Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-02-13
CONTINENT
is FROZEN
Las Vegas Leads the West
For Terrific Fall in Tenn.
perature.
is THIRTY BELOW
Five People Perish in Oklahoma
While Live Stock is Suffering
Intensely the Country Over.
Cold That Kills.


were injured, one perhaps fatally, il
collision between the Madison Ave
nue. car north bound, and the Lexing
ton Avenue car going east on On,
Hundred and Fifteenth Street. Slip
perry rails caused the accident. Re
ports from the various hospitals show
that scores of people were seriously
injured by slipping and falling in va
rious parts of the city. Traffic was
paralyzed all over Greater New York
Hundreds of horses fell and many had
to be shot on account of their injuries
Worst of the Year.
Chicago, Feb. 13.-Today was the
coldest of the winter in Chicago. AT
Z O'Clock this morning it was nine
teen below. At s o'clock it was eigh.
teen below and the weather observer
predicted it would not rise much high.
er during the day. The intense cold
is accompanied by high wind. All
incoming trains are late.
Freezing to Death.
Kansas City, Feb. 13.-Missouri,
Kansas and the territories are today
In the grasp of the most severe cold
wave in twenty years. Great suffer
ing is experienced and all train ser.
vice is demoralized In Oklahoma five
persons were frozen to death and the
loss to stock there and in western
Kansas is the greatest in score of
years. In Kansas City the Weather
Bureau announces twenty-five below
equalling the coldest weather in the
history of the local service. In other
portions of Kansas twenty-four below
is reported. In Central and Western
Kansas gale is blowing and the tenn.
perature is twenty-eight below.
Fierce at Denver.
Denver, Feb. f3.-The backbone of
the wave which covered the Rocky
Mountain region Saturday night and
Sunday appears to be broken. The
minimum temperature at the Weather
Bureau in this city during the night
was fourteen below, between three and
four a. m. At o'clock this morning
the official temperature was zero with
indications of further rise during the
day and much warmer tomorrow. The
coolest of the present snap was Sun
day morning at 6 when it was twenty
one below. At Pueblo it was twenty
six below at 4 o'clock this morning,
equalling the lowest recorded. All
trains are badly delayed, the Missouri
Pacific trains from the east, due in
Pueblo, Saturday, are now snow bound
and all other trains are many hours
late
Iowa Records Smashed.
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 13.-The
mercury today broke all records, going
twenty-six below.
Nebraska Also Ra n.
Lincoln, Feb 13.-The mercury reg
istered twenty-six below early today, |
the coolest since 1897. On account of
the blocked train service there is a |
scarcity of coal here. In central Ne
braska as low as thirty-two below is /
registered.
Omaha Sits In.
Omaha, Feb. 13-There was a con-
tinuous fall of temperature during the
early hours this morning. Twenty-two
degrees below were registered early
today. There is much suffering of live
stock throughout the state. The con-
dition of freight traffic remains un-
changed. Hundreds of cars of mer-
chandise are blocked in the yards in
Omaha with no prospects of immediate
movement.
st. Louis Chilled.
st. Louis, Feb. 13-Not in many
years has the thermometer registered
as low as today, when the coldest
weather with one exception in the his
tory Of the local stations was ushered
in with temperature of eighteen be-
low. At 9 o'clock this morning there
was a rise of only one degree, and a
stiff wind combined with the cold,
street car transportation and
interferred seriously with all business.
All the west is today in the throes
of the bitterest cold OF the winter. Re-
ports Of temperatures far below zero
are being received from the country
over, but Las Vegas seems to have led
the west and the world for bad night,
the mercury. at that city having
dropped to thirty degrees below. Santa
re people at o'clock this morning
awoke to temperature of three be-
low, it having been yet four degrees
colder just at day break. If the kick
ers" had been at the Meadow City at
The same hour their kicklets would
have been frozen into icicles before
they could have been registered.
Florida Plays Freeze.out.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Weather
Bureau today issued the following spe-
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