Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-14
Warm Wave to Succeed Bitter
Cod Which Gripped
the Country.
ONE PLACE IN NEW YORK
RECORDS 43 BELOW ZERO
Gale Costs Many Lives and Destroys
Vessels on Atlantic Coast.
Europe's Visitation.

NEW YORK. January 14-From I'VE
below zero at 2 am, the lowest tenn
perature recorded here in fifteen years,
The mercury climbed slowly upward in
New York and vicinity today. reaching
six above an hour before noon. The
backbone of the cold spell appeared to
be broken. The death list in the greater
city due to the cold was seven.
Reports from the west early today in
dictated that the rising temperatures
which brought relief there yesterday
would reach the lake regions today and
weather forecasters say they are ex-
tending eastward.
In New York state the lowest tempera-
ture reported-i3 degrees below zero-was
at Harrisville. Few towns in the north
ern and western sections of the state
reported temperatures higher than TWEEN
~ degrees below zero early today. New
York city which seldom experiences be-
low zero weather, touched the record
mark at midnight at four degrees below.
The number of dead officially recorded
last nieht was seven, but police and
health officials believe the total will
:,reatly exceed that figure
While receding waters in the New York
harbor. which reached level not equaled
in many years, tied up tugboats and
halted ferryboat service ice the Hud-
son river put ferries at Tarrytown, Ny
ack and other towns out of commission.
Disasters Along the Coast.
From along the Atlantic coast from
Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod reports of
disasters to vessels kept filtertng in dur
ing the day. The gale was said to be
strewing the beaches with wrecks and
takins many lives. Several schooners are
said to have been lest with their crews.
New England yesterday and last night
was swert by a sixty-mile gale, and there
We're many reports of suffering in Bos-
Ton and other cities. Schools and fac
tor es are closed and several cities are
without electric light and power
Three deaths due to cold are reported
from Philadelphia. where degrees above
zero was registered late last night Other
uoints in Pennsylvania New Jersey and
Maryland reported zero weather and in
tense suffering.
Son Dead; Father Unconscious,
among the fata tiles reported was that
Of Charles Earl, sixteen years old. who
was frozen to death in an oyster boat on
the Delaware bay. His father, uncon-
scious from exposure, lay beside the dead
body when rescuers picked up the boat.
Fifteen teachers of the high school at
Towanda, Pa, yesterday spent several
hours restoring 120 pupils who rode sew
eral hours. as usual, to attend classes.
The children were numb with cold sew
eral fainting when they entered warm
rooms.
Winters Lowest Records.
BOSTON, January 1.-THE cres, of the
first cold wave of the season passed over
New England shortly before midnight,
when the winters lowest records were
E made at nearly all weather stations. The
coolest Point in New England from the
official weather bureau standpoint was
Mortified, Vt. where IS below zero was
registered at 10 pm. Nantucket was the
warmest pace, with a minimum of =
below.
The northwest gale continued today.
hut with lessened velocity.
Below Zero in Pennsylvania.
W.HLIAMSPORT, Pa, January IA
Northern Pennsylvania is in the grip of
the worst cold spell in years. NJ nimum
temperature at Stokesdale. near the New
York state line this morning, was de-
grees below zero Williamsport, with an
off ia e norature of G 'ow Is t..
warmest point in this part of the state.
Other low records are: Masten. "a below;
Nor!mont. "a below; Eagles Mere, 81
below.
Railroads had difficulty in running
ie1'- ms nd all T i. hit .s'ovetI Is
were made with decreased tonnage to IA
cil.tate operation.