Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-04
ZERO WEATHER
AT The SEASH0RE
A Week Of Bitterly Cold Weather
at Wildwood. The New Year
Ushers In Unprecedented
Low Temperatures. Bro
ken Heaters andFrOZen
Pipes Numerous
The Trial at the Methodist Church

The Trial at the Methodist Church
The unusual severely cold weather
set In at Wild wood Friday night, De-
cember 28, 1917, and has continued for
one whole week with the temperature
lowering around zero. Luckily there
Vas no snow and the wind did not
blow hard, or the suffering would have
it was eight above zero, aud held its
own at ten or twelve above all day
1t is a rarity for a day to vary so little
in temperature as did last Saturday.
The next morning the maximum was
reached when the thermometer REACHED
about five below zero at day light.
L. avitt Smith, the milk man, said 1t
was the coolest morning he had ex-
perienced and he has been serving milk.
here for 80 years. That is a long period'
and Leavitt must have commenced
the milk business as a small boy, for
he is not an old man yet. When he
runs in on the porch with his little tin
milk can his gait is so lively that you
think it is a jubilant twelve year old.
On Sunday the trouble with frozen
water pipes commenced in earnest aud
plumbers were in great demand and
they worked all day. There were
many damaged heaters and some ex-
blossoms. A frozen radiator at the resi-
dence of John Bright and another at
the home of Palmer M. Way, provided
quite a little discomfort. The heater
just installed at the new Aldine apart
ments by E. @. Slaughter broke Satur-
day and the tenants spent a shivering
day and night. New parts were gotten
and two plumbers came down from
the city on Sunday and made the re-
pairs, and they 10 had another hot
fire going. The heater in the Trust COM
pany building also met with an acct
dent and made some discomfort In the
bank. The pipes in the north side of
the old Holly Beach school building
were all frozen up and spilled consid-
cradle water. George Kilmer aud p
gang of plumbers have been working
there trying to repair The damage, bu
they say The weather is against them,
f n the pipes freeze up in another place
during the night. 1t will take $500 or
more to repair the damage. Sch lol
commenced there on Wednesday after
the Christmas vacation. the north side
occupants moving to the vacant rooms
in the south side of the buildir G and
some of the grades going TO the neN
high school. A water Jack exploded
Sunday morning at the home of James
Black on Garfield avenue, in the rear
of Albig's store. Mrs. Black was fry
ing scrapple for breakfast aud she was
hurled against The kitchen sink but
not seriously injured. Her head hit
he hard metal, Druieing and cutting
her face and head somewhat. The
cook stove was blown to pieces. Mr..
Black had just stepped out of the kit
chen, and George Dorm, Mrs. Blacks
blother, was lying ON the couch, and
neither were injured. A frozen pipe at
Hotel Wirth provided running water
for a time, and there were many calls
from the Greet on Sunday to repair or
thaw out frozen pipes, among them be-
ing the home of Mr.. Ross. AT noon on
Sunday it was ten above zero and Mon
day morning it was eight above al
eight o'clock. Tuesday morning it
was four above zero, Wednesday a little
better by two or three degrees. Thurs
this Friday morning it was down to
zero again. At ten o'clock this morn
ing 1t vas eight, and there seems to he
no relief in sight. There was bright
sunshine everyday except Wednesday,
when there was q light snowfall that
just about covered the ground. The
coal situation at Wild wood is now be-
coming serious, and the coal yards are
about empty. Nc coal has come in for
over a week for domestic use. 1t takes
four tons a day to run the three Wild
wood school buildings. AT the new
high school building the bins are emp
ty and Janitor William Schellenger
has been been burning wood for sever
al days. The trolley service has been
reduced and today and possibly for the
next few days only II car will be in
operation and that only a few hours,
morning and afternoon to accommo-
date the school children and people 60
ing to their work. The Electric plant
is about out of coal and if a car load
ia not in by tomorrow the trolley will
have TO be discontinued entiIely~
= The church trial at the Wildwood
M. E. church on Friday, December %,