Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-06
RECORO-BREAk|NG
COLD WAVE WILL
REMAIN AWHILE
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zero.
At noon the official temperature was
IL degrees.
Although it was bitterly cold in
Newark the towns in the vicinity had
even lower temperature. At the South
Orange Township Hall, Maplewood, the
thermometer registered 4 degrees below
zero at 6 a. M, while the mercury at
DR.. Mefford Munyon's hospital, in South
Prospect street, South Orange Heights,
stood at 2 below.
The Public Service railway in this
city and the vicinity had trouble be-
cause of the contraction of wires
caused by the sudden cold snap. Since
yesterday afternoon there were breaks
al ten different points, all of which de-
layed traffic.
Wires snapped at Bruce and Orange
streets, at the Erie crossing, at Rich
ard and Bowery streets, at Market and
Washington streets, at Bloomfield n
Summer avenues, at Park avenue and
Main street, Orange; in Caldwell, at
two places on the Bergen line, Hudson
county, and at n place in Hacken-
sack. Repairs In all cases were quickly
made.
Suffering among the poor in Newark
and in other cities was intense. Lodg-
ing houses and charitable organizations
were taxed to the uttermost.
Atlantic City is experiencing the
coolest weather in four years.
Zero weather in New York city, ac-
companied by high northwest winds,
which swept around corners and eX-
posed places throughout the city with
the fury of a gale, caused intense suf-
fering during the night and early to-
day. The night vas the coolest so far
this winter, n the mercury in some
localities went below the zero point.
The city lodging houses were taxed to
their capacity ana in the emergency
the morgue chapel was thrown open
for the wanderers. 100 of whom took
refuge there from the cold.
There were a number of exposure
cases reported from the different hos
pitfalls.
The municipal lodging house accom-
modated LOSS persons and sent 2S5 more
to the Charity dock building. In the
host of unfortunates who applied for
admission to the municipal lodging
house were twenty-five women and
four children.
Another decided drop in temperature
marked the sixth day of the cold wave
through the Middle West today. From
many cities came reports of broken
records. Superior, Wis. had the un-
usual mark of SO degrees below zero,
the low point touched in the United
States. Duluth, however. was pressing
Superior hard. being Just half a point
behind with a temperature of 371a. AT
Green Bay, Wis, it was 20 below, the
coolest In eight years.
A general snowfall throughout hi
nois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri
added to the misery. The official fore
cast at the government bureau here
was that sne#- would continue to fall
ut and Sunday, and the tenlpega-
ture would drop several degrees. No
prediction as to when the mercury
would start on its upward journey
would be made by local forecasters.
The general temperature ans in
the Canadian Northwest is from II to
80 below. The range in the northwest
ern part of the United States is from
IS t. 80.
Locally the records for two years were
broken today. Just two years g to-
day the mercury dropped to 10
below zero, the low mark touched here
at s o'clock this morning. A brisk
wind blew from the northwest. Tele-
graph companies have experienced much
wire trouble.
West as far as the Rocky Mountains
and north into Canada low tempera-
lures for today, it was predicted, would
be forgotten in the bitter blasts of the
next twenty-four hours. Canada's low
figure, AZ below zero. vas expected to
be lowered several degrees, and States
northwest of Chicago. where duluth re
ported 80 below. La Crosse registered
Is below and Eau Claire, Wis, % be-
low, a shrinkage of the mercury to fig
ures like 40, 80 and 80 degrees. respect
lively, was predicted.
In western Kansas and eastern Colo-
RADIO, it is reported from Denver. Col,
there are 30,0 cattle freezing to
death. Their value is estimated by live
stock experts at 81, 600, 600. From five
to six thousand calves and yearlings
already have died or are dying. There
Is said to be no possibility of saving
the young stock still living.
JERSEY CITY, Jan. 1.-TWO Erie
brakemen were blown by the gale from
the top of snow-covered incoming
freight trains while riding across the
Hackensack meadows yesterday and
severely injured. They were removed
to st. Francis's Hospital, Jersey City.
The first Is Norman Kendall, 81 years
old, of 81 Cottage street, Jersey City.
His spine is injured. The other is
Cornelius Spender. S3 years old. of 80
Willow avenue, Paterson. Both his
legs are broken.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 6.-From
two to ST. inches of snow fell over the