886. and the lowest since 1895 The
thermometer is at station 100 feet
above ground. and the surface readings
about town average from 10 TO three de-
grees lower Reports from Titusville.
Tampa, Ocala. Gainesville. Paiatka and
Sanford indicate that the mercury
dropped to about IS above zero i'm these
localities. The orange and vegetable
crops are practically ruined. The best
estimate places the number of oranges
on trees at fully $500. 900 boxes, and the
officials of the Florida Fruit Exchange
been frozen, either wholly or in part.
If this estimate is correct the remain
ing 100000 boxes will bring fabulous
prices. These reports cannot be verified
until tonight or tomorrow, but the best
1.-The jig is up with the oranges of 1893
a." Ice formed on the streets of Jack
sonville this morning.
BATTLED WITH WAVES.
st. Johns, N. F., Dec. 5i.--Two dam
aged steamers arrived here this morn
ing. The Boston City, from London
December Is for Halifax, reports a fear
full experience. She only had q light
cargo, about 600 tons, and rolled terribly
when the seas We're heavy. She expert
enced the worst gale of the passage
yesterday forenoon, about $50 miles
from here. Her spare propeller broke
adrift, tore up the deck and crashed
through the Strboard side. Then, when
she rolled to port, the propeller caromed
across the deck and drove through the
port side. Seas rushed in through these
two holes at fearful rate, and it was
feared the ship would sink. but thanks
to the steam pumps the Boston City
managed to keep above water until she
made port.
The British steamship Lord O'Neil,
from Baltimore December 10 for Dublin,
put in short of coal. The Lord O'Neil
tried to make this port last week, but
contrary gales drove her 200 miles off
the coast, and then she tried to continue
her voyage across the Atlantic. She
was compelled to abandon the attempt
on account of strong contrary winds.
Her deck, bulwarks and stanchions are
damaged by seas, and the crew was
utterly exhausted when this port was
made.
STORMS OFF ENGLAND,
London, Dec. 3l.-The weather is cold
throughout Great Britain. Gales are
blowing and SHOWS generally reported.
Several trains are snowbound in Scot
1nt hoA
ard, passenger train has been blocked
in snow since yesterday. In Scotland
the snowstorm was accompanied by
lightning. A terrible gale is raging
over South Durham, and another storm
Is sweeping the coast of Essex, doing
much damage in the east and north of
that country. The sea Is very high.
and much damage has been done to
shipping.
The gale in the channel continues,
and life boats at various points along
the coast have accomplished many he
roic rescues. The Ramsgate (KenD
life boat crew put to sea at midnight
and did not return until some time be-
fore noon, bringing ashore, however,
the crew of the schooner Union, wreck
ed on Goodwin sands. At Holyhead the
bodies of ten of the crew of the British
bark Osse, from Taltal, Chill, for An
drassman, Scotland, have been washed
ashore.
OFF SPAIN.
Bilboa. Spain, Dec. 31.-A heavy gale
has prevailed over the southern part
of Spain for two days. interrupting
Geographic communication. On the
coast heavy seas have been running,
and numbers of vessels have been seek
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