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Show COLD WAVE VISITS EAST I Gulf States Only Ones East of the Rockies to Escape Coldest June Weather in History Frosts Do Great Damage Dam-age to Crops Washington, June 9. The coldest weather ever recorded during June in the middle Atlantic and New England Eng-land 6tates, the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes region, was reported to-da to-da to the weather bureau. The gulf stateB are the onl territory east of the Rockies to escape an unseason-I unseason-I able drop. "A high barometric pres-j pres-j sure of great magnitude" is the of-1 of-1 ficial reason Frosts are reported from Vermont, central New York New-England, New-England, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Michigan Michi-gan and Wisconsin. Frosts are predicted for tonight in the Great Lakes region, the upper 1 Ohio Valley, the North Atlantic states I and the Mountain districts of the mid-I mid-I die Atlantic states. Frost In Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, June 9. Many places In Pennsylvania reported frost thl 1 morning, a condition almost unknown j in this state for the month of roses, j The weather bureau received reports I of a heavy frost at Scranton, Pa., at Harrlsburg and other central parts of the state light frost was reported. The minimum temperature In Phil -. adelphia was 47 degrees, within one ; degree of the loweBt ever recorded in June by the weather bureau Pony ! degrees was registered in some parts of the Interior of the state. Snow at Montreal. Montreal. June 9. Snow fell for a I short time here todav. The temper-jature temper-jature dropped to 35 degrees in position posi-tion exposed to the cold wind The: ; bleak weather conditions are unprecedented unpre-cedented in fifty vears Coldest Day In History. New York. June 9 Today was the 1 coldest June 9 in the history of the local weather bureau, whose records go back to 1870 The temperature was down to 47 today. The nearest approach to this record was June 9, 1912, with 51 degrees. Frost Damages Gardens. Rome, N. Y , June 9 This section suffered severely from frost last night The mercury went down to 26. Farm and garden products were badly damaged. Ice and Frost. Middletown, N. Y., June 9. There' was a heavy frost In this vicinity last night Thin ice formed in places shut Off from the wind and considerable I damage was done to vegetation |