Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14

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! degrees IN the orange htit
/ urinp vegetables were Killed.
DAMAGE TO ORANGE-THEEs'
what damage was done 70 orange-uees
| T. In doubt subsequent weather pot"s
empbatic factor IN dotermlning' III 'uo
Grange belt the temperatures were no' %
| low as they have been. .,.,. vos
| In Northern Florida the weather was
unurecedented. The snowfsH between
roi5nigbt ana daylight was followed hy
sunshine and a clear sky, but WIN co'"'
northwest wind. ,,..,.,,
CARNIVAL OPENING POSIPONhD
MOBILE. ALA. February 1S.-Tae cold
est weather on record struck MoD"e "a
! the opening day OF the rarhiNa''
| forced a postponement OF the INST cay ,
,oiohrstion 10 Tomorrow. y heavy sieet
So,,,rdov night was followed by a freeze'
and much suffering among those hpIe,
nared for such weather. Inc mercui
/ - N TODAY registered ! degree DeloW
! zero 10 degrees lower than the No", ,r,
pureau record for twenty-nine years Ine
J tr,cis crops were killed. entailing IaIbe
loss.
NEGRO FROZEN TO DEATH.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, February b
IIniontown, Perry county. reported - pc
low this morning, and great sulSri"s.
| one negro man was ii'NN" .
number OF cattle died from the ehecls oi
NEGRO FROZEN IN HIS BED.
ANNIsTON. ALA, February ID
Daniel chatham, a negro. was iounu
frozen stiff i'm his bed this morning. Ihe
official temperature early this morning
vvos Il below-the coolest ever known
( Tbe enlisted men at Camp Shipp are
! r-eu and have suffered no inconvenience
from the cold Many sentries, manly
negroes. fell on their beats from NUMB
ness. and had TO be taken to the Nus
pltal 70 be thawed out. c.,,r,,,,rrr
| MUCH SUFFERING At AShhH iiI 1rha
! kcurVUI.E y. c.. February b ne
,,,arc,,r,. reached IA below zero here last
niebt the coolest ever known, Dut al
80 had moderated TO 10 below. Ihere
IS much suffering.
THREE ABOVE AT CHARLOTTE
CrARTOTTE y. c., February Il
60, - having the coolest weather
lroyn I'm ten or fifteen years. ShO" pe
@an falling Saturday morning ana con-
tinned through the day and nlshI' III
creasing I'm severity toWaIu 9uIi.'S
r,oT1in0 II continued all day SUNDAY
- nm to II o'clock Sunday night Inc
tnorr9ometer at 2 o'clock Sunday MORN
in, marked 10 degrees This tempeIatuie
aid not vary during the morhlhg' ~ u
creased toward night, reaching the lO"ea1
point Sunday night. when the me TulS
Stood at degrees above zero. The low
oct nrevious record at this season was 4
degrees above on February H. 1870
p1rsrNESS SUSPENDED-TRAlN AN
NULLED.
Although the sun shone for part Oh
to-day there was no thaw 1he sio" -
Ieff
practically suspended. Sunday ana To-
do,, the trains on the Southern and Sea-
hoard roads have been from two 10
seven hours late Tonight the trains on
10th roads are annulled. Ihere IS
inches Of ice on the ponds.
| At 1O.20 tonight the thermometers reg
istered from to 4 degrees below zero
Rr1ZzARD IN THE MOUNTAINS.
ono of the worst blizzards on record IS
racing i'm the mountains I'm the western
nsTt ~ The state. At Blowing ROCK the
Thermometer was below zero this morn
inc At Ienox il stood at degrees pc
low. At winston zero was fepoIleu,
Afanv towns are coaless, ana Wooo
famine is threatened.
SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.
A severe shock Of earthquake was 1eit
~ charlotte and at other points TO the
westward at 4:30 this morning.
blizzard IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, February l3.-With two
inches less than two feet OF snow on
io,n and with the mercury hoVerlhs
constantly near zero, the capital TO-DAY
Was in the grasp of the most severe piI rt
zard in its history. The snowfall Wlicl
began on Saturday evening contln.Lee
,rithout cessation until II o'clock to-nlshl
being twenty inches on top OF the hco
fan Of the few days preceding. DrlVel
~ @ HIGH northwest wind, it dritted il
bo,l,s from FIVE to eight feet IN ueplh
suspeuding all traffic, tying up streel-cdl
Iinae cutting off the city by rail- ah'
causing untold suffering among the pooI
At midnight the weather had cleaIeu "n'
the temperature moderated
BL1NDING sNOW-sTORM
BALTIMORE, February 13.-With the
mercury at or near the zero marx :
binding snow-storm prevailed mere az
dav. AS officially reported by the "ed
Their Bureau, during twenty-iour houl'
ending tonight at o'clock l5'5-lo lhche'
of snow fell
TRAIN-SHEDS COLLAPSE
c,,o rlost serious accident to-day wa
the collapse of the train-sheds or TN
Pennsylvania railroad at the President
street depot. The monetary loss,
thought. will not exceed 5000, but nue.
snow and wreckage must be cleared ava.
: before an enormous quantity or outsoih
t and incoming freight can be moved.
: TRAINS STALLED.
, Trains are running late, and seVera' al
: stalled outside the city
POOR FED AT SOUP-HOUSE.
LEXINGTON, ky, February B.-A'
tested thermometers registered a degree
a below zero this morning. The poor nav
heen fed free at soup-house all gay an
y various citizens have donated coal.
. only one or two coal-yards In LeNihs
q ton have any coal, and they will not lul
!. ,,tsh IN any person more than ton. Coz
l. has jumped from $3.50 to $40 a ton.
- RATTLE WITH ELEMENTS GIVEN u
" PHILADELPHIA, February l5.--Att'
d day of heroic battle, all the hulna
l. forces that could be brought mo P,"
d against the elements have been iorce1
a snccumb. and tonight the city IS IA
> Iocl,ed I'm the embrace OF the worst Oh
\. 1ord In the history of the local weath'
v hnreau Steam and local traffic are AT
n standstin. and the snow-heaped stree
are deserted.
DEATHS AND CASUALTIES
There were a number Of deaths, ana
n GOOD many casualties attributable 10 u
,s prevailing conditions.
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