The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-19
SOUTH STORM SWEPT
BoreaI Blasts and Surgiag Floods
Sweep Over Dixie Land
DAMAGE DONE AT MANY PLACES
Snow, Slect and Ice rlarIS the Prog
ress Of the Southern Storm rluch
Damage Done.

Damage Done
Atlanta Sprcinl--Thc Ch,itoboochpe
riyrr is 20 feet above thr ,owrr water
mark and rising AT the rate of four
inches per hour. Flood warnings have
been sent by the local weather hurnau
at Columh,ls and other pcints on thc
| river below here. Il is cypcctrd that q
maximum of Is feet viii he reached
here by Tursd;,y morning if there IS
no more rain. EIj.b winds much low
or temperature, and a liph, fan of
SNOW followed Il day Of steady down.
pour q! rain There was un dns,,uc
! iion OF ~ l,l,rrty in Atlanta, ,,,, :, i,
! feared chat the ruit rron in nnrtb t,nnr-
! gla will he Srrion.,lv dumaprd SNOW
! was also rrportcd i'm nirminrham and
Selma Ma Jackson Miss und rcn-
orally thruuyhout tb, state nr Arlion-
SaS. in the vicinity of 'runrlo Miss a
furious wind storm d,strovrd mmrh
| property. IN, caused ~, ,n.. nf Ifo
! So far as known, The Whi,c Rl,cl,
and Current rivers in Arkansas orc in
| hood and serious damage j., rc,rrd
Memphis. Tenn. Special, One of ihn
| worst Slcrt and SNOW storms that havc
! visited this section for wears nrrvailcd
Mondoy causing serious dcl,v in r,i,-
| road and street ear traffic and ;utrr-
| fcring to some extent with ;rlrnr,nhi,
| and telephone communication IN ,Il
directions. Trains are arriving from 3
TO s hours late. \ steady rain all day
Sunday turned into slice, last night
This was followed bv a snow storm
which during the day assumed the
proportions Of "A blizzard. At 6 o'clock
| there was a decided drop in thc tenn
pcruturc and the snow ceased falling.
Reports from Arkansas, MississipnI
and northern Texas tell Of similar con
ditiOns. AT Fort Worth and Dallas tho
snow fall was the heaviest i'm wears.
| Trains are running ON bclatcd schcd-
ulps and in many instances are an
| nullcd
Jacksonville. Fla, SDecial. .--IIigh
winds prevailed here during the whole
afternoon, reaching "A velocity of IT
miles per hour about night. as reported
by the weather bureau. This breaks
the record. as 72 miles per hour is the
greatest velocity ever previously at
tanned. The storm temporarily inter
Tered with the telegraph and telephone
service and parts Of the city are now
in darkness. Beyond interfcrcnces with
the telephone, telegraph and electric
light service, no damage was done In
the city. Every wire except the one in
use by the Associated Press Is down
and it is impossible to get news from
the state. Orange growers and truck
crs were warned by the weather bu-
reau or tn" approaching cold wave.
New YORK. SprclhI.~-After day Of
Slcct and dri"zling rain, snow began to
iall IN TINS city at O'Clock. The fall
was heaVy ana fast and at IL o'clock
haa rcachch depth or four inches.
on hr clnvni.d m M "1r rin ,;,"'' nt ho ueanS
lines had some difficulty in kcopinp m
tc the schedule. On the downtown
morse cars there was much trouble.
na,,,, ,,'' n"i'S l'o 10 $40" ou"h ,ne,r
inc .,ow th,t SWAMI ,crn.s tho
rivers.
Chattanooga. Tenn, Specialization
aay nlghl Chat'ahooga experienced the
nnnn ,inu'', VI ',r M'nI'i. ne "inu f.n
dark and tho rain coon tu,.nod intc
snow, which Is freezing as fast as 1t
anno ~ nnt ,,', :" ,,'o '.tt lo.
feared the recent warm weather fol-
lowed by the cold wave will damage
I'LL. III some places trees are III
* <nmxvi,1c Tonn snecio, ,p,i,
slect and snow, and wind with velo.
city OF SO milc' al hour tells the con
altion mere. MONDAY n'snt the mercury
Saarnnn Ia,or| ' ",,n ,," ,rht ro ~ H'
snn ri,,r Js 20, loot aEnvo low, nnto,.
mark ana tide OF 90 feet is pre-
dictcd by United States Weather
Forccastcr Fulton. Traffic in the city
was almost impossible after o'clock
on account of the Slect.
no,on.,r ,r Geo-o,o ro
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