The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-01-26
sun SMILES ON A
WHITE CITY
Jersey City People Digging
Themselves Cut Today
With the Thermom-
eter at Zero.
OED FREAKS or THE WIND
Moantaiz and Valleys Form
ed BY It's Relentless
Fur Fire and Death
in the Storm.
OED FREAKS or THE WIND

The contrast between today and yes
rdag is brilliant So brilliant that it
blinds ones eyes to look upon it. The
clouds of swirling snow yesterday blinded
man and beast. But Old Sol eventually
triumphed, as he always does, and this
morning he looked serenely down upon
the havoc caused BY yesterdays great
blizzard His CHEEKY smile Illuminated
the strange scene and touched it up with
dazzling brilliancy. And strange scene
he looked down upon. With all the snow
storms of the present winter and those of
nearly two decades, no such street scenes
have been witnessed as those that fol
lowed upon the heels of yesterdays bliz-
zard. In the early morning it was abso-
lutely picturesque The snow sweepers
Of the Public Service Corporation had
gotten in their fine work during the night
after the storm abated and the wind had
stopped piling up drifts as fast as the
tracks were cleared, and this morning the
roadways were almost as clean swept As
parlor floor, but the curbs were lined
with snow banks almost shoulder high.
In the downtown streets the snow had
been early removed from the sidewalks,
adding to the height of the piles along
the curb. Thus there were three par
allel lanes in each street and through
these marched an army of toilers and
school children, those in one lane being
able 70 see but the head and shoulders
Of those marching in the others 1t
reminded one of descriptions Of soldiers
marching in trenches. Many men had
equipped themselves yesterday with regu-
lar army leggings and with their strange
storm caps pulled down about their ears
easily reminded one of the pictures of
Russian and japanese soldiers which
take up 50 much space these days in the
newspapers and magazines. Ii was zero
but healthy weather and the keen, crisp
air brought the blush Of health to nearly
ali faces, while the colored worsted head
gear of school children added briliancy
to the strange but picturesque scene.
The storm was not, however, without
tragic features.
At 7.45 o'clock fire broke out in the
yilla-like home of DR.. James Kid at Ton
nele and Sip avenue The streets of that
ristocrtic section Of the city which is not
traversed by the trolley cars are piled
high With huge drifts Of snow No. Is
Engine in responding to an alarm for the
FIRE got stuck in big drift and had to be
pulled out by extra horses and men with
rope. No. 10 Engine house is located
about block from the scene of the FIRE.
10. Engine Company also responded to
the alarm but the company and apparat-
US could not make its way through the
big drifts and We're obliged to turn back.
The flames Of the burning building thus
gained great headway and by the time
tiremen succeeded in reaching the build
ing it was doomed. The loss will foot IN
nearly $4,000. DR.. Kid, with the aid
Of his brother; DR.. Joseph Kid, who lives
next door brought out his two infant chill
dren and the aged mother of the Doctors
wife, Mrs. Mitchell, an octogenarian.
Henry Meyer, who for thirty-fye years
kept a cafe at the junction of York and
Grsgory street directly opp site the Acad-
enay Of Music, closed up r place of bus
mess At 1890 O'Clock and started across
Gregory street 70 his home nearly op-
posite. The wind had piled up huge
snow bank along the entire block on the
north side Of the street. 4 freak of the
great wind in the piting Of this great
bank shoulder high. along the curb was
that it left the sidewalk Of the whole
curved block almost free and those who
ventured out to attend the show at the
Academy had little sfifaealty in reaching
The popular play house Mr.. Meyer. AFTER
closing his cafe attempted to get through
the big bank Of snow in front of his
hone. He slipped and fiounaered. He
fried fer heifs and xfae ,.oeeuad 1,u enu