The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-14


OF valuable property. The cyclone de-
scended upon the upper part of East New
York. kncwn as Cypress Hiii. az 80
o'clock. continued on its way 20 the Low
or Plains 6istric-. and from there traV-
eIed 10 Wood Haven.
The cloud was first seen going over cy-
press IIlll. II was funnel shaped and
hung very low 10 the ground. AT the
upper end was red spot that appeared
more like an iEcandescent light than any
thing else. The Cyclone swept over the
city cemetery. wreckIng handsome and
costfy monuments. II tore down trees
fJr ABOUT 2co 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 teie-
phone and trolley wires demolished.
Right in the middle of the wreekage six
ears belonging TO the Brooklyn and SUI
burpan railroad were caught when In
front Of the Stewart home. The cars
were filed with passengers, and there was
great excitement. Half dozen passen-
gers were slightly injured. The cyclone
wrecked tairty houses at Wood Haven
and very large school house.
There we're twenty residents of Wood
Haven struck by various objects which
were carried through the air. chimneys
sailed through space as though they were
no heavier than feathers. AT Wood Hay-
en- A woman was sick IN bed. The house
was picked yp and carried more than a
one side Of the street and the house on
the other. The woman had miraculous
escape from serious Injury.
Mrs Louisa kotreuquin, OF Third ave-
nue.. near Rockaway. Was killed. She
stood In the doorway OF her home when
a flying beam struck her on the head,
crushing in her skull.
The cable and trolley ears in Harlem
were blocked for hours by fallen trees and
telegraph poles Several of the big thor
oughfares we're made impossible for traf-
fic. owing to the network OF fallen wires
and other distractions that had been made
b. the wind and hail. The florists on the
west side of the city and in the annexed
district were the greatest sufferers, losing
nearly ali their growing plants. Their
conserYatories were badly wrecked.
Hackensack. y. j.. July ia terrific
storm swept over this section this after
noon. doing great damage. At Cherry
Hill. a small village a few miles from
here. it developed cyclonic fury. attended
by the demolition of the village and a
number Of ceaths. Cherry HfIl received
the full sweep of the wind. and within
minute after the storm broke twenty
seven houses were wrecked. The cyclone
made a clean path through the center of
the place. carrying everything before IL.
Houses were unroofed and thrown dcw1
trees uprooted and crops In the field were
levoled TO the ground. At the present time
II is known that Ave were killed, and the
injured are numbered by the scores, many,
IL is believed. fatally
The dead are; Conrad Freiderman, no.
tel keeper: three unknown laborer-:
child OF William Ahrens.
The Storm came from the northwest,
heraadesi by great banks of clouds and a
stirring breeze. The atmosphere was warm
for a time ami then cod, and then after
a second rush OF warmth came the cy-
c.one, carrying death and destruction IN
It's course. The Storm csafer was about 800
fest IN wsdtll and the strip over which It
passed - mass Of ruins. No, a building
Ia it's Path was spared. Great amounts of
wrcckage were CARED through the air by
Tire gale. asfftng to the obstruction.
The tlepot, standing between the tracks
OF the New York g. New Jersey r'atlrcad
was dGnoasFped. The wind first took the
roof and handed n loo fest away. Then the
wan fesl. The station agerso was badly In
fured. Opposite The depot Was the hotei
Of tho village. kept by Conrad FTsesieTnHan
In II at Tho time beShters the Tusoprieto-
were his wife AMI tiSsse c1fldrsn. just as
ffse storau broke he hurried them frto the
street fearing the bsnHGing was unsafe
ard rad reached THE door " hon tiIa whtrl-
w1rp1 struck ham. lie was caslgh7 ssld haIEi-
81 rwef1ty feaf % thu ground. the huading
failing over and crushing htgn 10 death
One of the clfsdrun was injured by the
faE-ng tarnbeTs
The infant Of the Ahrsns family was
living IN a crib when the crash came. The
house vas unroofed and a flying stick
struck the child in the head, tearing of
one OF the ears as clean as though sev-
cred by A surgeons knife causing death
When the husband. who is New York
business man. returned he found his wife
sitting amid the ruins with the body OF
her dcrd child in her arms
Two % the Polish laborers who were
killed took shelter in barn. which was
carried away by 'he storm. Half an hour
later the maneled bodies We're dragged
from the ruins. The third Pole killed met
his fate IN similar manner
Hardly a person who lived in the track
OF the storm escaped. The latest reports
fndicate that Willie FTeiderman. whose
father was killed, VII also die Aloxau-
der Jones. the village blacksmith vas
buried beneath the tmbers Of his shop
lie WAS taken out badly bruised. II is
nos thought he will recover. His house
was carried along the ground until ~
struck and was dashed 20 pieces. Edward
CAimok was seriously u 40, fatally in
JIfeI pS fEe t84l Of AlS naFD-
The cyclone weBt through the village
rapidly. and ten minutes after the frs
gusts OF wiEt gave indication OF the com
ing storm the sun vas shining.
A. the hamlet % Fslrm0nt a few miles
from Cherry HiN six houses We're blown
down and a dozen persons injured As yrt
no fatalities have eess reported.
The storm did ro great damage Ir
Nackensack The news of the disaster
At Cherry Hill was brought here. and all
the physicians in towa s.arted a. once
for the scene Gov. Werts Las been
asked 20 send tents 20 the homeless.
The storm swept from Caerry I'M 70
An.er Clin. There Il was no, so Els-
astrous. for Il merely g-azed the village
Many houses were unroofei and trees
uproots1.
Middle New Jersey caught Ar end o., - e.
Western visitor. Sems-svtliA fsIt co.,
rsr ~ e.. and The storm swept through
fas Rocka xay valley. stripping he fruit
trees Ths damage done in that So ton
cannot Ne estimated In Somerset com
- IRE grain crop Is datteued. ana VII
p~ohahlv prove tetsi los~ 9i8l0aefd
caught 4 PORTION q: the storm ana the
damage there viii amount 70 thousan nds
OF dollars.
Wool Haven. 7 /. July Il Wool Ea-
Ven an3 Tsaton Course ss2'fert*3 almost as
f7sfs-h as asa cherry HtA. y. J . f-oen no
STERN Houses NeTf uarc.sfe4 q -3 clown
aeNn Csusy one "a tsltty So fs~ rss fssr