New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-07
STILL MANY SUFFER.
Uave of Sickness Follouing Zero
Weather-HOspitals Crozcded.

While the temperature was appreciably warm
er yesterday. so that the backbone Of the cold
was broken. a still further rise is expected to-
day. II may even get up to 80 above zero
Forecaster Emery said The effects of the cold
will continue however long after the weather
has resumed its normal uncertainty, and at
present are just about at their worst Deaths
from cold and exposure, many fires resulting
from overheating and improper precautions
trains hours late ferries almost frozen up hos
pitfalls full and great wave of sickness in the
wake Of the zero weather-these are prevailing
conditions
At : a. IN. the temperature was above zero
An hour later the mercury had mounted
point. while al o'clock it had risen to above
From there 1t climbed steadily. until at p. m
it stood at 10 The humidity increased some
what as the weather grew warmer. 1t was
warmer almost everywhere east of the Missis-
sippi Valley vet the temperature in the in
terror Of this State and through NewEngand
is still below zero
The managers of the railroads began TO think
that they would be able again to lock at a time
table without blushing. The warmer weather
had already made some difference in the run
ming of the trains. There was ample room for
improvement. however. The Twentieth Cen
fury Limited was about four hours late. the
Chicago special four hours and a half behind
time. the Adirondack special nearly six hours
late. and the Southwestern special seven. The
local trains running according to
schedule at all. many had been cut off. and
others stopped the local stations. a repre-
sentative Of the New-York Central said that the
road had been almost poweress the injectors
OF the engines had frozen. the switches had been
immovable and the terminals therefore not fit
for use. The intense cold had found the roads
unprepared, and. unlike Western Canadian
roads. accustomed to such conditions. they had
thrown 10
The warmer weather has not made the
moval of snow any easier. Last niaht the Snow
Removal Bureau said that practically every
street in Manhattan was clear for traffic. but
that is far from clean" in the department use
cleaned by this morning Courtlandt-are and
Willis-ave were cleaned last night. In the
three hOroughs there were some ten thousand
men az work OF which more than half were
thousand carts at work An estimate showed
that 10000 cubic yards had been removed from
Manhattan. 100000 from Brooklyn. and $4,000
from The Bronx.
is being continued. with good results. The
WoMen's Auxiliary sent out two wagons each
containing twenty-five gallons OF coffee and
sandwiches. A. night a third wagon was sent
trict. West Broadway and its cross streets. and
Mercer and Crosby SITS. Vests, south Of
Chambers Was entirely cleared
The freezing and bursting OF steam pines at
the Morgue has coated that solemn place In ice
until II resem bios an ESquimaus hut II Is a
sheet metal structure, and the escaping stea m
ana water have filtered through the Joints and
frozen until there are great icicles hanging
from the roof and every corner The floor is
covered with ice
Superintendent Blair o. the Outdoor Poor De-
partment said the building was damaged IN the
extent Of 81 600 or S3.0Hot.