SIXTY BELOW ZERO IN THE YUKON
Further Intense Colcl Forecast NEW YORK, Febrnary 9.. Pourteen persons died yesterday from cold throughout North America, including* six in New York city. Tepiperatures in some areas were more than 20 degrees below zero. The lowest in New Yorlc was five degrees above zero. Further intense cold is forecast for the week-end. At Dawson, in the Yukon, householders burned picket fences, discarded forniture and even woodsheds when the cold snap entered its 15th day. Temperatures ai'e averaging 60 degrees below zero.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5324, 10 February 1947, Page 5
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87SIXTY BELOW ZERO IN THE YUKON Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5324, 10 February 1947, Page 5
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