The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14

Galveston, TEXAS. February 1S.--very
few reports have been received from the
coast country yet telling Of the damage
done BY the hard freeze OF yesterday and
last night, but there Is no doubt that
nearly everything was lost. DR.. Cline,
local forecaster official of the United
States weather bureau. estimates the loss
IN the coast region at more than $1,000
600 as direct result OF the unprecedented
cold weather. This includes the holdings
OF all the small farmers between Corpus
Christi on the west and Orange on the
east.
short time ago. when the tempera-
ture went TO 20 on the coast the people
lost 10 per cent of their crops then in the
ground. That cold spell lasted only one
night, DR.. Cline feels sure that the farm
ers were unable to provide against the
excessive weather OF the past forty-eight
hours, and ON that assurance he bases
his estimate OF the less. From the re-
Torts previously received at the weather
bureau ofHce, II Is known that the crop
OF early vegetables was unusually large.
The first planting is now entirely de-
stroyed by this freeze
There was more ice in Galveston this
morning than was ever known before. The
Temperature did not go quite as low rs l b
did on Sunday morning when IT, dropped
60 as degrees, but there was much less
wind blowing, and consequently q better
chance for Ice TO form. The bay was
frozen over to q. greater extent than the
Shipping people can ever remember before.
A tug belonging TO the Direct Navigation
company had hard work getting along.
1t could make no progress at all except
10 back off and then go against the Ice
xfff ctfh Nto frran In ei,n lie NO
through a little at a time. Hundreds of
fish were seen benuinbed from the cold,
Rnd many were frozen to death. On the
west the bay was entirely frozen over.
1t must have been OF considerable thick
Neae. too, for railroad men coming into
town this morning say they tried to break
the ice by throwing humps OF coal on
1t, but were unable TO do so.
The Ice extended entirely across the
channel opposite the quarantine station.
and two English steamers had to pillow
their way through Il in going out,
Down at the beach tho sight was beau-
tiful one. The breakers froze as they
rolled onto the shore. and the ice forma-
lions we're not only attractive. but I'M
usual In formation and character.
An unknown white man about % years
old was found at Eighteenth and Church
streets about o'clock this morning al
most frozen TO death. He was lying across
the sidewalk entirely numb from the cold.
His presence here was reported 10 the
police station and the patrol wagon was
sent 10 bring him in. at the station tho
attendants were unable 10 revive tho
fellow and he was sent to the Secly hos
pital, where he soon recovered and went
his way.
Water and heating pipes were badly In
terfered with. All OF the public schools
dismissed for today on account OF being
unable to keep up steam and TO make tho
rooms comfortable.
The temperature was only 6 degrees
above zero at New Orleans this morning,
and physicians are of tho impression that
tho yellow fever question has been settled
for the coming year The cold will Of
fectusily stamp out all disease germs.
The damage 10 the Florida orange crop
ID no doubt great, but no estimates have
been received hero. The local fruit deal
ers lost pretty heavily as all their stock
on hand was frozen hard.
Warmer weather is promised for to-