Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-13
MERCURY CLIMBS
UPWARD AFTER
FR|G|D NIGHT
Sn0wstOrm of Blizzard Proper
tiOns Is Said to Be on Way
from West.
TEMPERATURE WENT WELL
BELOW ZERO LAST NIGHT
Had Risen to II Degrees Above
at Noon and Was Still
Mounting.

iC JIdItcu OA d StON up
ward journey today, after the in
tense cold that has held this section
in its grip for two days. but the
weather bureaus prediction that a
snowstorrn of the magnitude of a
blizzard is on its way and probably
will reach here by nightfall, TOOK
away the small crumb of comfort
that the slightly rising temperature
brought.
Official and unofficial temperatures
recorded in Essex county ranged
between 10 degrees below zero at the
county penitentiary in Caldwell at z
a. m, and II degrees above at Broad
and Market streets at noon. The ac-
curlcy of these figures, however, is
doubtful
According 10 the official tempera-
lures furnished by Professor William
Wiener. of the Central High School,
], the lowest temperature recorded in
this city was 2 degrees below zero at
3 =. III.
The temperature at midnight was
ero according to Professor wiener's
bulletin, and at ! o'clock it had
fallen to ] degree below. This figure
was recorded also at a. IN. but at
o'clock the mercury had dropped
anot her degree, At 4 o'clock the
thermometer rose to zero, and from
that time until o'clock, when the
mercury registered 4 degrees above,
y rise of one degree an hour was
Noted At . d. m. 1t was above,
: at 10 u. IN. Z above, at III a. N.
above, and at noon II degrees above.
Professor Wiener's forecast bulletin
differs slightly from that of the
Washington weather bureau, in that
his Instruments did not seem to re-
cord the promised blizzard. Fair and
warmer tomorrow is the Newark fore
casters prediction.
A homeless old man, who died after
seeking shelter in the Newark Res
cue Home, 10 Spring street, last night,
was the first person in this city to
succumb after exposure to the cold.
This death brings the list In the
metropolitan district up to ten. Two
of the other dead we're residents OF
New Jersey. They are Mrs. Barbara
WEIGH. of Paterson, and Harry
schnicker, of Elizabeth.
Lodging houses and rescue homes
in this city were overcrowded last
night as they were the night before.
AT the salyatlon Army Home, lS1
Washington street, ninety-seven men
were cared for last night. All were
reported in good condition after
breakfast today. Two hundred and
ten men obtained shelter from the
cold In the ]. C. French Industrial
Home. 81 Plane street. The Newark
Rescue Home, Is Spring street, as on
Wednesday night, had record
breaking number of dodgers. Three
hundred and twenty-seFen men ap-
piled for relief there, and When as
many as the beds could accommo-
date had been cared for the remain
der were made comfortable on the
chapel benches.
One of the early applicants was
Charles Myers, seventy seven years
old. and homeless. Myers was SUI
fering greatly, and moaned in pain
after being placed in bed. A ply
sician was summoned, and after he
had attended the old man the latter
apparently dropped into peaceful
sleep. This morning he was dead.
County Physician William II. McKen-
zie examined the body today, and
said death was undoubtedly due to
exposure The body was sent to the
morgue.
Two persons were found by the po-
lice suffering from exposure to the
cold. At 2:45 a. m. Patrolman Beattie,
of the Second precinct, was attracted
by the cry of q woman as he was pa
trolling his beat on Orange street.
Beattie hurried along, and in front
FOl Ob w dfTtn .oAftcl iouHo q liS5iO
and q Japanese. The woman was
lying on the sidewalk and the man
was trying to aid her to rise. PATROL
man Seely came along at this juno
ture, and the policemen took the pair
TO the Second precinct station-house.
The woman said she was Flora
Grady twenty years old of 1872 Glen
wood avenue, Glen Ridge. The man
described himself as Fiichi Tonygni
thirty-three years old, of West Thir-
ty-sixth street, Manhattan. The po-
lice say both seemed to be under the
Influence of liquor They were locked
up for the night and Acting Judge
Oehring. in the Second Precinct
Court today, let them go under sus-
pended sentence.
Temperatures in the suburbs va
ried according to the thermometers
registering them.
In Caldwell a drug store thermom-
eter. highly regarded by the residents,
showed Il temperature of 2 degrees
below zero at a. M, today despite
the fact that the penitentiary ther-
mometer was registering 10 degrees
below at the same time. This same
thermometer showed degrees below
zero at II o'clock last night.
Most of the thermometers in Irv-
ington registered zero at midnight
and 1degree below at a. m.
A temerature of Z degrees below
zero was shown by the thermometer
at the Soldiers Home. Kearny, at z
a. m At noon the mercury in this
thermometer had climbed to degrees
below.