The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-12
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wSs intense ST. Edward Beleher Commander Il the
inglhh expedition who ps.., . two year 10 the p,ar
regoutls5i "a 53 and ST. In letter s. me ~ Jans
81 1900 sAys the .tor ~ TsA %ss wns intensely cad
| -masnnnm 30. minimum Gs IS. and means vsS below
ss,o ~ one huadred rers ecuvc hsars. Ia an
ssss daied sepiembsr u be says fr loves.
ninety hTe and hycenth- below mo freezing p'nt a
J 5ah'enhsd, bt Rae vnicred w lsSy-A nt Repniss
! vas mild
On comparing these mernorands rfth our i-e record
-. ..y eAuAoainaiy fact appesrs 'sAt the msrc 10
fensc the Ars'e ccd the greater - Ac~ Of the Pcnr
our zee jourasl presents ia, fowtsg facts eonnectet
with the ice diiis d lsb9-'s4s-
Bat one vessel arrived Al the port y.w York ia tho
the Atlantic prior 10 isremoer IL ioat ear AMI this ons
met ee IN tho month - May IN ", ,er 1853 the
Of 0ctotas 1884 Ihc following Ne the sfnber Of ves.
seis reporisd In each month vim. nsesm bF b Janua-
June @V 81 y 81 sas sIse" q @ 1r ma nsy -,
2total, three huutses and tosty vessels. The shnse
number reported in the yesr prceea nag alto
gcfber four hundred and dfty Tour being bat Ma
twelve years Than for the single drii ~ lA aud 1854
sudden and great changs IN the smpsrs .urc OF the
atmosphere In winter aetares large hsdns o. ica ~.
collect The cold Friday of january 10 1910 sns then
in camp In northern vilasrno@ The tempevature Of
fell In many places north of IL degrees os lattus
the evening Of that day sudden AMI most esiraodha
trees ., the frost during the whole night eraoRee md
split with the frost. The detopstioas nc~sr~st
IKE the discharge Of successive voleys OF nsusacy aad
about midnight tremendous explosion heard. a
proved 10 be the cracking of thr ice of lake few n,-
distant the rent was several miles in lrngrh and
six inches wide Mercury, the morning OF tn =
18th, became solid and In somc PLACES the spirit thc~
mometerf indicated temperature 81 80 dcgre~s bee -
This great and extraordinary change dous,
immediately connected with an earthquake
u IN such ohnnges, with the earthquakes with which
they connected that may he presumed to have pro.
duced the q ca, dir, ~ Arctic ce Ia 1853 AID 1864
while Lieut. lie Haven was n the Arctic he maize
hourly he' mornetrieal observations to On rcsrins
Inn thv 80 N1ir 4 h.v. Ana
that the lowest tempcnnre observed by him was, ares
the sun had enpreared above the horizon 22 81 t.bru
sty 1851 huyt~o degrees below tbs, day and thr
day preceding the Temperature Brooklyn Hctghts
to 81 and b2 degrees above sero the warmer, days ~
tbn month. fbe coldest day In December. 1850 ia io
polar the first day ~ the month tenTcraturs
% degrees below the day and the
that month the temperature 81 degrees above
thus IL IL that by observations BfookIyn
Heights ade and recorded every st1ty uitnutes
enabled 10 determine by the temperature here thc tenn
perature the polar tor the time fAclt -.
Haven, the fages of the records o temperature
also made memoranda Of tho drn Of the v~-srls then
riding lomeward on the Zee, and by both - appeaf~s
that although The cold sufficient 70 CONCEAL quick
silver, the ice-drt Continued Notwithstanding the coli
During the polar night Of 1880 aud 1881 witch lasted
about two tbousand hour the temperature at three d
erent periods in November hccemter and Jannnry
above sero and each Of ihesc nneaiaey connected
with and preceded earthquake between the pole and
the equator.
Comparing hs Arte tcmpe-a,ur of the winter of 1879
and 1851 experienced by Lieut. br Haven win that OF
1s62-5a lcrienoci by Capt, Fir dwsrd iic.cher
and very great difference. The minimum, oi Iso3A
1s5o-5l and beyond all this the cold term. In is5s'ss
long, while ihose o lsse5l u snot Duration
The winter ~ ls5t-h5 AZ place of ob~cs.
va'ion Brooklyn Heights. The temperature here
the 9Th - February 1859 fell 60 argr-er bcos
the lowest temperature recorded here Ia arod ~ srty
consecutive which IL the number covered
by the records ~ my office In Vermont the ,ei~satass
fell 20 10 degrees below THIS low Temperature
belongs e. "A cold term u three hundred and sixty
(310) consecutive hours, commanding the 10th u
Jannhry and ending % the 18th ~ February This cola
term had within Il heavy thunder storms In the 6un
stteam the lst of February during which vessel
strpct by lightning; thundsg the
5th, In latitude aa 10 noF,i longitude 10 oudng sbich
10 latitude "a north Songiiade ss ~.si struck by
lightning ami destroyed the sth In latitude 81 20
north longitude 7ai0 lightning sciiv~
and the same day thunder storm visited Columbia = {.
The earthquakes lep company with he lightning during
THE oNtraofainary cold torn viii be- ~ the io
loving extracts from Journalism the LAT Of febsnA-
shocks ~ earthquake ei at Vera trur and sao
A. the city s Mexico gna Sthsg places IN hat alsr,r "
country 20. Earthquake ei, ~ ciarlsvIIle wyssburr
Prince Eiwnrd HALIFAX and several her places In VII
GINA the earthquakes again felt 10 Vera tras and
IN Mexico city throwing down old walls aud split
ting ihe a9ueapet n many places IS. hey~rai shocks n
marine earthquake al Genoa doing much damage sp"nx
the shipping 9Th Earthquakes feli a. kndsrhOok and
saugcrties, n Y accompanied by Leavy rumblnw
noise resembling distant thuadcr-tLe gfouad opened
the walls u the Ole shop of the rnit. kases arory
cracked sth shocks ~ esf,h4aAks Ia Nova scouS
and In several towns 81 the ssse o Maine Ioih A. rAs
ssyador the eArthq continue 18th Terrible earth
guate In the Nee Zealand slanis, in the hoGtb~rn
htfnisuhsfe