The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-31
WINDY HAVOC.
Houses Unroofed, Trees and
Awnings Wrecked and
Windows Broken.
Ho0s & sCHULTZ's DAMAGED
The Metal Roof Lifted Two Feet
Phil Martins Flats
Sealped.
Disaster Afoat, Too--A Canal Boat
Captains Narrow
Escape.

as that which set awnings Tapping,
shutters slarnming and loose timbers
crashing last Thursday evening. 1t blew
away the last of the rain storm which
wet travellers earlier in the evening.
They were more fortunate than the later
prowlers. About midnight they found
it more conducive to health to take to
fhe middle of the street. Creaking signs
over the sidewalk, which threaten every
moment to precipitate themselves upon
the pedestrians head, are harder to dodge
than trolley cars.
AT ten O'Clock scores of passengers
stood under sheds and in doorways along
Monticello avenue Communipaw avenue.
Ocean avenue and Grand street, waiting
in vain for trolley car. Some had been
waiting for fifteen minutes and most of
them waited another quarter of an hour
rather than brave the rain which was
just beginning to drive along before the
wind
Many were the harsh criticisms on the
methods employed by the Traction Com
pany from the impatient walters for the
cars that came not. "Give me the old
Fhorse cars" shouted one frate old gentle
man. with no wires to blow down, no
fuses to burn down and no general
slaughter of the city's Inhabitants. They
came on time, slowly maybe. but they
got there just the same. When one of
these got out of order it could be hauled
to the curb and left until morning When
one of these heavy hulks gets off the
track it's a big contract to put it back
again.
hTba causa If all this DELAY was tbe COL
Esision batwaen two cars al Jersey avenue
The storm raised havoc in The lower
eaetion of the citv Tho wind n1avad
f,,n,,,y n,,,nl,s and did coneidaratle dam
aya II bourlad aronnd I.ouis Rrooma,s
,rscl,;tect,ral ,,oo,,strositv r,ada +bo chief
ig3i5,os :, Iobn 1xiornon,s h.s-roliofs
bsna -, fo, t,,a,r aoo ,1;,,es 70 ttair f,st-
eni,'es M, ,,,,a,,ats f,,u :. n,a+s. do,,,,,
oti,,s,sor,
60
r.se,,-. 80 an. 60 a -
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siie -ooi 49, pe oio~n oh' pu'
~ eo''eileo - sa'Ai .ne ,roil-
$3.50 - e' 'on-' i''s
isn piuiiio-oops ~, inaue r.
=, oppooi.e ,oa ene llionseroslly
Nos, 4oi anu 100 noli.s emery street eA.
isNe uoA,ase 's ~as aoi'e ne ioo. ~
eiic muses. was iileeu rom l's nasteiiliss
1iiu oiie-iiaA u u nurieo iisto Inc street,
eai,ls ana an. ne smashing anu
iasnihs u .iiifpers' accoihpd.ieu Wy ',ie
ioient shaklng c1 the puliolns' awah-
iiee -tle sleepihs inmates anu telriiieo
aes rusieo lieo the streees III scan'y at
re-
occupants ci houses III Inc ehtire pioch
seie amsfNe,'eu ~ tne iaehe. anu .elli.
'.s 60 me- ii'0" pa -
a;a,,1. ieseu anu ior NO. =, .neAi a. .Aoui r.
srs-4o- 80 ,s.s,,.,d w ~ tta
- -. sas,,se,,.1ss NJ ,o4 80
90 = ra,,a,.S,s 80 ,,,a,,ra,o,,s E1ra,,
,yn;,a +ha,, r,,aro r,,,,,,i,,o MAJ oho,,t
~ s+roat +ba .;. Voc tsI,a, NTH bits Of
u-ood sloss nd III Tho bonses ara
|7sownaI IN, Pbil;r, n Martir, ths n,,rnber
I4e ast,,,,afes b,s 1oss a. q oeo
4. Anothar bnijding serfonslv damaged is
fhe one oceupied bv Hoos and Schultz.
tthe Newark avenue furniture dealers
The Newark avenue store runs back
sabout l25 feet. and is about one and a
half stories higher than the adjoining
buildings.
Fl The wind consequently had clean
sweep of 1t. The roof was raised about
two feet off the walls and twiried in an
odd manner. The cracking OF the roof
imbers alarmed the occupants of puild-
ngs near by, but before they mad dls-
covered the cause OF the treuple the
eft apparently saushed with the damage
had zone. Inc leuln9atioh Waiis On
the puiialng We're shaken, Waiis cracked
ana ABOUT sz,oVo oanase uone'
An along newark avenue consioeGaoie
damage was oone Signs were p.owh
Pdown ana WindoWs Wreckeo- one ol 'ne
large plate glass WINDOWS Oh Marshali
BARS ciotnlng store was blown IN
The electric light wires IN =. =. BERN
STEMS mammoth emporium became cross
ed and set fire to the awning. The Fire
department was called out and the flames
were extinguished before any serious
damage was done
III Van Worst Park limbs of trees were
Snapped off and many of the newly plant
I'D shrubs were destroyed. Hundreds of
sparrows, blown from the limbs, were
billed. They were gathered up this morn
ng by Italians. A similar condition of
affairs existed in Hamilton Park. Near
" oil r.f +,,a streets down tnVvn wera If |