The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
c1oRV'S RESULTS IN / ATLANTA.
nv WENT EIGJIsF DEGREES
hf.'' prIoW THE ZERO MARK.

ms Seriously Injured by the
,.s,on of wa ter Heater-'TwO
- severe Explosions Cause In
and Des observation-disclosures
Mod. street Cars Stopped and
r,tbing in a Generally. Demon
allied state.
49,. Ga. Feb 1S.-Thel mercury
5oyn TO s degrees bel ow zero in
W.. today. 1t had been steadily fall
..o,,e midnight, when it was hover
,s around the zero marx.
o'clock this morning {, just at the
80. when most business men are get
~, down to their Offices. the coolest
s,.o, was reached, being 61a degrees cold
that time than e yer before since
the establishment of the weather bureau
here.
r5a oldest inhabitant was not inclined
-, 5i.nute the claim that the day was the
.o1iest in life history OF the town. 1t was
., cold that even this pesky individual
aId not want to recall a time when it
had been colder
The snow stopped AL the street cars an
Ill the middle of tho day, when some of
,ba lines resumed operations in a ftful
nav Business wasi practically suspend
81 all dav long. The sanitary department
bod m give UP It's work because it was
nat equipped for SNOW work.
There was much suffering in the city
among the poor people and Fhe relief as
sociatons were busy throughout the day
distributing supplies. Police headquar-
ters was converted into a great supply de-
rot and from there wagon loads of food
and fuel were sent out constantly to re-
Geve those who were shjvering and suf-
fering in their huts and novels of the
byWays.
Contributions to the relief fund were
made freely by others. several thousand
dollars being given within a few hours
after the call was issued by 1he charitable
associations and the newspapers.
Out at Fort Mcpherson, where men have
been occupying rough quarters built hur-
riedly and tents. there was great discom-
fort, but the officers did all they could
to relieve the men, and no serious suf-
ferng was permitted. Several casualties
have been reported as direct result of
the blizzard, which froze up many water
pipes and gave the plumbers a harvest.
Explosion Injuries Three.
Inc explosion OF neater IN the boys
cottage at the Georgia Baptist Orphans
Home, on Courtla.nd street. this morning,
about o'clock. resulted in seriously in
jury TO three of the inmates Otis Mat
thews aged about 10; Hardaway Hail,
aged about g. and Hilton Kersey, aged
about Z. The three are now in the chill
dren's ward at the Grady Hospital The
physicians who examined them saw that
while the little sufferers are painfully in
jJred the accidents will not prove fatal.
Hilton Kersey and Hardaway Hall have
each a broken leg, and the last named
had a finger blown off. Otis Matthews is
badly bruised, but no bones are broken.
About O'Clock this morning about a
dozen of the boys of the home congr.egated
IN the play room of the boys cottage.
wnere the warm fire had turned the heat
er red hot. On the heater was a. vessel
OF water which was frozen har6l Sud
Denly there was loud report, like the
discharge of large gun, and one of the
boys ran to the matron and reported that
killed
one OF the little girls of the home ex-
htbtted presence of mind a moment after
the accident. The smallest of the bovs
VINO We're hurt, little Kersey, was blown
through an open window by the force of
y Ine explosion and his clothing caught fire
Inc Mule girl quickly ran to his aid and
ny tolllng the helpless little fellow in The
SnoW saved him from perhaps a fatal
burning. i''ai
bieW Of Kitchen Roof.
AS result Of frozen water pipes the
no' water tank in the residence of John
% cooh' NO. 2@ Angler avenue. exploded
t'Vusly hJurlhg Mrs Cook, who was in
~ NHFHeh preparing breakfast and de-
idence Gnu ol the res
90 oooh was struck by a flying niece
~ sleei on the head and very sariorsIy in
yu1su put 1t IS thought that the wound
a ,' "ol prove fatal The roof OF the kitch-
,if.I, "hlcp the explosion Occurred was
Of ~ Iion the building and MANY parts
Inc. 9IoNe We're buried in the surround
I,fe;rit+i While the other houses in the
sone ~ YER. %ele Jared until the windows in
Another Tank Explosion.
wb ne nome OF Mr.. J. F. Galloway at al
soon 20 street. was this morning tbe
rieaN- VI announcer explosion that blew 10
don a .dIse range shattered all fine win
creato1 " INN radius of fifty fset and
which ~ la al devastation in the room in
nm the stove was situated -
ne disaster was caused b,, tb1. 4a.,-
-lnu the range. This becan,a b'o., t'.-,A "
WI" the water was let in g 800 a'iu
mo-, "Ito steam SO rapidly thar e. 80
snd oIaoie to stand the hieh Y,,.ors 80
.o'o-lllsequently exploded. II barno,,a5
the tn nat no one was in the room 81
cat go :, VI 'he accident save the house
the lat.Sie were no fatalities arcent -
hv 80 winch was blown into 49, baII