Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-06
Intense Cold Reported in Many Diff
ferent Cities.
WHITE RIVER, ONT, TOPS THE RECORD
New England Towns Had a Very
Frosty Morning.
COLD WINDS AT BUFFALO

TORONTO, Ont, February 6.-During the
night the thermometer went down to %
degrees below zero, the coolest for ten
years. At s o'clock this morning it stood
at 20
MONTREAL, February 6.-The average
temperature since am. has been 16 below
zero. At am. it was % below.
In New England.
ST. ALBANS, VT, February 6.-The roads
here are impossible, with a stiff wind MAX
ing high drifts. The thermometer regis
tiers 10 degrees below zero.
AMESBURY, Mass, February 6-The
weather here this morning was the coolest
for fifty years AT Aresbury the mercury
registered 90 degrees below zero; at South
ampton, % degrees below; Salisbury, 70 be-
low; East Kingston % below: Seabrook, ~
below. The Haverhill and Amesbury cleo
trio road is running no cars from Merrimac
account of huge snow drifts. The
schools are closed.
CONCORD, N H., February 6.-The tenn
perature here at daylight was % degrees
below zero; at Elu:wood. ii below; Peter
borough. 81; ContocooS, 20; Claremont, 70;
Bradford, %; Canaan, 70; Salisbury, =;
Lebanon, II; East Andover, 20; West Leb-
anon, 20; Hillsboro, 20, and Danbury, %
EASTPORT, Me-, February 6-The mer-
curry registers 10 below Zero with heavy
wind blowing. Snow drifts on the high
ways are del; ying travel.
PORTLAND, Me-, February 6.-The mer-
curry registered 10 degrees below zero this
morning, with a stiff east wind blowing.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, February 6.-At
6 o'clock this morning the thermometer
registered degrees below zero, and the
wind blowing % miles an hour.
BOSTON, Mass, February 6.-Seven de-
grees below zero has broken the seasons
record and mad. the best business OF the
frinl moi
presence of the northeast gale which has
been blowing since yesterday has ADDED 10
the discomfort Suburban car lines are
badly blocked by drifting snow, ana IN
coming trains from the rCrth and east are
hours late. In the harbor shipping Is
practically at a s:andstill. No vessels
sailing and but few arriving. All report
heavy weather outside.
In New York State.
BUFFALO, N Y, February 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 tenn
perature ever recorded here since the es-
Establishment of the bureau, in 1870, that
exception being the 25th of January, 1854.
when the thermometer registered 1873 de-
greeS below.
ALBANY. N. Y, February Cat o'clock
the Thermometer registered 70 degrees be-
low zero, and at o'clock 10 degrees below
A brisk wind added to the intensity of the
cold.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, February Cit
was II degrees below zero in this city last
night, the coolest in eighteen years.
TROY, N. Y, February 6.-Mercury was
IS degrees below zero in the hill districts of
the city at am. At am, near the river.
it is 10 below, and in the hill districts IL.
AUBURN, NY, February 6.-The coolest
weather of the season is being experienced
here, the thermometer registering II de-
grees below zero during the night. stiff
snow has been blowing since yesterday
morning. Wires are down in the city, and
business Is practically suspended.
NEW YORK, February 6-This is the
coolest day mere since December 81, 1880,
when the Thermometer registered degrees
below zero, and tht: third coolest day on
record since the weather bureau was es-
tabiished, in 1870. The other two days
colder than this were February D. 1873,
when the mercury dropped to degrees be-
low zero, and January TO- 1875, when it
registered below. Today at { am. the
weather bureaus thermometer, 300 feet
above Broadway, registered below. Since
midnight, when the thermometer read
degrees above, 1t fell steadily until sun
rise. Then the mercury in the tube began
to rise again. At am. it stood at zero.
and at 10 am. read above, with the
prospect of further rise.
HI fcEnSSiNiaHIus
PITTSBURG, Pa, February 6-Intense
cold weather has prevailed here for three
days, the mercury registering below zero
every day. Last night it dropped to 9 de-
grees below, and at o'clock it was 4
below For the first time in many years
both rivers are frozen over. The Ale
gheny is frozen solid from Oil City to Lo-
gansferry, a distance of ninety miles.
| Heavy gorges are reported at several
points, and grave fears are entertained OF
| damage when the weather. moderates. The
usual shortage of natural gas has caused
much suffering, ard many families have
returned to coal for heating purposes.
CLEARFIELD, Pa, February 6-At 8
| O'Clock the thermometer registered 20 be-
| low At Rivervi5W, Leonard Barrett ard
other small towns in the vicinity of Clear
| field the thermometer registered from 20
to % degrees below.
| ASHLAND, Pa, February G.-The tier
+ mometer registered II degrees below zero
| here this morning, Is at Delano, IS at
Frackville and Centralia and 10 at Girard-
Vile. Many of the washeries are idle on
account Of the extreme cold.
| PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February 6.-The
thermometer in the weather bureau regis
| tered 3 degrees below zero at : o'clock
| this morning, the coolest weather expert
| enced in this city for fifteen years. On
| December 80, 1850, the mercury reached
| 5 below and on January 16, 1898, the zero
! mark was touched. Weather Clerk Lay
saws that the cold snap will continue today
| and tonight, but on Thursday the weather
| will be warmer.
At Baltimore.
| BALTIMORE, Nd, February G.-The cold
| snap which struck this section Saturday
| night continues unabated. Navigation is
| extremely difficult if not dangerous. If the
| weather. does not soon moderate the port
| of Baltimore will be practically closed.
| The police stations and friendly inns are
| crowded with the poor and homeless.
| In New Jersey.
| BOPDENTOWN, n. j.. February G.-The
| thermometer registered five degrees below
zero at o'clock this morning, the coolest
! weather experienced for years.
| Another Cold Wave.
| CHICAGO. February G-The snow storm
prevailing today threatens to result in a
widespread blockade. The weather bu-
! reau official here gives notice of probable
! heavy snow throughout nine states, &C
| COMMANDED by severe cold wave tomor
| row with q high northwest gale. The
! states named are: Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa.
! Missouri Illinois, Wisconsin,, Minnesota,