The Portland daily press., 1875-02-15
THE ARCTIC WAVE.
INTENSE COLD ALL OVER
NEW ENGLAND.
lee and Snow BlOckades.

LEWISTON, Feb 13.-The mercury stood from
% to % below zero this morning.
BRUNSWICK, Me-, Feb. 13.-ThermometeI at
sunrise:-Brunswick, 200; Freeport, 1870; Rich
mond, 300; Sabattus, 300 Livermore Falls, $40;
and Pennington, 800 below zero.
BRUNSWICK, Me-, Feb. 14.-Extreme cold
weather continues. Mercury 20 below zero in
Brunswick, and 50 below in Pennington this
morning. Reports from Harpswell say the
bav is closed as far out as Bailey's Island, and
that persons cross on the ice from that Island,
and from Haskell's Island to the main land.
BATH, Feb 13.-The mercury this morning
indicated 300 below zero-the coolest yet ms
has been the coolest winter during the last
twenty years.
AUGUSTA, Feb, 14.-Mercury 800 below zero
this morning-coldest of the season.
MEREDITH, N H., Feb. 13.-Ihe mercury
was SO below zero this mornng-the coolest for
twenty years.
TACOMA, N. H., Feb s13-The mercury was
81 below zero this morning.
CONCORD. N H., Feb. 13.-This morning was
the coolest of the season here. At O'clock
the mercury was % below zero, and from that
hour 1t continued to grow colder till Z O'Clock,
when at a point on the East Concord road 1t
registered 80 below and the mercury CONCEALED.
In other localities in the city the temperature
ranged from 26 to 80 below: Reports from
other places in the state, all below zero, are as
follows;-Boscowen 40, Canaan 40, Hopklnten
30. Tilton "a, Plymouth 80. Cork Plains and
Dieting 3S, Bennington 30, Hills6oro Bridge
80. SUIT on 80, Newport 80, Mt. Sunapee 50,
Claremont SO, White River function 30, Fits
field. 2S. North Weare 80, Hancock 20, Fisher
willie SO, Laconia 81, Northwood "a. Martins
Ferry IL, Manchester IL, Nashua 10, Lancaster
"a. The cold wave did not extend over the
entire state, but entered between Concord and
White River Junction
Boston, Feb. 13-Agents of the Fall River
line state that none of their steamers have
been running since last Tuesday evening, and
therefore none have been locked up in the ice,
as enormously reported The boats will re-
commence running next Monday it the state
of the ice permits.
Boston, Feb 14.-The revenue cutter Galatin
arrived this morning from Provincetown, where
she has been engaged for the past three days
assisting a fleet of 30 or more ice bound vessels,
and brought up four men who were rescued
from the schooner Jno. Bromnel, from FLORIDA
for Boston navy yard, loaded with lumber, ana
which was caught in the ice and stranded. Inc
men were badly frozen, and amputation OF feet
and hands will probably be necessary in two
cases. They were sent to the Marine Hospital
for treatment. A fifth man of the crew. Chas.
Franks, died on reaching the shore. be was
frozen in the rigging, and could be gotten dowE
only with the greatest difficulty. The cutter
after coalng, returned this evening to Province
town. Unless it moderates serious results
are anticipated, many of the ice-bound vessels
being out of provisions and their crews unable
to proceed or gain the shore. The men OF Life
Saving Station No. are doing all lin their
power to succor them, and the cutter returns
with needed supplies.
GLEN FALLS, N. Y, Feb. 13.-The Their
mometer this morning was 80 below here, and
at Warrensburg, Warren county, Al below Zero
WHITEHALL, N. Y, Feb. 13:-The Their
mometer this morning stood at 81 below zero.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13-The East River is
about totally abandoned by vessels now. The
freight steamer City of Norwalk arrived to-day,
having been five days in the ice on the Sound.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The ice continues in
the rivers and bay, and the probabilities are
that the experiences of the past week will be
continued to day. The accumulation OF ice in
the Hudson river has prevented the carryingIot
freight for the railroads which run through
New Jersey from this city, so that large guam
titles of merchandise remain in the freight
houses on both sides, seriously embarrassing
the railroad companies and injuring the mer-
chants
TORONTO, Feb. 13-The trains on the Grand
Trunk Railway, east and west, are running on
time. Those of the Great Western are also on
time. The Buffalo and Lake Huron road is
still blocked The branch roads in the interior
of the country ave all blocked. The storm has
abated The weather is intensely cold but
clear