New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-10
WORh OF Il VICIOUS STORM
MUCH DAMAGE CAUSED IN THE sr-RrPRS
TREES, TELEPHONE WIRES AND BUILDINGS
BLOWN DOwN-BOATs WRECKED AND AN
ELECTRIC POWER STATION STRUCK

by LIGHTNING.
The storm of Saturday evening left a path
Of destruction in Fatbush which has not been
equa!led there for mrny years It's work could
he seen Yesterday on the principal streets OF the
east side of the towi, noticcablv Hawthorne
Fennimore and Winthrop SIS. and Lincoln Road
These covered with young eaplings. which
were torn up bv the roots, and with stout
branches of elms and oaks Traffic is impcdcd
by the wrcclagc. The beautiful lawns of Mclroso
Park. the home of Mr. and Mrs w. Brown, the
spacious lawns surrounding "Fcnnlmorc" the
home of DR. Homer L. Bartlett. and four acres
of the lawrs of the nome of Mrs Gertrude
Vanderbilt. of Flathush-ave.. are strcwn with
the limbs of trees The grounds of the Knckcr-
booker Field Club are dcspoilcd of their bcauti-
full patches of shrubbcry and of their young
trees which lined the walks. The rustic fences
torn up and smashed.
A live electric light wire. which had been
snapped by the storm and blown across other
wires. caused excitement till placed ont of harm :
way at midnight The wire extended across Flat
bnsh-ave.. thence along the grounds Of Mclros'
Park to the home Of Robert s. Walker, whcr"
a stout oak tree had been rent asnndor with Il
crash by the storm. Robert McElvrey. Henry
Borchers and Joseph Mulanev. all of Flatbush.
snccossivelv tried to remove the wire from Tn"
sidewalk Borchcrs had Lis left hand severely
scOrched ard all three thrown to the ground
from the shock Al midnight the dangerous wire
was removed.
The storm was especially severe in tho Orange,
The wind attained frightfu velocity, and l1Nt
before the rain fell the streets for a short time
vere impassshle from the clouds Of dust which
wera whirled in every direction. Great damage
was done all over this part of the state by TN"
breaking of branches and the wrcnching and
twisting of trees which wthsood the blast.
Yesterday the streets were lined in all directions
with boughs
Elizabeth was comparatively lucky in III"
fierce gale Bcyond the dcmollshng of score
of trees and the blowing down of number oil
signs. the walls of the ruined Opera House ana Il
number of telephone wires, no other damasc Is
reported.
it Tremley and Carteret villages, however,
three miles below Elizabeth, the storm played
havoc. tearing up trees by the roots, blowing the
roofs on some barns. topping over irdm" mn
ings and shaking houses and factories 10 ''rIl 'r
foundations panic was caused III som" oI III"
rsta ablshmcnts the alarmed woIkmcn, Wi" W'r"
lust about to quit work for the day; thinking VA,
the buildings were about 10 tumble GOWN Inc
employees made n wild ru>l! INTO the open n'r ,,:u.
Inc blow was especially severe on me MIS-
whore for fifteen minutes il wa Impossible 10 seq
ANYTHING for the winds beating th" waves INTO
foam \ number Of small craft were torn nom
their moorinGs and dashed against eacn QUIZ
while several small boats were cast upo" NV
shores of Staten Island.
The electric hight station in Mount vernon wa
struck by lightning in the storm ana t" ffnl''W''
OF the dynamo was burned out; me power loI '.F
trolley road from Dunwoodie Station. Workers, 70
Mount Vernon is furnished from this place. ana
ali traffic was suspended until the line coud b'
connected with the power house at lonkcr''