The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-13
A FAMOUS COLD SPELL
ZERO WEATHER TO CONTINUE 4
 DAY OR TWO MORE.

DAR OR TWO MORE.
 The Weather Men So Predict-A Coal Famine May Occur-Ice in the Harbor
 Foot Thick-The Channel Kept Open
 Schooner Frozen in at the Light house.
 Judging from the present indications of a continuance of the cold weather there is some danger here in New Ha- ven of coal famine from the cutting
 off of the coal supply. No coal to speak
 of has been received here in port for
 over four days now, and not only the yards but the big pockets of the Con- solidated road are beginning to show the lack of coal.
 Already it is understood, some of the factories in the Naugatuck valley have
 been forced to run slower on account of scarcity of coal. The big four-masted
 schooner Bayard Barnes, loaded with
 coal for the company, ought to have
 made her dock three days ago, but has
 been unable to get here on account of
 the ice.
 The J. B. Darlington, another big
 schooner, loaded with coal for this port,
 is also damned in somewhere en route,
 unable to move. The only coal which
 has been received here since the ice
 blockade, was brought in on Saturday and yesterday by the tugs Resolute and
 Walsh, and the Battler and McWil- Hams, which succeeded, after a hard struggle, in making port with two tows, representing in all only about 11.0O0 tons. One of these tows had been try ing to get up the harbor since Saturday morning.
 The ice in the harbor is all of a foot thick, and extends from shore to shore, excepting in the channel, which freezes over as quickly as broken through Reports of the tug-boat captains are that the East river, too, is frozen over and that it is only with the greatest diff ficulty that passage is forced through. The Richard Peck left her dock at 730 o'clock yesterday morning, and after battling for hours trying to get down the harbor succeeded in finally reaching the open water of the sound. Whether or not she will make the return trip to- day is not known.
 According to the weather bureau the cold will not abate any for some time yet, and both the coal supply and the shipping of the city will undoubtedly suffer.
 To-day Gincoln day), February 13, is a legal holiday and the banks of the city will be closed, also the offices of the bankers and brokers,
 At the local weather bureau last night Observer Tarr said that the indica- tions were that the cold snap would last for three days longer at least. A from Washington, which he received yesterday, stated that storm area was moving up the coast and was central yesterday morning in Florida. It is moving northeast If the area reaches this section the weather bureau that the temperature will moderate and snow starms will con- tnue. If, however, this southern storm area moves out to sea the probabilities are that the weather with clear up and be colder Northeast winds are promis- ed for to-day and northeast storm sig nals were ordered displayed along the | coast yesterday. It is very cold in the northwest and | reports of the temperature at various | western stations were received by Ob- | server Tarr last night as follows: Miles | City, Mont, 40 below; Bismarck, N. D., | B below; St. Paul. 22 below; Milwau- | 1ee, 20 below; Toledo, 10 below; Buffalo, | below; Albany, 0.The mercury stood | It above in New Haven yesterday | At noon yesterday it was S1a !! ibove, and above at 8 o'clock last night. Oxford, in this county, reports he lowest notch reached by the mer- ,ury in Connecticut, the mercury in hat place being reported at 30 degrees below zero. Terryvile is a. good second with A below, while Meriden Danbury md Norfolk come next with 22, 20 and 8 below, respectively.
 Mr. Tarr stated last night that warm- 1T weather could not be expected until fter the cold wave moving down rom he northwest moved to the eastward. 1 The southern storm is moving into this req, but it is expected tha! if it caches here, while it will moderate the for a short time, it will oon pass and will be followed by sev- ral days of colder weather.
 Spits of snow continued falling near y all last night and fully four inches as fallen since Saturday night, whie he total depth of the snow now on the round is about ten inches.
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