The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-02-06
WEATHER OF SEA-
SON HITS THIS SECTION

IL seems the weather man is deter
mined to give the Bluegrass section OF
the State the severest weather he has
In stock. Gold wave, with tempera
ture falling to eight below zero by
night was the warning sent out Fri
day morning from the Weather Bureau
at Washington and posted here at
noon of the same day. And it came
with a vengeance
The people Of the Bluegrass had just
recovered from the visitation OF the
heaviest snowfall known in many
years, and the uncomfortable effects
OF a two-days' shortage in the natural
gas pressure, due to a break in the,
pipe line, but as the comic pictures
have it, THE worst was yet to come"
And it came.
The mercury began its descent
early Friday morning, remaining for a
considerable time stationary, but Fri
day afternoon it began to tumble into
the cellar. and by night had passed TIL.
zero mark. All day bitterly cold
wind blew. piercing the stoutest cloth
ing and freezing the very marrow in
ones bones" Some thermometers
marked four below zero at ten O'CLOCK
Friday night, and on Saturday moro
ing the readings varied from six To-
seven below. approaching very close
to the prediction sent out by the
Weather Bureau. All the discomforts
attending such a sudden cold wave
were experienced by Paris people
Frozen water pipes and cold rooms
were the rule rather than the exceD-
ticn. School children suffered greatly
from the cold, and those whose bust
ness compelled them to be outdoors q
great deal were muffied to the ears
and even then complained of the bit
ing cold. Unsheltered stock in the
county suffered greatly and il is likely
there were many losses of animals D.
death from exposure. In the city
many hOusekeepers kept their natural
gas fires going all night. Windows IL
homes and business houses were coat
ed with frost until they resembled the
work of some master painter of snow
scenes.
The weather man promised fair aEd
warmer weather for Sunday, but the
machinery slipped a cog, and. instead
of a return to wagner weather, tn2
day was one of the most disagreeabl;
OF the winter. Snow began falling
early in the morning, whipped by z
fierce, high wind that cut like knife
driving the snow in the face of pedeS-
trians with the force of a Texas biz
Zard, which, indeed, it resembled very
closely. The temperature again toOA
tumble, and by Sunday night the
mercury was again close to the zero
mark. The fierce gale howled AMI
blew all day long, piling the snow IN
drifts and causing the streets to be
deserted.
Yesterday the weather clerk got real
angry and sent the mercury tumblinP
down to six below zero. Two men
who had driven in from North Mid
dletown came in to the Fordham
Hotel with their ears frostbitteE.
and were taken to the office OF d
physician nearby where they received
attention. One of them SAID
the worst was .et to come, as he had
to go TO Dauville, and then drive
twelve miles IN the country.
Frozen water pipes and lessene'
gas pressure caused general discoD,-
fort in households and business
houses. and employees shivered AMI
shook as the intense cold pierced then.
The temperature remained nearly sta
all day. The intense cold caus
ed great suffering among the pCorc,
classes, who ~Cre ill prepared to NEE
the sudden crop in tenperatur-
Charitable people did all they could ~
relieve the distress, but still many
suffered.