The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Below Zero Weather Advances
Even into Florida.
THE SOUTH FROZEN UP.
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night increased iu ,ioirnrc toiay, be-
coming ,homngh blizzard. SnoS teil
all day aud is still coluins down. \
bitter northwest wiad drives the >n"w
in clouds through tie streets. Sweeping
the sidewalks in some places ard le
others piling ups feet snow DRIFTS. lie
street cleaning department, after SiruS,
Cling for 36 hours to clear tie principal
streets, gave up entirely, even S!iiren-
dering Broadway to the wind and snow.
In the suburbs, where the wlrds have
free sweeps, drifts are 5 TO 10 feet hlgh.
Street railroads have stopped altogether
and suburban steam railroads are
blocked. Many neighborins towns are s
cut off from New York altoge'her. VI
the $4,000 destitute families IN this
city, as estimated by Blair, Supern-
tendent of the outdoor poor. nearly ali
are either freezing or starvlngto death.
BELOW ZERO At TALLAHASSEE.
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. i3.-Un-
precedented weather visited northern
Florida today. Sleet was followed by
light snow early this morning IN all OF
western and middle Florida The .ow-
est temperature was 2 degrees below
zero at Tallahassee, 8 degrees above at
Jacksonville and temperature OF from
Is to 40 degrees in the orange aelt.
Winter maturing ves setables were killed.
What damage was done to orange trees
is yet in doubt, subsequent weather be-
ing an important factor in determining.
In the orange belt the temperatures
were not so low as they have been. In
northern Florida the weather was un-
precedented. The snow between mid
night and daylight wasfollowed by sun.
shine and clear sky, but with cold
northwest wind.
CHARLESTON ASTONISEED.
Charleston, Feb. IS When the city
awoke this morning it found itself wrap
ped ia blanket OF snow. 1t was bit
terly cold all Of last night, the ther-
mometer registering as low as Is de.
grees. Until after midnight rain and
sleet fell. The snow did not come till
towards morning. The fall is various
ly estimated at from 2 to 3 lnches
on level. Business has practi-
cally been suspended all day
Merchants, clerks, business men and
private citizens have paraded the
streets, engaging in SNOWFALL battles.
The street cars have not been able to
run and no trains have entered or gone
out of the city today. The weather IS
the coldest ever experienced here, the
thermometer registering 9 degrees at 2
p. NJ, today.
COOLEST on RECORD
Augusta, Ca, Feb. l3.-Augusta is
IN the midst of the coolest spell on re-
cord. With half a foot Of dry snow on
the ground and the thermometer i9 to
% degrees below the freezing point,
stiff northerly wind intensi6es the cold.
The snow ceased falling at $50 a. u
and the sun shene all day, but without
causing any diminishing effect in the
bitingcold. The lowest point reached
by the mercury ?or q hours ending at
s o. NJ, was degrees. The maximum,
was II degrees, and the deficiency OF
temperature over tho same date last
year was 20 degrees. At clock to
night thermometer vas at the 10
degree poiut, with every indication OF
being near zero before morning.
NORTH cARoLINAs S DOSE.
Charlotte. \. G.. Feb l3.-Charlotte
is havis.. he coideSt weather knrwn ln
10 r Is years. Snow began fal!ins
Saturday morning and continue
through the day ani hight. increasing
in severity toward Sunday lnoruing, l.
continued all day Sunday and up to II
o'clock Sunday night. At 1870 to-
night thermometers registered from
to / degrees below zero. Que OF tie
worst billiards on record is raging IL
the mountains in the western part OF
the State. At Blowing Rock the ther.
mometer was 10 below zero this morn
ing. At Lenoir iostood at ? degrees
below. At Winston zero was reached.
In many towns coal and wood famine
is threatened.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Savannah, Ca, Feb. 13.-Today has
been the coldest on record in this city.
At 10a. NJ, the mercury stood at !,
grees above zero, with the city uL1cr a
2-inch snowfall and brisk wind blow
ing. Henry Lewis, colored died from
the cold in his house. Street cars were
for y hours stalled by snowfall over
the city. In several instances motor
men and conductors who waited on their
stalled cars for orders were so badly
frostbit.en that they had to be lifted off
the cars and sent home and to bed.
BATTLE AGAINST THE ELEMENTS.
Philadelpbia, Feb. l3.-After day
Of heroic battle, all the human forces
that could be brought into play agains
the elements have been forces to sue
cumb, and to night tie city is fast lcck
ed in the embrace of the wtrst blizzard
in tie history of the local weather
bureau. Steam and local traffic are at
stanostill. and the snow heaped
streets are deserted. There were
number of deaths and i good many cas-
ualties attributable to the prevailing
conditions.
SENTRIES SUCCUMBED.
Admission, Ala, Feb. 13.-Daniel
chatham, Negro, was found frozen in
his bed this morning. The tempera--
ture this morning was II below, the
coldest ever known. The enlisted me2
at Camp Shipp are well equipped, and
suffered no Inconvenience from the
cold. Many sentries, mainly Negroes,
however, fell on their beats from numb
ness, and had to be taken to the hos
pitalto be thawed out.
TwENTy-FoUR BELOW ZERO.
Lexington, Ky, FEB. l3.-Attested
thermometers registered q degrees be-
low zero this morning The poor have
been fed free at a soup house all day,