New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

Thus it is seen that the advent Of th.|
warm wave in those cities has drive
the mercury up from 10 to 50 decfe.
promising indication of this seetiu
OF the country.
And after the warm weather reach,
here, the Weather Bureau promised Il
probably will linger for some time. h.
cause, it was said. there is no cold ysy,
in sight.
Yesterday, the fourth coolest dsyol
the winter, produced unprecedents:|
bardsilips for residents of this cit,
For the first time within the memor.I
OF veterans New York was yi1tual}y ia
lated, because of the difficulty exper.
need in bringing fuel and food into tAl
city, and especially in the poorer dis|
tr,cts the suffering was acute.
There were numerous cases of eyI
posure treated by the hospitals. sri|
the inevitable fires which ACCOMPANY h
drastic drop in temperature kept h.1
tiremen on the jump throughout Il,
day.
Even the larger apartment hous.,
were compelled to shut down their fur
naccs because OF lack of fuel, and Ii,
intense cold drove hundreds of thcl
occupants to hotels for the night. Thu
Less fortunate, who were unable 10 lind
relief IN that way. applied to the chad
liable institutions, the municipal lodeI
ing houses and police stations for shell
ter
Workers, particularly those conI
PEELED to use ferries in going to aid
from their places of employment, e,I
perienced much hadrship. Traffic on III
rivers was held up in some cases te1
hours, and shivcring passengers fou.
little relief in the CABIN radiators vhAI
awaiting the arrival OF tugs to torl
them through the ice foes.
Six persons were treated for eyposunI
at various hospitals.
Magistrate McGcehan, sitting II
Washington Heights Court, was coil
PEELED to Suspend the proceedings then
because of the low temperature. II
was the third time this winter tlsI
the court has been compelled to till
such action.
Thousands Of dollars in damage VI
done by the numerous fires throuehm
the city. Efforts to thaw out fro,e
pipes and to improvise heating contn
ances are blamed for the majority q
the blazes. The firemen cxperiea,a
great difficulty in subdung the Aass
because Of frozen hydrants and tiH
own suffering from the cold.
fcrryboats in many instances wnI
unable to make any lleadway thrufE
the ice packs and schedules were sbntt
doncd. In the early morning the rf
crnment authorities commandment IBID
ferryboat John Englis, which plies "
tween the SiNtytifth Street slip ID
brooklyn to St. George, Staten Island
Tor the transportation Of shipyspil
workers 10 the latter place.
Inc Englis made only one trip, ani
didn't finish that because she val
caught in the ice, and efTorts to re
mo~s>her were futile. The passengsa +
were compelled to spend several hour /
IN the ice before relief was obtained I
In Staten Island two hundred hone
were so badly damaged by bursting T
pipes that their occupants hed to Msa
haitian hotels. Municipal ferrybois
plying between South Ferry and tha
borough kept running, but schedus
were impossible. and all boats vsf
from fifteen to thirty minutes late.
Supreme Court Justice Faber at
iourned the Richmond County Coaf'
until to-day. when special sessis,,
VIII be held to dispose of the cssese
prisoners row in the county jail
tnat institution may be closed. ba
OF fuei Is the reason.
Brooklyn and The Bronx report
the same suffering as Manhattan, VIII
no relief procuranle