The record-union., 1899-02-15


Press to-day secured g wire to Pensa-
cola for few minutes. and ascertained
that the coldest weather ever known
had just passed over the northern part
of Florida The zero mark was reached
at Pensacola yesterday, and at noon
the moderation had amounted to only
Is degrees. At Defuniak Springs it
was 8 degrees above zero at noon to-
day. 1t is impossible to learn the ex-
act damage to fruits. AL the kilograms
from Florida are sent by trains. The
consequences cannot be ascertained for
twenty -four hours, but the damage to
oranges is believed to have been wide
spread A cold wave visited Florida
last week before this blizzard came.
Everything in the way of fruit and
vegetables in the vicinity of Jackson
vile was killed last night, and if the
weather mans predictions for last
night came true the loss to pineapples
and oranges in the southern part of the
State is enormous.
IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14.-Through-
out the State heavy damage has been
done to vegetables and orange crops.
i'm spite of the warnings that We're sent
before the approach of the cold wave.
Bayou Lafourche is frozen, for the first
time since the war. Bayou st. John,
at the esplanade bridge, on the out
skirts of this city, is frozen, and there
was skating this morning. Trains on
| all the roads are away behind time.
1 Reports from all sections of MissiS-
sippi indicate very severe weather, and
there has been much damage to crops.
On the Gulf coast the temperature has
been below zero. Bay ST. Louis, which
enters the Mississippi Sound. is frozen
at Henderson's Point. The ice gorge
above Vicksburg is causing much dis
tress to steamboat men.
IN COLORADO.
LEADVILLE, Feb. 14.-Miners who
arrived here to-day on snowshoes from
Robinson say that at Robinson, Koko-
mo and other, towns along the South
Park high line, which is still block
AIDED, there is no fuel nor fresh meats.
There are enough flour and potatoes
to last for some time. A large force of
men is at work trying to open a road
from Robinson to Pando, ON thesDenver
and Rio Grande Railroad, in order to
get supplies from Leadyille.
The three weeks storm here appears
to have ended The railroads are rush
ing coal to this camp, and also to As
pen, so as to keep the mines, mills and
srnelters at work.
| The Colorado Midland is still block
AIDED west of Leadville, but the rotary
is making good progress, and the ofii-
cials hope to have the line open to-mor-
row.
/ The Denver and Rio Grande Road is
| open, and no further trouble is looked
for.
BOSTON SNOWBOUND.
BOSTON, Feb. 14.-Boston is snow
bound to-day after two days and two
nights continuous snowfall. The streets
are badly blocked, trains are stalled,
and on all sides the snow is piled into
! great drifts, some of which in the su-
burbs reach to the second-story WIN
dows The street car lines, by con-
tinuous effort on the part of the man
agement were kept reasonably free
from snow and cars were kept running
all night, while on nearly every steam
road everything was tied up.
| CONDITIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 1.-THE gen
eral railroad conditions tonight show
| considerable Improvement both locally
and throughout Pennsylvania. The
Pennsylvania Railroad to-day succeed
| ed in raising the snow blockade on all
| its divisions in this city except on the
Philadelphia division, which will be
| opened tomorrow. Trains are running
with fair regularity between here and
New York, and also chief points south.
IN the State trains on this line are
gradually being put through. There is
a strong probability that traffic will
be generally resumed tomorrow. The
Reading Railroad remained tied up un-
til late this afternoon when trains be-
gan running irregularly. The Balti-
mere and Ohio is still at a standstill,
although cne or two trains were sent
south late this afternoon.
! Charles ]. Summers, a letter carrier,
aged 62 years, and Joseph Evans, aged
30. were frozen to death to-day.
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.
| HOUSTON (Tex.), Feb. 14.-Reports
| to the Post during the two days of
intense Geld show that fourteen lives
| were lost in Texas by freezing: AT
Houston two, in Collins County three,
| in lamar County two, in Robertson
| County two, in Bexar County one, in
Jefferson County one, and three chill
dren in Cory County.
STILL COLD IN TEXAS.
LAREDO (Tex.), Feb. 14-The con-
tinued unprecedentedly cold weather
this week seemed to culminate when
the temperature went down to Is de-
grees above zero, and ice several inches
thick has stood in the open air during
the past three days. Two Mexicans
died from exposure on the river bank
during the night, and there has been
considerable suffering among the poorer
classes of Mexicans, who are unable to
| obtain employment owing to the preva-
lence Of smallpox among them. A sharp
wind prevailed, but there has been no
rain or snow, or the suffering would
have been much greater. The weather
has moderated slightly.
IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK (Ark.), Feb. 14.-Al1
records for the temperatures in Arkan-
sas have been broken and February
12. 1899, will be treasured up in the
memory OF the oldest inhabitant for
years to come At II o'clock Saturday
night the thermometer in the Weather
Bureau registered 1 degree above zero.
The mercury then began to go down
and at 8 o'clock Sunday morning it
reached the lowest on record here, II
below zero. Since then a slow rise
has been in progress and at noon to-
day it stood at 1S above. There has
been much suffering among the poor,
as they are lacking proper food, cloth
ing and protection, it being so scarce
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