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Show SHRUNK FOURTEEN FEET. Col Weather Causes Contraction ot the Ureal llrooklyn llrldcc. New York, Feb. 15, On Saturday when the thermometer was 3 degrees below zero, measurements of tho llrooklyn llrook-lyn bridge were talien for tho trusses and other parts to find out how much the contraction hud been. In comparing compar-ing thcio figuies with thoso taken last July when the thermometer was 30 degrees de-grees above, It was found that the difference dif-ference was fourteen feel und a half. |