The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-17

The Thermometer at Five Degrees Above
Zero i'm the Vicinity OF Twentieth
street-Ice In the Rivers-Narrow Es-
cape OF Five Men.
There is certainly end for the time being Of sush,
and mud and snow Yesterday morning the cold
weather. which, according 70 the rule Of the year thus
far should have reached Sunday Monday, came
down upon New York Ike tho proverbial thousand Of
bricks and froze everything freezable perfectly sti
The Temperature Of the atmosphere not quite cold
as the 9Th day of January last but In the northern
portion Of the island not very far from It, having
In the vicinity OF Twentieth street fallen rs low as de-
rees Fahrenheit. At the HERAfD oce at A. NJ the
mercury indicated degrees above zero twelve NJ IL
stood at 10 degrees; at three H. at 10 and Ave r
10 above The day compared favoraby with the CORES
Ing the thermometer marked degrees ct noon 20 de-
grees at three "a degrees, and at i've p H. II de-
resa ~ Is supposed oy the that this may
season. and that hereafter will put on tho melting
rather than the freezing mood
NARROW ESCAPE.
Five men who were employed at the salt meadows Ber
gen Point and who started at I'VE o'clock yesterday morn
ing IN boat for that place, from Factoryve, Staten
Island came very near O.ng their lives from the accumu
for the chance arrival Of steamer the officers Of which
took them on board and saved them appears that John
and Mr.. Managan the alluded TO- had reached about
the middle Of the stream, when they became enmeshed
they were at Il. mercy Of tho and the wsSe rSeg
At once hoised signal Of distress, and were soon 20
chilled and bsnumbed that they. could hardly
the Commonwealth. She did not take them Oh, not
withstandng they had signaled her to keep the left
nsT ns her
cheering them but she made effort for their relief
They Were Just giving up in ds;p and thns that
Captain Adams came near and the captain had his boat
backed, stopped and the shiverng freezing sufferers
they remained in the boat over that length Of time they
must inevitably have pershed The men were brought
e This s whss they found ,S and will return " 70
persons saved, Of their families and friends and do
serves the commentator Of the public.
evening by fields Of floating that the nood
tide. Tho present cold weather has made the Ice
sually hard; and most Of the feryboass the east
side, being unable TO force their way through IT, wers
compelled in consequence TO suspend their trips BE-
tween seven and nine O'Clock One Of the Wrsusburg
oocts va: nearly two hours in making The paass IN The
Telegraphic Reports.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. lH-The weather Is excessively
cold tonight Tho Thermometer stands ct twsnty-four
degrees above ssro
Loupvnlr Fob 1--we had ssvsrh snow. squalls iass
night The mercury three degrees below ssFo this
morning. from twelve degrees above during the
day, and 1t zero at ten O'Clock this evening
PoarLAsD, Feb. 10, O'Clock 4. N.-wind northwsst;
Weesnor Clear Thermomoeor ono degree above zero.
BALTIMORE Feb 10-Last night was thought 10 ~ The
coolest Of the At daylight the thsrmometsr was
ono degree below zero and during Tho night 10 some sx
s 1t'aCtfsk II IA va.
I'VE degrees above zero.
ASfoos1, Fob. is.-xs forty minutes pest sz O'Clock
this morning the Thermometer indicated seven degrees
below
BosroS, Feb l6-M seven O'Clock this morxsue NE
shermometer Indicated three degrees ahove zsro Wind
TOazDo, Tsb ld-rhsmoustsr u A. r., ssxsssa
degrees below seru. Wind soutAWegt Hasuanoi. oX.
MnwAUEuy Fso l6-Wealhss noderoane ~
Trains commenced running % The Western Toads 70
Day t
bxrson, Fsh la-At . A. r. thsrmometsr seventeen
degrces below sero; q noon four abova VIII south
west Clear and pteanank
PoRf HURon, ~ lG-M Q A. n thsrmomsssr
eighteen degrees hsow ssro; 81 4 n. ten below.
East oAeHAv, vsh lG-Ats 4 II thermoustsr 60
degroo below soru.