New-York tribune., 1902-12-10
4 RECORD COLD DAY.
Several People Frozen to Death ana
Others Frustrated.

Yesterday made a double record for itself. II
uas oasi1y the codest day of the year by some
eight degrees and II was also the coidest De
cember in tHenty-six years DeeenDer d OA
1STtt dropped as low The weather buIoa"
.o,,u rnu+ at a m Yesterday the mercury was
at eight degrees 1t gradually eased up through
the day arriving at Is degrees by 900 D. M
The cold was responsible for several oea'n'
at Iaaat John V. SteIlenwerf found near
Fairview Cemetery, Staten Islahu' yes'
morning frozen to death. Stellenwerf was
b1acksn,itb of CastIeton Corners, and was thir-
ty-six years old
Yesterdays weather also Frustrated man
who unidentified and unconscious, was TAKEN
from No 242 East Eightieth-st. TO the Fresny-
terian Hospital suffering from what the am
buIance surgeon said was cold. added 10 the eI-
feet of drink
According to Policeman Black OF the East
Fighty-eighth-st station. he was at Elghtle'h-
st Yesterday morning when a man named NJ
Bvrnes who, it is said. lives at NO. loV 0oiu
st. told him that he had taken an unconscious
man suffering from the cold. into the store at
No 24o Fast Eightfeth-st. Black summoned
the ambulance At No. 244 East Eightieth-st- is
the leather store of George Wolff. 1t was salu
there that Byrnes had delivered some leatheI
there yesterday morning and had told lheiil
that the unconscious man was his helper anu
had been overcome by the cold while rldlhs oii
his wagon. =,
It might be said of the weather. IN the oiu
time phrase This is so sudden MohudS "@
scarcely been sufficient preparation 1or yeS'e
day.s well maintained drop. This was proven
nv the appearance OF New-Torh HaTborr "i
what the mariner calls a 'berDer. held the Day
and rivers in it's grasp Rising from the sur
fara af The water on every side clouds OF VhpoiS
| s+eam rolled rp and filled the air until the
| entire bay in the early sunlight lookeu me " a
hinge caIdron of water which had Just conie "
| the boiling point.
| The scientific explanation of the phenomenon
\ is that the water was so fhueh 'ililoi 'li'--
.hs a,r that az the icy breeze from land struck
rhe surface IL caused these steam clouos 70
! form. II is seldom that the first severe oF'P
| l.. .op,rarature here comes before ice from up
| ri,,ar mr. sent in BY the tide from sea mas Io"
| ,re6 the temperature of the water 10 'ne
| sama degree Consequently AN ATTACK "I O'4
| her" Is. a novelty in these waters
| -r,ot tbe neopIe we're taken unpTePdred was
| shown ny the way in which theV hileu 'Iie ~
| bies of hotels. ground floors Of ONCE ouiiuis
and the corridors of public bullolhss VI "
SORTS Many New-Yorkers were hearu 10 soy
| ,Lo. .bev had never seen such crowds of justi-
| fed loungers. 1t was quite the 'hiils Se''
| 70 postpone a half-performed errand or piece oi
| a few moments of recovery -,
| The day itself was perfect. and, II 1t nad 10 %
cold II couldn't have done II in nicer less op,
| ao>;o,s uyav The air was crystal clear anu
| +bare Was little or no wind 1t was IN every
| wav a more endurable day than Monday M WIen
| The Wind was cruel though the temperature
| was twelve degrees easier -
Tbere was a worthy and successIui eHoII Vii
tho trolley lines and elevated cars 10 Keep Ilie
| passengers warm 49,. 49,. ,,,+o- Dir
| he was enabled to understand why savage races
| of cold climes conceive the soul OF man as d
breath In fact several small boys were tramp
| ing along Hrster-st. sucking at SUCKS Oh cdluS
and then blowing out on the air their own pre-
| cinftated breath. if enjoying some rdthet
| superior panateias- . ,,
| The streets were slippery, the snow haNlhs
| hardened The pavements had little squares OF
| icp which made walking ditfcult
| The night manager Of the Society for the IRE
| yentfon of Cruelty to Animals told The Trlpune
| last evening that while many horses had si1PPed
/ there had been no bdd dctluehtS "eiiie'''Aio
| the ambulance. 49,,
One Of the workers at the University Settle-
! raDt RiVngtOn and Eldridse stsr said that
there was no unusual desttution as the result
| of the cold SPELL .
But IL was day when every man sh1fted ror
| himself. II was no time for the dnenltes OF
| friendship Thus when the Ward Line steamer
| MORO Castle arrived 1T her pier In the Eas.
| River Yesterday instead of the usual crowd
| Which assemblies 10 meet incoming friends.
| there were lust fourteen people aside from OFF,
| cIaIs and hotel runners OF this number seven
| were women. -
| II is comfort to know that q rise in tenn
| nerature is predicted BY the Weather Bureau
| for to-day.