The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-04-25
COLD PLAYS HAVOC
Wind, Snow, Sleet and Floods
Do Untold Damage.
MANY STATES IN ICY GRASP
In The Sunny Southland Frigid
Wave Badly Hurts Crops and
Fruit in Many Sections.

WlnQs ana neaVy preclpltatlOn5 OF
rain and snow have been conditions
in many of the states of the south at
the close of the past week. Little
damage was done by the winds, though
it is feared that in some localities
young crops have been stunted or kill
ed by the frost or cold. At many
points, particularly in eastern Ken
tucky, eastern Tennessee and Vir-
ginia, the temperature was lower than
known in decade at this time of year.
In Kentucky Saturday reports were
received by the weather bureau from
fifteen cities or towns and in most Of
them the minimum temperature of Fri
day ranged between 80 and 81
degrees. The maximum for the entire
state was 3S degrees at Darlington, in
Kentucky. The coldest section was
the blue grass, in and around Lexing-
ington. This is the best fruit grow
ing part of the state, and here, it is
feared, there was damage by frost, not
only to fruit, but to vegetable and to-
bacco crops.
In the mountains of Kentucky the
snowfall was unbroken and fourteen
inches were reported at London and
Middlesboro. All the streams there
were bankfull and general prepara-
tions were being made to vacate the
homes in the valleys before the thaws
and the expected floods should swoop
down upon them. There has been much
suffering among the poor mountain
eers. Around Louisville there has
been no damage of consequence.
GEORGIA COTTON KILLED.
It is probable that much of the cot
ton crop in the southern part of Geor-
gia, particularly about Americus, will
have to be replanted on account Of the
damage done by the severe weather OF
the past few days.
Weather Forecaster J. B. Marbury
at Atlanta received reports from that
section Saturday indicating that the
cotton crop had Jared badly at the
hands of both rain and wind. The
rain, it seems, first put the fields in
such condition that when the high
winds of the past day or so came the
tender plants were blighted.
Prof. Marbury is Of the opinion that
the fruit crop is still safe, but fears
that the young vegetation in many
sections of the state may have suffered
considerably.
"This is one of the most continuous
wind storms that 7 have ever known"
said Mr.. Marbury. "For more than
thirty-six hours the wind blew at q
rate varying little from forty and forty
five miles an hour. It even reached a
velocity of fifty miles an hour, but this
did not last for any length of time"
According to the weather bureau the
temperature for the past few days has
rather encouraged frost, but the high
winds prevented it. Had there been
no wind it is more than probable that
the entire state would have been Wis
tied by a killing frost, which would
have laid waste vast sections.
SNOW STORM IN OHIO.
Saturday North Ohio was swept by
furious storm of wind and snow that
prostrated telegraph and telephone
wires in all directions. The wind
came from the north and during the
early hours of the day reached ve-
locity of IS miles and hour.
All telegraph communication was
severed between Cleveland and points
east and south. A few wires were
patched up to the west, but even these
were reported to be working badly.
In some respect the storm was the
worst experienced during the entire
winter. The heavy wet snow came
down in binding sheets and the streets
in the city were covered with slush.
HEAVY LOSSES IN P1TTsBURG.
Conservative estimates of the total
damage in the Pittsburg, Pa, district
from high water in the Monongahela
river is between 81, 900, 900 and 50, ,00O,-
900. Fifty thousand workers are suf-
fering from enforced idleness. While
there have been greater floods ut this
point, there was never one that caused
so much financial loss and discomfort.
This was due to the denser population,
caused by the recent rapid growth OF
the two cities. and to the fact that all
the manufacturing plants on the river
banks were in active operation, most
of them working night and day, until
the rising water put out the fires and
drove the workers to higher ground.
The loss to the railroads entering
Pittsburg from flood, landslides wreck
ed bridges, heavy snow and the inter
ference with traffic is roughly estl-
mated at 100000.
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