Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-14
CYCLONE STRIKES NEW YORK
One Life Lost ard Large Amount Of Val
liable Property Destroyed
SEVERAL KILLED IN SUBURBAN TOWNS
village of Cherry niii Practic, Ally wiped
Out OF ESistence-Considerabie Damage
Done at the Hamlet OF Fairmouut-
Medical Aid rendered.

NEW YORK, July 13.-The first cyclone in
many years struck New York this afternoon
and resulted fatally in one instance, besides
wreckng a large amount of valuable prop
erty. The cyclone descended upon the upper
part Of East New York, known as Cypress
hills, at 4:30 continued on it's way to the
lower plains district, and next Travelled to
Woodhaven. The cloud was first seen going
over Cypress hills. It was funnel-shaped am
hung very low to the ground. At the upper
end was red spot that appeared more like
an incandescent light than anything else The
cyclone swept over the city cemetery, wreck
Ing handsome and costly monuments 1t tore
down trees for about 200 feet and then turned
into Jamaica avenue at Crescent street, and
went up Jamaica avenue for about half a mile
trees were torn down and telephone and
trolley wires demolished. Right in the mid
die Of the wreckage six cars were caught.
They belonged to the Brooklyn & Suburban
railroad, and were struck when in front of
the Stewart home. The cars were filled with
passengers and there was great excitement
Half dozen persons were slightly injured
The cyclone wrecked thirty houses at
Woodhaven, and very large school house
There were twenty residents of Woodhayen
hit by various objects which were carried
the air as though they were no heavier than
feathers. At Woodhaven woman was in
an clubhouse. The house was picked up and
carried by the storm for more than block,
FINALLY the woman was landed on one side o
the street and the house on the other. The
woman had miraculous escape from serious
injury receiving only a slight cut on the
forehead.
Mrs. Louisa Ketrequin of Third avenue.
near Rockaway, was killed. She stood in tn.
doorway of her house when a flying beam
struck her on the head, crushing her skull
and killing her instantly The fire depart
ment and the police were called to the scene
but the house was a complete wreck
The cable and trolley cars in Harlem were
blocked for hours by fallen trees and tee-
graph poles. Several of the big thorough
fares were made impossible for traffic, owing
to the network of fallen wires and other
distractions that had been made by the wind
and hail. The florists on the west side of
the city and in the annexed district were the
greatest sufferers, losing nearly all their
growing plants and their conservatores being
badly wrecked.
CHERRY HILL WIPED OUT.
HACKENSACK, N. j., July ia terrific
storm swept over this section this afternoon
doing great damage At Cherry Hnl small
village a few miles from here, it developed
cyclonic fury, attended by the demolition of
the village and a number OF deaths. Cherry
Hill received the full sweep of the wind and
within a minute after the storm broke
Der in the village, were wrecked. The cyclone
made a clean path through the center of the
place, carrying everything before it. Houses
were unroofed and thrown down. Trees
were uprooted and the crops in the fields
leveled to the ground. At the present time
It is known that five were killed and the
injured are numbered by the score, many, it
is believed, fatally
The dead are:
CONRAD FREIDERMANN, hotel keeper.
THREE UNKNOWN LABORERS.
A CHILD OF WILLIAM AHRENS.
The storm came from the northwest. her
aided by great banks of clouds and stirring
breeze. The atmosphere was warm for
time, and then cold, and then after a second
rush Of warmth came the cyclone, carrying
death and destruction in its course. The
storm center was about 300 feet in width and
the strip over which 1t passed is mass of
ruin Not building was spared. Those
that were not completely demolished were
unroofed or moved from their foundations
Great amounts of wreckage were carried
through the air by the gale, adding to the
destruction. The depot standing between
the tracks Of the New York & New Jersey
railroad was demolished. The wind first
took the roof and landed it 100 feet away.
Then the wall fell. The station agent was
taken from the ruins later, badly injured The
freight depot was also wrecked and the big
platform carried away
WENT BACK FOR HIS MONEY.
Opposite the depot was the hotel of the viii
lage, kept by Conrad Dorman. In the hotel
at the time, besides the proprietor were his
wife and three children. Just as the storm
broke he hurried them into the street, fear
ing the building was unsafe. Then he re-
turned to secure some money and had
reached the door to the street when the
whlrlwind struck him. He was caught
up and hurled fifteen or twenty feet to the
ground. As he lay there the building top,
pied over on him, crushing him to death.
One Of his boys was injured by the falling
timbers.
The infant of the Ahrens family was lying
in crib when the crash came. The house
was unroofed and a flying stick struck the
child in the head, tearing off one of the
ears as clean as though severed by sur
geon's knife and causing death. When the
husband, who is a New York business man,
returned the sun was shining brightly and
his wife was sitting amid the ruins with the
body of her dead child in her arms.
Two OF the Polish laborers who were
killed took shelter in a barn, which was
later the mangled bodies were dragged from
the ruins. The third Pole killed met his
fate In similar way. Alexander Jones,
the village blacksmith was buried beneath
the timbars of his shop. He was taken out
badly bruised and sent to the hospital. 1t
is not thought he will recover. His house,
which was located near his shop, was carried
along the ground until 1t struck tree, when
seriously, If not fatally, injured by the fall
OF his barn.
The cyclone went through the valley
rapidly and ten minutes after the first gust
of wind gave indication Of the coming storm
the sun was shining. Those who had a
chance to escape from its fury fed to the
fields and huddled together there under the
terrific storm OF hail.
At the hamlet OF Fairmount, a few miles
from Cherry Hill, six houses were blown
down and dozen persons injured. As
yet no fatalities have been reported. The
storm did no great damage in Hackensack.
The news Of the disaster at Cherry Hill was
brought here and all the available physicians
In town started at once for the scene. Gov
ernor Wertz has been asked to send tents to
the homeless.
The storm swept from Cherry Hill to
Anderclitfe. There its effects were not so
disastrous, for 1t merely grazed the village.
Many houses were unroofed and trees torn
up. Somersvile felt corner OF II and the
storm swept through the Rockaway valley,
stripping the fruit trees. The damage done
In that section cannot be estimated. In
Somerset county the grain crop is fattened
and will probably prove a total loss Plain
field caught portion Of the storm at 315
Skylights, conservatores and green houses
were battered in by the hail. The damage
in Plainheld will amount to thousands Of
dollars.
ONE KILLED AT UNION COURSE.