New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
COLDEST OF SEASON
WARM W4VE COMING.
Suffering and Death an Wake
of Northeast Gale.

A biting gale from the northwest brought
in the coolest day of the season yesterday,
causing suffering and hardship TO those
who were compelled TO be in the streets.
and freezing rivers and bays so that navir
cation became dangerous or was stopped
altogether. At midnight on Wednesday the
thermometer registered degrees, and
steady decline followed until. at o'clock,
the lowest point was reached. at s. degrees
above zero. During the, day the weather
moderated slightly. but the highest tenn
perature recorded was Il degrees at
o'clock in the afternoon
After sunset the mercury began to fall
again. At O'Clock the thermometer reg
istered 16 degrees. and al o'clock 1t had
dropped two more points. During the latter
part of the evening it lowered around 13
degrees The weather forecaster said last
night that the weather would moderate
slightly to-day and that it would be
warmer tomorrow. Though the cold wave
continues east of the Mississippi Valley,
with temperatures from 10 % degrees
Z below the seasonal average yet falling
pressure, accompanied by a great rise in
temperature, is recorded to the west of the
Mississippi. In the central Rocky Noun
tain region and the Northwest temperatures
are from 10 to 20 degrees above the sea-
sonal avera ge.
The warmer wave is headed this way, and
after this morning the temperature will
rise rapidly
Much suffering was experienced by the
seven hundred men who We're still a work
removing snow from the streets Fires
were built to keep the men warm, and the
contractors permitted the laborers to work
in shifts. Owing to the drop in the tenn
Derature the rrOza n pav
making the use Of picks necessary.
DEATH FROM EXPOSURE
Michael j. Spillane, fifty-ive years old
once prosperous saloonkeeper and owner
of several saloons but reduced to a porter
in saloons through drink. was found dead
in the cellar of a saloon at No. 243 Seventh
avenue. where he had probably died from
exposure.
Shivering from the cold. John Halpin.
forty-sX years old and homeless tried 20
warm himself yesterday at a bonfire built
by several boys in the street near the sta
bles of Heilbrun & Kahn. at West End
avenue and Goth street. The boys drove
him away. and he staggered on John
Lombard. of No. 253 West Goth street. man
ager of the stable. saw the occurrence and
invited the man in to warm himself at the
fire in the stable office. Then he gave the
man blanket and a bed of straw in stall
and told him he could sleep there for
while, after stalking him to n bite to eat.
Last night at 9 O'Clock Lombard went in
with tin of coffee to tell the man that
he was going to close the stable for the
night and that he would have 10 leave
He found Halpin apparently unconscious
and called Dr. Gransch from Flower Hos
pital The surgeon said that the man had
Frnv, cold n
posuTe.
Lying or a snowbank al 18th street and
Eighth avenue, an unidentified woman was
found early yesterday morning and taken
10 Bellevue Hospital in a serious condition.
She was unable TO tell anything about her
self John Cannox. who said he lived in
lodging house. at l21st street and Third
avenue. walked into the Alexander avenue
policy station early yesterday morning COM
planning of the cold. lie was removed to
the Lebanon Hospital suffering from eX-
posure
The thickest ice in wears is report
ed at Hastings on Hudson Navigation is
dangerous, as only \ narrow passage re-
mains open Should TIE cold weather con-
tinue. II is expected that the river will
freeze over solid a this point.
ICE CRUSHEs FREIGHT STEAMER
The freight steamer Arr1itaEe Breariey
sank off the dock of the Hastings Pave
ment Company aftor tie ice foes had
stove a hole in her hull. She was towed
TO the dock by the stealne~ Raleigh, and
the crew of ten men had barely :irae 10
get off before she sank with cargo 1orth
s2o,roo
Yesterdfy was the coolest dav OF he
season il New Jersey. Zero weather was
experienced in some Of the remote Vl-
ages
The Morris canal and ;he Iackensack
s;iver arc frozen ever solid. Newark Bay
off Baycnne was frozen sufficiently hard
to bear a team Of horses almost out to the
channel
Middictown r. Y, Dec. 3o.-S~ve-t teen
degrees belo, zero was the lop est tenn
perature reported in sullivan County to-
GAY. In many points throughout Orange
and Sullivar counties the thermometers
recorded II to II degrees below zero.
For,e. y v nee 3O-Last night was the
cojiest - the season. the mercury 'nging
iron, Is 90 degrees below zero.
Trey, n. Y. Dec 80. In the Hudson VAL
/ ley this morning AT O'Clock the tempera-
, ture ranged from > degrees below zero
! along the river from: acre 10 l. below on
/ the eastern hills OF the city. The upper
I Hudson ice has reached thickness Of tcn
inches. and harvesting vas begun this
morning above the state oam at Troy.
PouFhkeepsje y y. Dec. 30-Therrnome
! et5rs .agiStered several degrees below Zerc'
/ this orning and 10 below at Vassar Col
! leee and in the interior of the county The
| Hudson was frozen from shore to shore
! with an inch of ice. but navigation between
| this city and New York Is still opcn
REFEREE TO SETTLE CLAIMS
EuwarG &. Whitaker has been appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce as sole ref
! cree ami umpire 20 settle ana determine