New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
WARNER WEATHER COMING.
YESTERDAYS COLD SNAP NOT LAST
ING ONE.
GRIP PATIENTS BENEFITED BY THE COOLNESS-
ONE MAN BADLY FROzEN-CLEAR SKIES
EXPECTED TO-DAY.

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From the region Of the frost king from the
land OF ice and snowfelds cold wave came
upon the city yesterday The midnight rain OF
Saturday gave place to clear. crisp Sunday
morning The air was crisp and invigoratng,
and there suggestion OF storm In the
clear sky. Shortly before noon however. clouds
began to appear. and the mercury in the ther-
momcters began to fall. and soon every one was
aware that the cold wave which had been
prophesied was here II got colder and colder
and the wind cut like a knife. Every now and
then in the course of the afternoon. hurries Of
snow went spinning through the citys streets.
AT Sandy Hook the wind blew forty miles an
hour in the afternoon. big fleet Of steamers
came into port. and their officers and crews were
not sorry 10 get the shelter OF the harbor The
wind raised such sea in the Bay that the
Staten Island ferryboats were much shaken up
by the short and choppy waves. while Bedlow's
Island ferryboat. in her trips to and from the
island where the great statue towers, rolled and
pitched in a manner calculated to produce sea-
sickness in those not used To the sea and It's
motions.
Fhe Weather Bureau had seen the winds and
the cold wave arriving Saturday night when
the mercury out IN Manitoba fell TO 30 degrees
below zero. and reports came In from All the
Central States showing a steady decline In tenn
perature. IT was evident that 1t was going to be
cold here yesterday. The cold wave extended
from oregon To Tampa, Fla. Al Jacksonville
the temperature was reported as being 80 De
grces above zero II it mad been a few degrees
colder the remnants OF the Florida orange crop
would have been destroyed.
Pcrrys thermometer at o'clock yesterday
morning recorded temperature OF 81 degrees
At 9 o'clock the mercury had fallen 10 80 de-
grees and at noon II was down TO SO degrees
At $3.50 o'clock 1t had reached Is degrees In lts
downward career. At O'Clock 1t was down TO Il
al y o'clock IL down TO IL de-
grees one good effect OF the weather OF yester-
day was that the cod aided In killing the grip
and helping the victims Of that disease TO re-
cover Clear cold weather and the grip cannot
get along together.
Twelve deaths from grip were reported at the
Bureau OF Vital statistics of the Board OF
Health yesterday. The health officials gem
orally admit that the disease has taken strong
hold on the population. and unless more favor
able conditions OF weather and sanitation prevail
between now and spring the public health VIII
suffer seriously.
one man who thoroughly appreciated how
cold II was yesterday Patrick Curry, OF
Woodsde. l.. l. He is thlrty-tive years old. and
last night started 10 walk from MS nome 10
Hunters Point. In Borden-ave. he slipped ana
fell down an enbankment into a pool OF water.
He struck on his head and was made uncon-
scious Ice formed about him before he recov-
cred his senses enough to try TO get out. ihen
ne found that the ice held him fast. He thinks
he must have been half an hour In the pool
before he was rescued About O'Clock a man
passing along the avenue heard groahs coming
from the pool Going down the embankment
ne found Curry imbedded In the Ice. ana oniy
half conscious. He summoned help ana the
men who responded had to break the ice WIN u,
hammers before Curry was rescued. III IL
thought that his legs will have to be amputateo
at the knee. they are so badly frozen
The Weather Bureau last night predicted 1or
to-day clear weather and a higher temperature
II seems that yesterdays cold wave was not a
unperor Reports from the West last night
showed that it was warming up out there.