Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-11
The Cold SnaN.
Inc Tod snap.
ARCTIC WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.

ARCTIC WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
The cold weather experienced here for the
last two or three days, though unusually
severe for this section. is not as bitter as in
many places on the same degree OF latitude.
The polar waves seem To lose some OF their
derceneSS hereahOuts, but enough OF this one
was left to send the mercury below zero one
or two degrees Al noon on saturday there
was no ice i'm the river except on the shall
lows. By midnight the whole surface of the
Potomac was Stiff None OF the steamers
We're able To make their usual trips Sunday.
The SuSQuchanna. as well AZ the Potomac
i frozen over. the ice in the Su>qUehaDna be
ing several inches thick.
THE RANGE
IN temperature here the past three DAYS as
shown at the signal office was as follows:
January sth..........355 2j5
i slP..........5e5 3 81 81
So the coolest day was yesterday degrces
below zero
The weather is moleratiug here to-day. but
with no indications of a thaw yet.
SOGE OF THE RESULTS OF THE FREEZE.
The sudden cold snap took many unawarcS,
and caused considerable suffering among the
poor. whose supply of fuel is Scant. Many
private residences have been more or less
damaged by the bursting OF water pipes
Water Registrar Lubey states thar ne has
heard of many instances of this kind. and the
plumbers are all busy to-day in making
repairs.
Colonel Lubey states. in connection with
the accident to Mrs. Putnam, at the residence
of ex-MayOT Emery YESTERDAY morning. mo-
tl"ed elSewheJe.l that persons who shut of
their water. as i'm This ease, should turn the
nOt-watcr SpigOt in the bathroom, or the
SpigOt under the boiler, to give vent To steam
suddenly generated by the kinding of fire in
vent until the pipes thaW out.
In various sections of the city this morning
il was noticed that many of the public hy-
draHiS were running. and there were large
Accommodations of ice in the streets in cOnSe-
quence. This resulted from persons placing
q nail or piece Of wood above the lever. t.
keep il down. under the mistaken impression
that the hydrant will freeze up if left closed.
There is no danger of This. with the hylrantS
now in use, aS the cutoff is placed deep
enough down in the ground To be out of the
reach OF frost.
Superintendent Of gas. Mr.. Raily. reports
that The frost has had the effect of dimming
many of the street lamps. and in some cases
eXtlngul>1ing them altogether. He states
that the frost forms in almost every instance
a the point on line with the surface Of tn
pavement. and that the difficulty is only
temporary during the extreme cold weather.
Many persons have taken advantage of til
cold snap IN fill their ice houses; the butchers
and market men who require much ice eSps-
cially are skirmiShing Tor il to-day. ami get
ting some four to six inches thick. TIE @ reat
Falls Ice Company are at work storing ic,
which has formed about four inches in thick
ness.
COLD WEATHER ELSEWHERE
kilograms received last night in relation to
the cold snap represent that the Missouri
river is gOTCrd below Hermann. Mo. and
blocked for thirty miles. In Chicago Friday
the thermometer was 20 degrees below zero
At HcS MOincS. Iowa. Friday night. IL was
p degrees below zero. and a driving snow
storm prevailed at Chicago and many other
points i'm the far west, Al st. Louis the Their
mOmctcr was degrees below zero. At
Cheyenne Friday night il went to - degree,
below zero, which is almost as cold as the
Arctic regions. Signal service kilograms r.
cclNCd late last night report Sicet over Ala
hama. Georgia and the CaroIinas. Ii was
freezing in New Orleans at 43T o'clock YES
terlay afternoon at Galveston, 1920 miles
south Of here. the mercury was at -, nj New
York il was $, Philadelphia 10. Washington
Is, Albany s. Boston Y. Fort Garry 1G below
zero Chicago 10, Detroit ;. san Francisco A.
Toronto :, Cheyenne 70. Denver IA. savannah
Al, Wilmington %. Knoxville p. salt Lake
-. Pcmbina &c below zero, Milwaukee H.
Mobile ~. Montreal 3, Quebec zero The
polar wave" came on from the northwest
where il appears 10 have swept across the
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