The next letter is front MR. WILLIAM R. THURMAN of Woodhaven, L. I., New York,

Mr. Thurman was nine the year of the Blizzard. His father had a small store in Grand Street, Brooklyn. The family apparently, from what follows, lived in or near Newtown, adjacent to Brooklyn. They were to move to a new home on March 12th at seven in the morning. Everything was in readiness for the departure, "all movable articles already boxed or barreled, the stove and pipes taken down. . . . When Dad tried to pull up the roller shutters Monday A. M. the strap broke, showing there was great pressure on the outside. Finally he raised it and an avalanche of snow fell in the doorway from the huge drifts outside, and it was still snowing.

"No moving that day! And no coal or wood in the house with the water frozen. Put up the stove again, broke up some boxes for firewood and melted snow for water. Remember there were four smaller children in the house than 1. The following day Dad and I fought our way to Newton Creek coal yards with my small sled and secured a bag of coal. The drifts were very high, 6 or 7 feet I believe, but outside of the inconvenience no one suffered much. . . . And when the first snowplow or sweeper came through a few days later with 12 or 14 horses, what a bombardment did the driver and helpers get from the neighborhood kids."