Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-02-17 | Page 3 | Cold Deaths Hit 36 in East

COLD DEATHS HIT IN EAST EASTBy By Associated Press TWo days of ot extremely cold on the Atlantic s seaboard aboard eather ther caused at least 36 deaths pave lave ve aged ed crops In 10 many sections Maine to Florida and irom brought serious shortages of ot fuel The 1 nd e fuel fuel sh shortage r ge was of ot para para- Importance Wednesday in- in r with dangerously low in- in hO reported throughout the i piddle Atones Atlantic and New Eng England d hates tates t The Consolidated Edison comP companY com- com and nd the Brooklyn Union Gas panY r l nw which serves most of company P Y metropolitan area of ot New NewYork NewYork the he York City revealed they had only oil oU supplies sufficient for the fuel ruel manufacture of gas gag for four days 1 Householders who had been supplementing sup- sup inadequate heat by turning on n the kitchen range were asked l ked ed to abandon the practice and andS andin S in consumers were urged to curtail curtan cur- cur tan tail use of gas as far as possible Most lost of the large oil fuel laundries In the city were faced ing g nth ih possible closing or or sharp ctr- ctr N N. H H. and Warrens Warrens- turf N N. Y T. claimed the lowest official temperatures 50 50 below ira Boston recorded 14 below low Hartford Conn Un ro for its II U below and New York 8 below S I It