Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1918 — BELOW ZERO WEATHER AGAIN [ARTICLE]

BELOW ZERO WEATHER AGAIN

Mercury Dropped to 6 Below Zero Wednesday Night. The blizzard Tuesday afternoon was one of the worst that has struck Rensselaer this winter, and it was not so bad here as it was in some other parts of the state. Perhaps eight or ten inches, of snow fell here and in places it drifted quite badly. At Hammond twelve inches fell which, added to the two feet or more which fell the Saturday previous, almost completely paralyzed traffic in the Calumet region. It is said to have been the worst storm experienced there in fifty years, and in places the snow was piled up six feet or more in depth. Coal dealers and merchants were unable to make deliveries in many instances and considerable Buffering resulted. Two and three feet of snow was also reported at Michigan City, Ft. Wayne, Richmond and other points. The mercury! which had been a few degrees above zero for a few days, took a sudden and unexpected drop Wednesday night and the government thermometer out at St. Joseph college Wednesday morning registered 6 below zero. It warmed up considerably Thursday and the coldest point reached Thursday night was 14 above. At the hour of going to press Friday afternoon, the taercury reg; istered 22 above zero, and the weather prediction for today was fair.