The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-09

he record Reports from throughout
he state show that the Thermometer
anyed from to 20 degrees below The
thermometer is below at midnight aid
SaturGay promises TO he much warmer.
Charleston, s. c., Feb. S.-The FIRST
Sreath OF the blizzard reached here yes
-erday afternoon about l O'CLOCK The
mercury began to fail steadily. but rap
dly fell from So at L. clock TO IL &c $50
This morning. the lowest o. any Febru-
airy day on record in this vicinity. The
freeze has brought special disaster on
trucksters. ali tender plants above the
ground having been killed Strawberry
blossoms are killed and the berries VIII
be delayed four weeks beyond the usual
time. 1t viii be April before the berries
-ipen-
Wilmington, n. c., Feb. s-with one
exception this is the coolest day here in
Il years.
ture tonight promises 30 go lower than
last night and by tomorrow morning IL
will probably be down TO degrees abov
zero in sections exposed. Peas, potato
and other field crops are wiped out but
can be replanted in time for early ship
ment- Great suffering exists among
| the negroes and number OF deaths
may result among them from exposure.
Nashville. Tenn. Feb. s--The day has
been severely bitter. The temperature
during the past "A hours was below
| zero Tonight at II O'Clock II is above
There is much suffering among the
needy classes.
Baltimore. Feb. S-Dispatches from
all sections of the state show that yes
terdayS storm approached in magni-
tude the great blizzard For the first
tine in years, serious railroad block
AIDES have occurred. IN This city several
street car lines were at a standStiu this
afternoon. The Thermometer register
ed zero.
Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. s.-The north
er ended today. but trains on most OF
the north and south lines are delayed
Hennessey. .. r., Feb. S-ReQorts
from the strip state that two children
and one woman were frozen to death
Reports from the points far distant
from railroads are very meager. but II
Is known there is much sufferink A
great number OF cattle and horses are
| reported frozen, but few settlers having
any shelter for their stock and but lit
tie food. The first mail or passenger
train from the north since Wednesday
arrived this evening in three sections.
Redbank. n. j.. Feb. S.-The blizzard
caused virtual suspension of business
here and the train service is interrupt
ed. A number OF trains have been
taken of and those running are three
ehours late.
Lyons. n. T., Feb. s.-The wind is
blowing at the rate Of sixty miles an
hour with no abatement n sight There
is much suffering among the poor.
WATERFOWL. y. Y, Feb. S.-The severe
cold wave which has prevailed over
this section Tor the past two days has
been succeeded by one OF the worst
and packed hard. The railroads are
all blockaded.
Nyack. n. Y, Feb. S.-The Hudson
river at this point, which Is three and
half miles wide, Is solidly bridged with
ice. Many crossed - er yesterday AT
ternoon. A young man from Tarry-
town was found in the middle OF the
river nearly froze to death
Philadelphia, Febs.- The storm which
began last night was the nearest ap-
proach this vicinity has experienced
to a blizzard since the one OF 1855. The
wind piled snow In high drifts and trav-
FL was almost impossible. The wealth
er ia bitter cold. Erie reports below
and Altoona 10; Clearfield Il; Beifount
8; Wiiliamsport below.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. s-Drifting
snow has blocked all the railroads In
this vicinity. Some Of the trains are
entirely abandoned. The weather is In
tensely cold and operations nave ceas-
ed in nearly all coal mines.
Pittsburg. Pa, Feb. S.-Ihe oizzaru
Is on full force here. The mercury got
down to Slz below zero last nieht ahu -
still going down with the prospects OF
its reaching 10 below before night The
river Is frozen over and the river men
anticipate much damage 10 the shipping
when the thaw comes
The weather is growing colder ana
the local weather Office has issued a
bulletin predicting the worst blizzard
i. Railroad
street car traffic is seriously impeded
all through trains being late. The sup
ply OF natural gas is very short.
Sanbury. Pa. Feb. S.-All Pennsyl-
yania and Philadelphia and Readins
trains are blocked. Freight trains nave
been annuIled and all passenger trains
are about five hours late
Er;a pa Feb. S.-The continued cold
weather has caused much suffering ana
Inconvenience here. Fully one hair tne
buildings Of the city are heated win
natural gas piped eighty miles from the
Gas regions The low temperature mas
bindered the flow of the gas as vel as
I increased the consumption Cosl anu
wood could not be resorted 10 Tor, IN
,",oStcases the stoves are built for gas
only. IT, r-,a,s-
burg branch of the Pennsylvania rail-
road Sc closed up for the hrst Tune IN
several years. The $50 train STUCK Ia.
In the snow at Davis cut ana couId no'
get either way. The weather Is 10 De-
low zero - q.
VazeIton, Pa. Feb. s--A tram u
snow bound on the mountain branSli
~ the Pennsylvania railroad nc
train which left here at II O'Clock iast
night for weatheriy is stalled on the
Beaver Meadow branch Not mill OF
mine is working. Two sleighing par
ties are lost on the mountain ROAD De De
tween here and Tamaqua ana graz
fears are entertained for their safety
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