The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-29
Was Sixty BelolD At OwI,s Head Nelu York
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men and the winter elements. Two airmail pilots were rescued by coast guardsmen near Escanaba Michigan, after drifting for houri when forced down on the lake.
 Other guardsmen rescued tht crew of the fishing schooner, Sea. gull, after a 24-hour fight to keeI the tiny craft afloat in the ice filled lake.
 Death toll of the storms whicf have ravaged the nation since Christmas day today was mounting past the 15O mark.
 46 Below Here
 Mt Washington, N. H., December 29 - (UP) The temperature was lowest where the location was highest atop mile-high MI Washington, New England's loftiest mountain peak, today.
 An official low of 46 below zer1 was recorded by the small band oI scientists who have been making meteorological studies here. .-
 The wind vacillated from 70 miles to 115 miles an hour.
 And 60 Hero
 Owls Head, N. r., December. 29 - (UP) - A temperature or sixty degrees below zero was recordeu today at Owls Head, far north Tn the Adirondack Mountain region' as a large section of the state re- mained in the grip of an unusually intense cold wave. -
 New York City had the. coldest weather since 1920, when the mer- cury fell to below zero at a. m. Portland, Me, reported IS below as did Albany, N. Y.
 New deaths in Pennsylvania when icy highways raised the toll since Christmas to 8 dead. Kane, Pa, had 23 below and Lewis Hun' Pa, 22 below zero. :.
 The moderating temperatures m the midwest left Sault Ste Marie Mich, the coldest spot in the dls- trict with A below. Duluth, Minn, 22 below and Minneapolis IF De- low, These marks were consider. ably higher than those of the past few days.
 Boston, Dec 29-CU.P.) Ihe mercury sank to IF degrees below zero here shortly after 8 a. m. to- day, making this the coldest day m the 6O-year history of the Boston Weather Bureau.
 The coldest previous day on re- cord was December 30, 1917, when the minimum was IA below.
 To-day's extreme cold caught Bostonians by surprise. for the weather bureau had predicted a minimum of 10 to 15 above zero. <.
 A short-lived snow storm last night preceded the swift drop m temperature of about 30 degrees m II hours.
 While Boston's official minimum was IF below, even lower temper atures were recorded on pack porch thermometers in MiddleseS County's lowlands, aud from north. ern New England came unofhclal readings as low as 43 below zero. :
 The AZ reading was reported from Bolsters Mills, Me. Dixville Notch, N. H., reported 40: Fran conia, N. H., 3S; Beechers Falls, Vt, 36; Montpelier, Vt 30: Green field, Mass 26; and Ware, Mass, "A
 New England's death toll from Tuesdays blizzard and the record cold wave which followed stood al | "A to-day, with two Portland fish GTmeu, IulSSluS dL oCet @A @A OPSA powerboat, probable additional vic tims.
 The general discomfort and fir some cases actual suffering as re- suit of the cold wave were expect. ed to be intensified by another snowstorm forecast for tomorrow afternoon or night.
 Explaining the unexpected droI in temperature to an all-time re cord low level, c. H. Moves. chic meteorologist at the Boston Wea' ther Bureau, said:
 "There is Q high pressure, ares over Southern Ontario. Lakes Hu' ron and Ontario, where the bar ometer is slightly above 31 inches Downward drafts from this higf pressure area are sweeping east ward directly over New England bringing low temperatures from the upper elevations. "A small, unimportant storm center went by us last evening ant is now off Nova Scotia and New foundland. That is the cyclone ol which the high pressure area ovel Ontario is the anti-cyclone. Tn, downward drafts from the higf pressure area to the storms low pressure area bring the cold wea' ther."
 Moves said the extreme colt came much earlier than anticipat