The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-01-28
Records for Extreme Temperature
Are Broken.
SOME FATALITIES REPORTED
Mercury Drops at One Point In Minne-
sofa to Fifty-Seven Degrees Be-
low ZerO-Great Amount of
Suffering Results.

llCdIIy Tying up lne entire Guy. ne COlu
has been intense with sharp wind from
| the north. A number of persons have
been frozen so badly that they had to
| be cared for in the hospital Only three
| deaths have so far resulted here, al
| though reports from surrounding coun-
try tell of other fatalities. Until Satur-
day bricklayers were engaged on build
ings and in the new city sewer, but
when the mercury dropped to so degrees
below and three of nine men were
so badly frozen that they were taken to
the hospital, the rest Of them quit
work. During the storm all trains have
been hours late and some have been
Cancelled.
In Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. ga temperature of Is
degrees below zero, the lowest Of the
winter, was recorded Monday. Two
deaths and much suffering resulted
from the intense cold.
Fifty-Seven Below.
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 26.-The weather
at Pokegama Dam, near Grand Rapids
the government thermometer there. At
Hibbing it is AZ below and at Tower 49,.
In wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Jan. 26.-Ths city expert
enced the coolest weather Monday
which it has had since 1887, the Their
mometer registering 231 below zero.
The coolest in Milwaukee in the history
of the weather bureau was in 1875 when
1t was 25 below. The weather through
out the northwest is practically the
same as Sunday, the entire area being
still in the grip of the cold wave.
New Richmond, Wis, reports all sold
weather records in that region broken
by temperature of 46 to As below zero.
The New Richmond Roller Mills COM
pany's water power canal being frozen
over for the first time in it's history.
At Manitowoc all the public schools
were closed on account of the cold and
business was at a standstill practically.
GAINESVILLE also reports schools closed.
Low temperatures from other points are
reported as follows: Mondovi, 35 to 40
below; Portage, 35 below; Rhinelander,
33 below: Plymouth, 80 below; Plain
field, % below, and Waukesha Is below.
Rivers Frozen.
KeOkuk, Ia, Jan. 26-Both the Mis-
sissippi and the Des Moines rivers are
closed, frozen almost solid The Their
mometer was s below and falling.
There is no further danger from high
water until the next thaw. Farms in
the bottoms were surrounded by frozen
lakes. All rivers and creeks are bank
full and frozen tight. Much danger is
expected when the ice breaks in the
springs Flood conditions are expected
to be more serious than last summer
The blizzard which broke over Des
Moines and vicinity Sunday morning,
sending the mercury to IS below zero,
the coolest Of the winter was still
raging Monday. From all parts of the
some places reporting from IS to %
degrees below.
Coolest of the Winter.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 26.-The
official thermometer in the weathe
bureau here registered 9.3 degrees be-
low zero at six a. N. This is the coolest
of the winter The cold is reported as
general throughout western Michigan
Specials from the state report extreme
cold everywhere. AT ST. Louis, Mich,
the thermometer registered 26 degrees
below zero; at Marine City, 16 below,
and at Bay City, is below. Trains are
late on account of the cold and snow
and the interurban trolley cars in the
southern part of the state are having
more trouble than ever before, several
spending the night in drifts between
Detroit and Jackson. The passengers
were driven to near by towns
Cold Wave Checks Floods.
Cleveland, o., Jan. 2G.-The prevail
Ing cold wave has effectually checked
the destructive floods throughout north
ern and central Ohio. Reports received
from many points Monday generally in
dictate that the waters were rapidly fall
ing as a result of the extreme cold The
weather bureau thermometer in this city
registered 4 degrees below zero Monday
In st. Louis.
ST. Louis, Jan. 26.-The blizzard
,aused a general cessation Of outdoor
work at the Worlds Fair grounds for the
first time since last winter. Contractors
on the fair grounds are apprehensive
that the sudden melting OF the snow may
interfere seriously with their buildings
by making the ground unstable This
is especially true on the Belgian build
ing. where one-half Of great dome is in
the air. supported by temporary tower
laid on stills on the surface of the ground
The sliding Of these stills by the softening
OF the ground. the contractors fear, may
result in the collapse Of the steel already
In place on the dome
Restgnations Expected.