New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-20
RECORD COLD FOR JAN. 10
MOST FRIGID SINCE 1875
Temperature Rises at Night-Much
Suffering from Exposure.
'ereoast for to-dny. Fair and warmer.

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Ferecast for to-dny: Fair and warmer.
The number OF appeals for aid during the cold
snap has fallen far below expectations. and is
demonstrating startingiy. but nothing else
perhaps might, that the economic conditions
caused by the recent labor troubles are again
on tho up grade and rallying strongly, COM
pletely overturning the gloomy predictions of
the last few weeks. While the men, union and
non-un!on. who are applying to charitable and
other organizations for shelter and employ
ment are neither few far between. their
number does not approach that expected
when the cold first began 20 make itself felt
This, however. is merely the unexpected. but
encouraging. diverse OF the shield.
From a m. 10 8 a m. the mercury remained
at zero At noon It climbed to z above, at 4
?. m TO 10 at D. TO II. at o p. N. to Is.
AT IL p. II remained at 13.
The second below zero cold snap Of the season
sripped the city yesterday morning. CHASING
the streets and sidewalks. frosting the window
panes with delicate foliations. but causing gen.
eral discomfort and untold suffering throughout
the city. especially among the poor. It the
coolest January 10 IN the history OF the Weather
Bureau since 1875.
Ever since midnight on Monday the mercury
In the thermometers had bean irresponsiply
i above. and more than capful Of wind was
blowing. Even folks returning from theatre
and supper parties turned UP the collars OF
their well lined coats cloaks. and shiyered
colorouslY.
Among the homeless persons the suffering
caused by the biting cold even more in
tense The number OF those applying especially
for shelter to the charitable organizations
one md one-haif times as many as on the pre-
neding day, and the municipal lodging house
IVES filled to overlooking. Many persons were
frostbitten-
One Of the first men found suffering from ex-
posurs was John Kelly. sixty-eight years old. a
Waterman the Street Cleaning Department
dump at West Forty-seventh-st. At 2:20 e. N.
Kelly thought he heard several Italians who
were working dirt barge quarrelling He
started 20 walk toward the end OF the pier.
slipped and fell over the slippery stringpiece.
Assistant Inspector Hammond leaned over the
edge OF the pier and saw Kelly lying on a big
cake OF ice. The Italians the barge heard
the crash Of Kelly's fall and they watched the
cake OF ice drift past the barge without maxi
Ing a move to help the PROSTATE Waterman.
Hammond climbed down from the pier TO the
Ice. distance OF fifteen feet, and then got to
the Waterman by jumping from cake to cake.
Kelly had broken the small bones OF his left
foot, and when Hammond reached him he faint
I'd from the pain Hammond managed to drag
him back TO the pier. and ambulance
called from the Hudson Street Hospital Kelly
Is in a serious condition from exposure
case OF restitution brought to the at
bention OF PRtrolnlan John McAleen, of the East
Srty-seventh-st. station. which. the police said
was one of the most pathetic they have noted
man told McAleen that a woman ct Seventy
sixth-st. and Second-ave. appeared TO be freez-
ING rcA frx-a Cd
woman with a nursing babe in her arms and
three small children hanging to her skirts
standing in the street. The woman was eVi-
IDENTITY freezing. and poorly clad. Her skirt
was thin and ragged; her waist was also thin
and she without gloves. The children were
lhinly clothed.
McAleen took her and the children IN the
patrol wagon TO the East Sixty-seventh-st. sta
ton, as she too weak to walk. There they
received hot food The woman said she was
Catherine Pemanto. She could not or would
not say much about herself except that she
homeless starving and freezing, and that
she and the children had not eaten in two days.
All ate ravenoIsly. The woman was made
prisoner on the technical charge OF vagrancy,
and transferred TO Bellevue Hospital for
treatment The children were taken by the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Chill
6ren.
The zero weather coupled with the conditions
OF the streets. was especially hard on horses,
many craught and cab horses slipping, STUN
bling, falling. and even having TO be shot be-
cause OF broken limbs. on the treacherous icy
coating.
The gas companies were flooded with COM
plants OF frozen pipes and poor supply Of
gas The hremen are also expecting small con-
hagrations when the thaw comes and the frozen
hot water pipes begin to explode. Many of the
trains on the suburban lines were delayed half
an hour or more, and commuters reported late
for duty.
The Erie road again hard hit. Largely on
account OF the cold, more than a dozen trains on
the main and branch lines suspended service,
END commuters wishing to travel at their Gus
tcrnary hours TO Ferndale, Waldwick, the Or
snges, Nyack. Spring Valley, Hillsdale and
other towns had to wait IN the cold for another
local train. or else take one OF the expresses,
which in many Instances made extra stops.
Last night the mercury rose considerably.