The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-05
All January Records Since 1876
Broken in New York.
Movement of Trains and Out
door Work Delayed.
is WORSE UP STATE.
Thirty-six Degrees Below Zero
at FishkiIl.
Low Temperature Extends to
Youngstown, Ohio.

New York, Jan. 5.-When the govern
ment thermometer reached 4 below
zero at o'clock this morning. all local
January cold records since 1875, when
below was registered, were beaten.
Thermometers in various outlying dis
tricts went several degrees lower. and
in the suburbs from to II below zero
was reached At 9 o'clock the official
thermometer had gone UP to 2 below,
and the absence OF wind was some re-
lief.
The intense cold intarfered consider
ably with all outdoor occupations and
delayed all regular and suburban trains
from a few minutes to several hours.
The effects of the heavy snow had been
overcome. but it was difficult to keep
steam and manx local trains had to be
abandoned on account of disabled en-
SineS.
Traffic on land and water was In seri-
Gus trouble. Transatlantic liners ar
rived looking like specter ships. Both
| the East and North rivers were barely
navigable, while the Harlem river for
| the first time in eight years, was i'm
/ passable above Macomb's dam bridge at
155th street.
Ferry boats and tugs were swept out
of their courses by the drift ice and
every ounce Of power in them was re-
Quired to reach their slips. The boats
which Land at the Battery had to turn
battering rams to part the ice in their
slips.
Mails from thewest and eastwere firm
TO 10 hours late. Snow was not to
blame for this SO much as the inability
| OF the locomotives to keep steam uu
| under the great outside cold pressure
The severe weather, too, was the cause
Of an unusual number of fires Between
ESQ and $3.50 a. m. 13 alarms were sent
1t. All were for small fires.
Amsterdam N Y Tan 6-Tha euor-
age temperature in this city this morn
Ing was 2e and 29 degrees below zero.
The electrical system between this city
and Gloversville and Schenectady is
tied up. Trains on the New York Cen
tral railroad are from two to three
hours late.
Ffshl1ill Landing, N. Y, Jan. 5-At
F1shl1fll at 5 o'clock today the ther1no-
meter registered SO below zero. Along
the Newburg bay section of the Hud-
son river it registered variously from
20 to Sc degrees below.
Youngstown, O., Jan. 5-The mercury
registered Is degrees below zero here at
o'clock this morning. This is the
coolest weather here since February
10, 1899, when the thermometer dropped
to "a degrees below.
New Haven, Conn. Jan. 5.-This was
the coolest morning in the last five
years in Connecticut, according to the
measurements of the weather bureau
station. From midnight until o'clock
this morning, the official thermometer
reading in this city was below zero.
Inland points reported much lower
temperatures, the lowest among them
being Danbury 26 below. Traffic on all
divisions OF the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad was again delayed
, today on account of difficulty Of 'mak-
ing steam.''
Troy, N. Y.,Jan. SIN exposed places
in the city and suburbs it was 80 de-
grees below and at other points % be-
low, the coolest in the history of Troy
and vicinity.
Albany, n. Y, Jan. 5-Twenty-five
degrees below zero, the lowest tempera-
ture in % years was recorded here to-
day.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Jan. 5-The tenn
perature today is the severest in many
years in this section of the state. At
Glenn Summit. the thermometer was
% below zero, at Hillside 25 degrees be-
low, at Mountain Top 29, while in this
city it recorded as low as IA below
Coal mining is seriously hampered and
while the demand for coal Is great,
many companies have been unable for
. a week to make deliveries.
! Wilmington, Del, Jan. 5.-The cold
wave extends over Delaware with prac-
tically no variation. The thermometers
ranged from to below. In this city
many large industrial establishments
suffered from bursting pipes and were
, compelled to shut down.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5.-Oficia1 figures
show this to be the coolest January day
this city has experienced since 1875. AT
o'clock this morning the weather bu-
reau thermometer registered 2 degrees
below zero, while in the suburbs the
. mercury ranged from to 10 below. The
Delaware river below this city is fro
$ zen from shore to shore for the first
O time in years, interfering seriously
= with the movement of shipping. In the
t mountain districts and coal regions the
: thermometer ranged from 6 to 25 de-
e grees below zero and coal mining has
f been seriously interfered with many
e mines being unable to operate.