Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 26 | New England in the Coldest Wave of Several Years

NEW ENGLAND IN THE COLDEST WAVE OF SEVERAL YEARS BOSTON, Dec. 20. New England " was in the grip of the coldest wave ot (several winters tonight, with thousands ? of homes without sufficient fuel, because be-cause of the coal shortage. The suffering suf-fering among the poor in the tenement districts of the cities were especially severe. With the thermometer at the weather bureau here registering five below the " zero mark, at S p. m. the government "." forecaster announced "continued cold for tomorrow. "The weather will remain cold until Tuesday," he said, but indications are that the present low temperature will , disappear before that day." 5 Charitable organizations tool; prompt 5 measures to relieve Nthe suffering here by obtaining small quantities of coal for those families without fuel. Several ( coal companies announced that their i vards would be open Sunday by order '" of the fuel administration to retail 100 pounds bags of coal to the small con sumers. Fuel administration officials were besieged -today by families whese coal bins were depleted. A fleet of coal carriers bound for this port was reported re-ported tonight storm bound in harbors ; south ot ('ape Cod. The vessels have ; 10,000 tons for this city and 7000 tons J for northern New England ports. James J. Storrow, Now England fuel administrator, adminis-trator, said he had arranged for many carloads to come direct from the mines bv rail, but tonight the cold had upset . all railroad schedules. It was the coldest night here since 191-1 and the coldest December night since 1902, when the morcury went down to 14 degrees below zero. There were many colder spots in New En-, En-, gland, fori instance the national army cantonment at Aver, where unofficial thermometers recorded 23 degree? be-' be-' low. All traiuing for the soldiers was abandoned. Drift ice massed about the docks in Boston harbor and tugs patrolled the channels to keen the port open for navigation. Harbor and bay were covered cov-ered with steam -1:0 ,-apor which completely com-pletely enveloped what little shipping was m eying.