Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-16
WEATHER RECORDED.

COOLEST WEATHER RECORDED.
Frigid Temperature General Through.
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.
10 offer solace to those who believe
misery loves company, the Chicago wealth
er man made up the following table of
temperatures:
winnipeg :...-46 Cincinnati .-16
Mlnnedosa ....-0O Milwaukee ....-22
Qu Appelle So Cnlcago I'll
o.. Iaul ....-o2 Plttsburg 40
Duiotn 80 Albany ........ U
huron .-oo Boston ........ b
Des MONIES ~ New York ....- 4
davenport ~ Washington go 8
Sioux City ....-2S Tampa, Fla. -. 80
All Rocky Mountain points and far
western ranches reported everything froz-
en- solid. Trains in the West were block
ed by snow, and the cattle men expect to
find many cattle dead when they are able
to get out to make a count. Leadville,
Colo, stopped all business to devote it's
full energy to digging coal trains from the
snowbanks around the city. Chicago, Mil
waukee, st. Louis and other cities resort
ed 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 have 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 *. Fortune, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
George Hamilton, Joliet, Ill.
Thomas keegan, Waterman, Rockford,
Ill.
Mary Lyme, Henderson, Ky.
Peter Matthews, West Orange, n. 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, as may be
Secll lIOl1 the llSL ABOVE, SHOWS OO Qe-
grees 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 coal
fo,,, duo To- Tod n md
and a flooding of the mines by water back
ed up by ice gorges.
Indiana was 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-
partment was practically out of service
because of frozen hose.
Fires, large and small, were numerous
and 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
Belaire, o., 100 people out of work 10000
| Cincinnati, O.. public school burned
Doniphan, Kan, wine cellar brnd. $4,000
Fargo, n. D., business blk brnd... $4,000
| Forestport, n. Y, village almost
DESTROYED :. $4,000
Grundv Center. Ia. hotel burned. $4,000
Harrington, Kan, business block
burned $4,000
Madison, Ind, horse and mules
burned $500
Molin, Ill. two big fires. $4,000
New York City, fire department
cripnled $780, 900
Quincy, H.. drug store burned. -. 10000
Saratoga, n Y, man brnd to death 10000
Victoria, Ill.,, block destroyed. $50. 5000
Williams, La, postoffice burned. $4,000
Along the Mississippi valley as far south
as the Ohio river bridges have been aban-
doned and teams cross on the solid ice.
Quincy, Ill.,, Hannibal, Kansas City and
all river points report ice gorges, which
promise to last for some time. The engi-
neers and helpers at the Chicago water
cribs suffered for provisions before res
cue expedition could reach them owing to
the sea of broken ice in the lake.
- Mo eide