The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-14
RECORD ZERO MARKS
Chicago Has Coolest Day Fol-
Season Since 1870.
JACK FROST MAKES MUCH TROUBLE
Fire Engine Delay Causes $4,000
Loss In windy City-Death From
COId--At Akron Fifteen suffer
InJury-Tramc Tied Up.


NEW YORK, Dec. IA dispatch
from Chicago says that yesterday was
the coolest day in Chicago for this sea
son Of the year since 1876. Early in the
morning the temperature began to 60
down until at 8 II. m. it had reached 10
below During the day it began to
moderate, and the murcury is lowering
around the zero mark, and the indica.
tions are for warmer weather, with
snowstOrms.
On account of the cold and the heavy
condition of Che streets owing to the
heavy fall of snow the three story de
partment store of Bodzinski & Co. in
West Twenty second street was de
strOyed by fire. A special for engines
was sent In, but before they reached
the scene of the fire through the drifts
of snow the building had been com
pletely destroyed, causing a loss of
$50. 900.
So far but one death has been report
ed, that of a sw:tchman who was
found frozen TO death in the Chicago
and Northwestern yards.
A report from Detroit, Mich, says
Detroit is having its first zero weather
of the winter At $50 o'clock the Their
mOmeter in the United States weather
bureau registered degrees above zero,
and at that hour Observer Conger pre-
dicted that it would fall little below
zero before the morning. The Their
mometer has lowered between 10 and
degrees above zero all day, accOmpa-
MED by twenty mile an hour wind.
Cleveland (O.) adyices say the sever
est wind and rain storm in years has
swept over that portion of Ohio.
The weather in Cleveland, o., is the
coolest thus far Of the present winter
At o'clock last night the thermOme-
ter was degrees above zero.
At Akron fifteen persons were in
jured by contact with electric wires.
two, it is believed, fatally. All lights
were ont and street car service sus-
pended
At GAINESVILLE the roof of the Smith
block was blown off, blocking the
street for hours. and traffic over the
high Fifth street bridge was suspended
owing to its weakened condition.
A Rochester N. " dispatch says the
coolest snap Of the season has struck
Rochester. The temperature dropped to
ii degrees, following a very high wind
which prevailed all day
\ Kalamazoo (Mich.) report says sleet
III
street car traffic in that section of
Michigan. The rainstOrm which began
early in the morning turned to snow
later in the day. and at night there was
over twelve inches of snow on the
ground No attempt has been made to
run street cars.
A report from Omaha. Neb. says
that zero weather has continued
throughout the day in Nebraska. with
slight moderation.
A St. Paul Nlinn) report says that
the northwest has experienced the cold
est weather of the season. the ther-
mometer ranging from / to "A degrees
below zero at the various stations of
the weather bureau. There is apparent
ly no prospect of immediate relief
Trains on all railroads are delayed
because of the intense cold In St.
Paul the minimum was % degrees be-
low zero, reached early in the morning.
Later the mercury stood at u degrees
below zero Reports from central Wis
consin and northern Michigan report
a terrific blizzard raging and much de-
lay TO traffic.