Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-13
NEWARK IN GRIP
OF COOLEST DAY


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40 and g. Today the humidity was
lower. dropping from 4S to 46 at noon.
The forecast of the Central High
| School bureau promises fair weather
tomorrow, with moderate northwest
and north winds becoming variable.
There was skating at only one city
park today-West Side. The Ice on
other city lakes, however. was tested.
A continuance of the cold snap is
| bound to result in a speedy opening
of the parks to skaters.
The red ball was hoisted today at
Caldwell and Watsessing lakes In the
Essex county park system.
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 13.-The mer-
curry reached its low mark for the
winter at o'clock this morning.
when 1t registered IA degrees below
zero. The weather bureau predicted
continued cold. A foot of ice formed
| in the Hudson river during the night.
| SYRACUSE, Jan. 13.-The Their
mometer registered % below zero in
Syracuse this morning. The big drop
followed one of the worst billiards
the city has suffered in years. The
snow interfered seriously with cleo
trio and steam traffic.
| UTICA, N. z, Jan. 13.-Utica had
the coolest night in two years. The
mercury this morning was 20 below
zero at most of the principal points
about the city. In exposed places %
below zero was recorded. Through
out the Adirondacks the mercury ran
about rs below zero. At Big Moose
| 81 below was recorded.
BOSTON, Jan. ia breath from
the Arctic, which followed the St.
st, Lawrence storm of yesterday,
brought to New England today the
lowest temperature in three years. st.
Adams, vt, with a reading of "a
below zero. heads the minus list. At
Pittsfield, Mass, it was % below;
Burlington, VT. % below; Concord,
N. H., IA below; Portland, Me-. 3
below, and in this city below. The
cold wave was harder TO Withstand
than usual, owing to the northwest
gale, which blew mile-a-minute on
Cape Cod.
wATERTOWN, N. Y, Jan. 49,
The coolest weather for the year was
recorded here, the official thermome-
Much lower temperatures were re-
ported in outlying sections. This is
the coolest recorded since 1905.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 13.-
The weather man failed to make
good on his prediction that the mer-
tcury would stand at zero this morn
| ing. Instead the temperature at
o'clock was IA above, four degrees
higher than at the same time yes
terday. The air was still today,
while yesterday a high wind added
| to the intensity of the sudden cold
SPELL
AMSTERDAM. N. Y, Jan. 49,
With the mercury down to % below
zero in this city and six degrees
lower in suburban towns on the hills,
the Mohawk Valley is in the grip Of
the most severe weather Of two sea-
sons. Railroad traffic is completely
disrupted and trolley service inter-
rupted by the frequent breaking of
wires.
BINGHAMTON,. N. Y, Jan. 49,
The thermometer reached IL degrees
below zero here this morning and
a high wind caused much suffering
among the poorer classes.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.-The
cold wave reached this part OF the
country on time during the night,
bringing with 1t the. lowest tempera-
ture of the winter. In Philadelphia
the weather bureau recorded II de-
grees above zero at 9 a. NJ. the cold
est in two years. Light snow fur
ries accompanied the cold snap.
Zero temperature was reported
from different points in the noun
tains of Eastern Pennsylvania
| WOODS HOLE, Mass, Jan. 10
The northwest gale and zero weather
compelled a complete suspension of
traffic here today. The rough seas
prevented the Martha's Vineyard and
Nantucket steamboats, making the
trips and railroad service was aban-
doned because steam could not be
| made.
The wind blew at mile minute
during the early morning.