Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-07
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New YORK, Feb. 6.-Last night was
one of the coolest ever experienced here.
The Thermometer at a. IN. registered %
below zero. The Kerr line fruit steamer
Argonaut, from Jamacai, reached quar-.
antine her hull, decks rigging and spars
completely covered with ice. Captain
McGlliveay stated that on passing Win
ter Quarter Shoal he ran suddenly into
cold weather. The thermometer fell
rapidly and thespray which flew aboard
quickly coated the decks and rigging
with ice several inches in thickness.
The vessels crew suffered greatly from
the cold and only with the greatest eau
ton managed to get about the decks.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Troy, N. Y, Feb. 6.-The mercury
was 1So below zero in the hill districts
of the city at 8 a. m. At 8 a. M, near the
river it is 100 and in the hill districts 1852.
AUBURN, N. Y, Feb. 6.-The coolest
| weather Of the season is being expert
enced here, the thermometer registering
12o below zero during the night. A stiff
northwest wind, accompanied by light
snow, has been blowing since yesterday
morning. Wires are down in the city
and business is practically suspended.
MIDDLETowN, N. Y, Feb. Cit was
12o below zero in this city last night,
| the coolest in 1S years.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 6.-Thirteen
and three-tenths below zero was the
record made at the Weather Bureau this
morning, the lowest Buffalo record for
February, and with one exception the
lowest temperature ever recorded here
since the establishment of the bureau
in 1870, that exception being the 25th
! Of January, 1884, when tho Thermometer
registered 1859 below,
IN NEW ENGLAND.
BosToN, MASS, Feb. G.--Seven de-
grees below zero has beaten the seasons
record and made the best business of
the year for the plumbers and fuel mer-
| chants. The presence of the northeast
gale which has been blowing since yes
/ terday nus added IT, the discomfort
Suburban car lines alc badly blocked
by drifting snow and incoming trains
from the North and East are hours late.
In the harbor shipping is practically at
a standstill. No vessels sailing and but
few arriving. ALI report heavy weather
outside.
New BEDFORD, MASS, Feb. Cat 6
o'clock this morning it, was 60 below
zero and the wind blowing rs miles an
hour.
PORTLAND. Me, Feb.6.-The mercury
| registered 100 below zero this morning,
with stiff east wind blowing.
EAsTpoRT, Me-, Feb. G.--lhe Their
momcter registers 100 below zero, with
n heavy wind blowing Snow drifts on
the highways are delaying travel.
NoRTHFIELD, W., Feb. 6.-The roads
here are impossible, with q stiff wind
making high drifts. The Thermometer
registers 16o below zero.
CoLDEsT FOR YEARS IN NEW JERSEY,
BoRDENTowN, N. j., Feb. 6.-The
thermometer registered 81 below zero at
o'clock this morning, the coolest
weather experienced for years.
SEVERE IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.--The Their
mometer in the Weather Bureau regis
tered 80 below zero at o'clock this
morning, the coolest weather expert
enced in this city for 10 years. On
December Both, 1880, mercury reached
80 below, and on January 10th 1888, the
zero mark was touched. Weather
Clerk Day says that the cold snap will
continue to-day and tonight, but on
on Thursday the weather will be warmer.
THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA.
| CLEARFIELp, Pa, Feb. Sat 5
o'clock this morning the thermometer
registered 20o below zero. At River
View, Leonard, Barrett, and other
small towns in the vicinity Of Cleartield,
the thermometer registered from 900 to
25o below zero.
ASHLAND, Pa, Feb. 6.--The Their.
mometer registered l20 below zero here
this morning. 15o at Delano, 1872 at
Frackville and Centralia, and at Girard.
Vile 15o. Many Of the washeries are
idle on account Of the extreme cold.
THEY sHIvERED IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--Iero mark was
not touched here this morning by the
official Weather Bureau thermometers
but it would be hard to convince the
government employees and others who
hurried to work cold and shivering, Of
this fact. The day was clear and fail
wind was blowing. The coolest weather
was early in the morning when q above
zero was registered. This broke the STA
sons record.