The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-17

UpAgain The snow and Sleet Begins
to ThaW-rrain Service Renewed on
all the Railroads
The big snow n sleet of Saturday.
Sunday and Monday, which gave Will.
mington a touch Of .Klondike weather.
was followed. for the t~wenty-four hours
ending yesterday morning at S O'Clock
by the coolest weather on record by the
United States weather bureau here.
During that twenty-four hours Mr..
W. H. Fallon. the observer at this sta
ton, records the maximum temperature
as Is degrees above zero and the mini
mum as 6 degrees above. In his sum-
mary of the weather conditions for the
"a hours ending yesterday morning
says:
The severe storm which was central
yesterday morning off the North Caro-
lima coast has moved rapidly north
eastward to the extreme north Atlantic
coast, accompanied by heavy snowfalls
and high winds north of South Carolina
The storm has been followed by a de-
cided increase in pressure throughout
the middle and south Atlantic states,
and a pronounced high area is central
this mOrning in western Tennessee,
causing much colder weather over the
Carolinas. In the other districts the
temperature is much higher than on
yesterday morning. The low tempera-
lures over the south the past two morn
ings have broken the records. AT Will
mingtOn the temperature was 5 degrees
above zero this morning, 4 degrees be-
low any previous record. The weather
is cloudy generally west of the MiSsis-
sippi valley, with snow over the upper
un1Iayc. alcnu-hnrn a1nor u-nnthnr nrn-
walls"
A THAW SETS IN.
Yesterday morning was bright and
clear in Wilmington n after the sun
rose the temperature rose rapidly and
the sleet and snow began to thaw.
People were busy on all sides shoveling
the snow from the sidewalks and
ring the day the streets were fairly
pasSable.
There is a decided difference between
| the temperature as we go to press this
morning and the low record yesterday
morning. The thermometer registered
only 26 degrees at 8 o'clock, compared
to 10 the same time yesterday morn
ing.
THE RAILROAD RESUME SER
VICE.
The rains on all the railroads came
III SSStCl ooyy Will Tx 0ASSplIOH I'll III
| Atlantic and Yadkin railway. The Sea-
board Air Line train due here from
| Charlotte at 1900 p. m, n which
failed to come or Monday arrived yes
terday afternoon at 2:25 p. m. The
train left on the Seaboard Air Line
on schedule lime at 800 p. m. On the
Atlantic Coast Line, the trains coming
in were only a few minute late. To-
day all passenger and freight trains
running into n out of Wilmington will
| resume their rum.
TRAINS SNOW BOUND.
The Goldsboro Argus of yesterday
says: The trains yesterday had a
hard time trying to get in and out of
the city, and they were all late. This
morning the Smithfield train, Capt.
Jack Collier and Engineer r. G. Jen-
kins, tried and failed utterly to get out
l of the city. The A. & N. c.. R. R.,
| freight train tried hard and also failed
to get out and is now on the side track
with it's loaded cars. The early pas
senger train on the Southern finally
| got out of the city with the assistance
of the shifting engine on the yards.
The shOofy from the north on the At
lantic Coast Line, due here at Z O'Clock
this morning, failed to put in it's ap-
pearance until 11:35, and the Newbern
passenger train due here at Ills has
not yet left Newborn"
S1iS liC AlIlICo VI 1OIlud says.
The H"shoofly" from Rocky Mount
to Wilmington, due here at $40, came
in this morning pretty near on time,
but was forced to stop over for two or
three hours, as everything was so fro
zen that it could not move. After sew
eral trials the two cars were pulled off
with three engines in front of them.
Northbound passenger train No. 80 due
here last night at 11:31 came in this
morning about 10:30, three engines pull
ng it. An engin with a snow plough
in front Of it went up this morning,
clearing the track. No doubt all the
trains will be many hours late today
The Florence Times: 1.-The Charles
ton train did not get in until nearly
l o'clock, n no trains have left Flor
ence except those going to Wadesboro
and Charleston-and those were doub-
l~e-engined. Traffic is blocked at Rich
mond and the trains are held here
until further orders. The passenger
from the north due here this morning
at $3.50 is not yet in, and when it will
| come is not at all certain. The rail-
, road authorities are offering double
wages for hands to clear the roads
north from Florence in order to restore
the normal condition of things"