St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-12
Many New York and New
England Points Report
SubZero Wes Their.
Two Passenger Trains Stuck
in Snow Drifts in Penn
sylvania.
Delaware River Frozen Over
Solid Enough to Bear
Teams.
Snow Clogs Up Chieago--A
Small Blizzard Raging in
Nebraska.

New YORK. Jan. 1l.-Flushing bay Is
frozen over out to the East river for the
first time in many years. The New
York and College Point ferry boat was
frozen fast at its dock last night and
was unable TO move out this morning.
1t succeeded in moving later in the day.
A number of schOOnerS are fast in foes
further up the sound. The following
reports were received from the state:
At Raquette lake the temperature was
% deg. below zero, with cloudless Sky.
Watertown, 16 deg. below, and in some
places in the country degrees lower.
In the CatskilS 20 deg. below is report
ed. At Lyon Mountain, Clinton coun-
ty, 80 deg. below. At Kingston 10
deg. below, and a woman frozen to
death short distance from her home
while going for a pail of water. In
the Mohawk valley the weather contin-
ues severe. At Z O'clock this morning
the thermometer registered IA deg
below zero III Amsterdam and IL
below up the valley. At 6 o'clock
this evening it registered at
zero. 1t was the coolest day in Central
New Jersey for years, the thermometer
falling to zero. The Delaware river was
frozen solid between Lambert, n. j..
and New Hope. Pa, and teams and
pedestrians are crossing between these
points. From Pennsylvania come
Reports of Continued Cold.
The passenger train on the Downing
ton IL Lancaster railroad, when left
New Holland at 500 yesterday after
noon, ran into snow drift five feet
deep and 100 long Just east of that place
and had 10 be dug out. The place
is only fourteen miles from Lam
caster, but the train did not ar
rive until after O'Clock this
morning. The Passengers suffered Sc
verely from the cold. Extreme cold
weather is having serious effect in the
vicinity of Hazeton, Pa. Work on coal
strippings was suspended today. NJ
mcrOuS cases of frost bite have been re-
ported. with the loss of fingers and ears.
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 and coastWiSe vessels
are concerned. is at StandStill.
rev VESSELS IdVG lelG inc pOIl,
The ferrybnats all had hard time max
ing their usual trims across the river.
The rudders froze in their posts and
salt and hot water had TO be freely used
to loosen them. Frequently it was i'm
possible to effect landing at the slips.
The following temperatures are re-
ported from New England Norwich.
Vt, "a below; Lyme, n. H., 20; Han
over, n. H., IS; Portsmouth. n. H., ID,
and that work in the Kittery navy
yard has been suspended in couse-
quence. At Portland, Me-, zero was
reached, while Bangor has it below.
Pittstield, Mass, reports Is below, with
ice in local lakes two feet thick. The
thermometer IN Boston is deg below
zero. At Hyannis. Mass, the Their
mometer is at zero, the harhor is frozen
solid and the sound is full Of ice. AT
Winston, n. c.. the thermometer regis
ters zero today, the coolest for fifteen
years.