The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-07
FROST ON The WING
Blizzard Upon Blizzard
Travelling to Us From
the Far West.
FIRST SNOW FLURRIEs HERE
Man Frozen to Death in New
York, Another at Fall
Riyer-Sandy Hook
% @ Beacon Dark.
a3ssaas-
East,aNest and South Covered by
the Cold Wave - Desperate
eeAsFrost in England-Ship-
ping in Danger.

Snow today and another cold wave
coming was the first remark made by
Farmer Dunn when he was seen this
morning number of persons called
up the prophet ~ telephone TO learn
from him there would be snow enough
for slsiShnG to-day, bur to these Mr..
Dunn was non-ceUmittal.
The Iswsst mark that the mercury
Touched today wss degrees above zero,
degrees warmer than the lowest point
reached yesterday. The force Of the wind
had alss srsAtH decreased this morning
The slisAt moderation Ia the tsnpsra-
ture today is bat q BRIEF respite between
cold waves. according TO MT. Dunn. An
other wave. which he oharactsrizes as
the coldsst and most extensive this coun-
try has sssn for years 10 now coming
out sf ths West, he says, and Is scheduled
to reach this city in from twenty-four
to thrty-six hours.
The eacsntnE cold wave is now doing
BUSINESS IN tAs Middle States, and 1t
covers al east Of hhe Rocky Mountains,
except small strip atsng the border Of
the Atlantic and East &ulf coasts.
The thermometers rsgistsr zero as far
south as Northern Texas and in North
LCLlSi&Ql AAS kA6 tAAohscs Ality,
the Lswsr Lake regisas, and on east to
ths xortAsast coast Of New Eagland.
Ths 4nk place IN the Uaatsd States to-
day wAs~s Hae tsnlpsS'aturs Is not below
the fsaalns peint u In small portions
of Georgia Eioriss, North and South
CarolaA and the southern half of Vir-
g.ria.
Tasrs were severe storms this morning
~
coast. Taxs ia the storm which moved
east froEa the LsWsr Mississippi Valley
yesterday afternoon. and 1t was attend
cd By rain, snow and heavy winds. 1t
-tss z, ulads itself felt in the South Allan
tic &sd East 0vlf States
There Is snow this morning over the
central ana lower Lae region and as far
north as Baltimore and Washington.
The big storm is now moving swiftly to
the northeast and will create high
northeast to northwest gales along this
coast The wind hare today is from the
northeast and will remain from that
direction all day, but before tomorrow it
will have shifted around 70 the north
west.
During ths past twsnty-four hours
there has been a very unusual fall in
Temperature in the region between the
Mississippi Valley ana the Rocky Noun
tains. That region has been making the
record for Geld weather nearly all Of this
winter kzt far several days 1t has bsen
bsatsn ~ many places south Of hasen
ana Dsxsa's HRs.
The t.A In temperature recorded there
last Hagst shews an average OF % deg.
and eaoe moro pnfs tho cold weather
record in the far Esst.
The esl1 wave that the Wssserners
are now Dragging abest 10 following be-
hind the snewetorn, and until the storm
passes the weather will be a tribe
warmer
Mr. Dunn sAga that the mercury will
remain slightly above zero all day, but
that 1t win dea1 tonsrrew and probably
best tAs record established ysstsrday.
scH,e( Of the tsmpsrature reports re-
csivea at tAs weather Bureau this morn
ing wees:-
wilsksen, N. D.. g asg, below zero;
Bosten, 3 deg above zero; Chicago, 4
deg; Albany, Memphis, St. Paul and
Little Rock, zero; Oswego, 10 deg. below
zero: Dntuth. - dag. below; Moosehead,
80 deg. below: Huron, 8. d., 81 deg. be-
low; Bismarck 80 deg. below; Miles
City, "a deg. below. MoosShead and Will
liston wsts tied for the record at 90 deg
below zero.
zone great benefit OF this moderation
of ofItsnpsratnre Ia that the ice-heund in
shabitazts Of Barren LsAnA and Can
arsis eaR new be rsAeheA ~ water
Ths rAlread Of the Manhattan Beach
sdivtsisa u sttll Sc lady blecksS BY the
snow that six snxinss failed In an at
stsupt 10 bait thsir way through the
EbloskaAs yesterday.
( Ghs residents Of these two little towns
oon JassaioA Bay have, ever since the
bHsser4 ee eMsaenced, been eemplstly iso-
lated. bat new that the ice has broken
away TO q great extent they can be
reached BY water.
Al man was frezsn 10 death in New
York last night. He was apparently about
Is years old A policemsn found him
lying unconscious IN cellar 1T Ne. 80
West Fifty-thIrd strsst at eleven o'clock,
ana haa Aim removed to the Roosevelt
Hospital There it was found that his
hands and feet had bean frozen and
portions of his erms and legs. In spite
of every effort the man died at 1890
o'clock this morning without resaining
consciousness So far this is the only
fatal case Of freezing this winter.
The only thing found In the dead mans
pockets was an old and very. dirty en-
vslops bearing the address IL. Loch-
mann, 1sm Lexington arenus." There
was ne msasy teund, sAd the pshes Of
the west FsrU-ssveath street station
are inckasA t. think tkAt he wandered
into the ssllar ateHcatsd and fell
asleep there
He was feet 8 inches tall. Of fair
complexion, With lisht moustache. Kts
clothing consisted Of : ,hlack svercsst.
Scotch tweed trosssrs ana Jacket, black
ysst, ssrh0 hat aAA Laced sAsss. The
boAv wes rexneysd = Ae rasrsss.
The sasemic buoy hnss N Gsdney's 8
Channel, A4l the one en ths Southwest
Spit, Nave AZ bssa extinguishsd by the
heavy seating Lea. These hshts are in
candexcsat lamps e lce candle power
eseh, enclosed 10 strong lanterns, hay
iuz thick red or white glasses. when
are placed on long spar -huoys. They are