New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-14
Frozen Bodies Are Found
in Streets - Mercury
Falls to -Four Below.
CHAUFFEUR DEAD
ON WOMAN'S AUTO
Man Blown Into River Is
LifeIess When ResCuerS
Pull Him Out.
DIES AT WAGON SHAFT
Throngs Seek Shelter from Zero
Weathcr-Charities Pressed
Many in Hospitals.

The glacial period weather that set
some to tangoing on skates brought
tragedy as we'll as mcrrimcnt ycster-
day, for tho Gfty-mile gale that danced
across The city bore both misery and
death
The wind drove the mercury in the
Weather Bureau Thermometer down 10
/ degrees below zero at $40 p. m. and
there il remained at midnight
one death that had a touch Of the
spectacular was that of Frank y.
Berry. n chauffeur. vino was found sit
ting dead at the steering wheel Of the
big. comfortable limousine car he drove
for Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton. Of Detroit.
Mrs. Eaton. who is visiting at the
home of DR.. Edward Russell. OF No. S23
East SOth street was attending a con-
cert with her daughter at Carnegie
Hall. Berry. wearing a heavy fur over
coat. had been waiting outside for them
about two hours. when Patrolman
Fleming, who had passed him several
times. noticed that his eyes were smut.
Thinking he was asleep and il would
be best to rouse him, Fleming shook
him. An ambulance surgeon whom he
called gave exposure az the cause or
death. DR.. Russell said later that as
far as he knew Berry was in normal
| health.
While the ambulance surgeon was
examining the man. Mrs. Eaton and
her daughter came out Of the concert
| 10 find their chauffeur dead. He left
a widow and three children in Detroit.
Blown Into River, Dies.
Another death. due directly to tho
force of the wind. was that Of James
! McElrov. Of No. 604 West l7Sth street.
| employed as a mate on the Hudson
7 River boat G. W. Morse Late yester-
DAY afternoon. as he was leaving the
boat as she lay at West 35th street, he
was blown by sudden gust of wind
off the gansplanli into the water A
number Of men on the pier made 4
lasso and managed to get it about his
neck as he was struggling i'm the water.
but by the time he was pulled out on to
! the dock he was dead from exposure.
The body of a man supposed to he
II. Keifer was found early in the morn
ing in the hallway at No, 2O6 First
avenue. He was seen entering the hall
way about o'clock. and at : o'clock
his body was discovered By samuel
Goldstein. His pockets were empty cx-
cept for crust Of bread. Identifies
! ton was through a cloth tag attached
to his shirt.
The body OF Walter Hoag, a driver
for Flock g. Company. butchers, living
on Evergreen avenue, near Blocker
street, Brooklyn. was found standing
against the shaft OF the wagon he vas
driving outside Brooklyn College,
Crown Heights He had just delivered
a basket at the college.
In Yonkers the winters first death
from the cold in that city was reported
10 the police by A. s. Tomlinson, OF
No. Cornell avenue. who found the
body Of Mrs. Annie Johnson, OF No 50
Palisade avenue. huddled behind
large billboard fence near his home.
She had evidently crept there on her
way home the nigh. before to seek
shelter from the wind and had peen
overcome by the cold.
John J. O'Brien, OF No. PSI Grant
avenue. Grantwood. employed as night
watchman at telephone headquarters
in Cliffside, was found lying uncon-
scious outside the building he was hired
TO guard by two young men on their
way TO work doctor was summoned
and he was sent TO a hospital, but 10
died two hours later II was thought
he fell and succumbed TO the cold whis
unconscious. He left wife and four
children.
Many Accidents Due to Cold.
In addition TO the deaths reported
there were numerous injuries caused
by the wind. and many suffering from
exposure to the cold were taken to the
hospitals. Joseph Block. plumber %
No. 81 Snediker avenue. Brooklyn,
was blown under an automobile truck
in front OF No. liS Lafayette street
and both legs were broken. He was
wheeling a pushcart containing his
plumbers tools when a blast of wind
hurled him under the truck. IL was
said at ST. Vincent's Hospital, where
he was taken. that his legs were SO
badly crushed il would probably be
necessary 10 amputate them at the
knees.
Another 10 be blown under vehicle
was WilliaEi Barrett, Of No. 30 West
3lth stree AS he was crossing I'D
street a. Seventh avenue his ovcrcoat
was blown over his head, and he
sstepped in front OF an automob bile