The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-14

Charleston, S. c.. Feb. l3-When the
| city awoke this morning IL found itselt
wrapped Ia a blanket OF snow. 1t was
bitterly cold all Of last night, the Their
/ mometer registering a 5 low as 10 degrees
/ Until after Midnight rain and sleet fell.
The snow did not come tin toward
morning. The fall Is variously estimated
at from two TO three inches on a level.
The street cars have not been able 10 run
end no trains have entered or gone out
Of the city to-day, The weather Is the
coldest ever experienced here the ther-
mometer registering 9 degrees at D. m.
to-day.
y special to the News and Courier from
camp Marion says: The soldiers suf-
Tered considerably by the blizzard and
snoWstorm- To-day there was an insult
heient supply Of wood and none could be
solIeh IN the town for love or money"
Columbia, 5. C., Feb. IS.-Columbia was
Just north OF the center Of the STERN. and
Is experiencing the coldest weather since
'he bureau was established here eleven
years ago. The mercury got down to de-
sfees' with a mean of L. The snow,
though packed by sleet, is now II.O5
Ihches, the deepest recorded here hereto
lore being lies inches in February. 1894
me lowest temperature ever recorded
mere was degrees, on February IA, 1895.
Inc record tonight will probably be low
er still
Nofth or Columbia conditions are worse
AdVlceS from all parts Of South Carolina
tel the Columbia story over again. Early
IruIL ana vegetables will be badly injured.
Ine public schools have shut down in
dehnlteiy. This city is now face to face
with serious situation. The water SUD-
pay mas been practically exhausted. the
people leaving spouts open to prevent
bursting OF pipes. In this way, though
S'"V,NJ gallons were pumped to-day, the
waste has been as great. As a result all
steam plants are shut down and melted
snow has been in use for drinking DUR
poses.
The soldiers at Camp Torrance, being
from the far North, are not suffering very
much, but their cloth cottages are any
tning but entirely comfortable. The men
are not grumbling. however
Hard f INES N Georgia.
Savannah, Ca, Feb. 13.-To-day has
been the coolest on record in this city.
At 10 a. m. the mercury stood at s de-
greeS above zero, with the city under a
two-inch snowfall and a brisk wind blow
ing. Henry Lewis. colored, died frcm
cold in his home. Street cars were for
tweleve hours stalled by snow all over
the city. In several instances motor
men and conductors who waited on their
stalled cars for orders were so badly frost.
bitten that they had to be lifted off the
cars and sent home and TO bed. The
schools were dismissed at noon on ac-
count of the cold
Augusta, Ga, Feb. 13.-Augusta is in
the midst of the coolest spell on record.
With a foot of dry snow on the ground
and the thermometer 10 to % degrees be- |
low the freezing point, a stiff northerIy
wind intensif!es the cold At Camp Nc
henZie the men are fairly comfortable
under the trying conditions which the un-
precedentedly cold weather imposes. All the |
tents have floors, and are furnished with |
stoves, and while the experience of camp
Ing out in blizzard is rather disagree
able, there has been no severe suffering. |
Macon, Ga, Feb. 13.-The weather in !
Macon and vicinity is the severest known |
TO the Oldest inhabitant The six inches |
of snow that fell Sunday is melting very |
slowly, and the Thermometer remains |
close about Y degrees above zero but was |
near the zero point this morning. The |
here, No such weather was anticipated /
and no provision was made for it, The !
clothing Of the men is adapted to the /
weather that usually prevails in this sec
ton. All of the tents are provided with |
stoves, but even this does not keep the |
men altogether comfortable.
Cold freaks Up Carnival.
Mobile, Ala, Feb 13.-The coolest |
weather on record struck Mobile on the |
opening day of the carnival, forcing post
pOnement of the first days celebration TO
tomorrow. A heavy sleet Saturday night /
was followed by a freeze and much suf- /
fering among those unprepared for such
weather. The mercury at 8 a. m to-day /
registered ! degree below zero, twelve de-
grees lower than the Weather Bureau
record for twenty-nine years
Montgomery, Ala, Feb. B.-Uniontown.
Perry County, reported y below this
morning, and great suffering. One negro
man was frozen TO death. A number OF
cattle died from the effects of the
weather.
Admission, Ala, Feb 13.-Daniel Chat
man, a negro was found frozen stiff in
his bed this morning The official temper
atuTe early this morning as II below, the
cOldCSt ever known.
Birmingham, Ala, Feb. Rowing TO
the intensely cold weather, the thermom-
eter being 10 degrees below zero. the BIZ
minghsm Carnival Society has called of |
the Mardi Gras celebration. which was 10
have beel held to-day and tomorrow. |
The town is full of visitors. The present
blizzard is the worst on record.
Nernn1iz Tenn Erh 12-FTba