Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

Bulgaria, ii being impossible to return
TO the Hemburg American liner after
the passengers had been saved owing
to the Wechawken's boats being wreck
ed as they lay alongside the [Veehaw
ken. with heavy seas running. The crew
OF the Weehawken report that there Is
IL possibility that the steamer Bulga-
ria did not founder.
BRITISH STEAMERS DAMAGED.
Dartmouth. Feb 1.-THE British
steamer Wakefield put in here to-day
with her deck damaged. She is bound
from Savannah to Rotterdam and Bre-
men.
steamer Moorish Prince. from New Or
leans on January 18th. for Antwerp. ar
rived here to-day.
She is damaged about the deck and
her boilers are leaking.
ITALIAN BARK STRANDED.
Manseilles. Feb. 1.-THE Italian bark
Stefano Repro, from Pensacola for Ge-
noa, is stranded near Miiseilles.
WEATHER BUREAUS STATEMENT
Washington. Feb 1i-Thc Weather
Bureau tonight issued the following:
The great storm has practically dis
appeared off the northeast Canadian
coast. after Il combination of snow and
as record for almost the entire At
lantc coast region.
t iSht
ccept in the upper lake region and upper
Mississippi valley, where SHOWS and
rains are falling, and in the southern
portion of the west Gulf States. where
1t is also raining
With the exception of n limited ter
ritory in the southwest and the eastern
portion of the northern slope. there has
been general and decided rise in the
temperatures and they are once more
above the freezing point west OF the
mississippi river. in Florida and in the
Gulf States. except northeastern Ala
bama. They still continue compare
lively low in the Atlantic States.
y low area is evidently developing off
the Texas coast, and rains are there.
fore indicated in southern portion of
the Gulf States.
The temperatures will continue com-
Earatively high west of the Mississippi
river. and rise generally to the east
ward.
sSatarrss. signals. rec aispla%ad ..thA
Htidf1 coast from GaiVeslUn TO New OF
leans.
IN TEXAS.
Dallas. Tex, Feb 14.-Reports from
all over north Texas are that the biz
zard of Saturday and Sunday was the
most severe in the history of the State
Loss of cattle in the Indian Territory
ana on the Panhandle ranges will likely
be very large.
FRIGHTFUL LOSS or LIFE.
Houston. Tex. Feb. 14.-Reports 70
the Post during the two days of intense
cold show that fourteen lives were lost
IN IeXas by freezing. AT Houston, .;
in Collins county, 8: in Lamar county
:: In Robertson county, .; in Bexar
county /; in Jefferson county. l, and 3
children in Coricell county. Stock and
crops suffered.
chronicled the cremation of twenty
persons of whom sixteen were children.
the majority through their catching
hre from open fire places
HEAVY CROP DAMAGES
Houston, Texas. Feb. 1.-THE Their
mometer has made a new low record
nnark IN south Texas, reaching de-
srees above. The loss to stock will be
very severe. Early fruit and vegetables
are damaged to the amount OF AT least
$1.000,000.
IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock. Ark, Feb. 14.-All rec.
'ords for the temperatures in tine Ar
kansas have been broken. Sunday
~, , hins .He vtnefmometer registered Il
oeiow zero. Since, then slow rise has
9een IN progress aud at p m. yester-
Jay stood at 10 Eaboye. One person
has frozen to death.
Fayetteville. Ark, Feb. l4-The Their
mometer Sunday morning registered "a
degrees below zero. which is about Is
degrees colder than has ever been
known here. In the large orchards
many three have burst open from the
cold, and horses and cows ba,o fr,,a,
to death.