Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-13

three days. was Prof. Weiner's com
ment when asked what he had to say
about the weather of January 10.
Eight years ago, February ~, 1908, a
record of 8 below zero was established
The local forecast promises clear and
cold weather FOR tonight and tomor-
row.
Downtown thermometers showed ever
a lower mark than the High ochool
record. At the Jackson street prloee
the mercury sank TO 3 below.
In Chicago it is Is below-the eoldest
i'm forty years. Thirty deaths IN en-
cage and the nc%ighboring towns were
reported during the week. In places
IL Iowa 1t is 30 below.
To change the subject, read TINS rom
the Evening STAR of Monday, July D.
with I'VE deaths ana many pros
trations the terrific heat wave tnat Is
melting. scorching and baking NeWarh'
as well as other cities of the East,
promises To snrpass the topmost recoro
of a score of years
The mercury then went To loz. 10
davis low mark was l0l degrees lower.
rho demand for coal has jumped and
the companies are having dlf1culty III
filing orders. The condition OF the
roads Is responsible for much OF the
delay.
Trolley service improved today ana
no serious delays occurred, althoueh
stalled wagons caused many temporary
tie-ups. But il was impossible to Keep
tha cars warm. The unhappy passen-
oers who had to sit still for an hour
while coming into Newark to work TINS
morning were numb when they
alighted. =,
MANY fires we're caused directly by
tho extreme cold. Crude methods or
thawing frozen water pipes, ~overheated
tIncs and ohimneys kept the hre de-
partment on the jump all night ana
an dav Yesterday. A horse attached TO
Engine No. g. of the fire department.
was killed by stepping on a live wire
that had broken from the cold Inc
engine was COINS to the assistance of
n Kinney line car which had become
stalled on account of the breaking
wire. Although the conductor OF the
stalled car tried to warn the driver OIL
The approaching apparatus. he was not
in time.
The men on the engine were saved
from Il similar tate ny JuilipiilS i"5'
before the twisting, writhing wire
wound itself around the smokesteck OF
The engine. causing blue flames co
shoot from the metal. 1t was ten MIN
iites before the power could be shut
Oft.
Trains are running according to
schedule. There is some delay, how
ever. In hooking up the trains before
starting out because of the difficulty
in handling the cold couplings. All OF
the roads have large reserve supplies
of coal on hand.
The demand for coal for commercial
use has been q%uickened on account OF
The cold. but there is no congestion of
traffic in this class of freight.
When cleaning snow from switches in
.he Commnnipaw yards of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey Michael
Kursch.o-af 1874 Canal street. JERSEY
City. and .AleS&pdeE Sjmlnons. of las
Pine street. Jersey City, We're blinded
by the whirling flakes and each
stepped in front of a different train.
They were struck, and both died in the
C~ommunipaw station.
Alfred Rowler. 60 years old, of 40
Bridge street, a m%oulder, was found at
Bridge and ogden streets suffering
rom exposure late yesterday after
noon. He was taken to the City Hos
pital.