The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-14
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ST. Louis, Mo-, January ia CHI
nook lake wind Is blowing over the
Northwest, melting the heavy SHOWS.
but another "norther" is following IL
owe. the plains, making the longest
continued cold spell In the history of
the great plain lying between tho
Rocky and Alleghany Mountains.
Tho coolest point in the West to-day
was Battle Ford. In the British North
west, where Is below was reached. II
Is this cold area IN the Northwest
which menaces the upper Mississippi
Valley and Middle West with more cold
on Sunday night.
The frost has not reached the orange
groves OF Southern Florida, but the
Gulf Coast country west of there is
suffering from the coolest weather in
that section in the past twenty years.
The great blizzard which extends
way down inthe carly fruit and garden
truck country along the Gulf Of Mexico,
continues It's tie-up of both freight
and passenger trains along the eastern
slope of the Rocky Mountains from the
headw aters OF the Missouri River. in
the far north, TO the Rio Grande border
OF Mexico. Ell Paso. Texas. tonight re-
ports trains carrying both the Eastern
and Western transcontinentai mails are
still tied up in that section. and MAX :.
ing the fourth day of their blockade.
This marks the eighth day since
Ashland. In Southwestern Kansas, near
tho Oklahoma border, had neither
trains nor mails from the East, and tho
fuol and food situation Is growing seri-
Gus in that section. The heavy snow
of December 10, followed by two other
storms and drifting winds, has kept
wagon roads as we'll as railroads I'M
kyn % Sf,ff ie ROD inl 70
cattle, and cattle are dying. To relieve
the snow blockade, citizens of Ashland,
Eng ewood and Protection volunteered
to-day, and bankers, merchants and
professional men shoveled snow out OF
railroad cuts alongside OF day 'laborer5.
Pitchforks were used when shovcis
could not be obtained. Another dis
tressIng fact is that there has been
all unusual number OF deaths, and
the supply OF caskets Is exhausted.
Throughout the Middle West short
lived relief from the great blizzard
came to day. At Duluth. ST Paul and
other places In Minnesota, the ther-
monster showed a rise OF 90 degrees
In few hours. while in Nebraska and
kansas 1t was 80 degrees warmer this
morning than 1t was last night.
In New York. on the other hand, Il
minus was Indicated to-day. and
the cold, extreme for the Atlantic
coast. extends as far south as North
ern Florida.
Southern points i'll Mississippi. Ar
kansas and Texas reported continued
cola weather
The lowest temperature reported in
Missouri last night was registered at
Parkville. where all previous records
for cold weather In Southern MIS-
souri, We're broken. when the ther-
momcter registered Sc degrees below
zero. Tic ground III that section IS
covered with snow from ilfteen inches
on the level TO three and four feet
deep where 1t drifted. Fulton, in Gen.
trail Missouri, recorded 81 below early
this morning. The thermometer has
been below zero in that city for eight
consecutive nights. making tho most
protracted cold spell in a quarter OF
q century. While the weather slightly
moderated to-day. tonight 1t will go
below zero again in some parts OF
Missouri. The lowest In st. Louis to-
night will be about s above zero.
Northwest Missouri growers report
oil the peaches In that section killed.
In some cases even the trees were
Killed.
At Muscatine, In Southeastern Iowa,
the lowest temperature to-day was 20
below zero. with continued cold.
at Carterville. In Southern Illinois,
tue thermometor registered &c. degrees