New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-31

zero were claimed for a thermometer IN an exposed
situation the Hill. The snow was great lnped-
ment 10 business in the city. few Venturesome
skaters the ice in Prospect Park IN the ar
noon. and the cold was braved by many gay paI'Fs
of sleghriders III the Park and the Ocean Parkway
Thomas Lisk, of No. 94 Sklllman-st.. had both hIs
feet badly frozen and was sent to the City Hospital
Hugh ChallIs, OF Columbia Heights and I"piaT-st''
had his left foot frozen while walking IN fultoll-s
and was sent 10 the Long Island College Hospital.
Cans Jordan, of No. 219 Carroll-s. was sent to ST.
Peters Hospital with hands and ears frostbitteh'
lie will lose two fingers.
Early Yesterday morning the thermOme ter in New
ark showed 6ll below zrro. and at o'clock spirit
Thermometer marked 10 below, the lowest IN any
Dccem Ger month since 1851. AT 10 o'clock the
thermometer rose TO zero, and at noon IL was
above
There was much trouble on the Long Island Rail
roads Yesterday, the storm of "Wednesday Oelh@ inc
most severe known on the island III many years
The cold was intense and the labOreTs employed 10
shovel snow suffered terribly while the dry snow
fell back on the tracks and into ID" cnts ahes' rs
fast as removed. The suOw fell 70 = deplh oI Ionr
inches a level aud after nightlall "Wednesday the
wind blew hurricane
At Brentwood in suffolk County. the mercury az
a. m. yesterday marked below zero. while III
Jamaica, at 9 a. m. II stood below zero. lhTe'
tTamps were found almost frozen 10 d'a,h ne'i
East ROckaway. Iney had become exhausted
whe making fheir way to The almsaJus' on bli-
mum Island. Wednesday, Michael CaltcTWlih three
other men. started IN boat in the Great S"uth Day
TO repair the telegraph wire between u bEtoh ana
Fire Island broken down by the storm MONDAY; ;
Their boat got caught between hu- cakes 81 ic am u
they were carried seawaTd. A1t.r having endured
intense suffering for two hours they were rescued
hy the hte-savlng crew, Wmch had been inIo' ncd
of the mems danger by the outlook OF the fiG
Island Lighthouse. The men wcrr almost eXhauS, ca
when taken ashore. They were cared Tor 40 the
LHe-Saymg Station, where they stlil remained yes
teIday. 90,
Duiing Tuesday night and Wednesday snow fell
staten Island 90 the depth OF twelve m hes ON "A
level Old residents pronounced the weather yes
teriaV to be tGe most severe Tor twenty Yeas \!
different points the mercury remained below zrfc an
day. In the morning. at fluEueuot, the mercury
stood at 100 below z,ro; at iottenyiiIc, below ;
at Richmond, = below; and at Ponce
Headquarters 1T S,apeton. : below.
Both the Lower and the Upper Bays were
shected over with ice. From Robbins Reef To tie
jersey 1ats there was solid zee Both bays we're
also covered with vapor rising from ihe water
caused by the ar bcIn- colder than the wat r.
; atpn Island Sound vas entirely frozen over. 'u'-
pending navigation between 10 teuEliw and EhZd-
bethporl. \. j. The fcTtboat Maid OF Perth. OWING
To the unable to make Innectlon at Iottcn-
Vile with the frs, Train III the morning over the
Staten Island Railway.
The thermometer at various points along the lIar-
lem and New-Iiayen Railroads, IN Wtstchc ter
County,. AT O'Clock, Yesterday morning, ii"thrd
from t to I 10 below zero. On the hIRh ground at
Hastings it went as low a. 10 below zero la most
stances il reported a Go, = and > below.