Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-14
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Lexington, Va, Feb. ia regular
Western blizzard has been in progress
here since Saturday afternoon. and the
snow is now over seventy inches deep.
The thermometer has for the past five
days been below zero most of the time.
The Valley branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has suspended train
service on this end and no mail is re-
ceived. Roads in every direction block
AIDED with heavy snow drifts. Stock is
dying from cold. There was a heavy
seismic disturbance this morning about
4 o'clock.
EARTHQUAKE AT DltNvILLE.
Danpille. Va, Feb. i3.-Three distinct
shocks of earthquake were felt here at
4:So a, m. to-day. Many persons were
awakened. Vibrations north to south.
The record in the way of arctic
weather was broken in this vicinity
last night and to-day, and the end is
not yet. Snow lies on the ground to a
depth of ten inches and is drifted In
many places to several feet. The mer.
curry for the past forty-eight hours has
novered between zero and ten above.
railing to three or four below during
the night. Railway traffic in every
direction Is blocked by snow and nh
trains abandoned. The Atlantic and
Danville eastbound train left Law
renceville, Va, this morning with three
locomotives, but had to be abandoned.
southern railway trains between here
and Washington discontinued.
AT LYNCHBURG.
here nearly all day yesterday and to-
day up to p. M, the total depth be-
ing eleven inches. The minimum tenn
perature for twentyfour hours uD 10 s
o CLOCK tonight was 6 degrees above
zero. with indications of going below
zero before morning. Passenger trains
are greatly delayed all the way from
Two to eight hours There has been no
North siIIuu eur1y morn
ing UP to this time, 8 o'clock tonight.
SLIGHT SHOCK.
y slight shock of earthquake. though
more severe than the kind usually felt
IN virginia, was felt here at 4 so a. IN.
winds.
Petersburg. Va, Feb. 13.-Snow has
been falling here almost necessarily for
hfty hours and the ground is covered
on the level to depth of TWENTY-FIVE
inches, with drifts reaching n depth of
SIN feet. Railroad trains and street
car lines ceased operations and bust
ness is practically suspended.
Tne weight of snow crushed in tho
roof of Roper & Co.'s Wholesale gro
Gerry store today, slightly injuring two
clerks. 1t is the heaviest snow storm
known here since 1857. a fuel famine
prevails.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh. n. c., Feb. 1.-THE snow
which began falling Saturday at noon
ceased this afternoon. 1t is the largest
snow storm that has visited this civ
since 1897. That snow was said 10 be
twenty-four inches deep, while the
present one is eighteen inches. The
temperature is remarkably cold and
the wind is very brisk. That the mer-
curry Will drop TO zero or slightly below
by morning is very probable, breaking
all records.
CHARLOTTE.
Charlotte. n. c.. February 1S.-Char-
lotte is having the coolest weather
known in ten or fifteen years. Snow.
began falling Saturday morning and
continued through the day and night.
increasing in severity toward mornjnr
There is four inches of ice on the ponds
AT 1920 tonight thermometers reg
istered from one to four degrees he.
low zero
One of the worst billiards on record
IS raging in the mountains in the west
ern part of the State. AT Blowing
Rock the thermometer was ten below
zero this morning. At Lenoir ii stood
at two degrees below. At Winston.
zero was reached. In many towns 4
coal and wood famine is threatened.
severe shock of earthquake was felt
at Charlotte and at other points to the
west at 1870 o'clock this morning.
AT COLUMBIA.
Columbia. S. c.. February 1s.-Co.
lumbla was just north of the center of
the storm and is experiencing the colo
est weather since the bureau was es.
tablished here, eleven years ago. The
mercury got down TO seven degrees.
with a mean OF twelve. The snow.
though packed by sleet. Is now 11.5
inches, the deepest recorded hereto,
fore being lis inches In February. lsg,
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