New-York tribune., 1902-12-10
BITTER COLD UP STATE.
Records Broken IN Some Places
Scarcity Of Coal.
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TRyT TELEGRAPH THE TRiBlNls.
Albany Dec a-Intense cold prevails throughout
,-,-yori, STATE in many places breaking the rec
ord of the last quarter of century for tIlls Sc"
son of the year. The mercury ranged an 'lIe W "oS
from IS degrees below zero, registered at 0helIH
a little numbering settlement IN frarhhh Sou''
tv TO degree above zero at syracuse @'
noon. Accompanying the cold IN many placeS pt
were a heavy wind and snow. HUDSON river
boats were frozen up all along the upPet
river while the Mohawk River at Schenectady was
frozen from shore TO shore, and Lake ChaIlt1Aii'
is covered with ice as far north as Port henry
Ira M, on all the north State railroads was badly
hampered.
The thermometer here registered 10 degrees be-
low zero this morning. The last tow OF the Se"-
son consisting of twelve boats which left here yes.
terday is frozen in at Coxsackie. Heavy tugs nave
been sent from Rondout 10 try 10 [eISaSs rcai;
The Murray Line tow from NeWI1or scar sGaFcels y
reached Troy last night, but cannot be returned as
was, expected. to this city as Inc river - INV
Finer cold prevails at Schenectady. This morn
degrees below zero It is almost impossible to pro
any coal. and many cases ot SAu & RiIer Is
AZ BaIiston. one of the eoldest places in the
SfaIe the thermometer at O'Clock TINS nlorIillils
registered 30 degrees below zero the lo"SsL Sll'oe
In the Adirondack region and along the Cnam-
plain Valley the cold was most intense; ne .te q
beIoW in Bannemora "a below Tioga Mountain
% below at Loon Iake a 8,acid It Was about 25
below at Paul smiths. Saranac Inn and other
a coal famine in prospect Utica says IL qeS11ees
Fellow. with "a degrees at many places in the M9 o.
hawk Valley At Rome the temperature was 20
degrees belo zero at s a. m. 80, - l.
Syracuse was comparatively warm with ~ 9e-
crees below as its lowest tempera ature ana l De
gree a bove at noon. Ithaca reports zero WeaiHnet
wifh much snow. Newburg is having Its colaeSI
December in fifty years.
Saratoga Dec. (SpeciaD.-The mercury regis
tered so degrees below zero just before daybreak
to-day This evening 1t is making another rapid
descent and the night threatens TO be intensely
cold The scarcity OF coal has greatly added TO the
seriousness of the situation, dealers are unaoIe
10 meet the demands upon them. AL OF the lakes
and streams in this region are hrnly Ice lockeu;
and if the present conditions continue the annuaI
ice harvest will begin before New Years Day
Catskin. Dec. 9-The Catskin ferryboat. the
Isabella to-day fought her way through the ice TO
Hudson five miles north, where she released the
steamer Onteora from an fee foe. The pilot re-
ports ice foes six inches in thickness.
Kingston, Dec 3 (SpeciaD.-The temperature
dropped TO 10 degrees below zero here at O'Clock
this morning then rose 10 at daylight and re-
mained there Lakes and ponds already have from
four 10 six inches of ice. and local dealers are max
ing ready TO secure their supply. which was never
before possible so early in the winter The HUDSON
closed from this point north and the ferries are
operated with much difficulty and delay. The record
in the CatsAis this morning was from 10 70 20 de-
grees below zero. Tonight the cold is even more
intense and it promises 10 be one OF the seVerest
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