Evening journal., 1896-02-17
COLD BLAST SHAKES UP
All Outside Work Was Inter
rupted To-day.
ANOTHER TOUCH OF ZERO WEATHER

Several Hundred shipJard workmsn Had
TO Return to THOR Homea-It is Biting
Cold on the Outshirts-Hair Factory
Compelled to Shut Down-whito Steam
Hides the christiana's Surface.
A cold blast as frlQid as that from
which this community was Just about
recovering one year ago to day, struck
Wilmington this mornlng and made q
typical blue Monday" Of this ante
Lenten day. People whose occupations
called them to the exposed outskirts Of
the city formed an accurate Idea OF what
DR. Nanssn had to endure to make the
wonderful discovery 80 recently attrib-
uted to him.
Weather indications said for Delaware;
"Clear and very cold northerly winds
And these were only too true. When
the bleak blasts we're not retarded by
buildings OF fences they struck exposed
faces with such cutting force as to
cause sharp pains. Contrast with the
balmy Spring weather OF the past few
days, Of course, made the spell especially
severe.
At the Harlan and Halllngsworth Com
pany's it WAS zero weather when the
chip carpenters and riveters reported
for work At z o'clock this morning and
they very gladly vent home again when
the foreman mildly suggested that 10 Was
too cold to work About 300 outside
workmen on the Hampton Roads. Ulrica
and Nontauk steamers could do nothing
ell day.
Around the Pallmon car shops It was
80 cold that the telephone got out Of
order aud the Ink formed in icicylos on
the ends OF all the fountain pens used
downstairs by the office men. At least,
several Of the clerks declared that
such was the case aud that the
pen holders were 30 cold that they con
traoted aclaica in the right hands an
arms
Some idea Of the atmospheric frigidlty
can ho obtained from the following
rsglatry Of thermometers along the
south and east side:
Degrees.
Pullman Palace Car Company. 3
farlan & H0llingtworth Company. ...-......
Wilmington Steamboat 90. WhArf..........
T.. w a b. station (prOtcctedl l.............. 10
Wilmington Transfer Co lproteofed). II
Pigeon Point wharf ...............
Evening Journal oillce lcornerl. ............- 1
Market street bridge lChrlstlana).
Liebi0 hcmical CO..,.......... t.......... zero
The above registry wAs taken &C diff
ferent intervals between o'clock and
IL a. m.
August Blcta's hair factory. on the
South side, had 70 shut down because the
pipen became 30 badly frozen. The men
at work on Warmers wharvea suffered
greatly from cold ard huge lclcles formed
from the moisture Of their breath on the
many bushy mustachss Tue Whining
ton Steamboat Company carried out its
usual routine, tho Brandywine getting
slong on time.
An Atmo,pheIio Phenomonon.
On the Chrlstiaua between Market aud
Third streets bridges, @ white smoke or
steam elistened along the surface ae IL
arose and Was carried along by the strong
wind The old philosophical fact that
where the temperature Of the water Is so
many degrees warmer than that Of the
air was called up vividly In ones mind
an this peculiar work OF nature was
watched during ths morning
Too Cold for 1Turphy's Horses.
Farmer John Murphy living just be-
low town, WAS not driving his horses
sufficiently lively 20 keep them warm
down Market street shout IL 30 this
morulug. aud the animals took occasion
TO tear themselves loose from the wagon
when an electric car dArted around
from Front street, Tho horses ran
up Front street furiously, carry
ing the dragging tongue between
then. A stout wire pole at French
street did not stand Ia their way at all.
Bat when the horses separated to pass
the post. the tongue brought them up
with q short turn aud bumped their
heads together No serious damage was
done except that OF aplinterina the
wagon tongue.
Two Degrees Below Zero.
Out at the B. & O.s Delaware avenue
station nobody denied that It WAS the
coldest day this Winter for the mercury
contracted to degrees belew zero. This
was the state OF Affairs this morning on
the elevated platform and the ushers in
that nelgbborhood had to jump about
vigorously to keep up their circulation
and spirits
In the Court Of Chancery.