New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-01

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| Mr.. Conklin I" asked the reporter.
None of them have received any serious injuries.
The snakes were all found stifEened this morning.
You see their room ought to be kept at tempera-
| ture OF 700. Last night it ran down to 800. As
soon as we found them we took them down into the
Of the @ You see that these
terday by the draushts of cold air from
the door opening into the building. Wehad to take
them from near the door and put them over by
stove. The white polar bear and the sea lions are
haylnRa regular picnic this weather. You couldn'.
get them to stay in their houses if you should try"
At HudDuts the mercury at 8 a. IN. yesterday was
10; at a; NJ it was the same. At 2 a. m. it was 20
and three hours later it was 80 higher. At p. m.
temperature Thursday was 1872 above zero
At the United States Signal Station in the
Equitable Building the temperature at a. IN.
at 8, 1905 at p. M. il was =. The barometer
stood at 3O32. fall of O8 in six hours. The rela-
tive humidity of the air was 81. nhe officer in
The weather to-day has been generally clear
throughout the country. There was a light snow
fall, however, 10 Western Michigan. The prospects
are that We shall have clear day tomorrow. 1t
will be rather cold but several degrees warmer than
it was to-day. The centre of the cold wave has
passed u.s. The temperature has risen considerably
in the West IN the last two days. To-day it was
IL at Chicago, rise of 70 10 six hours at st.
Lo1is 190, rise Of 10o; at Milwaukee,, 100. rise
of 13o, and at st. Paul 30, a rise of So"
Professor Draper the SUPERINTENDENT Of the mete-
geological observatory at Central Park, said: The
observations here showed that the temperature
80 below zero at o'clock this morning. AT in the
afternoon 1t was 100. The temperature in the
shine yesterday was $50; to-day it was 67o The
cold wave has nearly passed us, think; Ii takes
from three to six days for wave of this kind to
travel from the Rocky Mountains to the
Atlantic Coast. and from eight days to two
weeks for it to the ocean. The wave is now
It's way over to England, and some OF the ships 1t
meets will have TO suffer- The wind yesterday was
from the northwest To-day it has veered around
to the southwest. That is the reason why we are
point to which the mercury fell within the last few
days was g. below zero, which was at 3 a. m.
in ten years. January g. 1879, it 40 below zero,
and February "a. 1875, it was 80 below Zero. /
have the records of The observations taken at Fort
Columbus, from 1928 to 1854. The lowest tempera-
ture during that time was sc below zero"
The mails were delayed yesterday on account of
the recent storm. Those from Philadelphia were
late thirty minutes, from Boston two hours and
fifty minutes, from the South two hours and five
minutes.
The ferryboats on both the East and North Rivers
compelled to plough their way through large
masses OF floating ice. yesterday, and travel was
considerably lmpeded. In the Hudson River,
field of ice stretched from the New York side half
way to the jersey shore The ice which had for the
most part accumulated in the night. stationary
and sufficiently firm TO offer considerable resistance
to boats At some hours in the day; the boats of the
Cortland Street Ferry were an hour in making
their trips.
Although only few vessels arrived from sea yes
terday, they showed evidences of having batted
severely witt the recent bad weather, and the ex-
ces,ve cold caused much suffering among tho
sailors, many of whom bad their hands,
feet and ears badly frOstbitten. Early
in the morning the steamer Gull Stream, from
Wilmington, n. G., was sighted Oft Sandy Hook.
with the steamer Florida, from Philadelphia. in tow.
As neither OF them appeared TO be making any
headway ii was believed that the Florida was dis
abed. but the contrary proved TO be the case: Tho
Gulf Stream, after leaving the harbor of Whining
ton, encountered the gale Sunday and the
heavy threw her about heavily. Pitching
and rolling continuously she became badly strained
She lay tunbng about unmanageable during the
day and night. The following morning the Florida
came III sight, and signals OF distress being made,
she was taken IN tow astern of the Gulf Stream and
used rs Tudder. Both vessels then made slow pro-
gress TO this port aud arrived yesterday almost
wholly enYelOped in ice.
The vessel reported by Mate Lindsay, of the
steamer Old Dominion, as being aground on ROmer
ShOal Thursday night. proved to be the Norwegian
ship PaulIna, which sailed from here for Amster-
dam, with cargo of OIL Thursday She remained
on the shOal during yesterday, and at low tide lay
well over on her slde The Merritt Coast Wrecking
Company sent assistance to her last nlght
The bark Frelhert, winch sailed from this port
Thursday, while going down the bay was driven
aground on the Upper Middle ShOal near Dumb
Beacon aud was hauled OF yesterday morning.
She was towed to the cotton docks at Staten Isl
aud TO make repairs Several OF the
crew were badly frosrbitten while working to
get her ailOat, and were sent to the Seamens Re-
treat FOR treatment Other men will Ue shipped to
take Their places.
The steamer Edith Golden sailed from here yes
on Romer Shoal by the strong wind. She was
h0ated off IN the afternoon. and proceeded TO sea:
The snow blockade on the Long lsan0 Railroad
and its branches was brought to an end last even
ing and trains to-day will be- run at all points on the
main hne branches, aud Montauk Division. Wednes-
day was light most OF the trains were run from
Hunters Point Un time. reaching their destinations
only little behind time, with the exception of tile
Port Jefferson and Sag HarbOr trains. Thursday
morning the GreenpOrt express tram for Hunters
Point struck heavy drift at PecOnic,
and remained there III the evening. The mail
tram for GreenDOrt. from Hunters Point. Thursday
morning at $50 reached HIcksYllle, twenty-seven
Inlcs out, aud returning reached Hunters Point at
9 O'clock III the evening The morning tram leaving
Patchome at 6:25 reached Hunters Point over the
MonIauk road ut 4:3O D. III. Trains were run regu-
larry To Babylon, and the 1880 a. H. tram from
Patchogue and the 1870 p. M train IRON Hunters
Point to Patchogue were abandoned, as were other
trains on Long Island main line and branches. At
Q a. m. Roadmaste Moore with two engines, q SNOW
plough and 100 men, started from Jamaica to open
the roads. At o'clock Thursday evening he reached
Port Jefferson, and at o'clock was fighting his way
back the main line. the snow having drltted into
the cuts that he had pioughed through IN the IN rn-
ing. No trains have been run over Stewards Gen.
trail Road from Garden CITY 10 Babylon, since
Wednesday morning la the cut between HYDE
Park aud Garden City, three passenger trains are
showed up. Thursday evening Master Carpenter Nc
Lean with heavy snow plough, two engines anu
large force of men, left jamaica To extrcate them.
Thursday morning many passengers IRON Hampstead
took slelghs " Jamaica, where they took tue train
for Brooklyn there beng little detention to travel
west of Jamaica. The detention to travel on the
Long Island roads will probably last long the
present severe cold weather continues Many OF the
trains that are spoken of having been abandoned
are doubled up. This is owing to q scarcity of
engines many having been disabled in the Two pre-
ceeding storms. The early morning tram on the
Flus.n ng aud North Shore Railroad from Flushing
reached Hunters Point one hour late, having en-
cOuntered heavy drifts between Corona aud Win
hrld. and the trains throughout the day were
slightly delayed. The early morning tram from
Locust Valley reached Hunters Point two hours
late No trains weIo run the Sag Han Dor ranch
Thursday and freight tralOs on the main lines or
branches.
SERIOUS EFFECTS OF THE COLD.
The following cases of suffering from the severity
oe Tho cnld were renorted IN and around NeW-York