EXTREME COLD
NORTH AMERICA SUFFERS. TWENTY DEATHS REPORTED. ZERO TKMPERATURES RECORDED LiY CABLE—PJIESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEICitIT (Received Jan. 3(3, 9.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The United States and Canada are shivering under a wave of extreme cold accompanied by terrific winds, which reached a velocity of 84 miles per hour. The sufferings of the people were increased in some localities by a shortage of coal, due to the strike. The police are sheltering the homeless. Only parts of the south escaped zero weather. The following temperatures were recorded: Montreal 11 degrees below zero, Winnipeg 19 below, Port Arthur 28 below, New York zero, Philadelphia six above zero, Northville and Vermont 16 below. Twenty deaths have already been reported, mostly from fires due to overheating, several from exposure, and one through an explosion to an overheated furnace. Argentina in the meantime is suffering from a heat wave.—A. and N.Z. Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 January 1926, Page 5
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148EXTREME COLD Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 January 1926, Page 5
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