Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-31
COLD
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COOLEST IN HISTORY
IN E YORK CITY

New York, Dec. 3o.-New York city
experienced the coolest weather in the
history OF the local weather bureau to-
day when the temperature at $50 A..
NJ. went down to 10 degrees below. Ex-
cept at 3 n A o'clock this afternoon
when 1t stood at zero, the mercury
lowered between s and 13 degrees be
low Suffering was general through
out the city because of the coal short
age.
Seven Degrees Lower than Before
The weather bureau announced that
the record. 13 below. was seven degrees
lower than the mercury has ever
dropped since the bureau has been in
existence. On only -four occasions had
1t ever gone to six below. After $50
o'clock the temperature rose slowly,
but at 5 O'Clock in the afternoon an
other downward trend was perceptible.
No hope of relief before Tuesday was
held out by the bureau. which predict
ed another day of extreme colo tomor-
row.
Three Deaths from Cold
SIX deaths due to tie old were re-
ported. a tayicah driver was found
iIoSCil W teitlt ia Ills machine IN q
garage in Jersey City. A baby found
dead in its crib this morning is said
to have succumbed to the severe
cold, and q traction employe was kill
ed When he became numb and fell to
the pavement in front of a street car.
Sc Degrees Below in Northern ~. Y.
Glens Falls, y. y. Dec. 30.-Unoficial
reports from tho northern section Of War
ren county state that the temperature
this morning ranged from 50 to SO degree
below zero, the lowest mark being record
e! at Thurman Station. Just outside the
city Of Glens Falls it was 20 degrees be-
low.
The official marx recorded in Glens Fills
was 3: degrees below.
16 Fires in Syracue
Syracuse, y. Y. Dec. M.-The intense
cold wave which has overspread centrai
and northern New York for the last e
hours sent the mercury down TO the low
est point in 80 wears in two sections, al
Cortland and 1T Sylvan Beach. where the
unofficial readings early today were 20 be-
low. At Oswego the official reading was Il
below. In this city the lowest point
Itdtitu Was - btIOW S1DftiN AFTER j
O'Clock this morning.
During the last As hours there have been
Is fires here with a loss Of approximate
~ 500, 900.
18 Below al New Bedford
New Bedford, Mass, Dec. 30.-For
the first time in the hietory of this
city, the schoolhouses were today
opened as q pace of refuge fer those
who were without means to heat IT
their own homes due 10 the coal short
aGc and the extreme cold weather.
which is the most severe in this sec
ton since 1850. The buildings housed
many m cvlildren and a few men
! during the day.
The river is frozen from shore to
: shore II many vessels are held fast
to the ock by the ice.
The lowest temperature Heading here
was Is below at the West End Of the
city this morning. Tonight the Their
moneter stood at s below.
81 Below Zero at Camp Devens
Aver. Mass, Dec. 3o.-The thermom-
.t,r ut the quarterndster's stores at
! tahp Dcvens registered 81 degrees
below zero today. So many cases of
frost bitten lars were reported that
| "a officers emphasized the need
for Wocien helmets.
Another order for the strict constr
J vatiCn of coal was followed by re9l-
mental notices today that all ashes
must be carefully sifted.
Lewiston Minimum 27 Below
Lewiston. Me, Dec. 30.-Records for
! the local weather bureau show an aV-
erage mean temperature for Saturday
and Sunday Of IL below zero. \ min
imum Of p below was recorded at :
and s A. NJ. Sunday. The mercury has
rot risen above two below zero since
? Z. NJ. De-. IS.