The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-16
Forecaster says ColdSpell to Break
today River and Coal
Situations Bad
MANY DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Philadelphia, New York and Salt
Lake City have Casualties
Trains Stalled

Late last night it was reported
that man walking across the Mis-
sissippi river from Birds Point 70
Cairo early in the evening, was seen
to fail through the ice and d,sap-
pear. Who the man is, no one knows
as it was not seen from this side.
Several peopls at Birds Point claim
to have seen the accident.
Mere than 100 persons crossed the
gorge back of rsilo yesterday and,
Until someone is reported missing
nothing definite can be learned. II
is o,so said several teams crossed the
river On the ce yesterday. .. ...
An announcement that will be
greeted with glee, by most of the
citizens OF Cairo and the vicinity, Or
well as other parts of the country.
was made yesterday afternoon By
Forocaster Barron Of the Weather
Bureau.
The announcement was to the eff
feet that the mercury will climb to-
day. and that the cold wave Of the
last two weeks will be broken.
The weather yesterday was a re.
pllca OF that Of ten days past. The
sun warmed the snow in spots and
carssd 1t to melt somewhat; making
the sidewalks and streets slippery.
where the snow has been trampied
down.
River Situation had
The situation on the Ohio river Il
the worst In long time, The fleet
of the Halliday sand company, to-
gether with several steamboats,, Is
tied TO the Kentucky shore south OF
the city. is surrounded with Ice and
is In danger. A tug yesterday tried TO
reach the boats, but the ice hoes
was so dangerous It was found Inn
nossible for the light boat to get near
the bank.
The tug steamed up and down the
harbor during the day and kent the
ice away from the Henry Marquand
and the setamer John Lee, which are
tied to the Illinois shore The Mar
ouand has not been making regular
trims during the last three days, but
the officials of the Iron Mountain
railroad say she will be run as soon
as coal arrives,
The threatened coal famine is not
expected to occur, If the fair weather
lasts more than two or three days.
7,hr railroads yesterday started sew
aral train loads of coal from the
mircs and some is expected In Cairo
within the next day or two. The
traction company is In the worst
condition of any concern. The coal
q,pp1v IS running low, but the eff
sciaIs have averted the threatened
danger several times and probably
will do so this time.
Msnv Accidents Renorted.
throughout the country many ac-
cidents are reported due to the cold
weather
In Western Kansas the Colorado
rlver of the Santa Fe is stalled In
srow drift where 1t has been the last
two davs. Cattle are freezing 10
death on the Western plains because
of the inability of their owners to get
them to shelter
At Phiiadelphia four deaths are
reported and New York as many
one death is reported at Salt Lake
Citv,
The churches of Pine Bluff, Ark,
ord several other cities have been
closed throughout the country sec
tions the schools have been closed.
At vinceunes, Ind, the natural gas
sunnlv has fallen short and the city
is sbivering over charcoal pans.
The Missssslnpi River Is frozen
over back OF Cairo and for the first
time in years persons walked across
on the ice. Several persons crossed
the stream on the ice at st. Louis
and Cape Girardeau,