The Detroit times., 1917-12-10
ONE DEAD:
COLD WAVE
LINGERING
fcontlnned from nare 49,

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similar losses Burton's hands and
head were severely burned The fires
were started by the explosion OF a
gas stove.
In No. 50 Frederick-st. the water
pipes were frozen and an effort 10
ihaw them OGt caused Ere which
did damage amounting 10 more
than Sl.500
There was nearly q panic in an
eight-famiiy frame building. No l147
MCkinley-ave when an overheated
stove set FIRE 70 the lower floor Men.
women and children stampeded from
the building. believing II was about
70 burn down. The IRE was exun-
guished after a hard fight The loss
is about $1,000
While thawing out water pipes In
her homo. No 3l9 Wabash-st. Mrs.
Title Galloway set fire 70 the house.
Firemen extinguished the blaze ar
ter several hundred dollars damage
was done Frozen water pipes were
also responsible for fires in No. 407
Russell.st and No ll37 Twelfth-st.
In each case $500 damage was done.
Stove explosions caused fires IN
No. 737 Leland-ave and No. AS
Trumbull-aye The damage in each
case was small A barn In the rear
OF No 32S Alfred -st caught fire The
damage Eas 81 600
Numerous other fires due 20 over
heated stoves and explosion caused
By either putting kerosene or gaso-
lines ir FIRES 10 give more heat kept
the Are department busy ali day and
evening.
With the mercury still within
whispering distance OF tho zero.
mark Detroit Monday morning found
scant comfort n the fact that 70 was
mot 500 cold az Sunday" Weather
% erver C0nger stated encourag
ireig that it was colder 10 the south
of us tuf that brought little relie;
20 hom where The inmates were
huddled around an old oil burner
or fhe kitchen range trying 10 get
jhdwed ont"
The drop 10 temperature predict
hv tho weather Office Saturday ar
rived right on schedule The mer-
curry declined steadily during the
ght reaching q minimum % four
below zero ar y o'clock Sunday morn
Ing. a northwest gale that az times
reached "a velocity of "A miles an
hour siftcd thru every crack and
crcYlce, making homes hard 20 heat
oven where there WAS ample fuel
Tho De roit United railway was
obliged to send uut many cars with
Out heat. because OF IT'S limited fuel
supply, and there was much suffer.
ing 10 consequence
Services in several churches were
cu' short Sunday night because OF
a shortage of heat from the Central
Heating cOmn8nts lines. Trains
we're uniformly late. The Wolver-
inc due from the east n the early
forenoon. did rot reach here TN IL
3 m. Some az thr thoaters were
unable 90 give matinee perform
ances because their tr0upes were
delayed
The cold blast sweeping down the
river, promptly converted the sur
face water into See For long
time sunday. the only boats run.
ming were the windsor ferry boats
and they had their troubles. II is
rarely thar Che Ice forms so early.
From an the lake ports come re
ports Of hoa.H at apeh0r. awaiting
better weather conditions before
moving
MILWAUKEE. WIS. Dec TO-
The coal steamer lshpom CIeve-
4 kar h1f carly today. nesrIr fs hours
F oferI4e Shr f0gef suf battle
with the storm saturday and sun
/ day. and Is iyinE r0 iu the harbor.
unable 20 make the narrow river
! inlet
/ Tho Hemlock. Assassin and New.