New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-20
THE COOLEST SINCE 1899.
UTNTER RECORD BROKEN
Heather Bureau Promises Slightly
Warmei- For To-day,

II is likely 10 he somewhat warmer to-day
then yesterday. The forecast given out by the
Weather Bureau last night was for shghtN
warmer Weather to-day. with cloudy weather
tomorrow
Yesterday. tho third day Of the cold wave
proved not only to Toe the coolest day of the od'e
~ 1his city. but the day On which the loves
temperature was registered since February -
1891. on that date the thermometer registered
as its minimum = degrees above zero, the 1h''"-
mum te1nf,erature recorded YESTERDAY Fortn-
larelr. the cold was not accompanied 10y lhe
strong northwest winds which had been prophe-
Sod WITH th, exception Of squirt az me rate
of thirty miles an hour. recorded at a m me
"a ind vas not above the average IN FIel's''
As il happened. the maximum "lhd NeloCl'S
MAS rr-,ort4a a; the hour Of the minimum tenn
I1rrst,ire. 80 that those Who We're OUT Al 'iidt
l,,,,,r-s,d nearly every one was either about
=, star, for his Office or already on the way
got good taste IF really cold weather. Inc
-ef7,erature did not rise ~ any time as hish
IS on "Wednesday. The maximum was l" nN-
ryeAs The thermometer recorded this from " 10
:, p. n
The variations Of temperature from midnight
"Wednesday until ia o'clock last night We're a.
follows. From 10 degrees at midnight the nef-
,r,rv fell Il. n O'Clock At :. the teApeT2t-
t,,re had fallen TO &. X had dropped 10 g" A
= O'clock and from thai time fellra degree every
hour until o'clock when the turning point Was
reached. The thermometer rose TO = degrees az
q o'clock = At 10. = at II. \ al H. 10 at p. M
II At = and IL at .. Al o'clock the mercury
dropped 20 IL At it WAS l.. and it remained
At that point until 9 o'clock. when it fell to
II degrees. and al Ia o'clock 10 II degrees
Ahou, A. IN. when the cold was keeneSt
pedestrians along Broadway saw hoy stagser
and fall At Spring-st.. opposite the Prescott
Building The lad was George Arnsten' SIX
taen wears old. of No 231 East Etghtieth-st' on
his way 70 seek employment. He had uudgeo
all the way from his home In Eightieth-st to
answer an advertisement in one Of the morning
pspers inserted by firm Of merchants IN
Greene-st He was only thinly CLAD ana had
been overcome by the intense cold. Patroman
Benkler. Of the Broadway squad, saw the boy
fall. and carried the lad in his arms into store
in the Prescott Building. There he laid Arm
stein on the floor and wrapped him in his big
overcoat He chafed the boys feet and legs
which were stiff and numb, and sent Tor some
brandy. which he forced down his throat
After doing ali in his power TO make the boy
cornforta bic Benkler sent for an ambulance ana
The LAD was taken TO the Hudson Street Hos
uitaI DR. Donovan said he was in a serious
condition As the ambulance took him away
Renkler slipped a halI-dollar into his pocket.
The CITY Lodging Rouse NstS AAlSA ~ 80
fullest canacitv on Wednesday night. There are
accon?!noda tons for three hundred, ana there
were $40 applications. There was an unusual
number of women among those seeking shelter
there being over twenty -,
There were long lines OF people at the Naros
which soil coal by the pail, and there was
plenty Of coal for them
The shipping and the bay We're more arctic IN
appearance than they have been before this
winter Every steamship which came into port
was covered with glistening ice from stem 10
stern. and anchors and the lines when rose
from the decks to the masts were encaSed Win
the frozen spray
The ferryboat John @. Carlisle, running from
the Pattery to Ellis Island, was unable 70
make Ter FIRST trip in the morning Her rudder
was frozen fast. It required more than TWO
hours TO get the boat into working order
The contrast in the temperature between the
water and the air created a berber Tor the
second time on the bay in the morning
Street traffic was greatly delayed by the slip
perry conditions prevailing. 1t has been impos-
Sihle to get TIE under stratum of snow from the
pavements and in consequence horses slipped
badly This delayed the trolley lines and made
travel by the surface lines uncertain. The So
,iety for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Animals
had a busy day The officers Of the society were
obliged to shoot three horses whose legs had
been broken and 10 assist fifty others, which
had Fallen,