TERRIBLE WEATHER IN AMERICA.
NEW YORK SWEPT BY AN ARCTIC BLIZZARD. FIRE IN SLUM QUAKERS, PITIFUL PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS By Tolegrftsh-ft'eso Assecialion-CoßyrijM New York, January U. Gales contimto to rage along the Atlantic coast of tho United States and Canada. Thcro have been terrific shot* storms at see,. Tim temperature in Now York fell below zero. Nino deaths are reported, duo directly of indirectly to tiro eswro v.'eathcr. Many fishing schooners have been wrecked on the Massachusetts coast, but the joss of life has boon light. While the cold was most intense in Neiv York, four fires broke out in the poorer quarters, rendering 1000 persons homeless. The firemen we unable to eopo Willi the outbreaks at first, owing to the water freezing. Tho fvurned -ruiiis present an extraordinary spectacle, ■loielcs hanging to t-lic chaired beams and rafters.' "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. : Now York, January 14. ,Tlio city has bee.n swept by a Wi-zZarcL : Thousands of the homeless are begging for shelter at ttio municipal lodging houses, which arc already overcrowded.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1959, 16 January 1914, Page 7
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172TERRIBLE WEATHER IN AMERICA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1959, 16 January 1914, Page 7
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