The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-01-28


Snow Storm.-RaiIway Traffic De-
Iayed.
By Telegraph to The News.
WASHINGTON, Jan 2S.-The
temperature today at Chattanooga,
Raleigh and Augusta is six to twelve
degrees above zero. At Charleston
and Mobile it is eighteen, at Jack
sonville twenty-five, at Tampa thir-
tt, at Jupiter and south extremity
of the United States forty degrees
above. A high wind and snow pre-
walls in Northern Georgia and along
the Atlantic coart. Danger signals
from Key West to Norfolk have
been hoisted.
ASHORE ON THE ROCKS.
New LONDON, Conn, Jan. 28.-
The Central Vermont Steamship
"Mohawk," from New York for New
London went ashore this morning in
binding snow storm at Goshen
Point, east of Bartlett Lightship.
The weather was so thick the Off
GERS lost their bearings. A strong
wind blew the steamship on the
rocky coast. She was badly stove
in, with six feet of water in the
hold; the bulkheads are gone. She
has been pounding the rocks all the
morning. She has large cargo.
DEEPEST SNOW OF THE SEASON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The
snow storm continued until after
midnight. 1t is the heaviest of the
season. The thermometer here is
ten degrees above zero, the snow
being dry and light. While all
railway trains are delayed street traf-
fic is uninterrupted. The weather
bureau reports snow as far south as
North Carolina. The outlook today
is for clear cold, northwest winds.
UNKNOWN STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
WEST HAMPTON, Long Island,
Jan 27.-Within a few miles of
where the three masted schooner
"Nahum Chaplin" went down with
all on board week ago, an unknown
steamer is this morning either ahsore
or in distress A binding spow
storm is blowing off shore and the
surf dashes upon the beach mile OF
so just as on the morning the Chaplin
went down. Signals of distress have
been heard all morning, as if from
an ocean liner. The atmosphere ii
thick while in the snow it is impos-
sible to see the vessel or render aid
THE COLD SNAP IN NEW YORK.
/ New YORK, Jan. 27.-Ten inches
of snow has fallen in thirteen hours
breaking the record for some years
past. There was good breezt
which caused drifts and interfere6
somewhat with traffic on railway u
and in the harbor. The storm c. Il
tire is expected to shift today.
BLIZZARD IN NEW ENGLAND.
; Boston, Jan. 28.-High win.ll
prevail and a heavy snow lies on III
ground, delaying all traffic. Tn
blizzard prevails throughout New
England.
ROUGH WEATHER ON THE SEA.
2 LONDON, Jan 28.-The American
I liner "New York" arrived this morn
ing after rough passage. Amonl
the passengers is the French journ
alist, Brouard, who says he has wol
a wager by making a circuit of tn
world under adverse condition.
o within eleven months.
The "Germanic" arrived from Ne,
York, having e1perinced violen
gales. Two of her life boats ar
: badly damaged.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25-The thel
# mometer this morning is five degree
;, above zero here, representing grad
ual fall of fifteen degrees durin
r the night. The extreme cold ha
} occasioned great suffering among th
Il poor of the city.
The signal service reports furtht
fall probable tonight.
TERRIBLE COLD IN NORTHwEsT.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 25.-Tf
d coldest weather this winter thus fl
was experienced last night and tods
the mercury being from twenty
e thirty degrees below zero. La
. night the weather bureau recorde
: eighteen degrees below zero. Specia
. from Rochester, MIMI, say today
the coldest there is many years.