The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-14

The soldiers at Camp Fornanice. being
from the far North. are not sunerng
very much but their cloth cottages are
ANYTHING but entirely comfortable. The
men are not grumbling. however
Coolest Yet in Charleston.
HARLESTON, S. c.. Feb. l3.-When
the city awoke this morning it found it.
self wrapped I'm a blanket Of snow. II
was bitterly cold all Of last night, the
thermometers registering as low as l3
degrees. Until after midnight rain and
seet fell. The snow did not come TN
towards morning. The fall Is variously
estimated at from two TO three inches on
a level.
Business has practically been suspended
all day. Merchants. clerks and business
men and private citizens have paraded
the streets. engaged in snaw-ball battles.
The street-cars have not been able 20
run and no trains have entered or gone
out of the city to-day.
The weather Is the coolest ever expert
enced here the thermometer registering
9 degrees at 2 +. NJ. to-day.
Five years ago there was "a small snow
storm in the city, but the conditions then
were not equal to those prevailing here
to-day Charlestons weather records
show no parallel to the storm which
started Yesterday. and which still con-
tinues The injury TO vegetables cannot
yet be estimated. but it is enormous.
ice Bound Georgia.
SAVANNAH, GA. Feb. 13.-To-day
has been the coldest on record In this
city st 10 A. NJ the mercury stood at
s degrees above zero with the city under
a two-inch snowfall and a brisk wind
blowing.
Henry Lewis Ccolored) died from cold
in his home.
Street cars were for twelve hours
stalled by snow an over the city. IN sew
eral instances mOtormen and conductors
who waited on their stalled cars for
orders were so badly trost-bitten they
had TO be lifted Off the cars and sent
home and 10 bed. The schools were dis
missed at noon on account Of the cold.
Business was suspended on the water
front All Of the shipping Is covered with
Ice and no loading was done. The tenn
Derature did not rise above p during the
lay. and. Notwithstanding bright sun
shine. there was no thaw. All trains are
delayed. The early vegetables on truck
arms are badly damaged. Zero temper
iture is predicted tonight
All Roads Blocked.
WILMINGTON. DEL. Feb. ls.-Tle
blizzard of last night and this morn
ng effectually blocked railroad travel I
n Delaware. The north-bOund Norfolk /
xpress. due in Wilmington az 4.f5 A. NJ. !
was reported at 3 o'clock at Delmar I
he last station on the road nine miles |
'elOw Wilmington, completely stalled and /
ikely 10 remain so indefinitely
The passengers were cared Tor at tho J
Iotel and boardlng-houses OF the town.
'he south-bound Norfolk express. which
EFT New York at $50 o'clock last night.
managed 10 reach Wilmington to-day,
ut no attempt will be made TO send IL
own the Delaware road until there IS
ONE assurance that IL will get through.
IN the Penlnsular Branch railroads are
locked with no trains running.
Blizzard Raging.
LEWES. DEL, February l3-A terri
lo blizzard IS raging all along the coast
u CAPE Horny the velocity Of the wind
: sixty miles an hour The breakwatcr
arbor is full of heavy ice blown In b.
he northeast gale.
The United states collier Sterling Is
,ing dangerously near the breakwator
nd Will be damaged unless the gale
BON abates.
The schooner Elihue Bailey Is aground
ear the point OF Cape Henlopen In a
al position
The storm IS equally severe as the
lizard Of 1883. which wrought such
wful damage along the coast.
Mobiles Record Broken.
MOBILE. ALA. February 13-The cold
n weather on record struck Mobile on
10 opening day OF the carnival and
reed a postponement OF the first days
.lebration TO tomorrow. A heavy sleet
lturday night was followed by q freeze
nd caused much suffering among those
nurepared for such weather.
The mercury at +. NJ. to-day regis
rel one degree below zer0-twelye de
-ees lower than the Weather Bureau
cord for twenty-nine years. The truck
ops were killed entailing a large loss.
Found Frozen stiff.
ADMISSION, GA. Feb l3 Daniel Chat
an. a negro, was found frozen stiif IN
) bed this morning. The official tenn
nature early this morning was Il be-
" the coolest ever known.
rhe enlisted men at Camp Shipp are
m, and suffered no Inconvenience from
2 cold. Many sentries. mainly negroes.
4 on their beats from numbness and !
d to be taken 10 the hospital to be
awed out.
a Wood Famine.
S. c.. February l3-A
ecial 10 the News and Courier from
mp Marion says: The soldiers suf +,
rel considerably by the blizzard and 1
owstorm. To-day there was an In
ncient supply OF wood and none could
gotten IN town for love or money" b
COal he. ions suffer a
PA. Feb. l3.-rhe coal i
ion is snowbOund TO the depth OF sew 81
] feet Railroad traffic Is suspended,
.ept for a few mail trains are being
ced through the drifts hours behind 1
e. Electric railways are completely y
up, and mails to suburban points nj
being transported on sleghs. "
he snow fall at times has been several OF
hes an hour. o'
Chickens and Birds Frozen.
MERICUS GA, Feb. l3-.rhe ther- L.
meter reached six below zero here to-
=. breaking all records Many chickens ca
4 birds were found frozen under trees.
ach trees were in full bloom and early