Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-02-18

The most fearful storm Of the century
has been raging in the far Eastern md
Southern States, causing extreme suffer
ing, especially among the very poor. and
some loss Of life. In Boston and New Eng
land generally Q week Of extreme cold
preceded Q blizzard Of tremendous force
on last Sunday and Monday. The traffic
of Boston was suspended, IL being neces-
sary 10 close the great department stores
in order that the employees might reach
their homes while it wa still possible.
The steamer traffic was suspended al
most entirely and shipping at . stsndstill.
The supply Of coal was very low and the
scarcity Of milk threatened famine. The
condition OF the poor was distressing in
deed. Many people found il impossible to
reach their homes, so that they were
forced 70 go 10 the hotels. These were
filed 70 the doors.
In New York snow fell continuously
from Saturday until Monday night. On
Monday business would have been at q
standstll had 10 not been 9 legal holiday.
The street railways we're largely stopped,
80 that the greater part Of the travel was
confined to the elevated roads. All mail
trains and postal service were delayed.
The suffsrings Of families and households
were intense.
In Philadelphia the streets were desert
ed. in some places the drifts Of snow being
immense.
In Connecticut business was Of q stand
still.
All over the section Of country visited
BY the storm there we're drifts Of snow
| from five TO ten feet In depth. There were,
so far as known, thirteen victims OF the
storm, six In the Southern States and the
rest in New York and Philadelphia. The
steamer Germsnio Of the White Star LINE
sunk IN New York harbor, being heavily
coated with Zoe.
In Washington the storm ragged so that
neither house Of Congress had q quorum
There was . practical suspension Of bust
ness in both houses. All Of the depart
ments were at q ~stsndstill and many Of Thu
social functions had to be postponed. Th'
Capitol building WAS covered with snow
giving 10 the appearance Of q snow palace
AT noon IL became necessary 10 resort II
the gas, the gloom in the House being 50
great.
The fact of the great stores Of such cisieI
as New York. Boston and Philadelphia sus
pending business proves that the storm
must have been almost unprecedented
and the suffering among the poor must b,
enormous.
The Southern States have been visited
too, by this terrible fury Of the elements
Richmond, Lexington, Savannah, Atlanta,
Louisville and other Southern cities hav
ing experienced a severity Of cold unpar-
alleled. The wheat and fruit crops hav
been severely injured. Bayous Terre Bonn
and La Fourche, La, are frozen for tn
first time since the war. The orange grow
ers' letters from Florida are ~recitals Of ice
bound trees and fruit that is ruined by tn
cold. Throughout Georgia the early vege
tables have been killed, and the peach croI
and other fruits almost entirely destroyed
About Waco, Texas, oats are ruined an,
wheat so seriously injured as to amoun
TO destruction. Fruit crops are not in
jured. Great damage has been lone Il
live stock.
ALI records for the temperatures in Ar
kansas have been broken, and Februar.
10, 1899, will be treasured up In the mem
DRY Of the oldest inhabitants for years Il
come. Twelve below zero was the mark
Drifts Of snow 10 feet deep are reporte'
in the South. in some cases preventing tn
burial Of the dead.
The thermometer registered 16 degree
in southwest Missouri. fatally injuring th
peach and pear crops.
On Tuesday the storm was sbating, seem
ing to pass off into the sea. With few ex
captions there has been q rise in the tenn
perature and the frozen inhabitants ar
beginning to dig their way back to trsfi
10 the great cities.