Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-31
Record Cold Wave
Passing; TlUO Killed
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before they had pulled into the station
These bags were carried into >Ahe station
by employees.
The Delaware River between Torres.
dale and Delair, y. !. was completely
frozen at ii o'clock this morning with
the ice boat john Weaver trying to
break the ice. Hundreds OF persons
walked over to the Jersey shore, while
children actually went sleighing on the
river. This entertainment was later
stopped by a Gordon Of policemen. who
feared that fatalities would result.
Other ice breakers were navigating
through the Delaware River at other
points shattering the ice. Freight
steamers in the Horse Shoe and outside
of the Capes were stalled ut dawn by
huge foes which. according TO some
shippers. resembled mild iroberg5.'
Reports from the suburbs today gave
marks as low as below zero 1t was
s below at Green Tree on the Main
Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. At
Paol IL was 6 below zero this morn
ing In West Philadelphia the temper
ature ranged from s tn above to zero.
Camden also shivercd under the cold
Temperatures ranged all the way from
below zero to above at z
O'Clock The thermometer of r. l..
Bear. at 2O4 Market street. which Is con-
sidered by "amdenits as official. stood
II . above at o'clock The mercury
had risen to . at II o'clock.
Buck Fisher. eighteen years old. Of
10s South Second street, Camden. was
taken. to the Cooper Hospital from his
wagon, suffering from frosted hands,
feet and face. His condition is not
serious.
One man In Philadelphia today who
isn't afraid of the Grctlc weather Is
Charles Durborow. paying teller of the
First National Bank, who announced
that at o'clock today he Will swim
and dive in the Delaware at 1iiverton,
y. j. For years Mr.. DuEborow has been
In the habit of swimming during the
cold season. lie will take his evening
plunge today as usual.
Hundreds Of worlimen at Hog Island
failed 10 report for duty today. owing
to the cold weather. The same corr
ditions existed at the plant of the Eddy
stone Ammunition Corporation. Reming-
ton Arms Company and in other plants.
Many longshoremen and others employed
on the rivcrfront also were absent.
There is one grain OF comfort for suf-
fering Philadelphia. and that Is that
other cities are suffering more. With a
minimum Of four degrees below zero in
this city New York was nine degrees
worse off with thirteen below. while
Northfield. VT. touched with forty below.
Other extreme temperatures were at AL
bany. with eighteen below: Syracuse,
twenty below. and Binghamton, twenty
two below. Freezing weather extended
az far South as New orleans. where
the thermometer registered twenty
al>a wi n
was twelve.
FOUR BELOW ZERO HERE
In Philadelphia the low mark was
reached at 6 o'clock Sunday morning,
wlfen the weather bureau thermometer
recorded degrees below zero. Although
the sun shone brightly all day Sunday,
the highest temperature reached was
10 above at o'clock in the afternoon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gleason, eighty-nine
years old of 1924 South Front street.
was struck by a piece of flying metal
and seriously injured when she at
tempted to start a fire in the kitchen
range and the frozen boiler exploded.
Four other. explosions. less serious in
their consequences. occurred In diner
ent parts of the city.
BENJAMIN Rosen. of 9O1 South Third
street, was overcome by gas from the
eaky tube to u gas stove which he
had lighted because there was no coal
i'm the house. lie was taken to Mt.
Sinai Hospital, and it is believed he will
recover.
Mrs Ida Thomas. forty-two years old
is threatened with the loss OF the sight
of her right eye as the result Of the en-
plosion of a frozen boiler at her home,
3sfr Pennsgrove street She was takeIi
to the Presbyterian Hospital.
The hospitals of the city were called
upon to treat scores of persons suffer-
ing from frozen ears, toes and fingers
an almost unprecedented condition in the
relief work due to cold weather here.
Aside from the property loss due to
fires directly traceable to the cold
weather. the loss from frozen plumbing