The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-15
Suffering of Passengers and
Crew Was Terrible.
ROPS DAMAGED BY COLD
THE PEACH CROP SAVED AND
THE ORANGES MAY BE SAVED
COOLEST WlATHs R EVER IN CHARLESTON
The Weather Bureau Says Y his Cold Wealth
Stands as Record Breaker. Clear
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Washington, Feb. 1.-THE weather
bureau tonight issued the following:
The great storm has practically dis
appeared off the northeast Canadian
coast, after combination of snow and
high winds that must hereafter stand as
record for almost the entire Atlantic
coast region.
Clear weather is general tonight, cx-
cept in the upper lake region and up
per Mississippi Valley, where SHOWS and
rains are falling, and in the Southern
portion of the West Gulf States, where
it is also raining.
With the exception of a limited terri
tory in the Southwest and the Eastern
portion of the Northern slope, there has
been Il 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 comparatively
low in the Atlantic States.
4 low area is evidently developing Off
the Texas coast. and rains are there
fore indicated in Southern portion Of the
Gulf States.
The temperature will continue c0mpar
atively high west OF the Mississippi river
and rise generally to the eastward
Storm signals are displayed on the
Gulf coast from Galveston to New Or
leans.
THE STATE OF TEXAS" GOES
DOWN
Norfolk, Va, Feb 1.-THE Merchants
and Miners TRANSFORMATION Company's
chartered steamer State of Texas. from
Baltimore to Savannah went down Sat
urday night last in eighteen feet of water
off the mouth of the Rappahannock river
in Chesapeake Ray. All her passen-
gers were taken off by tug and brought
to this city, whence they were forwarded
TO their destination. by the company. leav-
ing over the Southern Railway tonight
The ship was laden with steel rails
a large quantity of guano and oats and
of this only the latter will probably be
seriously damaged. The company is not
in the habit of insuring its vessel and
there is probably no insurance on the
ship. The suffering of passengers and
crew was terrible.
SlA DLlNjN.
Wilmington. y. c., Feb 1.-THE cold
est weather experienced here since 1884
was at 8 o'clock this morning when the
thermometer stood al six degrees alb We
zero with only sour inches of snow y
the ground.
PEACH CROP is SAFE.
Augusta Ca. Feb. 14.-There were
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shipped from the Augusta fruit district
last year including territory within a
radius of fifty miles in Georgia and Car
DINA. Advices from all this section indi-
cate that the crop is absolutely safe The
usual fruit season for this section is
about two weeks later than South
Georgia.
EARLY VEGETABLE CROP SAVED
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 1.-THE dam
age by the cold wave in this State was
mainly confined to the early vegetable
crop. The injury 70 the citrus indus
try is as vet merely speculative. 1t is
thought the orange bloom brought out
by the open Floridaian Winter has been
injured. 1t will require five or six days
to ascertain the exact damage done the
orange trees.
No marine disasters have been report
ed.
LOWEST RECORD EVER KNOWN.
Charleston, s. c.. Feb. 14.-The pub
liShed tables showing the temperature of
Charleston from 1888 to today. the old
est on this continent, prove that the re-
cord of this morning, 6.S degrees above
zero, is the lowest ever known here. 1t
is remarkable that it was colder here
this morning at 8 O'clock than in Boston
and New York The fall of snow yes
terday, 3 to inches, also broke the re-
cord. Il Charlestonian seldom seeing any
snow at all at home more than 3 or 4
times in life time. The weather has
moderated and the snow is fast melting
this afternoon. The reports from the
entire State show similar unprecendent-
ed climatic conditions. the thermometer
at the Clemson College Weather Bureau,
within IS miles of the Blue Ridge noun
tains. registering as low as seven degrees
below zero.
COLDEST SINCE 1857.
Chapel Hill, Feb. 14.-(Special.) )-The
most severe spell of weather since 1857
say the old inhabitants. The thermome-
ter registered FIVE and half degrees be-
low zero about four o'clock this morn
ing, but went to twenty FIVE above. Is
moderate tonight The snow averages
about eighteen inches. First mail arriv-