New-York tribune., 1899-02-10
ZERO WEATHER HOLDS ON.
uvr LOWEST TEMPERATURE IN THIS
CITY IN THREE YEARS.
..,.-,xr-ro COLD WEATHER PREDICTED FOR To-
DAy-wIDE AREA or THE COLD WAVE
TRAFFIC IMPEDED on LAND

AND WATER

TRAFFIC IMPEDED on LAND
AND WATER.
xev--York had the coolest weather Of the sea-
-, Yesterday. In fact, yesterday was the cold
-, dav IN this city since February H. 1896,
.be, the mercury went down to degrees
,.iovr zero The lowest temperature recorded
-, tbe official Thermometer in the Weather Bu-
-nsp Yesterday was 3 degrees below zero, at
go m The temperature did not rise far
.hove the zero mark all day however. and last
orenire the indications were that there would
no still colder weather to-day. The wind was
t-,sk enough 10 make the intense cold felt more
,o.nlv Throughout the city there was much
su4erine on account Of the extreme cold
The cold wave extended all over this State.
and in sullivan County a temperature OF IL
degrees below zero was reported yesterday
-ro-rirr There was good sleghng nearly
cyeryvhere
The weather Bureau had predicted cold
,,ave .y.th a drop Of 90 degrees in temperature
t,rov.rr ine snovstcrm Of Wednesday. but the
.barc, went anead o. N, prediction by l3 de-
-r.es AZ r.Gnicht on Wednesday the Of
ecial thermometer registered only Is degrees
ohove zero and The mercury continued to fall
in the tube steadily and rapidly IN the early
hours Of Yesterday morning. II fen degrees
n ih' TITS. "'u'' -'-' '' '''' 1,.,-,.
so' Gown .'.,.., a,s tbe,, tho ,,,er-
,rrv eHn~.i down the tube stln more rapidly
~ tn. next hslf-hoIr 3 degrees below zero being
,scor..5 NJ half-past o'clock Yesterday morn
,,r Then he mercury began to rise slowly.
and r7- un - degrees below zero al : o'clock
II continued to rise to degree above zero at
o oo'c-oct and 70 degrees AZ 10 O'Clock.
T. .r. Greater mart OF the dav the mercury
registered aoou' ueEIe9S "'''0 1'''' '--0 -.
highest il reached was Cd degrees "''' N'' ~ o.
J. No. ln the evening '' 'es0" - uo""
again ana al : p. in '"e iT'0'N N'S
Al @ =. m II was degrees ana at ~ p H. "
was only ] degree Zero was reacheu AGAIN
about an hour before mianeht ana lhe l"u'oa-
tors seemed 70 no that The record Tor coid
weather in the city would be broken this morn
.re
The prediction for today is fair and continued
coa weather with brisk westerly Wihos-
The severe cold weather coh'lnueu uaS
IN The Western and Northwestern S'a'es' inc
mercury going as low as 40 degrees below zero
e. several States. II was ~ degrees pe.o"
zero in Chicago. and Ito degrees hei"" zero IN
Pttsoure Freezing VeatAer eA'eH'V' I'i
South. and III Tampa a.. '.e
registered degrees ~ '--' ..,',--l+- ..,--.-,-~
li'7f fi~ o ''+'
The storm ~ yesterday ana tHe cay pelore
succeeded IN ho'hne 'alNo 10 some extent on
he various railroads en'erlng NeW-1o ork al
though trafnc was not pafayzeo as il was ny
ne storm earlier " The Nin'er. me trains were
fTorn one 70 TWO Nouis I"'e' oD' i' "'a"N Oas0N
10 frozen water aahks' ouf'eo S-E"ais sno ''"er
'H.ses ,',1s -.
r,,- ~ - s.,a,,
r.e,,,..a
W o,s ,r,vels in vea.bA- like t,,s - he
~, helm E, and the hotels which have hae,
crowded for several months. are feeling the let
~ I'm travel II is only temporary. however. and
as soon ~ the weather moderates there VIII he
2 revival ~ the -1sh
The extraordinary weather of yesterday did
not have such effect upon navigation as might
have been expected. There was great deal Of
Zee IN both the North and East rivers while
there was also considerable quantity in the
bay. Steamships. however. were able n make
their vav without much difficulty. Sailing yes
eel, ~. - . ... , , ,
' "'-' " S' -0l '0l'0'e' anu S'Nriai 'HN'iA-
Ing ships were delayed for several hours. One
~ .--o ,.,.,,. -, 49,. . ,, ..ta -.
their r,ers Ar the ferries suffered more or less
n few cases it took the best part Of an hour
for The boats 70 enter their slips
The marine observer at Sandy Hook reported
early n the day that thcre was much ice IN
Sandy Hook BAY. and that a quantity Of ii.
making arge field. was being carried out past
me Hook by The ebb tide. Thick vaQor covered
lhs water but the weather was otherwise clear.
Later. when the arrival OF three ocean steamers
was reported. one was said 10 be- under way.
while the other was living still All looked ike
tsbergs So completely were they covered with
ice
Much damage was done by the storm AZ Hud-
tor Bank srd Dayenport's Neck The harbors
were fua5 with ,,.racl,aoe and +bA waves brol,e
~ 49,. ,.
VIZ plu-C pi7-S' III s0liie INSTANCES S"eeP-
Ns over the highways and making them i'm
passlble
NJ
Nhie yachtsrnen were warned and removed