Boiler at South
School Too Warm
The boiler at the South school “popped off” steam this
morning under heavy pressure, mist rose in the building and the children got a
holiday. It was feared the boiler had burst and the young ones were sent home about
9:30. No damage was done, City Manager Ballew reported this afternoon, and the
children will return to school tomorrow.
Children in some of the lower grades at the other schools
were dismissed at noon on account of the cold.
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Mercury Falls to 5
Above Zero
The mercury dropped to 5 degrees above zero last night,
indicated the coldest weather of the winter and showed quite a number of
Hickory people why the water pipes are frozen stiff this morning. It was the
kind of cold that penetrates through one’s ears and almost brings tears.
Sunday was not much warmer, the thermometer not registering above
30 degrees throughout the whole day On top of the cold was a stiff wind that
cut through one’s clothing an caused the flesh to shake. It was some cold. The mercury
yesterday morning, however, was only 18 degrees above, as against 12 degrees on
Saturday.
The plumbers will be active for the next few days and many
families will be up against it for water. Nature is making up for the mild weather
last winter and for the ideal fall that made everybody glad.
The weather was cold in Caldwell also this morning,
according to Dr. F.B. Hicks, who motored into town as usual this morning.
Incidentally, the Catawba river was frozen over below the bridge.
Sunday there was a slight fall of snow, but the weather was
too cold for the real thing.
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