The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-15
THE GREAT COLD WAVE.

II Overwhelms The South As Well As
The NOrth.-The Entire Southern
Country Covered, Except Southern
Florida.
/ Wash hington, February 12-Weather condi.
| tions and general forecast: The anticipa ted
j cold wave has reached extreme Northern
Florida, and tonight covers the entire South.
ern country, except Southern Florida. On
the Gulf coast the temperatures range from 3
degrees to IS degrees below the freezing point
This morning the minimum at Mobile was l2
degrees, at New Orleans IA degrees, and at
Galveston Q degrees, and at Wick ksburg degree
below zero. All previous records for the sec
ond decade OF February were broken from the
lower Missouri and middle Mississippi val.
leys southwark to the Gulf Temperatures OF
zero or below occurred in, Southern Texas and
Southern Mississippi and Northwestern Ala
| barna. During the day, however. the temper
atures nave moderated decidedly In the
the extreme Northwest, and are once more
above zero In those distl lets, From the Ohio
Valley eastward the temperature changes
were slight
| A storm is central tonight in Florida. the
depression extending along the coast TO North
Carolina. ana as result heavy SHOWS have
heen general from Georgia to Southern New
Eng land. Warnings Of these heavy SHOWS
were distributed Sunday morning In The mid
die Atlantic States and New England.
There were also light SHOWS followed by
clearing weather In the middle Gulf States;
elsewhere generally fair weather prevailed.
In this plateau region and on the Pacific
coast generally fair weather has continued
with higher temperatures, except on the ex
treme northern coast, where there were rains
Sunday.
Snow will continue Monday In the Middle
and North Atlantic States, and snow in the
South Atlantic States, followed by clearing,
except in Florida, where there will be rains
followed by fair weather In the northern por.
ton. snow Is also indicated In the eastern
low lake region, fair weather is indicated
The cold wave will reach Florida to night,
and freezing temperature may be expected In
the Northern portion by Monday morning.
warnings TO this effect were given the widest
possible Distribution Sunday morning. The
cold weather will continue generally In the
Atlantic and GufStates, but with tendency
TO moderate somewhat In the West Gulf
states. In the central valleys, the upper lake
region, the West and the NORTH west, rising
temperatures are indicated.
90 the Atlantic coast brisk to high winds
Will prevail north In the northern and north
west IN the southern portion.
Cold wave signals are displayed at Charles.
ton, Savannah, Jacksonville and Tampa, and
storm signals on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
from Eastport TO New Orleans, except at
Forecast for Monday-South Carolina:
snow; continued cold; brisk, northerlr
winds.
AN AVALANCHE IN COLORADO.
Denver. Col. February ia Times special
from Silver Plume, Colorado. says that an
avalanche of snow and earth swept down
Cherokee Guloh to day, carrying away doz-
en- cabins and burying twenty five Italian
M named Tssthus and Two
cabins. A fogce of 400 men Immediately set TO
work 10 rescue them, and at P. M. eight had
been recovered. six OF them being dead.
HEAVY SNOW IN MACON.
Macon, Ga, February 12-The heaviest
snow storm on -ecord fell here to-day, and the
ground Is now covered from TO inchs deep.
The weather is intensely cold. The Injury to
the fruit In this, the peach section OF Georgia,
has been very great in some places the dam.
age being estimated at fully two thirds.
sLEET IN FLORIDA.
Jacksonville, Fla February ia storm Of
unusual severity Is sweeping across the State
ofFlorda to-day, beginning at Pensacola this
morning and touching this city tonight.
SIeet has fallen to the deph Of two inches
at Pensacola, and is falling here Tonight:
The seet is half an inch here and is still
falling. Some anxiety Is felt concerning the
safety of cattle on the ranges in the western
part OF the State. and more about the fruit
ed at O'Clock tonight from IA degrees at
Pensacola, 10 70 at Key West.
The orange belt is not as yet within the
freezing area.
coLDEsT DAY IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga. February 12-This was the
coldest day Of the year in Atlanta, and
record breaking mark Is expected before
morning. Snow fell all night and tonight
the thermometer registered 4 degrees above
zero, The cold was accompanied by a wind
which came up the mountains at q rate OF
thirty five miles an hour.
A great deal OF suffering was reported, but
prompt measures OF relief taken. In one
house was found the body of j. F. Spade,
a white man, who had died during the night
of pneumonia. His wife and two children
were without food and fuel.
THE SNOW STORM IN AUGUSTA.
Augusta. February Especial: Augusta
has been visited to-day by the severest snow
storm In the history of the weather bureau,
and the oldest Inhabitants do not rememb Der
such fall OF snow. On level IL is six inchea,
and at ten tonight ls still falling. and has
been almost continnousS since II A. M. Street
car traffic has been blocked ALL day and
all trains In the city are hours late. Tele-
phone wires are down and some telegraph
wires. 81. G. 8.
NEAR ZERO IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, February l2.-Snow has been
falling In this vicinity for the past thirty
hours, and the prospects, according to the
weather bureau, are for continuance, Fol
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
might nearly seven inches fell, making q
total OF 2l6 inches during the past week.
The weather rrmains very GOLD. the ther.
mometer all day being near the zero point.