Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-09
severe. Travel Is blocked nearly every

severe. Travel IL blocked nearly every
where Much suffering II reported
Reports from Rockaway Beach. Coney
Island. Fire. Island. Sag Harbor, East
port and many other points. say the
storm Is the worst known In many years.
Fire Island reports two schooners ashore
near there one at Point OF woods the
other at Lone Hill. The crew of the
schooner ashore at the first-named place
were safely landed. but at last advices the
crew Of the other schooner had not yet
been saved. They are lashed TO the rig
rjDg and must suffer intensely.
var ROckaway reports that steamer is
saifto bee ashore at Long Beach, but can
not confirm the statement. Far Rock
away also reports a serious railroad acci-
dent near that place. An engine on the
Long Island railroad was derailed ana
overturned The fireman was killed out
right. and the engineer was caught under
until he dled. The temperature at the spot
was below
At other Points.
BEAVER FALLS PA. February s.
Christian Straub. for twenty wears an
employee OF Hall. Spear & Co. plow
manufaciqrers was found ,ns Gead 3a 9a bsd ,ng
evidently fallen out OF bed during the
night and was frozen to death. He was
In well-to-do circumstances.
PERISHED IN THE COLD.
GALLlPOlslS. -, feoIHiry
Henry. 4-year-old boy living In Hunt
ington township. wandered away from
home last night while his parents wer
absent He was overcome by the coiu
and pershed. being found dead IN
ravine AT / O'Clock this morning covered
with snow.
FATAL EXPLOSION OF a HEATER.
OMAHA. NEB.. February S.-Charles
Forman was boiled alive by IN. explosion
OF "A steam-heater in his fathers resi-
dence this morning. The wateT-plpe Ito%e
and the heater exploded.
DISASTROUS TIDAL WAVE.
BOSTON. February S.--A Halifax dis;
patch 10 the Globe says: One huiutel
houses and business buildings have been
swept away at Cape Breton by an aWlui
tidal wave. IT is believed many hVes
were lost
RELIEF COMING.
CHICAGO. February s.-There, was a
general Improvement In the weather con-
ditions throughout the NoItnMe u, !,
states to-day. Chicago this morning being
colder than other suffering cities heaiet
the North Pole. At A. NJ. the oillclai
temperature was 10 degrees below Zgro,
the coolest here Tor seVeIal NeaIS, ~
thermometer. however. had sky-upWaiu
tendency during the dav, ana to-hlsht
the record is below. with Indications o.,
"A continuance at that figure Tor several
days. The rise In tcmpefature hhpINEIi,. "a
the railroad and mail situation at nearly
an points north and west OF chicago.
nh, storm PASSED tn the east. and trains
from that direction are now me victims.
Some ~ them are nearly half a day ldte.
Reports from the West show an Hh-
pf0voment i'm the weather.
ST. LOUISS COLDEST.
ST. LOUIS. February S.-The coldest
weather ever recorded by the signal ser
vice here In February. Seven uegreeS ne pc.
low were the figures. \ high wind drove
the drv snow in n binding storm. To-
nieht the mercury Is at zero and slowly
rising.
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON. D. C., February y
4 day Of intcnsa cold and dlscoint ,, or,
heightened by a driving gale has been
followed hv night quite as frleid ana
windy The Potomac, from the Maiylanl
10 tho Virginia shore. Is for cOnsldefable
distance down the river a suohs iii'4
contract field Of ice. The trains from
all directions still fail 20 arrive on scheIi-
al. time. and as consequence an ildh7
The street railways are making their
rc.rlIar trims but the conductors ana
drivers have Notwithstanding generous
bounding and padding Of garments, SUI
fer . as never before Ihe streets nay
h.en deserted by all excepting those VINO
were absolutely forced to b. in the air.
and the prospect FOR u temperature that
will be more agreeable IS yet some hours
4 driving westerly wind. that cuts Ike
razor" piles higher tonight the drifts
OF last nights Storm and drives promptly
Z, cover al who arr not oDlig % sup.
NIT 70 its chill embrace Altogether. II
has been an unprecedented Winter-day III
Washington. -,.... ....
tcrdav rolled into th- Pennsylvania depot
an 1910 tonight. and her passengers re-.
f,u.J a stormy experience that none or