The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-13
INCIDENTS OF THE STORM
Coal Dealers Besiged and
Letter Carriers Well
Nigh Exhausted.

It is surely an ill wind that blows no
one good and the coal men profted by the
blizzardy weather. People wanted coal
and they wanted it all at once. The con-
overwhelmed with orders, and all day
yesterday the people of Jersey City were
treated to the novel sight of seeing coal
being delivered on Sunday. Even this
did not supply the demand, and this morn
ing the dealers all found themselves con-
fronted with many orders. Fortunately
they were all able to meet the demand
and there was no signs of a famine. In
some few cases when the consumed want
ed too, he was not given ali he ordered.
The letter carriers had hard time get
ting around in the storm. With their
hands full of letters and their arms load
ed with newspapers they wearily plowed
through the knee deep snow in the dis
them this is holiday, and they had only
one trip to make. The newspaper carriers
also had trouble on account of the storm.
In the first place owing to the difficulty
the ferryboats had in crossing the river
they were late in starting out. Then fear
ing that the papers might be lost in the
snow if thrown in yard in the usual
manner they walked into the yards and
threw them in the area ways of their GUS
TONER'S house. This, of course, took more
time, and it was ten or eleven o'clock be-
fore many who are in the habit of re-
ceiying their papers before breakfast. had
any news yesterday of today. The extra
work was very trying on the newsmen,
and many of them were nigh exhausted
when the-- had finished serving their
routes.
William Coyle, a laborer, of No. 1S2
Greene street, narrowly escaped freezing
to death Sunday morning. Had it not
been for Mr. Stephen T. Herig, on whose
stoop Coyle was foufnd at five o'clock
Sunday morning, he would probably have
been dead in another hour. Mr.. Herig
lives on Gator avenue, near Ocean ave-
nue.. and being in the paper business.
had occasion to rise very early. AS he
stepped out of his house at five o'clock.
he discovered Coyle, asleep, on the stoop,
with an inch of snow over him.
The unfortunate fellow was half un-
dressed. His shoes and stockings were
found lying in a corner nearby and he
had taken his overcoat off. Mr.. Herig
| notified the police of the Ocean avenue
station. Coyle was taken to the station
house in the patrol wagon, where he
was thawed out He said he started out
to see some friends Saturday evening
and wound up in Greenville, after hav-
ing spent all his money Coyle said he
thought he drank too much and fofrgot
where he was.
| water main burst in front of No Al
@Palisade avenue, yesterday, and flooded
all the cellars in the,vicinity. force o
men were kept busy for some hours re
pairing the main under great difficulties.
The intensely cold weather has impedet
the progress of work on the big three
story L-shaped wing Of Christ Hospital
now approaching completion. The room
are being plastered and 1t was hoped tha
the wing would be in such condition tina
the rooms could be opened to privat
! patients some time in April. 1t is prob
able now that this cannot be done unit
May. Some of the rooms will contain tw
beds The operating room will be on tn
top floor and win be one Of the bes
equipped Of any in the State. The win
corresponds architeeturally to the mai
i building and has added materially to tn
imposing appearance Of the building
When the wing is completed the institu
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