The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-27
Cold Wave Passed On to New
York, Where Temperature
Fell Fifteen Degrees in
Three Hours.
sNoWsToRM MADE CITY DARK.
Shipping in the Harhor Was Com
PEELED to Lie BY Till Worst of
Storm Had Passed-South
Did Not Escape.


souri, and Illinois Christmas afternoon
passed on to the East and the South
leaving clear. cold, bracing weather in its
wake. Friday night was one of the cold
est of the winter, the thermometer regis
tering from above in Western Missouri
10 above in ST Louis and the eastern
part OF the State In Illinois similar con
ditions prevailed. Saturday the Their
molieter gradually rose till at O'Clock
It was 10 above IN Kansas City and Il
above IN St. Louis.
Kansas. Nebraska, Oklahoma and the
West and Northwest generally were
touched By the blizzard. but the latest re-
ports are that 1t gradually is moderatins
throughout this great territory.
The cold wave passed on over Missouri
and Illinois, through Indiana and Ohio,
leaving zero weather behind. and brought
20 New York the coolest weather Of the
season. accompanied by driving snow
storm, which gave New York City dark
ness at noontime and created much con-
fusion among the shipping in the harbor.
The South and Southwest did not es-
cape the blizzard, temperature readings
all the way from to Is above zero being
reported to The Republic
Few deaths from freezing and not a
great deal OF suffering to men or live
stock is reported. mainly by virtue OF the
fact that the bitter cold which came with
the blizzard quickly lifted with the de-
parture Of the wind and the snow.
NEW YORK.
New YorE, Dec. "A heavy fall OF
snow, accompanied by high wind, began
here early to-day. So thick were the
SLOW and the clouds that, during the
morning, darkness almost ike that O,
right prevailed in the downtown streets
The snow, wet and heavy. at first melted
as fast as 1t fell, but later the tempera-
ture dropped an dthe storm took on tbs
semblance of a blizzard.
During the dark period In this city
many ferryboats went astray, their cap
tains having lost their bearings, and the
harbor resounded with the whistles OF
tugs and other steam craft that had be-
come enveloped in the darkness and
binding snow. Several liners on their
way from quarantine to their piers had
to lay to until the darkness sliited.
The darkness lasted nearly an hour. aft.
er which the storm lessened considerably
in severity. although the SNOW continued
to fall.
heavy snovstorm accommodated a,
many places by a high wind. prevailed
throughout the State.
Later in the day the snow stopped, but
the mercury dropped rapidly, going down
fifteen degrees. from "a to Is, In three
hours. A sharp wind intensified the
III
said would probably reach the low
est thus far for the winter.
KANSAS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Topeka. Kas.. Dec. &c. = Kansas was
swept ~ a cold wave last night. The
temperature at Topeka had dropped te
six degrees above zero at o'clock thi.
,acIn'rg. Although the wind was frcn
the south, it was cold and raw here al
day and warmed up slowly. Suffering /.
rerurr>j among cattls as a result CT The
.eld snap. but it ,s believed the loss it
cettlemsr. outside II siir.nkage, will a
light.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Concordia. Kas Dec "a coId w.v,
swept over this county last night. The
thermometer registered four degrees abov,
zero. This nnorninr dawnad clear onf
bright. and the tberr,or,etsr nee sro,,,.
eily. No snow IS reverted
ILLINOIS.
Paris III, DEC. s-fhe intensely cold
weather. tne thermometer reaching seven
below to-day, rs responsible for two ia
taiities. Jonn Weir aged % years. was
frozen to death near hinwood. George
baumgarten was found frozen to a tree
here early this morning and had to be
torn loose by patroimen. BE is so badly
frozen he cannot recover.