The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
f SIX BELOW ZERO !. HERE WHEN OLD SOL PEEPS OUT Temperatures Throughout the State Fall to Almost Un-
 precedented Depths. RICH CROP OF ICE
 IS NOW ASSURED Burrville, Conn, Reports B Below Northwestern
 Connecticut Hard Hit.

With aching fingers, tear-dimmed eyes and ears that pained from the intense and unusual cold. early risers in the city this morning stamped to their work in quarters where the ar tificial heat was 8 welcome relief to conditions outside.
 From an early hour yesterday af- ternoon cold which had long been ex- pected slowly crept over the city, the first indications being observed by quarter a slight wind blew. Windows in stores began to frost ;up- wards until the view into many of the brightly lighted restaurants and em- poriums of refreshment and commodi- ties was obscured.
 As midnight approached the cold be- came intense and belated pedestrians wrapped their. clothing tighter about the bodies and hastened their foot steps Conductors kept well within the heated bodies of the cars. while taxi-ca.b drivers at public stands either disappeared or swung their arms back and forth in a. desperate eff fort to keep up failing circulation. Shortly after the midnight hour. ex- cept for a. few struggling, men and women returning from late A1ances, the streets were deserted, and these belafed ones shiyered and shook as the Almy garments of the women and unwonted exposure of the mems ex- pansive shirt fronts were bared to the lpenetratfng cold of old Boreas. Down upon the river the sohd1y con- geaIed cakes of ice creaked and groan- ed Out on the breakwater the spray
 dashed upon the rocks and froze as 1 it struck forming beautiful ice bar
 Tier to the advancing swells.
 | Such was the condition. that caused every acuuaintancs what the tfer-
 maneter registered. Many stopped l before the Lyman Recordir<g tIrer-
 ImOneter on Main street, which show led that from 3 o'clock yesterday until lnoon today there had been Q drop of CT observer William Jennings showed an even greater drop to below zero, reached just before sunrise. On the Lyman therrnometer at D. m- yesterday the mercury stopped at f14 above. At 6 D.. m. it had de-
 until g when IA was reached and a I still further sharp decline during the night brought it steadily to four de- lgrees below zero. At the Jennings
 weather observatory which is standard
 and more exposed the record was six l degrees below, which makes this of7- IcIaIly the eoIdest weather experienced during the winter.
 l Many water pipes about the city Iwere reported as froen Plumbers reap. led a rich harvest as they invaded the homes where the ravages of the arctie enemy had stopped the conduct oi Il domestic routine.
 1 It was said by the ice conpanies engaged in harvesting .pn local pond. l-that the houses were not conp1etels filled, but with the additional colo
 wave the prospect of complete store. was assured.
 Tn the harbor today little shipping
 was in motion and large foes of ic. reached far from the shores and dowr the lower bay.
 Though steam trains found it hart
 to maintain boiler pressure. the fire
 men were eCerted to extra effort ant ttrHin schedules were maintained wei within the normal After noon the tTsail
 service suffered serious delay. some 0 them being an hour late.