The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-09
SOUTHERN BLIZZARD
The Land of Dixie Fas: in the GRASP
of the Ice King
tYtF GULF COAST FROZEN HARD
More or Less Complete Tie-Ups Are
Reported from Louisville to New Or.
leans as a Result Of .he Three Days.
storm Of Snow and Sleet.

Louisville. KY, Special-Telephonc
aaA telegraph service over wide
.=coa of the South ~as almost com
l..roIy crippled ~ heavy sleet Sunday.
Railroad service also suffered, and in
some towns tbe lighting and street
"a. iarlIlnes r"ere suspended, The tie
EP "as ttn most complete in many
-E.7E, a'.d although telegraph COM
Ta1le5 and railroads have large forces
rE 1915 n q, work it may be two or three
Day before normal conditions prevail.
The storm which covered Kentucky.
'T.Hnossee. Arkansas, Indian Terri
-gFr, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana.
and Georgia, had prevailed intermlt-
f.GIy for three days, and the wires
Hrrh" under the accumulated ice. The
ia.i uf snow and Tleet, varying from
one TO three inches, extended as far
north as Louisville.
For scyCTa! hours Atlanta and New
Orleans We're cut off from the rest of
fhc country. All wires were down
from Memphis to Natchez and New Or
leans, and the telegraph companies
seal messages for these points 10 New
York and down the coast, but even
This service was interrupted for +
in The Mississippi. In Chattanooga
fh" streets We're filled with broken
wire, and a lineman was killed bv
liz" wire. TnC ligLting and street car
currents were turned off to a,oid FUR
Tier danger to pedestrians and line
men.
Norfolk City of Ice.
N"i ok. Va Spe>aal.-Norfalk Is a
city ef ice The cold taei has con-
thu'i for several days has frozen ev-
cry &cce Or water in this section, ex-
'tp' re main harbOr. and thousands
u +oplc rave enjoyed good skating
~, for the first time in years. A
LrlZzi!nE rain froze as 1t fell and hun
CT"js OF people are skating in the west
end Of streets. Hospitals and police
report a great nuIsher OF injuries, due
To falls The sleet storm is general
throughout this section ana probably
VIII ruin the growing crops on the big
truck farms.
The tErcc-mastod schooner D. NJ.
Anthony, ashore near False Cape, Is in
danger of g0inF. TO pieces. She f1oated
at high tide Saturday night, but when
pack on TIE shoals before a tug could
reach her, and now it seems she will
he tCtai loss,
Philadelphia Port Frozen.
Philadelphia. Special-An aImos.
Complete suspension OF the cUastWiSe
trade out of this port has followed the
general freeze up of the harbors. There
are number of vessels, but none will
charter until there is some probability
OF :helr being able to get out of the
ik!2Ware river, which is impossible at
this city. Very little coal is being re-
o"jved at this port in consequence o,
the extreme cold in the mining re
glunS. and great delay is being expert
'enced by steamships under charter for
the West Indies in getting their car
goes
More than fifty vessels were he;:
fast in the ice on the lower bay and
number of ocean steamships which
attempted to force their way through
lh@ oDStTUc ion at the Deleware capes
were compelled to return to sea and
anchor for the night
Worse in AtIanta's History.
Atlanta. Ga, Special-Never before
IN the history Of Atlanta has the ice
king held such a grip on the city as
he did Sunday. Traffic is completely
AT standstill. the street car service
closing down at night fall The entire
electric light service except that II
the immediate center of the city il
dead
Il has been either sleeting or rain
ing since Friday afternoon, a heav!
rain falling and freezing as it fell Sun
Gay afternoon. Sunday night three
inches OF solid ice covers the streets
The telephone and telegraph service i:
badly crippled. Every wire between
here and NnW Orleans is down