The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09
SUNNY SOUTH IN A SILVER.
THE COLD At NEW ORLEANS NOT
EQUALIcD SINCE 1856.

The Temperature Fails TO at
MOntgOmery-Went Below Zero at
Memphis-CharlestO In the Cold.
/ New Orleans, Feb. S-This is the coolest
[ spell that has visited this section since
the winter Of 1876. on Jan .. Of that year
the thermometer dropped to Is degrees.
and minimum was reached her last
night Of l6 degrees, which came danger
/ ously near touching the very lowest rec
/ ord ever made in New Orleans. The local
observer said this morning that he feels
/ confident that his Instruments did not reg
/ lister the exact temperature as the observ-
| atory is on the top Of the custom house.
and in his opinion. the heat from the
| building, which is kept perfectly warm
/ during the night, had more or less effect
/ upon the Instruments and probably
| caused them to record q degree or two
/ above what was correct. He is under the
/ impression that this is as cold as it has
ever been known before in New Orleans
Galveston, Tex. Feb. S.-For the second
| time in the history of Galveston, the bay
| froze over. The first time was in January
1886, and since then the Thermometer never
| fell so low as it did to-day, when it stood
/ at 10 degrees above zero. which was one
/ point lower than yesterday. Millions OF
/ fish were frozen and the tetties and reefs
| along the waters edge are lined with
| them. Thousands of the fish were gathered
| up by the poor, They did not freeze as
I completely as in 1886.
/ Montgomery, Ala. Feb S.-The ther.
! mometer reached degrees above zero
| here at O'Clock this morning. This is the
/ lowest since January, 1856. when the mer-
curry recorded degrees Oove. To-day has
been sunny, but the cold has continued
] and the thermometer now registers 20
/ degrees. No report has been received Of
/ injury to human beings or stock In this
section. Business has been practically sus-
/ pended.
Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. s.-The mercury
/ registered degrees below zero this morn
] ing, the lowest on record, with one ex-
/ ception, IN twenty-five years. The mean
/ temperature for the last "a hours is
degree above, marking the coolest day
/ since the weather bureau was established
here. in 1874. Several cases of frost-bites
are reported. The weather observer says
the thermometer may go to IL degrees be-
! low before morning.
Birmingham, Ala. Feb. S-The unprece-
dented cold spell has continued almost
undated during the past twenty-four
3 ibu4as Al AAluulEul last nlEnI the tnef-
I mometer registered II degrees; at a. m.
10 degrees; at 2 a. m, degrees, and 1890
a. m, 512 degrees, the lowest recorded
/ AT a. m. to-day il stood at degrees, and
/ continued to rise until p. m, when IL
| reached % degrees, after which It began
/ railing, and at p. m. registered 1872 de-
/ grees. The sky Is clear and the wind
light. In the early hours a light snow
fell, but the wind scattered IT, There
are no reports of fatalities to-day, but
stock and the poor people have had Bit
/ ter experience.
Columbia, S. c., Feb. s-To-day has
| been the coldest day ever known in Co.
| lumbia- The lowest point reached was 8
| degrees, al a. IN. The mean temperature
for the twenty-four hours was only IA de-
grees, far below any previous record. The
/ thermometer Is now 16 degrees, degree
! lower than at the same time last night.
/ Trains from the north are about nine
! hours behind schedule time. Business has
been practically suspended all day mere
abouts, the people remaining indoors.
Charleston, S. c., Feb. S.-The freeze
| IN and around this city is the most Sc
we're that has ever been known. At S
! O'Clock this morning the mercury in ex-
\ posed places indicated degrees and in
| the suberbs, among the truck farms. 1t
| went as low as degrees above zero. The
! freeze was accompanied by fierce north
! west gaze, Mnlch sui continues, and which
/ makes life hardly worth living. The houe-
| es in this city not being built for such
/ freezing weather, afford the inmates
comparatively little protection, and the
/ distress, especially among the poor. is
very great At no time during the day has
the mercury gone above %. and the in
/ dicat.ons are that a still lower point will
be reached tomorrow morning. Every
thing in the shape of vegetation Is
| killed on the truck farms, and even in
| the city gardens. The city, noted for
the profusion of its flowers, will be abso-
lutely without spring flowers this year.
Helena, Ga, Feb. S.--The cold wave
struck us yesterday and at sunrise to-day
1t was 4 degrees above zero.
Thomasvile Ca. Feb. S.-The thermom-
eter at the signal station here last night
went down to 111a degrees. This Is "a de-
gree colder than the 2Sth of January last.
1t Killed all gardens and young oats.
But it also means a good fruit year as the
trees will put out late and escape the
spring frosts.
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. s.-The thermom-
eter here this morning reached 2-1O be-
low zero. The river is fun of heavy ice
and navigation is stopped. All trains are
on time.
Atlanta, Ca. Feb. s.-The lowest tenn
perature this morning was one degree be-
istered 13 degrees. Tonight at 10 o'clock
it was at degrees. Great suffering is re-
ported from all over the state.
Charlotte. n. c., Feb. S.-Business here
has been hung up since yesterday after
noon, when the ground was covered with
snow and ice The mercury this morning
was 10 degrees above zero. At midnight
it is degrees above, 4 degrees higher than
at the same hour last night.
Columbus, Ca, Feb. S-The thermome-
ter has registered IL degrees above zero
this morning. The weather has moderated
considerably since No damage has been
done in this section.
Mobile. Ala, Feb. 8-The frost was the
most severe on record, save in January,
1856 The mercury dropped to 11,8 de-
grees at daylight this morning. The day
was calm and sunshiny, and very cold
for this latitude. The temperature has
now moderated somewhat.
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