Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — ZERO WEATHER RECORDS [ARTICLE]

ZERO WEATHER RECORDS

Are Broken For Many Years In Cold Wave Which k Sweeps Entire 1 Country. Cold weather records for many years have been broken in the past jev days in the cold wave which h,as had the entire country in its grasp since Wednesday., Many people have frozen to ,death in various parts of the country, thousands o! sheep and cattle have perished in the. northwest, and much suffering among the poor of the large cities, where the charity organizations have been taxed beyond their limit, lias resulted. In Rensselaer po real suffering has resulted so far as known, for the few por we have, like those of smaller cities, can easily be cared for once they make their condition known. But it has kept 1 the meis folks pretty busy feeding the stoves and furnaces and thawing out frozen water pipes. The government thermometer at St. Joseph’s College each night] since j Wednesday has registered as follows: Thursday .5 above Friday , . ... ........ 7 below Saturday 10 below Sunday 18 below Monday 6 below Tuesday 9 below The above is the lowest point reached at any time, during the 24 hours preceding 6 a. ’m. ( of the days given. - ' The boilers of the 'heating systems of the, Rensselaer Garage and the public library bursted and It will he several days before they can be repaired. Some damage was also done to the boiler at the poor farm, hut not sufficient to put it out of business and no difficulty has been experienced in keeping the building warm.

Miss Bruce’s primary room, which was being taught in the library, has been temporarily given quarters in Co. Supt. Lamson’s office until the repairs to the heating system can be made. The plumbers have been kept on the jump all the time thawing out frozen pipes and repairing bursted ones, and it is thought the damage wrought will reach perhaps $2,000 ■in the city. Sunday and Monday some snow fetp-and Monday the mercury got up to 12 above zero, but dropped to 9 below during the night. The snow now covering the ground here is about three inches deep, but in southern Indiana it is ten inches, breaking the record of years? The weather report for today is continued cold, variable temperature.