New Britain herald., 1927-01-27

DrOK0 loose rom tugs. All, however
 but one were recaptured by theil conveys, and that one elected to ride out the storm three miles off Nauset
 A battered fishing schooner reach. ed Portland, Me-. considerably the worse for it's encounter with higt seast, but two other craft known te be in the gale were still unspoken this morning.
 Exceptionally low readings were recorded at Bangor. Me-, where the last reported figure was 12 below at last night with promise of still lower temperatures. and in northern Vermont where 20 below was felt in several communities.
 A promise of warmer weather was held for later today and indications were that the wave would pass out to sea and be succeeded by milder conditions. On Friday it will be much warmer, the official forecaster pre1 dicted. The weather bureau said that the lowest point reached by the official thermometer in Boston during the night was zero. It started to climb slowly after sunrise.
 The extreme cold was not con- fined to northern New England. | Woonsocket, R. l., reported unoffl- cial readings from to 10 below zero.
 The Connecticut valley felt the brunt of the cold wave. Turner's Falls had a mark of 10 below. and Greenfield from 14 to 20 below. 22 Below Zero.
 The lowest official temperature In New England reported to the weath- CT bureau was 22 below zero at Northfeld, Vt. Burlington, Vt, re- ported 20 below; Greenfield, Me, IS below; Passport, Me, 12 below; Portland, Me-, below, and Concord, N. H., below.
 The warmest spot in New England were the islands off the southern coast. Block Island reported 4 above and Nantucket 6 above.
 Unofficial instruments recored as low as 35 below in Montpelier. Vt, and 27 below in St. Albans, Vt. Tupper Lake, N. r., Jan. 27 F>- Thirty-six degrees below zero was the contribution of this Adirondack village to the list of low tempera- lures today.
 Albany, N. T., Jan. 27 R - A forecast of rising temperatures brought a little comfort today to cities and towns of New York state which last night experienced the coldest weather of the winter.
 Sub-zero temperatures prevailed. Saranac lake was one of the cold est spots in the state, reporting thermometer readings that varied between 25 and 30 below. Country districts around Gloversville rec orded 25 and 27 below, while in Rome a low mark of 23 below was recorded. Albanys lowest Was minus Il.
 Some of the unofficial tempera- lures reported were: Hornell, 10 below; Corning, IS below; Ithaca, 10 below; Lockport, 12 below; Au- burn, 15 below; Jamestown, 14 be- low; Malone, 12 below; Oswego' 1o,5 below. Most of these readings were obtained during the night.
 Worcester, Mass, Jan. 27 H' - The temperature in this city dropped to 1-2 degrees below zero during the night. which IS the coldest since December 21, 1924, when three degrees below was reg istered on official thermometers.
 Providence. R. l.. Jan. 27 lP) = A minimum official temperature or 2 degrees below at six o'clock thls morning in Providence marked the first time in two years that the city has suffered from sub-zero 1 weather. Other parts of the state reported far lower tenn 1 peratures than Providence.
 An overloaded furnace is said to ! have been the cause of a fire that /, totally destroyed the home or Lewis Di Lucie in Warwick, driv- i ing him, his wife and small daughter into the street at 2:3o [ o'clock this morning.