The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13
COLD WEATHER.
Mercury Goes Down to the Bot
tom Of the Thermometer.
Boats Frozen Fast to the Docks and
Trains Delayed


NEW fUHk. jan l&-Elu1hiu| = -
frozen over out 70 the East river, for
the first time in many years. The New
York and College Point fcrryboat ives
frozen fast 10 liz dock and was unable
10 move out IL succeeded in moving
later III the day. A number Of schoon.
crs are fast In noca further up the
sound. Tho following reports were 10.
cvived from the state: AT Raquettc lake
The Temperatures wns twenty-five do
grces below zero. .Waterfown-Sixteon
degrees below and 10 some places In the
country two degrees lower. In the
cAtskills -Twenty degrees below. A.
tho Iron Mountain, Clinton county
T~hirty-two degrees beloW.
Al kingston-Ten degrees below and
q woman frozen 70 death q short dis
lance from her home while going for q
pail Of water.
In the Mohawk valley-The weather
continues severe At o'clock Wednea-
day morning the thermometer regis.
tered fourteen degrees below zero In
Amsterdam and twelve below up the
valley.
II waa tho coolest day In central New
Jersey for years, the thermometer fall
ing 10 zero. The Delaware river wal
frozen solid between Lambcrtyille. n.
J., and New Hope. Pa, and cams and
pedestrians are crossing between these
points
From Pennsylvania come reports Of
continued cold. The passenger train
on the Downington and Lancaster rail-
road which left New Holland II $50
Tuesday afternoon. ran Into q snow
drift five feet deep and hundred
feet long Just cast of that place. and
had to DO dug out. The place II only
fourteen miles from Lancaster. but the
train did . arrive until after ? o'clock
Wednesday morning. Tho passengers
suffered severely from the cold.
The extreme cold weather Is having
serious effect In the vicinity Of Hazel
ton, 10. Work on coal strippings was
suspended WedndFday. Numerous
cnscs of frost bite have been reported.
with the loss Of fingers and ears. At
philadelphia, as far as the eye can soc
both up and down the Delaware river
in front Of the city, the river Is packed
with Ice. Navigation, na far ~ sea.Ro-
ing and coastwiae vcsseis ara concerned.
s 1t i standstilL Few vessels have
left the port
The ferryboats iii had i hard time
making their usual trips across tho
river. The rudders froxe Ia their posts,
and salt and hot wntcr Ind 10 be freely
used 70 loosen them. Frequently Il was
impossible to effect d handling Ut the
slips.
The following temperatures are re-
ported from New England: Norwich.
Vt, "a degrees below Lyme. n. 81, 20
degrees; Hanover, n. H., is degrees;
Portsmouth, N. H, is degrees. and that
work III the Kittery n~ayy-yard has been
suspended In consequences. At Port
land, Me. zero was renchcd, while BAN
gor has IL I degrees below. Pittsheld.
Mass, reports 10 degrees below, with
Ice Il local lakes two feet thick. The
thermometer In Boston 4 one degree be-
low zero.
At Hyannis, Mass, the Thermometer
Is at zorro, the harbor Is frozen solid and
the sound Is full Of Ice.
At Winston. N. G.. the Thermometer
registered zero Wednesday. the coolest
for fifteen years.
Down In the lower bay and IN the VI
entity Of Sunday Hook were immense
quantities 81 drifting Ice. The Horse
shoe was soIidly frozen over. and no
part oil the bay was entirely free from
Ice. Very few vessels reached port
Wednesday by the Sandy Hook route,
and some d. those which wanted 70
sail were too solidly frozen to leave
their bertha.
During all this time the vessels lying
hclpiessly OF the battery gave signal
after signal for assistance. but nothing
could be done 10 move them, and at
nightfall many Of them still remained
where they had been at daybreak.
Some. however, had been shifted and
put out Of danger.
The steamship lines along the North
river front had almost as hard row.
ing as the ferry companies The FAN
River Line boat City Of Providence
came In about five hours late. After :
severe battle with the ice IN the sound.
her captain was Disguised to find that
he could no get into his slip nt the
foot of Murray street without assist
ance, and II took her about an hour to
make a landing.
The qneerest experience bf all wa
tphb - 1N8 tHH 4caCus 2uuEJAU
after 2:45 o'clock IN the afternoon an
enormous ice doe several acres In extent
broke loose from the mass which had
formed on the New York side OF the
North river, right in the path Of the tuR
Beach which was going In the same d.
rectiou with . heavy tow.
The Beach's captain was not inclined
70 let . little thing like an ice foe
change his course and he rammed into
1t with all the force Of which his en-
gines were capable. He came with
such q rush that the Beach ran ON top
Of the ice in such 4 manner that shc
could not get Of again. and the last
seen Of the Beach she was being car
ried up stream, tow and all, by the ice
foe and blowing distress signals for
dear life.
froa HAIRS D-eiInqnsat Tnxss.