The Cairo bulletin., 1912-02-05
Spectacular Sight, Below Great
Drop, Goes Out With
Seven on 1t !
FOUR ESCAPE AFTER SCRAMBLE
Persons Have Been Walking on
Jam for Weeks--Continued
Cold Probable

Niagara Falls. N. Y, Feb. 4.--The
great ice bridge that has choked the
river channel between the cataracts
and the upper steel arch bridge, be-
low the falls, for the last three
weeks, broke from its Snoring at noon
today and went down the river, TAX
ing with 1t to their deaths a man
and woman believed to be Mr.. and
Mrs. Eldridge Seaton OF Toronto and
Burreli Heatock, II years cid, or
Cleveland, o. Four other persons
were on the Ice at the time but man
aged to get ashsre in safety.
Bridge Considered Safe.
The bridge was considered safe.
For weeks the great fields Office had
been coming down the river pillng
] MP. against the barrier until it was
from SO to 10 feet and, under the In
faenee Of zero weather the great
mass had been firmly anchored TO
fthe shore: The jam was about
Thousand feet long and in some
places a quarter OF a mile wide.
The cold wave win be with us yet
today, * according to the official
weather forecast from washington.
] The forecast promises us fair
weather with probably continued
cold. Snow fnrries are promised for
the Northern part of the state.
> The promise OF zero weather for
Cairo was reached early yesterday
morning, when the Weather Bureau
thermometer registered 2 degrees be-
low zero. AT z o'clock last night the
wea ther bureau showed 20 degrees
above zero and 1t was not thought
probable that 1.-THE mercury would
reach zero today.
The weather forecast, special
one from Washington, promised
frost for New Orleans and other
Southern points last night. This
would be the advance of the storm
we felt here Saturday night. 1t is
expected TO do little harm TO South
ern fruits.
Many Cold Spots.
From the Northern parts OF the
United States comes reports of ex-
tremely cold weather Many cities
report temperatures of from S to 20
degrees below zero. The mercury
went close to 20 degrees below at
Chicago and to nearly 10 in St.
Louis. only 150 miles north OF Cairo.
Heavy SHOWS are reported from
the far west and middle Rocky
Mountain states. In some instances
the fall has been SO. heavy that
trains have been stalled and delayed
several hours until rescued by snow
plows.
The cold weather has not effected
cattle as much as usual, according
to dispatches from cattle raising dis
tricts. The large hay crop of last
season has made 1t mparatively
easy to feed the stock and In this
way the winter death rate has been
cut more than half In two.
Not much more cold weather Is
expected by the Washington Bureau,
which has no use for the ground
hog. The extreme weather Of Jan
uaTy portends mild spring, it is
saip, and the weather should open
up within a short time.
The order removing the Barrett
line boats to Paducah, yesterday
was conntermanded The boats
were taken to East Cairo and, tied
UP to await the end Of the cold snap
Other boat lines, that were prepar-
ing 70 leave their anchorage for safer
spots have decided to risk cold
spell
The Barrett line is preparing ID
takcl,a tow to Florida: Az soon as
the danger from Ice Is over the
string will be started.