Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-18
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York State Shlvers In Face OF Wintry Blast
No Warning OF Cold Wave

York State Shvers In Face OF wntry Blast
No Warning Of Cold Wave
New YORK, Dec. l0.-New York
and New England have experienced
during the past twenty-four hours
the coolest weather for many years.
In this city 1t was the coolest 9th OF
December In twenty-six years, the
Thermometer registering as 1t did In
that year, eight above zero. Tie
severity of the cold was intensified
b. the fact that the people were not
prepared for 1t. the cold wave hav-
ing descended upon the country sud
denly and without warning. Then,
ton, the scarcity OF coal caused much
suffering among the poorer class and
those whu could not afford the luxury
of a ton OF anthracite coal had to
use it sparingly for the cold snap
might last and they might not be
able to get fresh supply. Every
effort Is being put forth to alleviate
the suffering, chari' able organizat
ions having taken steps to supply the
poor and the board Of alderman hav-
Ing voted 800. 900 to help along the
good cause.
Du ing the day the rivers were COW
cred with heavy mist showing the
great difference between the tenn
perature Of the air and the water
The cold in the city was mild com
pared with that prevailing In the
northern sections Of the state and
In New England. At Albany the
mercury fell to ten below zero n d
In some nearby districts 1t went
down to twenty. The river Is fioz u
over at Albany, putting an end o
navigation. Ballstron reported thir-
ty-two below, the lowest registration
since 1856, and Saratoga felt the grasp
Of weather thirty below
In the Adir' ndack ZION and along
the Champlain valley me thermomet-
err registered between II aud 26 te-
low. Navigation on the upper Hud-
son closed early In the day, steamers
which had not reached winter quar- t.
The cold wave stuck New Eug-
land at the same time 1t arrived in
New York. Throughout Maine and
Connecticut the THERMOMETERS regis
tered from eight to twenty below, a
fall In some places to forty degree
In twelve hours. Nurts Tx, Conn. ,
reported temperature Of twenty
three degrees below zero, the coolest
in years.
Perhaps never In the history Of the
retail coal trade in this city have
/ dealers had to face such a situation
as confronted them today. In
every office there were numbers Of
anxious buyers, and at the same time
eager inquiries for ;oal we've constan-
tIy coming by telephone. To all but
few the dealers were forced to turn
a deaf ear. "We can't promise you
more than one ton, ana we may not
be able to deliver that for a day OI
two, was tho steIeotyped reply tC
all demands for fuel. The situation
was Admitted to be extremely bad
and according to one dealer there
appears to be no way Of relieving it.
A tour Of the East side today reveal.
ed the fac, that there is much sutf-
erng among the poor. The operat-
I oIs have ceased to send coal to be
sold by the pail and The tenement
dwellprs find it difficult 10 get fuel.
The Salvation Army also reports
widespread distle ss occasioned by The
coal famine.
With the thermometer marking
eight above zero the coolest weather
o, the winter thus far prevailed to-
day. On Staten Island the body OF
John Stallenwerf, blacksmith, was
found in the roadway. He had APP
parently been frozen to death.
There was much suffering especially
among the poor, b, cause of the scar.
city and high price Of coal.