The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-22
TERRIFIC TORNADO.
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TIE METROPOLIS SUBMERGED.
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Churches, Buildings, Awnings, Chimneys,
Signs and Blinds Blown Down and
Scattered about the Streets.
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The Uprooting Of Trees in Union
Park and Tompkins Square.
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Carts and Carriages Blown Over
in the Streets.
Serious Calamity at Hunters Point,
Long Island.
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TWO HEN KILLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY,
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rye MEN KILLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED.
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY,
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As metropolis wished yesterday by terrific Tor.
psAs and u under shower only lasted thirty minutes,
bus In thas short space Of time it did great deal Of
aamsge began about ten minutes before four o'cock
afternoon. More houses injured, trees
uppoosed and awnings blown TO strings than
before by any storm in this city Ten fifteen large
size torn up by the roots and prosrated In
Union square alone, three or four Of the largest
IN Tcmpkins square blown down, q church in
Ffssy foxrth street was nearly demolished, carts
snd carriages, with their contents, were actually
sapsi1ed in the streets by the force Of the wind,
saimneys we're blown down. blinds torn from their
hinges signs and awnings scattered in wild confusion in
every direction brick and wooden houses, in a number
4 streets, were more or less damaged-some very
seriously; vessels forced their moorngs and blown
INTO the river the American Flint Glass walls partially
demolished at Hunters Point, killing two me- and wound
ing seven; shrubbeYy in hundreds of gardens utterly
prorated and the streets flooded with water that they
looked like running rivers New York was, In fact cub
merged for about hair an hour
What particulars reporters could gather last night
Of the eject tornado are annexed The accounts
yennd of the hurricanes in the West Indies and the
recent storms at the West.
TIE HURRICANE AT HUNTERS POINT.
yHB AMERICAN FLINT GLASS CoMPANY's FACTORY
DlowN DowS-rwo PERSONS KILLED AND sKvEN
INJURED - $4,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY DE5-
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knee Of Hunters Point, Long island and all along the
shore Of the East river the Williamsburg eide
sAs ,eehborhood Of Green Point.
The wind rs. felt coming strongly from the north
west accompanied by frequent peels OF thunder aud vivid
nghtning flashes At Greenpont and the vicinity mme.
diaaciy above the rain fell at time water
frsm IRE engine hose, ard persons who exposed
% us fury could with difficulty keep their feet.
About half past four O'Clock the afternoon the west
wing Of the factory belonging to tho American
Flint Glass Company, at Hunters Point fell, with
tremendous crash, having yielded to the FURY OF
tho gale. Two Of the fifteen persons who were In
the building were killed, and seven injured, and woman
seriously that is feared she will survive. For
sunatsy the main building in which there wero nearly
s.s hundred workmon employed, wlhstood the gale,
else the lcss Of life would have been fearful.
INC wing which blown down was properly a long,
brck she'd, rather than building, aud used
for cutting, finishing andpacking the glass which
nufactured in the main building. There uslaly
twenty persons employed ibis wing, but through
fortunate accident only fifteen persons were at work
when " was blown down.
The wing was I53 feet long and 90 feet wide and al
s~gh there were three stories only rs feet high
nero was barely room to stand up each floor without
inches thick and built in nimsy a manner TIA. the
beams dsd not reach from wall o,wa but joined by
gkdcrs The partition that from end OF the wing
- We other.
he upper noor through is whole length, occupied
~ sAArg the weight Of several tons and tbs added
70 The insecurity Of the structure
As the wing ran from cas-, 70 west, experienced the
fan ry the gale along the whole length and might
- expected, was topped down in instant, and nav
nes and uudistInguishablo heap OF ruins.
the announcement that the wcst wing had fallen flied
me workmen the main building with alarm, and the fa,
tory vacated. AZ the workmen
cd from their terror they determined 10 return and
80 what could done for the unfortunate persons who
verc buried tho ruins. They accordingly did so, aud
were reinforced by the workmen from all the neIghbor
Ing factories to the number OF nearly thouaand besides
. company Of nrcmeu The went 10 work with q
w and less than half hour the ruins cleared,
and the dead and injured removed
Annexed are their names
Bernard slsne, one Of the foremen, killed.
Thomas Gill, engineer, killed.
Mary Ann Mcclure, severely injured about the head
and body Not expected 10 live.
Thomas Q. M;Meighan injured on the head and arms,
hut not seriously.
Mary Ann Hopkins, injured slightly on the necs.
Ellen welsh, injured on the head and body.
Mary Csiiok, injured slightly.
Patrick o'Brien, slightly injured.
James harvey, shoulder dslocaicd
Edmund slasseriy, head cut and foot crushed
Mr.. Bernard slime was 90 years Of age. he was the
Athcr of the Superintendent OF the works Mr. g. sAne
He was killed while attempting 70 escape.
IN Gill; the engineer, taken out Of the ruins
BY The members Of Valley Forge Engine Company Com.
pany No. II, OF Grcenpoint. Among the wounded who
were taken out Of the ruins were James Harvey, who
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~ crushed TO require ampus,on which operation WINS
performed Edmund satterly taken out Of tho ruins
with bis head cut aud foos crushed not seriously
injured; Thomas C. Mcchan the bcokkecpcr Of the
bshment, was also severely injured, by being bruised
about the back by the falling umbers The above all
That known TO be injured killed, and is probable
chat there
MISS Mary Ann Hopkins had very narrow escape with
her life when walls began 10 fall she lay down on
her hands and face and gave herself up for lost When
she dcsfenlng crash shc almost smothered with
the dust, but found herself unhurt couple OF beams
kept the timbers and brick away from Ter, aud save
slight pressure on her hips, her posi.owS quite
rablc Her only fear was that when the men began 70
work Of the ruins the beam that protected her would DO
removed and she be crushed by falling bricks This
however, fortunately for her. did not occur and she was
removed almost uninjured.
Mr. Meehsn the clerk Of the raoory, STATES that shout
the time the rain storm up he observed The plaster
ing over his desk 10 FALL and his attention Immediate
y directed 10 tho falling Of plaster In cthx parts OF ne
room. Immediately the building seemed 10 have been
struck by violent storm wind and FELL buryng those
10 beneath the ruins. He states that there were but
nseen persons in that portion the building ct tho time OF
The catastrophe, and s satisfied that no more are
under The unien He describes the effect Of the blow or
hurricane as being 'oer and then crushing fall Of the
whole structure.
rhs alarm given 70 the Seventeenth ward station
house. when the fire bells rung, and tho engines Of
the Eastern district proceeded 10 The spot Engine Co. No.
H. Of 6reerpoint rendered efficient service assisting
removing The wre Of the building and ertricsing the
dead and vVvnded. Fortunately there wS no Gre, OF