The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
FREEZE BLIGHrS THE WEST
an ND COLD DESTROY THE
PROSPECTS az FRUIT.

Also Wake NaVasatIsa o. Iahe Murnsxan
- ThIck That steamship ISwH Gees
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Reseued hy
life saNerA and Vessel Rsaeassa.
CHIc.Go. April 5S.-The entire central
VT II IN the grip II a cold snap-a sprinR
blizzard Il 10 called. IL 10 estimated that
millions Of dollars % damage has been
done 20 fruit and other crops pasaen-
CO.. .'eamer was driven ashore and others
T.ar'd IN peril Ice and snow are found
~her- yesterday flowers bloomed. and
railway and street car trAfhc 10 impsded
bv snowdriftA
The storm in many disericts has
amounted 70 a calamity. while the most
serious feature Of the blizzard vas the
dAmage done to farm products through
out the central States. q spectAculmr Incl
dent vas the strsndi1s o1 es.s Goodrich
line passenger steamerIlowa on the shore
between Racine and Kenoaha-
The Iowa. Capt. william Piummer. left
Milwaukee AZ nss0 O'Clock Last night,
bound for this city. She carried only
ELK or seven passengeraL while feeling
her way through the THICK snow on
Racine she ran in cloae 10 shore and went
aground about four miles south Of that
city The passengers were rescued by
the Racine life saving crew and late this
afternoon the Iowa was released by tho
tug T. 7. Morford. sent from Chicaeo.
~. ae.aar Csa-N.0 49,
hound from Benton Harbor to this city.
reached port after q long and stormy
voyage in the gale and binding unow.
The steamer Puritan. which left ChicaRo
hs' night bound across the lake. was
driven back to port The lumber
schooner Cora was caught by the storm
thirty miles Out In the lake and expert
snced grave danger in lighting her way
hack
Reports indicating that This 10 the most
disastrous storm Co fruit and crops that
has occurred In recent years were re-
c-ived az the local weather bureau Dam
serOus frosss a. far south 40 kAnaaa and
Missouri we're reported-
To-dhy's storm In itself was not un-
usual. according to Prof Cor, local
weather forecaStsr. In discussing Il ne
said the record breaking warmth through
out March this year had advanced nprinR
crUps 20 far that the freess was 20 ruin
Gus a. though it had CONS In mid May
u an ordinary year.
In the Canadian Northwest tempera-
lures an low a. n were reported and snow
reached from Duluth 20 ST. Louis. From
all the far Northwest country cAEWS re-
rorts Of rim wrought by the storm
BURLINGTON. Ia. April n. Sir degrees
helow freezing win q hard wind and Az
ing snow took all hope OF any kind Of
iruis crop IN southeastern Iowa to-day.
The clover crop h also badly killed on.
CHAMPAIGN. III. April 7s.-Univerzity
of Illinois experts 10 not bsiisvs the fruit
crop 10 ruined dczptts tho freeze. DR..
7 J. Burrill said tonight that the apple
crop was the most abundant he has ever
zen and that II ons-half tho crop II de-
gtroyed there win be suficient left. Re-
gardinR strAWbsTTies and other email
fruits Or. BurTfll thinks they have not
teen touched. Prof. J. o. Blair Of the
department Of horticulture lsft for south
srr Illinois 20 investigate the damage.
COLUMBIA, NO.. April IA hard
iree1e and death 90 fruit in central Mis-
souri are predicted for tonight by George
: Reeder OF the United State. Weather
Bureau. Mr.. Reeder aAid the fruit did
Eo' suffer At all Last hight. but would
surely get caught tonight Frisndly
clouds saved the crop last night. but they
have withdrawn their protScsion for
tonight
~ JosEPH. Mich. April 2s.-with
apple, peach. pear. 0hsFy and plumb
orchards in full bloom tho fruit district
- Michigan was swept last night by
high northwest gale with snow. followed
Nv freezing temperature at daybreak.
from to-night's conservative reports
from various interior points IL IL almost
certain the fruit crop viii be . totaiIOss.
Possibly 20 per cent. OF the grapes will
produce fruit from second bud
MILWAUKEE. April 1s.-Twelve inches
- snow fell last night In upper Wisconsin
AID reports to-day Indicate that the
u'.re fruit crop In ruined