Evening journal., 1903-01-13
Suffering Among the
Poor As Result of the
High Price of Coal in
This City -
High Seas Running at
Lewes Block the Life
savers-Boaf Put in at
New Castle

A cold wave that has not had its
equal in intensity this winter has set
tied over Wilmington With its advent
came joy for The devotees Of skating,
while to others-the poor and home
lees-came sorrow and suffering. The
weather will continue clear and. ac-
cording to the official forecast, break
In the cold wave may be looked for to-
morrow.
This has been the coolest day of the
year. At o'clock this morning the
registered IA degrees. but
gradually dropped until degrees was
reached at O'Clock This was the low
est point reached, the temperature 4e-
ginning to raise after that time. at
g o'clock It registered 16 degrees, AID
went as high as 20 degrees at noon.
Thick ulsters. storm coats, sealskiuB
and wearing apparel Of the warmQHt
material were seen throughout the dky.
Even old fashioned sealskin hats wore
In evidence, with their sides pulled
down over the ears, as a protection
against the biting winds.
Rough Weather on Water
At the Delaware Breakwater the
wind blew in hurricane force from tho
northwest all day, averaging possibly
| thirty-six miles an hour. Floating ice
covered the lower part OF the river and
bay, which, while not sufficiently thick
or heavy to interfere with steam traffic
caused much Inconvenience and delay
to sailing craft.
The schooners William T. Parker,
Hilda, Hattie Niclzerson and Helen
Hasbrouck are the only vessels at the
Breakwater, and they arrived Sunday.
There has been only one wreck report
ed which was the Boston schooner
Harold B. Cousens, Captain Hart, from
Pensacola. Fla. for Boston. with a
cargo Of lumber at Townsend's Inlet.
N. J.
The schooner Celest, Captain Palh;
from New York for Baltimore, which
was put ashore near Green Run life
saving station, Maryland early Satur-
day morning on account Of dangerous
leak, is now reported to have a heavy
list off shore with her starboard rail
under water. The Merritt's wrec1ing
steamer Rescue Of Norfolk, is at work
on the vessel. They have cleared the
decks and will put a steam pump
aboard.
In the homes Of the poor throughout
the city intense suffering followed tho
drop in the temperature. With no Ar
to warm the chilled atmosphere Of their
Ihomes, the falling mercury presaged
only more hardship and suffering. The
charitable organizations in the city
were besieged by many OF these unfOr-
tunates, their tales Of sickness and
hunger resulting in ready relief being
given them.
Brandywine Opens River
The steamer Brandywine of the VIII
mington Steamboat Company is re-
lsponsible for opening the Christiana
this morning. The river was frozen
lsolid. but the craft opened the channel
and several other boats went out in her
wake.
Tug in lce-bound River
The tug Amanda Powell had consid-
lerable difficulty In getting a barge out
the Christiana this morning. The
river is full of floating ice and bump
ing against the tug would stop her
headway, causing the barge she had in
tow to buck her
Cold Weather Stops Work
Work is at standstill at Todd's Cut
and the Pennsylvania railroad contract
! ors will do practically nothing until
about March Is. IL is impossible to do
any masonry work either there or on
the abutments for The new elevated