Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-02-17
COOLEST WEATHER RECORDER.
FriEid Temperature GeneralT hro ugh.
out the Country.

FrtEfd Temperature General Thrc urh.
out the Country.
Cold weather records in the West for
twenty-five years have been broken by the
recent frigid wave. The low temperature
extended from Medicine Hat to New Or.
leans, and almost anywhere west of the
Mississippi river zero weather or better
was considered comfortable.
To offer solace to those who believe
misery loves company, the Chicago wealth
or man made up the following table Of
temperatures:
Winnipeg .....+6C Cincinnati .....-1G
Minnedosa ....-5O Milwaukee ....-22
Qu'Appelle ....-32 Chicago .......-21
st. Paul ......-32 Pittsburg ......-10
Duluth .......-32A Albany 100000. o
Huron .......-36 Boston ...... q
Dies Moines ...-24 New York. ....- 4
Davenport ...-24 Washington ....- 8
Sioux City ....-2S Tampa, Fla.... 80
All Rocky Mountain points and far
western ranches reported everything froz-
on solid. Trains in the West were block
ed by snow, mud the cattle men expect to
find many cattle dead when they are able
to get out to make IL count. Leadville,
Colo, stopped all business to devote its
full energy to digging coal trains from the
snowbanks around the city. Chicago, Mill
waukec, st. Louis and other cities report
cd bursted water mains, due to freezing.
The number of persons found frozen to
death is not great considering the degree
of cold, but much suffering is reported.
Those known to nave met death by freez.
ing are:
Thomas Budges, Princeton, Ky.
William Doland, Paterson, n, j.
Frank Dubriet, Joliet, Ill.
John Fields. Paterson, n. j.
Henry X. Fortune, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
George Hamilton, Joliet, Ill.
Thomas Kcegan, Waterman, Rockford.
Ill.
Mary Lyme. Henderson, Ky.
Peter Matthews, West Orange, y. j.
Annie Miller. Louisville, Ky.
Ralph Severance. Rochester, n. y.
Joseph Smitky, Barren Island, n. j.
Unknown man, Toledo. Ohio.
Unknown man, New York City.
Aside from human suffering from the
cold weather there has been damage in
the winter wheat belt and in the fruit
groves of the South. Tampa, us may be
seen from the list above, shows 30 de-
grccs above zero. or two points below
freezing. That is dangerous to the deli
cate orchards and fruit farms of Florida.
Many Illinois points report damage to
fruit trees, especially peaches, and it is
feared the years crop will be ruined. The
limit of cold for fruit trees, 10 degrees
below zero, has been reached nearly all
over the State. kentucky reports IL coal
famine, due to the unprecedented demand
and Il flooding of the mines by water back
ed up by ice gorges.
Indiana was a chief sufferer, because of
the falling off in the natural gas supply.
Throughout Iowa the storm was unequal
ed since the establishment of the weather
bureau, and at Des Moines the fire de-
partlmcnt was practically out of service
because of frozen hose.
Fires, large and small, were numerous
II hard to fight owing to the difficulty in
securing water. Thousands of dollars
worth of property was burned up owing
to frozen hydrants, and in many cities the
fire departments were practically power.
less to fight flames. Following is a list
of fires reported:
City and details. Loss.
Abingdon, ILL.,, city hall burned. $4,000
Akron, o., residence destroyed. 10000
Bellairc, o., 100 people out of work 10000
Cincinnati, o., public school burned 100.
Doniplan, Kan, Wine cellar brnd. $4,000
Fargo, n. d., business blk brnd... $1,000
rS sssstsgea N. ". village almost 10000
Grundy Center, Ia, hotel burned. $4,000
Harrington, Kan, business block
burned $4,000
Madison, Ind, horse and mules
burned $500
Moline, ILL.,, two big fircs....... $4,000
New York City, fire department.
crippled 1000
Quincy. ILL.,, drug store burned. 90. $4,000
Saratoga. n. V, man brnd to death GO,OUO
Victoria, ILL.,, block destroyed. .... 5000
Williams, La. postotiicc burned. $1,000
Along the Mississippi valley us far south
as the Ohio river bridges have been aban-
doncd and teams cross on the solid ice.
Quincy. ILL.,, Hannibal, Kansas City and
all river points report ice gorgcs, which
promise to last for some time. The engi-
necrs and helpers at the Chicago water
cribs suffered for provisions before a res
cue expedition could reach them owing to
the sea of broken ice in the lake.
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