New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
bufering to Increase as
] Fuel Supply Diminishes,
Officials Say
Railway and Ship
Traffic Hampereo
Cold Kills One Woman;
Three Victims Collapse
in Street

III OliCCA
Vea!hc- colder than any experienced
II, New York City since 1850, combined
uth the acute shortage OF fuel, brought
.po1 tic c.,y yesterday another pc
10 Of hardship and suffering, which.
Ixcordins 90 the Weather Bureau, Will
i,t beyond Now Years. and, accord
H. TO government fuel experts, will
1k,ore kecncr and more widespread
! The city's coal supply d.minishcs.
Az o'clock last evening the mercury
keood q. zero. Il declined steadily,
-,chinc G below at II o'clock. The
heather Bureau predicted below he
sre dawn. Since its establishment in
fais city Tie bureau has never recorded
s,iempcraturc here lower than 8 below.
4 his record was reached January y
MS. and was duplicated December 81,
$50.
AZ ] o'clock this morning tho big
hsrmometcr at Park Row and Frank
TIT Street showed that tho record Of
7 below had actually been reached.
escial readings of the Weather Bu-
rau, however, ceased at II o'clock,
yiih below recorded as the record.
One death, that VI Brooklyn
v.nan, was attributed 10 the cold.
| There were many cases Of frost bite,
and from every section Of the city
sane complaints Of fuelless apart
nents and residences.
Three cases of collapse from ox-
psarc were reported to the police. and
sfEoman was severely burned in one Of
Fifteen fires caused by oyerhested
iaoyes which destroyed two homes and
smaged thirteen others on Staten
hand
Intense Suffering Is Menace
Fuel administration officials and fuel
4 ssslers frankly admitted that siege
d zero weather lasting more than
thrcc or four days would mean intense
4 altering for Now York City. Individ-
( lal domestic reserves are fast dimin-
ehirg throughout the city, thereby
{ tnultiplyiuC the demand, while on the
zs.her hand the daily receipts of coal
tire FAR below what the city consumes
( a single Day
There were ~ least fifty large apart
fneut houses without heat, according 70
imports from large real estate and
Inn,inc agencies. This brought hardship
Do hundreds of tenants In high rental
Neigh borhoods who had escaped the
|lsHcrinCs endured during the first cold
IhSve two weeks ago by literally hun
Z eeds Of thousands Of families IN the
4;eorer quarters. The latter were caught
'bgain Yesterday, and there were riots
IN Harlem and Williamsburg, while
seeussnds Of women and children m
4sirlem, the last side. Brooklyn, The
Nronx and various sections OF Queens
Islesned swccplugs from the yards OF
'Healers, large and small, who began
IL dsy yesterday with hardly lump
3G coal IN stock. The presence or police
A many yards prevented other out
HNtaks on the part Of crowds frantic
q, want Of q little fuel
81 Queens Borough departments quar-
#Ned in the Borough Hall at Long
4kltnd City were forced 20 suspend
asfly I'm the day because there was 10
eat. and no coal 20 bc had. Policemen
Riiachcd 90 the a toriu station. clad M
frorcoats, wool gloves and muhers,
laeed the floor Of their quarters to Keep
hlrm.
In jamaica. Woodhaycn and Ncwtown
Ieuseholdcrs raided wooden fences for
Isel 10 keen their furnaces going.
4 Outside work throughout all the bOr-
lnghs was suspended and 10000 men I'm
!He Staten Island shipvards were forced
IT. quit work StcvcdOrcs al various
hers and az the coal slips iu the city
4 nd 81 the New Jersey terminals found
ae rigors Of the weather too much for
asm
u. Il. 4. Cars Without Heat
The cold wave also brought q new
Sarcc Of hardship hcatlcss cars.
-elonel Timothy S. Williams. president
~ the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, re-
Fried 20 the Public Service Commis-
aon that the compauy's stock Of
ht1minou5 coal was growing so short
was no longer possible 20 supply
stat, and hundreds Of thousands Of
aen and women went home 90 Brook
4fn last night IN cars warmed only by
I1e heat Of their own bodies during
! ours whcn the temperature ranged
Zirom : degrees above zero 20 below.
Ml Traffic Hampered
] lhe weather Likewise interfered with
fallroad, strcetcar and ferry traffic.
ne recurrcGt snow furrics, diven like
saudstom by thirty-mile gale, so
eseured the bay that ships, which had
, last procured bunker coal after long
rlts, were unable 20 clear for Europe,
hi!c inbound vessels were forced 20
snaln of the bar. Ferries did not try
run on schedule.
Staten Island had its usual streetcar
HS.up, when the truck Of a Tompklns-
Vie car broke down, and several thou
Nehd Richmond Borough commuters
frs sn hour or two late IN getting
u work.
Vverhested stoves or defective fues
I Tre held responsible Tor the fires in
Nshmond Borough.
AIRS. Paul Dausschnidt. Of 822 Dan.
- Avenue. Concord. was severely in-
affed in an attempt 70 put ou. the
<mts which destroyed her residence.
4tnes McAlhon, Of - Pine Street.
4 Rp.eton. was slightly burned in q
M attempt 20 save his home.
Xine ono death ascribed 70 the cold
r. mat Of Mrs. Louise Loisell, Of 396