Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-07
sunny SOUTH
IS FROST BITTEN
Freezing Temperatures as
Far as Appalachicola River
Florida
SIX BELOW ZERO IN KENTUCKY
Mississippi Frozen Over for More
Than a Thousand
Miles.

St. Louis, Mo-, Jan. with the
exception of a few places, the Missis-
sippi river today is frozen over from
st. Paul, Mimi, to Grand Tower, H.,
for the first time in many years. The
ice gorges at Chester, Crystal City
and Jefferson Barracks continue to
hold, The ice in st. Louis harbor is
from one to five feet thick, but no
danger from a gorge is anticipated.
Six Below Zero in Kentucky.
Louisville, KY, Jan. THE cold
weather following yesterdays heavy
snow fall has tightened the numerous
ice gorges in the Ohio river between
Cairo and Cincinnati, and river traffic
probably will be tied up for weeks. 1t
was two above here this morning. In
Tennessee and southwestern Ken
lucky the coolest weather for many
years is reported. Freezing tempera-
ture prevails as far south as the Gulf
of Mexico and southeast to the Appa-
lachicola river in Florida. Tempera-
lures of as low as six below are re-
ported in some parts of Kentucky,
the coolest since 1886.
Kansas City Thawing Out.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. There
was a decided rise in the temperature
in this part of the southwest today.
The mercury is climbing six to twelve
degrees under the influence of the
southWind. The shortage of the nat
ural gas supply is apparently over.
Much Suffering in Iowa.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 7-Fourteen
below was recorded here last night,
the coolest of the winter. Owing to a
shortage of coal, there was much suf-
fering. Several factories closed today
on account of fuel shortage.
CoIdest Day for Years in Chicago.
Chicago Jan. 7-Chicago expert
enced the coldest weather for several
tyesrs today At the weather bureau
five below was shown, but street ther
mometers reported ten below.
Thousands of Sheep Killed BY Cold
Deadwood, S. D., Jan. Thou
sands of sheep have been killed the
last few days by the cold according
to reports from the northwest. The
losses are most serious around Ian
den, Wyoming, where the blocking OF
railroads by storms has prevented
the sheep men from securing feed fol
their focks. Some owners have sold
large flocks at fifty cents head. One
man bought three thousand sheep fol
a dollar each, but got only three hun
dred CT them to safety.
Ell Paso Still Shiverine.
Ell Paso Texas, Jan. 1.-THE TEN
] perature this morning was thirteer
degrees above.
| Thirty-Eight Below Zero in Colorado
: Denver, Colo, Jan. 7.-Belated re
ports from the moutain districts bring
stories of suffering and death from
snow slides and cold, and an inter
ruption to railroad traffic from heavy
! oilON ldllS. n 1CpOlb lCdSuCu bhl oll
| go, Colo, yesterday that a snow slide
carried away the boarding house O
the Tom Moore mine, a number O
| fatalities resulting. The wires are
down and the report is not verified
On Wednesday a snowslide near Lake
City, Colo, killed Jack Bartlett, vet
oro, Of uoro tI
thirty-eight below are reported from
the mountains.
Snow in Southern Arizona.
! Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 7.-Nogales an,
the surrounding country is covere
with snow. This is the second cover
ing this season.