The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-26
COLD WAVE GENERAL.
New England Thermometers Take
Violent Tumblos.
Much Suffering In Larger
Cities.
psor People Starving and Freezing In New
York and Chicago.

continued unabated last night, but
there was no further drop In the the tenn
perature after noon. The thermometer
registered IA above zero at p. m. In this
city. The high wind. however. has made
the cold more severe, especially In ex-
posed places. and along the coast, ana
all incoming vessels are well iced up.
Along Cape Cod, especially off Chatham.
the coasters have had hard time all
day, and a large fleet sought shelter in
side Chatham bar. Nantucket reported
q gale all day. with minimum tempera-
ture of 16 above zsre at 8 o'clock last
night and the harbor ID blocked with ice.
In northern New England, however, the
temperature has been very low. av-
eraging zero or few degrees below. and
the mercury shows signs of q still fur
ther drop. Farther to the south the cold
as yet has not been exceptionally Sc
we're, and extreme temperatures are not
anticipated by the weather bureau be-
fore tomorrow. The following thermom-
ster and wind gauge readings at p. IN.
were reported:
Portland. Me.-Temperature 10 de-
grees above. wdad 10 miles an hour.
81. John, N. B.-Tsmperature IL below
zero, as during the entire day; wind
from from IL to Is miles. blowing from
the west.
Augusta, Ms.-1smpsrature 8 below.
no wind.
Bangor = Temperature about zero.
with downward tendency.
Lowell, Mass.-Temperature Is above
zero. high wind.
Manchester. N. H.-Temperature de-
srees above Zero. and rapidly falling.
Lawrence. Mass. - Temperature 8
above; high wind makes the cold more
intense.
New Haven-Tsmperature II above.
Holyoke, Mass.-l5 below zero; fierce
wind all day.
Bridgeport. Conn.-Mercury 10 degrees
above and falling.
Hartforl-Temperature above.
Worces er, Mass.-Thermometer 10
above; wind.
Lewisto1 \. .Me.-Temperature IL below.
Pittsfield, Mass.-Temperature 13 be-
low, strong west winds.
Chicago. Jan. 26.-Mayor Swift has is
sued an appeal for aid, for the poor who
are suffering from the cold, calling upon
the big packers, coal dealers and mer-
chants for contributions and supplies
to relieve the suffering. In many in
stances the proclamation was fore
stalled, and heavy contributions are
coming In constantly On the floor OF the
board OF trade subscription paper was
started. and several thousand dollars
subscribed in a few minutes. The big
department stores and dry goods mer-
chants sent in checks for $500 and $1,000
The police department has been turned
into a vast relief corps Chief of Police
Badenoch has issued orders to every Off
Ger In the city to make personal inves-
tigation of all cases of destitution on his
beat and report the same at once. Help
10 sent Immediately. and every patrol
wagon and inspectors carriage is being
used for the purpose. One pitiful case
Of suffering was reported to the Hyde
Park station. At the home of Edwin
Martin was child that had died Satur-
day from starvation and lay unburied In
the house. The family was without food.
fuel or money. and had been for several
days.
Another death was that of Fred A.
Busch, years old. who succumbed as
the result Of exposure. George Gran,
was found i'm freight car near North
street, almost dead, and with his feet
badly frozen. 80 that they will have te
be anputated.
The work of clearing the down towr
streets of snow was abandoned on &C.
count Of the intensity Of the cold.
Many Of the men had no gloves ol
overcoats. and nearly 400 of them wer,
more or less severely frostbitten.
Joseph Fey. a driver on a snow plov
of the street cleaning department. hat
his body and limbs so badly frozer
that he will probably die.
On some lines passengers on the stree
cars suffered badly. Miss Emma Smith
while riding from Thirty fifth street I,
Madison on a Clark street car. becam,
unconscious. and was only resuscitatet
after nearly an hours hard work by
physicians. The various police station.
were crowded TO their utmost capacity
The Harrison street station alone shell
tered over 800 unfortunates. The Saliva
tion Army barracks on West Madison
street was kept open all night. and man,
were taken care OF there.
Yesterday was the coldest day in the
history Of Chicago. The temperature
averaged 20 degrees below zero all day
Whistles of distress began to sound
from the Sixty-eighth street crib yeste,
day afternoon, and tug was sent GU,
at once. The crib is about four miles oui
In the lake. The crib run out OF coal. Sin
men were there at work and four OF them
were brought back TO the city. They had
o severe struggle to keep from freezing
but. by burning up everything that wa,
not nailed down. they managed to ge,
enough nre to generate the steam for tn,
whistle. The weather In moderatin,
very slowly.
New York, Jan. 2s.-The threatenin,
antics OF the weather for some time pas
eliminated yesterday In the most 30
we're cold throughout the state Of Nev
York experienced this season. In Ne,
York city the mercury got down TO IN
record point OF the year. and I'm the up
Der part Of the state IL succeeded In dis
appearing almost entirely. Report
from Canada indicate an even more rie
.orous condition of affairs. but II was /
the large cities of this state that IN
direfui effects OF the cold wave were IN
most painfully apparent The poor Z
this city suffered terribly. for they ha
not alone TO contend against the lo'