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Show " DIED FROM THE COLD: j Severe "Weather In Chicago Is Caus- . ing Much Suffering. . ' . I ' Chicago, Feb. 1. Two deaths weTe caused by the cold weather, in Chica?o the past twenty-four hours, and many persons suffered from frost bites of varying severity. Hundreds of homeless home-less men were cared for by the police. The mercury at 6 a. m. yeeiterday : and at 6:30 a. m. today touched 8 below zero, the lowest point this winter in Chicago, Chi-cago, The forecast today promises some relief. ! After carrying his wife and two children chil-dren from his burning cottage early today, Herbert Fletcher was overcome by smoke and flames and fell near the doorway, and died before assistance could reach him. The weather was bitter bit-ter cold, and as his. wife and children were clad only in their night garments, Fletcher had rushed back into the burning burn-ing building to save sufficient clothing when overcome. |