Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-15
BLIZZARD east ANDWEST
All Sections of the Country Suffered
by Snowstorms.
A REGULAR WINTER CYCLONE.
1t Spread North, East. South and West
Rivers and Harbors Choked With Ice
and Navigation IInpeded - People
Frozen to Death in Various Places
Ice Gorge in the Ohio

Frozen to Death in Various Places
Ice Gorge in the Ohio
Dispatches from all Parts of the United
States showed that the intense cold, from
which New York City and the East
suffered, was widespread. In many
places raging billiards.. the worst ex-
perienced in years. developed, and the
suffering caused was intense. Trains to all
the large cities ran ten and fifteen hours be-
hind time and large number of towns
were storm bound. and business was practi-
caily suspended. On several railroads. nota-
bly, the Union Pacific. trains were stalled.
owing 10 great snow drifts.
Numerous l,tths from exposure. espect-
ally in the West. were reported. Serious
trouble has been caused in Ohio and other
localities where natural gas is generally USED
by the diminutiOn in the supply OF that fuei
and the impossibility of securing an adequate
supply of coal on short notice. From all the
large centres of population news came OF the
most intense suffering among the poor. The
ordinary bureaus for the relief of the destl-
tute were practically paralyzed by the UNI
precedented demands made upon them.
In the northern part of New York State the
thermometer fell to an unusually low point,
reaching "a degrees below zero ar the Thou
low in st. Lawrence County. and lot 10 be
low in Watertown and vicinity. Some of the
cities of the State set idle mechanics 10
breaking stone to prevent widespread starNa'
ton.
In New England the thermometer ranged
from two to thirty-hve degrees below New
London Comm HarbOr is frozen to the
mouth of the Thames River for the first time
in twenty years. and at Portsmouth, N H.,
the Piscataqua River is also frozen. a thing
u-,ia hoS not rad Sin y
The blizzard struck Chicago before 1t was
expected. and early in the morning the Their
mOmeter registered several degrees below zero
and continued its downward course all day,
reaching ten degrees below late in the after
noon. The wind blew from forty to sixty
miles an hour. and fine snow which fell
INSTRUCTED street car traffic. In st. Louis. at
nine o'clock. it was seven degrees below and
the Thermometer fell all day. In Milwaukee,
the day started in with the mercury at eight
degrees below zero and four inch snow fell.
The South and Southwest had their full
share of the blizzard. Texas and Arkansas be-
ing the worst sufferers. In Texas the wind
blew pt the rate of fifty miles an hour and
the thermometer fell below zero. Thousands
of cattle died of exposure. In Little Rock,
Ark, the coolest weather on record there was
experienced, the mercury registering three
degrees below. and in Memphis, Tenn, the
zero mark was reached.
Eastern Colorado reported a blizzard with
farms. The thermometer was below zero
for two days.
Throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware fierce snow prevailed. At mid
night the wind shifted to the northwest and
the snow ceased. The thermometer was
near zero.
Binding snow storms ragged all along the
line of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway.
Snow which fell in Northern Texas eleven
days before was still upon the ground. A
I'd with 10 win tnC
fifty miles an hour, prevailed throughout
Northern Texas.
The blizzard is the worst storm Oklahoma
Territory has experienced in twenty years.
The thermometers register from ten degrees
to fifteen degrees below zero.
A cold wave struck Atlanta Ga. and the
the thermometer fell from forty degrees to
six degrees. A binding snow fell.
Washington City had heavy snow storm.
The thermometer registered five degrees
above zero, The Potomac is frozen.
At Jacksonville, Ind, the ice in the Ohio
stopped, forming a gorge sixty miles long