The Bismarck tribune., 1933-12-28
MERCURY PLUNCES
| TO 81 BELOW ZERO
| ATFORKS THURSDAY.
Bismarck Warmest Point IN
1 State, With Minimum Of
1o Below Here
a
DEATH TOLL STILL MOUNTS
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Cold Wave Hits South; q Dead
in Chicago; New York
ShoveIing Out


Witches Of . cold wave Thursday,
dlong with many other sections,
Shough the fury of winters onslaught
nd subsided considerably over much
q the United States.
M With minimum temperatures in
bis state during the night ranging
eom 16 degrees below zero at Bis
arck to 81 degrees below at Grand
orks, the forecast was for slowly
Using temperatures Thursday night
md Friday, accompanied by snow.
b Grand Forks temperature Of 81
8elow at 8 q. m. Thursday was the
|eoldest ever recorded in December
lIfnce the weather observatory was
Established at Grand Forks in 1890,
r recording to Professor Howard E.
Iimpson.
b Bismarck Is Warmest
Il Temperature began an early ascent
b Bismarck, the warmest point in
Me state. From the nights mini
hum Of Is below, the mercury rose
% IL below at q. m. and II below
{ 10 q. m. A light snow fell in the
apital City throughout the fore
oon.
Other state minimum temperatures
pcluded Devils Lake 80, Minot -29,
argo -26, Jamestown "a and Will
gton 20.
More than 100 persons have died,
ccording to unofficial estimates, as
result of billiards., ice, snow and
kold in the nation.
In New York city, $4,000 men
(truggled beneath leaden sky and
h far below freezing cold Thursday
10 complete the task of removing a
IO.7-inch snowfall from the streets.
Cold Wave Hits South
The cold wave swept into the
fouth Wednesday after bringing
eath and distress to many other
kections. Chicago alone counted 21
lead. Wednesday the mercury fell
b 10 below. Wisconsin had total
)f 81 dead.
New England, cheered by predic-
ions of rising temperatures, never
heless was worried over 20 missing
b fishing craft off Names coast.
White River, Ont, was the coolest
pot Wednesday, with mercury slith.
|ring down to Sc below. Points in
Minnesota were not far behind, with
q below. Even in Atlanta, Ca, the
temperature fell to e above.
! Coast guardsmen were ordered out
rom Chicago early Thursday to seek
hree fishermen missing with their
raft, the Seagull, on Lake Michi-
ian. Guardsmen earlier had saved
our men in fuel-less launch off
Essex, Md.
Thursday was the coolest New York
eity has experienced In three years.
he temperature dropping to nine de-
rees above zero ct 4:30 q. m.
The reading was one degree above
he record for the date established
B 1917. and compares with 2 normal
|verage temperature Of 50 degrees for
Dec. 28.
20 Below In Minnesota
Cold which was responsible directly
indirectly for four deaths In the
lst "a hours sent the mercury down
b 40 below In Minnesota.
Cook. in northern Minnesota, was
be coolest point in the state. with .
10 reading.
Bemidji, Minn., set an all time rec
rd when It passed its fourth consecu-
I've 30-below-zero night.
The deaths attributed to the cold
Re:
Conrad H. Jorgenson, 80, Albert Lea,
led from carbon lnonoxide poisoning
Ihile adjusting carburetor Of hts au-
bmobile In garage.
unidentified man frozen to death
ear shack on Mississippi river bank
ll5 West Island Avenue. Minne-
rolls.
Frank Rice, workman on CWA
roiect at Camp Ripley. near Little
ells, died from heart attack believed
hlsed by cold.
Nels Erickson, 24l2 Thirty y-fourth
venue. South. Minneapolis. died OF
Fart attack after futilely crankins
ozen automobile.
Il was bitter cold IN many places.
degrees below zero at Northfield,
3. is below ct st. Paul, MinI., from
b to 50 below In the interior OF Can.
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