The record-union., 1899-02-11
Some Moderation in Ohio, Missis-
sippi and Missouri Valleys,
Although the Temperature still Remains IN
the Meighhorhood Of Zero.
The Wave Continues With Undi-
minished Severity in the Middle
Atlantic States, Particularly at
Washington, Where q Mini
mum Of Eight Degrees Below
Zero Was Recorded Yesterday
Morning.

mum Of Eight Degrees Below
Zero Was Recorded Yesterday
Morning.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-IThe thir-
teenth consecutive day of abnormally
cold weather in the central valleys west
and northwest has been marked by
some moderation in the Ohio and up
per Mississippi and lower Missouri
/ Valleys, although the temperatures in
these districts still remain in the neigh
| borhOOd OF zero. In the Middle At
| lantic States the wave has continued
with undiminished severity, particular
| ly at Washington, where a minimum
OF 5 degrees below zero was recorded
this morning. The mean temperature
/ for Friday was 2 degrees below zero
the lowest daily mean temperature eve.
recorded in the history of the Wash
ington station.
This morning the temperatures in
the Ohio and Middle Mississippi Val
| leys, western Upper Lake region and
Middle Atlantic States were / degree
to 1S degrees lower than any previous
record for the first decade of February
AT Parkersburg it was 26 degrees be-
low zero, or 15 degrees lower than any
i previous record and at Pittsburg 2C
degrees below zero, or s degrees lower
/ than any previous record. During the
day, however, there was a marked rise
and tonight the temperatures in the
upper Ohio Valley are close to zero,
which is also about the average New
England temperature.
In the Northwest and Central Rocky
Mountain region there has been another
decided fall, accompanied by snow the
temperature having fallen from 10 de-
grees to 40 degrees, and ranging from
zero in Central Colorado to 80 below
in Northwestern North Dakota.
In the South there has been a. tenden-
/ cy to a slight rise, except along the
west Gulf coast.
Snow is falling in Southern Illinois,
Missouri, South Dakota and the Middle
States
4 In the plateau and Pacific Coast re-
I gions thererwe light SHOWS and rains
in the northern portions, followed by
generally fair weather, without any
/ temperature changes of consequence.
The cold wave will continue general.
except on the Gulf and extreme south
Atlantic coasts, and there will be no
marked abatement for at least several
/ days.
SEVERAL. DEATHS IN OHIO.
| CINCINNATI, Feb. 1O-The extreme
cold weather of yesterday has abated
here, the thermometer rising from II
below zero at + a. m, to 2 below at Z
p. m 1t was much colder in the
suburbs on the hills. The cold weather
has increased east of this city. The
! coldest point to-day was at Remington
/ O., 27 below, and other points in East
ern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky were
about that temperature. Many points
in West Virginia report temperature
colder than 20 degrees below zero.
The records were all broken to-day
throughout the eastern part of the Ohio
i Valley In some of the interior Ken
lucky towns the coal supply is short
because the mines have recently been
flooded, and many persons have been
partially frozen while hauling wood.
The fruit is gone, but the wheat is
not injured in the Ohio Valley States,
as the ground is covered everywhere
with snow
j Near Bloomington, Ind, ]. W. Hinkle
who had served several times as Sher-
iff, was found dead in the roadside,
having frozen to death while en- route
home.
Near Dayton, O., Martin DuffingeI
was found dead. He was frozen to
death while out feeding his hogs.
At Cincinnati the only death from
freezing was that of Mrs. Mary IIaver-
kamp, but there have been numerous
i cases of frozen limbs and other dis
abilities
POMEROY (O), Feb 1O.-The Gov
ernment thermometer registered 20 be-
low zero last night. The river Is full
of heavy ice, and all the Pittsbure
boats are floating helpless with millions
of bushels of coal, half of which Will
4 surely be lost. The Frank Watson sank
twenty miles above here, together with
a big tow, and the Stella Moran. as
she fioated by today at neon, asFeo
that help be telephoned for at Point
] Pleasant, as she would sink in shert
time unless aided.
COLUMBUS (O.). Feb. 70 Specials
to the Dispatch" fem various points
in the State say temperatures from i
to "a degrees below pre- etai. AT tamil
ton an eight-year-ol1 boy named Lcna
j was badly frozen while returning from
lathool. IIe is in q critical condition
i At Alliance a Pennsylvania locomo-
tive froze while working in the YARDS
heed Raiston was taken from his en-
i gine almost dead.
/ CHILLICOTHE (O.j, Feb. 10. = The
temperature ranged last night and to-
day from 26 to % below zero. This
has produced suffering. The infant sor
of Sophia johnson was found frozen
to death in the shanty in which The
mother lived.
GAINESVILLE co.,, Teb. 10. = Las'
night was the coldest weather ever
seen in the Muskigum Valley, the theE-
mometer registering 10 to 30 degrees
below zero.
VERY COLD IN NEW YORK.
! NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The tempera-
ture here took another drop to-day. the
thermometer registering degrees be-
low zero at o'clock this morning. Ora
Nolan of Brooklyn, tugboat fireman
was found frozen to death on North
River pier.
The British steamer Daniel is frozen
in the ice of the bay. Sandy HOOK
thermometers showed from 5 to 10 de-
grees below zero.
). Dispatches from points in the interior
of the State report in every instance