The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-15
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
EVERY ONE HAS 4 REITINISCENCE
 or THE LATE STORM

Personal E1pcriences-Thc Street Cars
 and the Snow Clearing The Letter
 Carriers Hard Labors-Burials De-
 layed nt the Cemetery-The Late Han-
 nah C. Hurd-The Death of Maria
 Dc Matty.
 Nearly every one who was out in the big storm of Monday has story to tell about 1t. Some who were out in the evening reached their homes with diffi- culty. Early yesterday morning the Fair Haven and Westville railroad was completely tied up, but by o'clock one track was open into the city. A gang of shovelers preceded the sweeper to cut down the drifts, and the sweeper was reinforced with the power of two passenger cars coupled on the rear, and the six motors pushed the sweeper along until it became stalled again. Early in the morning two cars were run together back and forth between the car house and the corner of State and Chapel streets, but very many. preferring not to wait, walked in on the car tracks where the sweeper had open ed path. In the afternoon the cars were running at intervals of about f1f- teen minutes. The Fair Haven end of the Ferry street line and the East Pearl street line are still blocked with snow. A big army of shovelers were out, and in some places on Grand avenue the drifts were higher than a mans head. Early yesterday morning grocers sent their goods around in baskets, but in the afternoon some of the delivery teams were in use. The first team seen driving in from the city yesterday morning was a bakers cart with two horses, and then came meat wagon with supply of fresh beef.
 Most of the letter carriers from sta- tion A made only two trips yesterday The mails were light owing to the non- arrival of trains and the walking was very hard Carrier Hyde of the Light house Point route was forced to aban- don his sleigh, as the roads were not broken out, and, mounting his horse, | delivered the mail on horseback. He could only make one trip. Carrier Coo gan, who has the big district in the Ce- dar Hill region, made only one trip. The carriers suffered most in the cold storm of Monday and made only one trip. On | some of the routes it required seven l hours to make the trip.
 Shovelers were busy yesterday break | ing out the entrance to the Fair Haven cemetery and some of he avenues There is to be funeral to-day, if the | grave can be dug.
 Mrs. Hannah c. Hurd, who died at | the church home, 125 Wall street, Sun day, was for many years resident of | Fair Haven and until she went to the home about year ago. She was a na- tive of East Haven and the widow of Smith Hurd. Two sons survive--Wal- ter and Charles Hurd of New York city Mrs. Hurd was seventy eight years of age She was formerly member of the Second Congregational church. The funeral will be held from the Memorial chapel in the Fair Haven cemetery this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The remains will be placed in the receiving vault and later, when grave can be dug, the burial will be in the East Haven ceme- tery.
 Maria De Matty died in Fair Haven on Monday at the age of ejghty-five years. For the past three years she had made her home with her son, An thony De Matty, the we'll known boot and shoe dealer. It was expected last evening that the funeral would take place this afternoon from the De Matty 36 East Pearl street, but defi- mite arrangements had not been made. Mrs. De Matty had never been sick day until January 3, when she fell and broke her hip, and which was the cause of her death. She suffered greatly She was born in Genoa came to this coun- try in 1869 and settled in Brockton, Mass. Her husband, John De Matty, lied in 1864. A daughter, Mrs. D. Leo- nardi of New Bedford, Mass, was with her during her last illness. Two sons, Pasqualli De Matty of Pittsburg and Nicholas De Matty, expect to be here at he funeral. Mrs. De Matty was very smart old woman and might have lived o round out century but for her acci- : lent. The Ladies' Sewing circle of the Fer y street Congregat tional church will 'erve supper and give an entertainment 1t the church this evening.
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