New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-29
ICY Winds From THE WEST
CoLDEsT DECEMBER % SINCE 1850.
WIDE REACH or THE WAVE MERCURY down
TO II DEGREES HERE AND TO 10 DE
GREES IN WASHINGTON - THE

The cold wave which i, had been predicted
would follow the biz storm was here before dawn
yesterday. The morning 81 December IS has not
broke clear and cold since lsS. That year De-
cemher IS came In with temperature OF IL de-
grces above zero. Yesterday in the early morning
the mercury stood at 10 degrees. The minimum
temperature for the day recorded by the Weather
Bureau was l. degrees.
The big storm came out Of the northeast. ana the
cold wave out OF the northwest The cold wave
dispersed itself over larger extent o. territory
than the storm did. but less destructive ana
less obnoxious visitor. Reports from up aud down
the coast and the reports of incoming vessels yes
terday continued the story of the storms ravaecs
and there doubtless more tales OF shlp"reck
and perils the to come. The storm Itself Is
raging. but with abated force. somewhere out
on the North Atlantic 1t is thought that II spent
its strength when ii raVaGed and land along
the coast and is now a decrepit and toothless OLD
fury which will be poverless to harm the incom
ing feet from Europe when il meets IL. Many plot
boats were when the storm came on
but no fears are felt for them These stanch boats
can weather almost any gale that ever blew
The cold is of the most Extensive wiich
have prevailed for years 1t extended yesterday over
all the country except the extreme :ou h. IN idct
the southern part of Florida VAS he only place
where it was really warm out OF doors IN tn FITTED
States Even at Galveston the mercury REGISTERED
a temperature of only - degrees in the morning
At Key West. the warmest place IN the country
IL stood at IS AT San Francisco il STOOD At a.
New-Orleans at -. jacksonville at Is, and Charles
ton. : c.. at 80 degrees.
The reports from everywhere Use spoke f cold
weather At Bismarck. ~ d. II was degrees
below zero and at Buffalo it was desre"s above
At Chicago it was > degrees below 2'ro ard a. -
Louis degrees above. At Washington II was only
Is degrees above zero. and at Cincinnati only ;
above. The temperature in this city yes. srdir as
recorded by Perry's thermometer vas II ccerees
above zero at O'Clock in the morning. Then 1t
to IL degrees. At O'Clock il had zone 4 tesr"e
lower and stood at 10 degrees. ~ noon II had
again r. degrees. and at 3-g % 'o * IN m"
afternoon il had got up to II degree. Then II grew
colder and at O'Clock the mercury haV iaItn 20
Il degrees At o'clock II at about the same
point but at midnight had fallen 70 / degrees.
Mr. Dunn predicts for to-day continued COLI weather
with westerly winds.
The condition Of the streets Yesterday VAS some
thing aroused the righteous wrath Of the cit-
zens If T. be true that peoples ears tince wh"n
other people talking about them. Commission
Andrews and his assistants must have thought gal
vanic batteries had become somehow attached 20
their ears The condition Of things was especially
bad in the lower part of the city and In IN" streets
about the river fronts. HOrsccars were thrown on
the tracks and frequent blocks OF trucks and other
heavy wagons caused by the piles OF snow pools OF
traffic all day. The sidewalks We're more dangerous
than streets for the ice lay In rehchcrOus spots
wherever the had been cleared away. ana II
was only by using the utmost caution that one
could safely walk them. Nearly all the malls
arriving here Yesterday several hours late.
one mail from the northern part 81 the state. due
here al $50 O'Clock a. m. Jill not arrive until 2lo
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