New-York tribune., 1907-05-13
COLDEST MAY Il KNOWN
WINTER UR4PS POPULAR.
Boreas and Old Sol Battle, the For
mer thinning.

With the sharpness OF an October morning In the
wind as It swept past corners. and just hint OF
spring mIldness in sheltered. warmed hooks
the temperance of the winter overcoat marked
the first clear day of the last week yesterday
With all the parks clothed in vernal green hoV
ering trees full bloom. the day began with break
ing all records for low temperature. Never before
in the records Of the Weather Bureau is cold
May 70 be found Only three times has low a
tcmpera ture-36 degrees at sunrise-been reported
IN the entire month. and these all earlier in
tho month. Twice the thermometer dropped two
degrees lower May I, 1876. and May I. 1880
The bright sunshine brought out hundreds Of per-
sons and the popular avenues were filed But
there was no lettering: everybody stepped with
brisk stride. In Central Park there was the usual
long stream OF carriages making the circuit Of the
drives. but every rider was well wrapped up For
the first time in years the swanboats were missed
from the park lakes. but the fatality OF last Sunday
did keep the canoes and rowboats from being
constantly in all day.
Coney Island proved popular winter resort. with
thousands rushing 10 the seaside. as IL In haste TO
escape the heat of midsummer holiday. The Brook
lyn Rapid Transit began its express train service
and all the other lines the summer
schedule BY o'clock Gomez had the crowded ap-
pearance OF midsummer day. But the spring suits
and straw hats in evidence aid not help 10 for
get the cold wind which swept Surf avenue.
Even the Brighton Beach boardwalk was for a
time popular. but the breeze which is guaran-
cooler than the city breeze In the summer soon
drove them TO places where one might get two fin
gers of warmth for 10 cents. Then they hurried TO
Luna Park, where every was trying hard TO
make believe that the season really had begun. The
Bowery tried TO take its summer appearance
also; but all this was IN vain when the sun began
20 disappear
Then rush was made for the trains bound for
the city. Other crowds hurried into the hotels
and there remained long enough to take some more
heroic steps toward preventing pneumonia. The
result quickly became apparent. and soon the
pa troll wagon attached TO the Coney Island police
Station working special rush schedule
When II became apparent that the hotels were
doing all the business. Captain PnkertOn and his
men began an excise campaign. Within an hour
after the police started to search for liquor law
violators. five arrests had been made Coney Island
paniCstricken at the police activity, and the
hotel took further chances
The continued cold will result the loss of thou
sands of dollars to the amusement places The
shows at Luna Park are mostly fnclOsed and COM
Portable Dreamland will open until Satur-
day. when warmer weather is prayed for by the
management.
All the northeastern part of the country was in
in temperature reported also from the South
Atlantic States and Northern Florida. From the
lower lake states far south IS the Western Ohio
Valley and eastward killing frosts reported N
colder. too. I'm Idaho. Nevada Utah wyoming
and Western South Dakota. The only reports Of
region and southwestward 20 Texas. The highest
temperature reported at q. m was so degrees ar
Key West. while the lowest at Binghamton "a
degrees.