The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-02-05
EIGHT BELOW ZERO
Was the Reading on the Government
Thermometer This Morning -
Maysville Visited BY
Blizzard.

used to have" is thing of the past
to the inhabitants of Central and
Northern Kentucky. The young peo-
pie have seen 1t demonstrated that
Old King Winter is tyrannous ruler
at times and can vent his fury when
ever he wants to.
In the past week this city has un-
dergone almost every change in the
weather imaginable and the tempera-
ture changes have been sudden and
varied. On Thursday last the weather
was springlike and people were going
about without their overcoats. This
morning people that are fortunate
enough to own two of such articles
are wearing both.
Yesterday was the worst day ever
experienced in this section of the
state within the memory of the peO-
pie. About 12 o'clock 1t began to
snow, and a few moments later a gale
was blowing the first real blizzard
ever seen here. The thermometer
dropped rapidly and those unfortu.
nate enough to be caught out in the
storm hastened as soon as possible to
their homes
Mrs. Mary Marsh reported that the
government indicator at her home
dropped 33 degrees in two hours,
from So to above. Before night the
mercury had passed the zero mark
and still dropping. The snow ceased
about four o'clock but stiff wind
blew throughout the night. The tenn
perature this morning was eight de-
grees below, which is the coolest
morning Of winter.
Reports from the county are that it
was even colder In some parts. Per-
of people returning from church were
compelled to stop at the nearest home
when the blizzard struck them. The
velocity of the wind was estimated
at 60 miles an hour.
The small steeple on the Christian
Church was bent over by the force OF
the wind. We could learn of no SER
sons returning from church were
city III
A large portion Of the roof of the
Princess Rink was torn loose by the
heavy wind yesterday.
The gale passed over all of Central
and Northern Kentucky. Reports
from all sections Of the state are to
the effect that telephone and tele-
graph wires suffered considerably
from the effects of the storm. All rail-
road trains were delayed by the storm
some of them several hours.
The street car service in this city
was paralyzed for the few hours dur
ing and following the storm In some
places the cars could hardly get
started after being compelled to stop
and the tracks were in a very slippery
condition.
The streets were deserted, only a
few pedestrians being out and those
were out by necessity An appropri-
ate reading for the afternoon would
have been Whittier's Snowbound.
The wind swept many of the pave
ments and streets bare from snow and
piled 1t In drifts elsewhere. Some few
persons in the city swept their pave
ments as soon as the snow ceased fall
ing, but the larger number of persons
let 'er stick.
An old delusion that 1t could get too
cold to snow was dispelled this morn
ing when a fall lasted about an hour.
Following this the sun came out for
about fifteen minutes, when 1t recon-
menced showing.
Today Is County Court Day but the
visitors In the city are nil. A crowd
could not be scared up with shot.
gun. The weather report says con-
tinued cold today, fair and warmer
1 Tuesday.