New-York tribune., 1912-02-12
COLD WAVE KILLS TWO
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several hundred persons had actuahs
ventured out on the ice for a distance
OF one hundred and fifty feet. some
making their way over the rough cakes
that had been annealed into solid mass
By the zero weather ell the way TO ooth
street, Brooklyn.
Even the Street Cleaning Department
was hit by the ice congested condition
k the waterways surrounding the CITY
for last night Commissioner EDWARDS
said he had been forced TO order back 20
the stables the department carts De
cause it was impossible for the scows
used in removing the garbage 10 DC
brought alongside the piers.
The ice on the lakes in Central PARK,
Crotona Lake, in The Bronx, and the
ponds and streams in Van Cortlanu'
Park was in ideal condition yesterday
and vast crowds of people took adVan-
tage Of the opportunity to skim over its
CLASSY surface. Captain Carson of the
Arsenal Station estimated the number OF
skaters on the five lakes in Central PARK
to be more than 22,0O0, while in the SUB
way, all through the day, the metailc
"clink" of skates carried by thousands
of men. women and children on their
way to and from The Bronx and Van
Cortlandt lakes at times drowned the
roar Of the trains.
Skater Knocked Unconscious.
Although many thousands were On
~. grpi6pnf
ported. Charles Wagner. youth OF
nineteen or twenty years, living at NO
5O3 East S3d street, was knocked uh-
conscious by an unknown skater on thc
big lake in Central PARK. His face was
| severely lacerated. and when DIR. Smith,
Of the Presbyterian Hospital examiner
him he was found to be suffering lroi"
/ conclusion of the brain. He was re-
moved to the Presbyterian Hospital ana
! later taken to Bellevue.
| In spite Of the extremely cold weather
and the heavy storms that have oeen
ra aging over the lake regions and the
western part Of Pennsylvania for the
last three days, there does not seem 10
| be any indication that the price OF coa'
will be subject to a rise, unless the
severe weather continues for great
length of time. Large dealers said
Yesterday the supply in the coal pockets
in the city was more than adequate 10
hold over a long period, during Whlch
| shipments by rail or water from the coal
regions might be snow or ice bound ana
that thus far the dealers had not found
themselves hard pressed in supplying the
demand. They said they had been look
ing for serious cold snap for the last
two weeks, and while the waterways
were open had their consignments
rushed through.
number OF barges of coal for the
Curtis-Blaisdell company that were
towed up the North River Yesterday had
to wait in midstream until tugs could
be pressed into service to break The ice
that had made it impossible for them to
be unloaded at the cOmpany's piers at
both street.
When the policemen on duty at the
fixed posts went out at II o'clock last
night they found the weather conditions
a little less severe than they had been
the previous night, but the temperature
was still below the point where stand
ing for any length of time in one spot
was enjoyable.
policeman who is on a fixed post
in one of the downtown precincts said
Yesterday: The men do not regard
their work on these cold nights as duty;
it is torture. If we were allowed the
privilege of standing On any of the
four corners Of an Intersection of streets
instead of being compelled to remain
in the middle of the street we would
have some chance Of lodging the icy
winds, but as long as the regulation
stands the way it is now we are bound
to get the full benefit of every wind
that blows"