Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
THE STORM SOUTH.
RECORD BREAKING TEMPE"A-
TrREs At ALL POINTS.
PEOPLE ARE FROZEN TG DEATH.
Injury to Fruit and Early NeH'-
tables a. Enormous-D"m"sc y"
or.,uc Trees In Doubt-Many F6ei
Famincs.
an,incs

found itself wrapped ~ bi""Ne' Va
snow II was bitterly cold all OF last
night. the thermometer registering as
low as I2 degrees. Until after midnight
rain and sleet fell. The snow did not
come TN towards morning. The fan Is
yariously estimated at from 10 Inches
on a level. Business has been practically
suspended all day Merchants, clerks
and Businessmen. and private c.tlzens
have paraded the streets, engaged IN
SNOWFALL battles. Tho street cars have
not been able 20 run, and no trains have
entered or gone out Of the city to-day
COOLEST ON RECORD.
The weather is the coolest ever eNpe-
rienced here. the thermometer registering
9 degrees at 4. 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 io-udy'
| Charleston's weather records show no
parallel 10 the storm. which started yes
| terday and which still continues. Ihe IL
jury 10 vegetables cannot yet Ice esu-
mated. but IL is enormous.
SOLDIERS SUFFER.
CHARLESTON, S. c., February b.
A special 10 the News and Courier from
ed considerably by the blizzard and snow
storm. To-day there was an insufficient
supply OF wood and mono could be gotten
IN the town for love or money.
SEVEN DEGREES AT COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA. $. c., February l3.-Co-
lumbla was Just north Of the centre OF the
storm, and IS experiencing the coolest
weather since the bureau was established
here eleven years ago The mercury got
down TO degrees, with mean Of i.
The snow. though packed by sleet' IS now
Il5 inches in depth, the deepest recorded
here heretofore being lis inches, IN FEB
rLary. 1891 The lowest temperature ever
recorded here was degrees, on February
ID. 1895. The record tonight will probably
be lower still
North Of Columbia the conditions are
worse. Adyices from all parts OF South
Carolina tell the Columbia story over
again. Early fruit and vegetables VIII
be badly injured.
SCHOOLS CLOSED.
The public schools have closed indef-
nitely. The water supply has been prac-
tically exhausted, the people of the city
leaving spouts open 10 prevent the burst
ing Of pipes. In this way, though 3WJ'VV
gallons were pumped to-day, the waste
has been as great. AS a result all steam
plants are shut down, and melted snow
has been in use for drinking purposes.
The soldiers at the camp near here, be-
ing from the far North. are not suffering
very much but their cloth cottages are
anything but entirely comfortable The
men are not grumbling, however.
DEATH FROM THE COLD.
SAVANNAH GA. February Ito
dav has been the coolest on record in this
city. At 10 4. NJ. the mercury stood at
| degrees above zero, with the city under
a Pinch snowfall and a brisk wind blow
ing Henry Lewis (coloreO died from
cold in his home
The street-cars were for twelve hours
stalled by snow all over the city. In
several instances the motormen ana con-
ductors. who waited on their stalled cars
for orders. were so badly frost-btten that
they had TO be lifted off the cars and sent
home and TO bed.
The schools were dismissed at noon on
account Of the cold.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Business was suspended on the water
front. All of the shipping is covered with
ice, and no loading was done The tenn
perature did not rise above q during the
day, and Notwithstanding bright sun
shine there was no thaw. All trains are
delayed. The early vegetables on truck
farms are badly damaged Zero tempera-
ture Is 1leulCteu LOT tO-hlBAl.
NEAR ZERO IL MACON
MACON, GA. February 13.-The wea-
Their in Macon and IT'S vicinity is the Sc
verest known TO the Oldest inhabitants.
The 6 inches of snow that fell Sunday
is melting very slowly, and the Their
mometer remains close about Il degrees
above zero, but was near the zero point
this morning There is comparatively
little suffering among the poor, and there
will be none after tomorrow, as the clu-
zens have raised a sufficient fund TO pro-
vide for all.
DIFFERENCE AS TO FRUIT DAMAGE.
Prominent fruit-growers claim that the
peach and plum crops have been cohslu-
erably damaged but others take the OPP
posite view, and say cold weather VIII
prove q benefit 10 the crop.
The cold is very severe on the soluleIs
in camp here. No such weather was an
tlcipated. and no provision was made foi
n. The clothing Of the men is thai
adopted for the weather which usually
prevails In this section. The tents are
provided with stoves, but this does no
prevent the men from feeling the eiiecu
OF the cold weather.
BLIZZARD AT AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA. GA, February 13.-Augusu
IS in the midst of the coolest speh o
record. With hair lOOl VI uig S"N'
on the ground and the thermometer
10 25 degrees below the freezing point,
stin northerly wind intensified the colo
The snow ceased falling at 1880 this morn
ing. and the sun shone all day, put VIII
out causing any diminishing erect III III
biting cold The lowest point reached u
the mercury for twenty-four hours en-
ing at S T. NJ. was degrees Inc max
mum was II degrees, and the estimate
deficiency of temperature as compare
with the same date last year was ~ u'
erees. AT O'Clock tonight the thermoH
eter was al the 10-degree point, with ever
Indication of being near zero before mori
ing.
MUCH DAMAGE TO FRUIT
Much damage IS reported by the farm
ers and fruit-growers. though the III
extent is not yet obtainable There
great suffering among the poor, thous
no fatalities are reported.
At Camp Mackenzie. the men are ialr
comfortable under the trying CONDITION
which the unprecedentedly coid weath'
,mposes. All the tents have floors III
are furnished with stoves, and while u
experience OF camping out in Dlizzal
is rather disagreeable. there has been
severe suffering.
CHICKENS AND BIRDS FROZEN.
AMERICUS, GA, February lS.-Tl
thermometer reached below zero ne
to-day. breaking all records. MAJ
chickens and birds were found froz'