The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-13

1t has been showing since o'clock
yesterday morning. Ii is still showing.
1t is not an ordinary snow storm 1t ia
a snow storm remarkable in so far as
IL is generally supposed to be too cold
TO snow. 1t began TO snow at ; O'Clock
yesterday morning, and up TO III O'Clock
today Just eleven inches OF bonafide
snow and l.3 inches of melted snow
have fallen. The wind too is increas-
ing. This morning at o'clock 1t blew
at the rate OF but nineteen miles an
hour, but by II O'Clock 1t had attained
a velocity of twenty-five miles an hour.
Travel upon electric cars was just
possible about getting -to-work time
this morning. but now there Is gem
eral tie-up on almost every line III or
about the city The street gangs man
age to keep the thoroughfares fairly
passable for horses and pedestrians,
but the snow is fast accommodating, ana
IL is drifting hopelessly. The railroad
trains are beginning 10 feel the force OF
the blizzard. The train from New YORK
city due in Providence about IL O'Clock,
did not arrive until after O'CLOCK
Trains from Boston are gettingthrough,
but are badly delayed en- route.
Telephones are yet in working order
and no news comes in of broken tele-
graph or trolley wires so far.
a snow storm was predicted on SAT-
urday for Sunday, TO be followed by
another cold snap. But one was hard
ly prepared for any such a storm as
the present one. Whether or not that
| forthcoming cold snap. viii arrive as
per schedule is not botherng people
half so much as is: What under the
canopy rave we hefe?'
rryf.s t.-lS a.
tive statements, for example so far i'm
February 20 inches of snow have fallen
whilst in the cores ponding month or
1893. Q inches fell. Between January
and February II. inclusive, 1925 inches
OF snow have fallen, whilst during the
corresponding period OF 1898, II inches
| fell: i'm 1897. 26 inches fell, and in 1896
| and 1895. 1872 inches and 23.15 inches.
| respectively, accumulated. That storm
| that began on November 26 and ceased
/ on the 27th. 1898, left Providence with
II inches of snow 10 its credit. But
| February. 1899. bids fair TO be a rec
! ord breaker all round.
| Speaking of low temperatures the
mean marks per day for the three days
| OF the frigid spell was degrees on the
| 10th, "a degrees on the 1lth and 10 de-
grees on the 18th. In February 1897,
| the mean marks on the 9th, 9th, 'th,
| Sth and 9th. were 9.3 degrees, As de-
| grees. 1l.5 degrees. o. degrees and 1OS
| degrees. For February. 1899 up to the
| 18TH inclusive, the mean mark was li9
| degrees. 1896. 1873 degrees; 1895, lI.9 de-
grees; 1894. 30.5 degrees; 1898, 29.3 de-
grees: 1892. 301 degrees.
| The storm at Newport IL increasing
| i'm force. 1t showed all day yesterday.
with little wind, but during the night
| the wind increased and the snow con-
tinued. Today IL still SHOWS and the
wind is blowing at times with blizzard
| force. AS yet no casualties have been
reported 1t is still cold but there has
been a slight rise i'm temperature since
yesterday. The sharp cutting wind,
| however, makes the storm almost un-
| endurable. The cruiser Topeka, which
| put i'm here yesterday on account Of the
storm is still here and likely to remain.
| New Haven. Conn, Feb 13.-COnnec-
| ticut has experienced a general rise in
| temperature but the weather is still
| uniformly cold throughout the state,
| thermometers varying but little in re-
/ cording temperatures ut and about the
1 zero mark. During the night, however.
the storm which prevailed irtermittent-
/ IN Saturday night and sunday deVel-
] oped into one which had many of the
| characteristics of n blizzard. and today
| practically the whole state is suffering
! from y binding snow storm which is
| lmpelled by high northeast winds. An
, average Of five inches of snow has al
| ready fallen and the indications point
towards continuance of the storm
|
Haverhill Mass. Feb. 18.-Haverhill
! IS wrapped i'm a blizzard. The mercury
! ranges about six above and n fierce
! northeast wind is making the storm the
worst of the season. Traffic on all rail-
ways is delayed.
Concord. N H., Feb. 13.--Snow has
been falling here since Sunday morn
ing. but the amount so far is not sufii
| cient To cause much Inconvenience 10
traffic. BY night. however. IL is prob
able that the street cars viii be tied
UP and railroad trains considerably de-
1ayed.
Portland. Me. Feb. IA binding
snow storm began about q. IN. ana
prevailed all day. assuming tho char
acter OF "a blizzard. The thermometer
is only few degrees above zero ana
business Is fast coming 60, staudstill.
Electric cars are running with diI-
dculty. In the harbor a northeast gale
IA kicking up big waves and brcakins
M ice which gathered about the cape
shore and docks.
Boston. Feb. iS.-The heavy snow
storm which began here on Saturday
| increased i'm fury during the night. and
| this morning "A high northwest wind
was driving the snow into big drifts
and filling I'm the streets and covering
the railroad tracks with a mass OF
snow that soon began To delay traffic IN
spite OF all efforts TO keep open the
lines. The weather bureau this fore
noon held out no promise OF a change