New-York tribune., 1908-02-06
COlDEST THIS WINTER.
CITY IN FROSTY. GRIP.
Many Victims of Slippery Pace
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city At O'Clock the began falling. and by
/ midnight the city face 10 face with small
| sized blizzard.
| At 1890 o'clock last night the Weather Bureau
reported that the temperature had risen to 81 de-
/ grees but the high winds continued to make out
| door New York uncomfortable.
| Everything that moved wheels, excepting the
| subway behind time yesterday, because of the
| slippery, covered streets and the gasslike
rails. A special bulletin was hung in the Grand
| Central Station during the morning, saying that
because of the weather throughout the state
nearly all trains had missed connections and
losing time. The notice said that all trains arrfv
| ing station would be behind their schedule
| time The Long Island Railroad and the various
railroads running into Jersey City unable to
| maintain their regular schedule Because of the
|
| The storm caused great suffering among the poor
| and many appeals made at station houses by
homeless men and women who asked 10 be arrested
vagrants to escape the biting cold.
The thin coating of snow which fell during tho
afternoon brought suffering to horses all the
city. Many downtown truckmen resorted TO the
expedient of tying strips of burlap and old blankets
the forefeet of the animals. This in meas
ure prevented them falling and strainng on the
slippery pavements BY midnight five inches of
snow had fallen. and traffic in the suburbs was
brought a standsttll
The weather bureau announced last night that
there would be snow or rain To-Day Iolio"ed Dy
fair weather Friday.
Ambulances from the city hospitals were kept
busy all during the day and part of the night
bringing in the victims of the cold and storm Two
deaths and many injuries reported by the police
and hospitals caused by the intense cold
Many injuries resulting from falls on the ice COW
cred streets to the cold were treated by
private physicians
Ernest Roth the fourteen-year-oid son OF Charles
r. Roth a grocer of Lexington avenue and 9th
street was by the cold at asth street and
Broadway yesterday and died before he could be
carried to a nearby store. He was on his way
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Broadway to the High School OF Commerce, in
East ed street, to which he had been transferred
The Brooklyn police reported the finding OF the
body of an unidentified in the coal bunkers OF
a steamer lying at South Brooklyn pier. he
had apparently crawled into the bunkers TO escape
the cold. He frozen to death.
N,mbed by the cold, Frederick Green, OF No
25S Baltic street. fell the seat Of his truck at
Greenwich street and Battery Place last night and
sprained his ankle. He removed TO the Hudson
Street Hospital Josie Halt. of No. 6H Ilnton
avenue, The Bronx. fell and broke her ieft leg az
Brook and 141st street She was taken 10
her home. Adam Ratchin of Maspeth. Long ISL
and, was found badly frostbitten on door step IN
Division street and removed to the Gouverneur
Hospital.
One OF the most pathetic reported by the
police yesterday that of Ernest Crosse a Ger
man. who found IN the hallway of ouiidins
at Duane and Rose streets. Crosse. has been In
this country little more than two years he Is
IN the last of tuberculosis and had nothihg
to protect him from the severe cold except an uh-
dershirt and a ragged overcoat and trousers Df
Bennett took him to St Gregorys Hospital
Blinded by the snow beating in his race EDWARD
Haggerty, Of No. IC5 Third avenue, was knocked
unconscious by delivery wagon at olst street ana
Broadway and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital
severely and internally injured The driver
of the wagon said unable to see Haggerty
because of the binding snow.
George Adler Of No. 1870 First avenue, fell IN
front of No. 1913 First avenue and fractured his
Of M asst
street fell near his home and fractured his right
leg Both taken to the Presbyterian Hospital
Henry Rubin of No 142 Monroe street. fell on
the sidewalk in East 4th street and fractured his
skull. He taken to Bellevue.
Joseph Sweeney, of No 80 Sixth avenue, was
taken to St Vincents Hospital last night suffer-
ing from bruises received when he fell on the Ice
in front of No. Is Greenwich street
AS the result of a fall In front Of his home
Tomas Campbell. of No. s32 Eighth avenue, was
removed to Roosevelt Hospital suffering from
severe scalp wound
An ambulance from Bellevue Hospital was called
TO Avenue A and East 23d last evening
remove Ellen Burke, of No. 40 Bowery, who
sick destitute and almost frozen.
Louise Rose, of No. 2l2 East 1Gith street was
taken the Harlem Hospital last night. having
been found by policeman at First avenue and
East 10th street suffering from The cold and des
titute.
While skating the lake in Central Park WILL
lam Dobrert of No. 646 Columbus avenue, fell and
fractured his left wrist. He was taken 10 the
Presbyterian Hospital Nellie WALL of No. sos East
ed street slipped and fell down of the stair
ways leading to the Brooklyn Bridge platforms and
was badly bruised Patrolman John f. Flanagan,
Of the Central Park station. fell of the
walks 101st street and was removed to the
PRESBYTERIAN Hospital suffering from fractured
ankle
Ice fioated in gFdly quantity about the harbor
yesterday Great drifts of small foes moved slowly
down the North and East rivers and swirled about
in a large "a the Battery The unusually
low temperature in the early morning, when there
was not much traffic, gave the ice chance to
freeze fairly hard in the various ferry slips and
docks The ferry boats lighters tugs and barges
had some difficulty getting in and out of the docks
on their first trips, when traffic it's
height the ice broken up sufficiently to permit
of easy movement in and of the slips and docks.
All the incoming steamers had frosted sides and
big clusters of ice hung about the bows.
Heavy trading in Rye Straight and Hot Scotch
marked the curb market yesterday. There was
also firm and continued demand in listers, Fur
Coats Muffiers and Ear Laps few blocks of
Fur Cars were sold at low figure. Hot Coffee
opened strong, but declined during the day and
closed with apple slump.
The trading in the early morning hours was
light. Nearly all the traders were long Ice.
and though there were many offerings. there were
few bidders Mixed Drinks, Limited. showed a
slight gain over Tuesday, but after an hours trad
ing fell off heavily. About 10 o'clock bear move
ne1t was STARTED Rye Straight. A heavy buy
ing movement in Tom and ferries sent that stock
booming although it was trife behind Hot
Scotch. which found takers whenever offered
Amaleamated Cocktails and Cold Lager sustained
severe losses. and Assorted Wines declined twenty
points in hour
Rumors of a scarcity of Rye Straight and Rum
and Gum gave a further impetus TO the selling
movement in these issues, but the figures receded
when steps taken which proved to have
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