The record-union., 1893-01-12
Special to the RrcoRn.uN1ox.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Not in many
years has there been such a suspension of
navigation in the harbor as to-day. The
cold has been intense all day.
Coming down the North River around
the Battery, and extending up East
River, was one solid mass of ice stretch
ing over the bay. and down through tho
Narrows into the lower bay was the Same
glacial surface, dotted here and there with
hillocks of snow-capped pieces of ice that
had been pushed up by one foe rubbing
against another. The ice extended into
the Kills and around the shores of Staten
Island. There was little stretch of open
water around Bedloe's Island, and this
was all that could be seen in the harbor at
9 o'clock
The Staten Island ferryboats were
greatly crippled. The ordinary passage
is twenty minutes, but in many cases the
boats were two hours in making the trip,
and then were unable to enter the piers
on account of the accumulation of ice.
The ferry to South Brooklyn stopped
entirely. At II o'clock there were fifty
three vessels in hopeless tangle in the
ice, all within a radius of a mile.
AT that hour the Fall River steamboat
Providence came down crusted with ice,
it being then five hours behind time. The
path forced by the Providence gave some
Of the incoming and few minor boats
chance to push through, and slightly re-
lieved the blockage at the barge Office.
At noon there were 500 passengers in
the Staten Island ferryhouse awaiting
! transportation to Staten Island.
Flushing Bay is frozen over out to East
| River, for the first time in many years.
A number Of schooners are cast to foes
upon the sound.
Reports from various points in the
State show temperature ranging from
% below near this city to 320 below zero
in Clinton County. It was the coIdest
day in Central New Jersey for years. the
thermometer falling to zero. The della
ware River is frozen solid between LAM
bertville, n. j., and New Hope, Pa.
From Pennsylvania comes a report of
continued cold. The passenger trains of
the Downing and Lancaster Railroad
were stuck in drift last night several
hours, and the passengers suffered Sc
verely. The extreme cold weather is
having a serious effect in the vicinity of
Hazleton, Pa. The work Of coal strip
pings was suspended to-day.
AT Philadelphia, as far as the eye can
see, both up and down the Delaware
River in front Of the city. the river is
! packed with ice. Navigation. as far as
sea-going coastwise vessels is concerned,
is at a standstill.
Reports from New England tell Of ex-
treme cold. At Winston, N. c., the ther-
mometer registered at zero to-day, the
coldest for fifteen years.
THE CoLDEsT FOR SIX YEARS.
PITTsBURG, Jan. u.-Last night was
the coldest for six years, the thermom-
eter registering from 6 to So below. All
the rivers are frozen solid from bank TO
bank. Many schools We're forced to close
on account Of the shortage OF natural gas.
BLINDING sNowsToRM.
Huron IS. d., Jan. ia binding
snowstorm is i'll progress here. The
wind is blowing forty miles an hour
The thermometer is So below zero and
! growing colder. The storm is more seti-
Gus in the northwest portion Of the
State. Trains are from three to five
hours late and telegraphing is interrupted
with.
TWELVE BELOW ZERO.
JoHNsTowN pa. Jan. 1.-The worst
storm in many years has been raging for
twenty hours in the mountains near
Ebensburg. Last night the passengers
on the branch train showed in near
Ebensburg, as mentioned in these dis
patches, were held all night in an open
country and suffered severely. The train
was stalled through the careless work of
switchman, who ran it on a siding.
where it stuck fast. The storm ragged all
night, and with the thermometer I2o be-
low zero, it was trying time. To-day
the engineer, who was badly frozen, was
removed to the nearest farmhouse, and is
reported in a serious condition. The
train was abandoned, and the passengers
during the day were gotten to the main
line.
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FROZEN.
CRIsFIELD (Md.), Jan. 1.-THE Chesa-
peake Bay and all tributaries are covered
with twelve to eighteen inches of ice, and
the oyster industry of the State is at a
standstin. Stock that was almost worth
less brings from 81 so to 81 70 a bushel.
All the packing houses are closed. Tho
ice embargo is the heaviest for seventeen
years. 1t is feared many dredgers who
were frozen in miles from shore have
perished in their frail boats.
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THE USUAL RESULT.
A Young Scotchman'S CareIesSneS5
Causes His Death.
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