LOW TEMPERATURE.
—■ —< — PEOPLE FROZEN IN STREETS OF ; '; . NEW YORK. By Teleerapli-Preae AesocJatlon-Ooßyrlsht New York, February 13. The temperature' here is three degrees below zero. The excessive cold has caused nine deaths. Several frozen J bodies were found jn tho streets. The unemployment problem is pressing, as the municipal shelters are overcrowded. . , ' ■ Despite the cold, thirty-six athletes started in the Brooklyn annual Marathon, f a distance of 26 miles, Only eleven finished; the others were sent to hospital in an exhausted condition, - SEVERE SNOW STORMS. "TRANSPORT DISLOCATED. : ": : (Rec. February 16, 0.30 a.m.) , Now York, February 14. ■' Severe snowstorms are raging along the north-cast coast, In the Upper Hudson Valley the snow is two feet deep..: Transportation systems ; eyerywhereare dislocated. Seventeen deaths have been reported. '. A. gale with the temperature helow zero, is adding to. the suffering.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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135LOW TEMPERATURE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1985, 16 February 1914, Page 5
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