Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14
Lake Steamers Icebound.


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Lake Steamers Icebound.
CHICAGO, January 13.-Efforts are be-
ing made today by tugs to rescue the
passenger steamers Indiana and Kansas.
which were caught in ice foes Ave miles
out of Chicago harbor yesterday. The
boats, which belong to the Goodrich
Transportation Company and the North
ern Michigan Transportation Company,
respectively, left Milwaukee Wednesday
night. Only a few passengers are on
board. Boat line officials said that each
steamer had provisions enough to last a
month. and as the lake is smooth there
is comparatively i...ie danger:
Train Stalled Since Thursday.
DENVER, Col, January 13-The Santa
FEES Colorado Flier,' due here last
Thursday is still stalled in snowdrifts in
western Kansas. The Union Pacific
trains due here yesterday are reported
thirty hours late. UnimpOrtant changes
are predicted for Colorado. Wyoming and
northern New Mexico, where the tenn
peratures are we'll above the zero mark
Southern Cities Snowbound.
ATLANTA, Ga, January 13-Leaying
in its wake snow and sleet bound cities
for the first time in years in many
cases. the cold wave tonight had reached
the south Atlantic coast and was well on
its way into Florida. Reports from Jack
sonvillc state that the thermometer
dropped from II at Z am. to 81 at -
pm, and was falling slowly. A counter
disturbance over central Florida has pre-
vented the cold wave from entering the
peninsula, and little damage to fruit and
vegetables Is expected.
At Savannah, Ga, tonight the mercury
stood at p at 10 o'clock. with indications
that it would reach 70 by morning. Co.
lumbia and Charleston. g. c., reported
and snow was also experienced at Au-
gllsta and Macon. Atlanta also had the
heaviest snowfall since 1906.
Weather conuiions in the gulf states
showed some improvement tonight, New
Orleans reporting 40 degrees at o'clock.
after shivering with % to = degrees
earlier in the day. Indications are for
generally rising temperatures.
North Carolina Suffers.
GREENSBORO. n. c.. January 80
Greensboro and the Piedmont section OF
North Carolina Is storm gripped tonight.
Temperature here is almost zero, and
streets are almost impossible by reason
of ice. vt Siler City, near here. business
today was practically suspended on ac-
count of the cold, and rural mail car
riers in Chatham county were unable to
make their deliveries. Street car and
railway schedules are only partially main
tanned.
Expect Zero Weather.
CHARLOTTE, \. c., January 13.-The
local weather observatory at 10 o'clock
tonight recorded the lowest temperature
in ten years-nine degrees above zero
officially, with the promise that the
mercury would drop below the zero mark
before o'clock tomorrow morning.
Snow which fell for hours upon blanket
Of sleet and ice has impeded traffic and
caused untold suffering among the poor.
Reports from all over Piedmont Carolina
show conditions even worse than they are
here North of Charlotte, in the Brushy
mountain section, local thermometers
show twelve degrees below zero.
Trains Abandoned in Iowa.
MASON CITY, Iowa, January Ia
Train No. ), on the Minneapolis and
ST. Louis railway. has been snowbound
since last midnight. and all trains are
abandoned today on that line. The Chi
cago and Northwest railway train No. Is
has been snowbound all day at Parkers-
burg. and trains north Of here are aban-
Ioned. There has been no northbOund
train between Des Moines and Minneap-
oils since yesterday. 1t Is showing hard
and drifting badly tonight.