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

pies were completely Iuiuths anu ptaN"
crop suffered a loss Of at LEAST seventy
FIVE per cent.
Conditions in New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The storm.
which has been raging here since Satur-
day night. Increased in violence to-day.
becoming a blizzard. Snow fell and Is
stin coming down. A bitter northwest
wind drives the snow IN clouds through
the streets sweeping the sidewalks IN
some places, and I'm others piling up three
feet OF snow. The STRENGTHENING de-
partment after struggling for uhrty-siX
hours TO clear the pal streets, gave
I'D entirely. even surrendering Broadway
TO the wind and snow. In the suburbs.
where the winds have free sweep drifts
are five to ten feet high. street cars have
stopped altogether. and SUBURBAN steam
railways are blocked. Many neighDorlhs
towns arc cut OF from New York alto
gether.
All the charitable societies are taxed
beyond their resources. owing 10 the sud
den demands made upon them.
OF the 15 900 destitute families IN inns
CITY as estimated by Mr.. Blair Superln-
tendent Of the Outdoor Poor nearly an
are nearly freezing or starving me
task OF keeping railroad trains n iho''o,
was almost Herculean. Trains on al
Scverest in its HISTORY
WASHINGTON, Feb. B.--With TWO
inches less than two feet OF snow on
level and with the mercury hoVeiilis
norstsntlv near zero. the Capital TO-DAY
SO in tho grasp of the most severe pliz-
- In is history The snow ran Wh.-h
hoean ON Saturday evening continued
s,,,bort cessation until IL O'Clock TO-
tit the official measurement In hiy
tn,,rs being twenty inches on top OF the
heavy fan Of the few days precealns'
Driven bv a high northwest Wiho' II
drlfted I'm banks Of from hVe 10 elsne
feet I'm depth, suspending an ttdN!S ~ t.s
rn street car lines. cutting of the CITY
~ W Ia md causing untold suffering
amono the poor. At midnight the
,vosther had cleared and the temperature
moderated.
RaItimorc's Weather
BALTIMORE. Feb. 1S.-With the mer-
c,,r,, AZ or near the zero mark. binding
snow-storm prevailed here all day. AS
oniciauv reported by the Weather
Rureau during the twenty-four hours
endine, TONIGHT at o'clock l5.5 inches OF
snow fell.
The most serious accident to-day was
fhe collapse Of the train sheds OF the
pennsylvania railroad at President-sireet
depot. The monetary loss, 10 Is thought,
viii not exceed 5000. but much snow and
wreckage must be cleared away before
an enormous quantity 81 OUTGOING ana
incoming freight can be moved.
Trains are running late. and several
are stalled outside the city.
Evervthing at Standslil'.
PHILADELPHIA. February 13.-After
q day of heroic battle all the human
forces that could be brought mo play
against the elements have been FORCED
TO succumb and to-iight the city is iast
locked I'm the embrace OF the worst pIl@-
zard I'm the history of the local weather
bureau. Steam and local traffic are at a
stanestfI and the snow-heaped streets
are deterted. There We're "a number Of
deaths and good many casua ties at
tributable % the prevailing conditions.
The ice i'm the Delaware ri-er is grow
Ing thicker and there were no arlva s
or clearances nc this port to-day. Inose
districts which rely on Philadelphia for
a supply of anthracite coal are threaten
cd with a famine.
Adrift on the Ice.
CHICAGO, February lS.-After being
adrift on an ice noe ir Lake Michigan
for over fifteen hours the five people
VINO were carried out sunday evening oy
the breaking Of the ice were rescued
and II is not expected that any of them
will be much the worse for the expert
ence.
Miss O'Ren Manley. the only girl IN
the party. was unconscious from 'ola
and exposure.
Young Arthur Fletcher, who made
heroic effort 10 bring them ashore In his
boat and who padded around all night
I'm the fran craft did not dare so Wei
both his feet being badly frozen. III Is
said ne will be a cripple for ne
\ Rough Voyage.
MANCHESTER. ENG, Feb. E.-The
british steamer Roddam, which arrived
~ today from New orleans by way
az Norfolk. reports a very hard passage.
rryvo of her starboard plates above the
main deck were stove ana the after
ubeel-house and wheel and considera-
HE portion of the bridge were carried
away. The matches Of the third hold
were also stove. damaging the cargo Of
cotton and pig iron.
Frozen TO Death.
MONTGOMERY. ALA, Feb. 13-Union-
town. Perry county, reported II below
this morning, and great suffering one
negro man was frozen 10 death. A num-
Der Of cattle died from the effects OF the
weather.
Unprecedented in Florida.
JACKSONVILLE. FLA. February lS.-
Unprecedented weather visited northern
Florida to-day Sleet was followed by
light snow early this morning IN all OF
Western and Middle Florida. The low
est temperature was degrees below
zero AT Tallahassee, degrees above at
Jacksonville. ana q temperature OF from
II 10 30 degrees I'm the orange belt VIM
ter-maturlng vegetables were killed.
What damage was done 20 orange trees
is in doubt, subsequent weather being
an emphatic factor in determining. IN
the orange belt the temperatures were
not 10 so low a point as they have been.
In northern Florida The weather was IN
precedented. The snowfall between mia.
night and daylight was followed by sun
shine and a clear sky, but with a cold
northwest WIND.
hi :, Ever Known.
ATHENS GA. Feb l3.--The weather
here was the coolest ever known. All
the enlisted men who were "ncanyei
here In the fall. have been mustered out
and only a few officers were left The
cold occasioned intense suffering here,
and there is a shortage OF fuel.
The commanding officer at the camp
having about sixty cords OF wood on
hand will een ID tomorrow 10 relieve the