Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-12 | Page 7 | Cold Wear Record Broken

COLD WEATHER RECORD S f 60 Year 60 Year Mark Shattered by Frigid Wave Sweeping East and South CHICAGO Dec Dee 12 UP Tem records of 60 years' years standing fell l today before a cold wave over eastern castern United States which threatened threat ened crops in the semitropical everglades everglades ever ever- glades and took an art incalculable toll tollof tollof tollof of life ille west vest to the Mississippi The midwest gained surcease from the thc succession of blizzards that ve hl swept across the country for two weeks but A zt weather bureau bulletin warned of a new blanket of ot cold air sweeping e eastward ward from the northern Rocky mountains Storms over the the- the north north Atlantic delayed de de- de laed liners and kept air ar lanes alive with calls of small vessels for tor aid and directions The steamer Jean Jadot stood by the disabled British vessel Usworth in a gale Ice coated coat ed the surf battered coast from Hudsons Hudson's Hudsons Hudsons Hudson's Hud Hud- sons son's bay to the far Car south Blizzard BUzzard nits flits Chicago Possibility of a thaw encouraged 2000 men still laboring to clear Chicago Chi cago streets of the heaviest December snowfall in 31 n years years which fell in a freak Creak blizzard over an area 20 miles square New York and New v England expected ex cx- the coldest December 12 since 1876 The mercury touched 5 above zero last night in Boston 15 below at Mount Washington N. N H H. 10 above in n New York and 25 below at Adirondack Adirondack Adiron dack mountain points New York City opened its armories to thousands of homeless men and women and M Mayor a Y a 0 r I Fiorello LaGuardia La La- Guardia announced plans to open stations stations sta sta- sta where coffee coHee and doughnuts will be given away Residents of the eastern gulf states dug forgotten overcoats from the mothballs as snow rode in from the north on a mile 30 wind Miami Fla thermometers dropped below freez ing Smudge pots burned in citrus groves Snow fell yesterday in Tampa for the third time in 40 years and the first time since 1906 The snow was gener general l over the Carolinas Virginia northern Alabama Alabama Ala Ala- bama northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee Temperatures thaC wen went with it were almost u unprecedented unprecedented- 12 degrees at Louisville Ky 14 a at Asheville N. N C C. 16 at Nashville Nash and Memphis Tenn 18 at Atlanta Ga Temperatures began rising I last las a oS t night over the great plains region MIAMI Fla Dec 12 P Tie The The Miami weather bureau reported an n time all December low here at a a. m. m today with a reading of Richard W. W Gray federal meteorologist meteorologist meteor meteor- said the lowest previously recorded temperature for tor December since opening of the bureau in 1895 was 32 At the airport station 14 miles from the city the mercury fell to Children enjoyed an unexpected but shivering holiday as Superintendent dent of ot Public Instruction Charles M. M Fisher ordered closing of all buildings buildings build build- ings except two at Miami Beach Reach equipped with steam heat lions Thin sheets of Ice formed on exposed exposed ex ex- ex posed pans of water in bird baths a and n d gutter pools in metropolitan Miami l the weatherman said Unofficial al reports from the Redland district lar large e farming and grove area south of Miami gave varying losses from rom the freezing weather Damage to string beans and squash was estimated at 75 per cent Tomatoes Tomatoes Toma Toma- toes planted chiefly in high pineland pineland pine pineland land land fared better and the new planting plant ing of or potatoes escaped serious injury