The record-union., 1899-02-11
the lowest temperature Of the season.

zero. and in Orange County from Ia to
% degrees below zero. The Hudson
River between Nyak and Tarrytown,
where it is three miles wide, is frozen
over-a very rare occurrence. Railway
traffic is delayed.
Not a ship passed in at Sandy Hook
between Thursday afternoon and this
afternoon. A big fleet of steamers is
overdue, including the Fuerst Bis
marek, from the Mediterranean, which
is three days behind time; the Anchoria
from Glasgow and the Spaarndam.
BUFFALO, Feb. 1O.-John Weith,
aged 81 years, a carpenter, was found
last night frozen to death in his sleigh
in the suburbs. The thermometer at
the Weather Bureau registered 3 de-
grees below zero at 8 o'clock this morn
ing.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 1O.-All cold rec
ords for this section were broken to-
day, and a new record OF 20 degrees
below zero was established by the
Weather Bureau. Private thermometers
registered from Z to 10 degrees lower.
Business was almost at a standstiil.
Schools were dismissed, out door labor
ers refused to work, and every form
of industry necessitating exposure to
the weather was practically paralyzed.
One grewsome phase of the blizzard
is it's effect on livestock shipped from
surrounding towns to the stock yards.
The ears Of many hogs dropped off,
I they being so badly frozen that the
least touch caused them to fall to the
ground. Cattle likewise suffered Sc
verely. The cold weather has seriously
hampered the railroads. and all trains
are from half to three hours late.
Navigation on the Allegheny, Mo-
nongahela and upper Ohio has closed,
and the two first streams are frozen
over The indications to-day are for
slightly warmer weather.
Three fatalities have been reported
in this vicinity. Hugh Gallagher, a
miner at Leisenring, was frozen to
death while on his way home frCE1
work
AT Morgan, a hamlet on the Pan
Handle, John Gillespie, aged ~ years,
| late of Wadswort1l, o., and Patrick
O'Grady, aged 20 years, were found
dead to-day in a shanty which they
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| cold. Late last night, when some COM
panions left the shanty, the two men
were asleep, and the friends, fearing
| the place might take fire from the
stove which was red not. extingu;shed
the fire and went home. Upon investi-
cation to-day the two occupants os the
hut were found to have perished from
the cold.
The weather at midnight has moder-
ated considerably, the thermometer
now standing at below zero.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10-The Off
cial Thermometer at I o'clock this
morning registered 6 degrees below
zero, the lowest temperature recorded
in Philadelphia since the establishment
of the Weather Bureau. From towns
in the eastern end of the State reports
We're received that therm mometers reg
istered from 10 to 20 degrees, and in
the mountain sections the mercury fell
below the 20 mark.
IN ILLINOIS,
CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-The crest of the
cold wave has passed here. At q a. m.
the thermometer registered Is below,
but from that point gradual moderation
set in.
The weather claimed numerous vic
TINS during the day. Two men froze
to death.
The dead: Charles jacobson, died
from cold and exposure; unidentified
man. found dead on the sidewalk at
5145 Halstead street.
Many others sustained frost bites,
some of them serious.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER. Feb. 1O.-The apparently
interminable snowstorm on the mount
aims in the vicinity of Leadville re-
sumed sway early to-day, after brief
respite during the night. The Lead
vile mine and smelter managers made
good their offer of 1000 now-shovelers
to open the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad between Leadville and Malta,
in order to get coal into the camp. One
gang began work at midnight, and at
o'clock was relieved by another. The
track was finally cleared SO that it was
possible to run into Leadville cars OF
coal that had been stalled at Malta.
On the Colorado Midland a large force
of men, working under the direction of
Agent Sneve, succeeded in breaking the
blockade at Snowden, and brought in
thirty cars of coal. Present indications
are that the downtown mines have coal
enough to last from three to five days,
and a supply will be rushed to the Lit
tie Johnny and other outlying mines.
A shortage which is felt very much
is that of mining timbers, which cannot
be obtained, owing to the deep snow.
The shortage will delay developments
for several months.
The situation at Aspen is as desper-
ate as at Leadville. No trains are run
ming to the great silver camp on the
west of the range, and it is reported
that the mines there are closing down
/ for want of fuel. There have been some
snowslides in the camp, but no fatal
tiles have resulted so far as knawn.
West of Leadville the railroads are
still tied up tightly. In the Canyon OF
the Grande occurred six snowslides.
One of them was 400 feet in length and
35 feet deep. In it are huge boulders
and trees.
The snow-shovelers at Shoshone to-
| day struck for an increase of wages
from $1.75 to $3.50 a day.
The Marshall Pass is again closed.
Dut the rotary Is Ducklng the OrlItS
there, and the narrow-gauge may soon
| be reopened.
| A snowstorm, with a cold wind from
the north, began here ro-day, and
should another cold wave follow, it will
undoubtedly have disastrous effect on
| the livestock upon the ranges.
| IN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), Feb. 10.-A
rise in temperature from ten to fifteen
degrees has taken place in the south