New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
Another Drop Expected.

The mercury did not stay long at its
most below zero. 1t rose slowly, as was
anticipated, and got up to degrees
above at noon. At p. m. 1t had risen
"a 10 above. It is expected that there
will be another drop this morning.
While there is no doubt that there were
genuine low temperatures recorded in
various parts Of the state yesterday, 1t is
thought that an eighteen-mile blow from
the frigid north helped drive the mer-
curry lower than It would ordinarily have
gone.
The thermometer at The White Oak
Ridge pumping station of the East Or
range On. j. waterworks showed min
imum record yesterday morning, when
the engineer in charge took the reading,
of 10 degrees below zero. 1t is gov
ernment standard minimum thermom-
eter. and the low mark was reached
probably just before dawn. 1t Is the
lowest record since the department
established the pumping station and
eouipped it with meteorological instru-
ments.
Because Of the continued cold the vari-
Gus municipal lodging houses were filled
with persons desirous Of food and lodg-
Ing. The Mariners Temple, at Oliver
and Henry streets, which through It's
pastor. the Rev. William N. Hubbell, has
been cooperating with other churches
in caring for homeless persons haroored
sixty men who were cold and hungry.
Five cases of persons suffering from
exposure and frost bite were reported
Yesterday as having been treated at the
various hospitals.
An unusually great ice pack which has
been drifting down the North River for
several days caused much Inconvenience
to harbor traffic yesterday. Early In the
morning the Savannah liner City of Co.
luubus. which has been berthed In Ho-
boken for the winter, broke her hawsers
under stress of the ice flow and an cdr
tide and crashed to the south side OF the
dock.
A barge which was about to be toweo
out into the river by the tug Henry
Heath was caught by the liner and sunk
The constant pounding Of ice also was
responsible for the sinking yesterday OF
the coal barge Bagley off the pier OF the
Pbiladelpnia & Reading Railroad, In the
North River. The barge. which was ir
tou NJ the tug D. Mclean, filled rapidly
when her seams were opened anc
dropped stern first into the river. Hel
forward end. to which her tow line wa:
attached. remained few feet above
water.
Boatnnan Loses Wedding Clothes.
She had three men on board at thu
time and ali were saved by the tug. Th'
accident brought sorrow to Helge Born
son Swedish bargeman, who ha'
MANNED TO get married last night II
grookIvn He had in his bunk on tn
barge q suitcase in which were mis- wed
ding clothes, and he nearly lost his III
searching for his wedding garments. A
soon as he got ashore he telepnoned Z
his fiancee, Rita Yuhala, In BrooKiyn
telling her Of his misfortune, and she re
piled in Swedish, "Cf over to-nigh
anyhow and I'll marry you II you wea
overals'
The ice pack made difficult the de
parture yesterday OF the outbound In
ers. The White Star steamship oceanic
which steamed for Southampton at moor
had trouble in forcing her stern tnroug
the Jam. AS hsr screw churned' grea
foes were sent out In all directions som
OF them pounding hard against tne p'a'e
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