The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-20
4 TORNADO IN THE EAST.
Swept DestructiveIy Over New Jersey
Harlem and Long Island.
SEVERAL VILLAGES WRECKED.

aTept over Long Island, passing through 'h0
town OF Woodhaven, and then went out
into the sea via Jamaica Bay: 1t car
ried death and destruction in its path.
The first fatal result OF the terrific
windstorm was the almost total destruction
CT the town Of Cherry Hill, n ear Hackensaek,
NJ. Three persons were killed there, and
the homes of twenty families blown into
kindlinc wood. At Asbury Park. Long
Branch and other seaside resorts the e1ects
Gf the storm were disastrous. nthe Harlem
part of New York City tlG fatalities occurred
The mir was black and thick. Hailstones as
large as walnuts fell. smashing many panes
81 glass. and the wind blew away awnings
and signs. Bicyclists we're blown from theIr
machines. and panic prevailed among the
women. Horses took to flight. and trees tnat
had stool for years were uprooted by the
blast The tornado visited Long Island,
scattering destruction in many places, put
worst of all at Woodhaven, where nlty
houses were demolished. One woman va; vas
killed and twenty persons We're injured. my
force of the wind then passed out to sea. ana
its last manifestation was Il Watcrspouf ID
Jamaica BAY. about twenty minutes elapsed
from the time when the tGfIsdo mace It's al'-
pearan:e until it went out to sea. ..
The tornado first visited Cherry HUI g.
] a small village two miles north Of Hack
ensack AMI il was almost completely oblit-
Grated. Not an entire building remained
standing after the storm had spent its fury;
At this place threa persons were Killed ano
twenty bally hurt by flying tlmbers. crasnii
jnc houses or uprooted trees. The Wlnd
currents were violent enough to raise
huge houses and cnrry them some distance
One man vas drawn through WINDOW ano
hurled TO the ground. ard the rauroaa sti-
ton, with the agent in it, was moved one
hundred feet up the track. lis lnmate
was unininred. Many aver that the
cloud was funnel shaped; others add inter-
esLinc variations in the way OF rel spots
nicterng like lack o lanterns in the
centre of if. Still others say that II
was simple blow. and that there Was
nothing cvclonic about il. However 1t
Was, the result is the same. The killed IN
Cherry Hill were Gaby Ahrens. eight months
old torn from its mothers arms and found
dead in the roal; killed by the hail and the
fyipy debris Of wrecked buildings. Conra1
Friedman. hotel keeper, drawn by the
wind from Seeond-story VIM
dow. he fell On his heal, lracl oeinS hiSSkui
and diel almost instantly. Anton BolesS,
employed as hostler by August Muln:
crushed 70 death when the barn IN Whlcn ne
was at work collapsed. The most seriously
injured are: Eugene Chinook. skull
fractured and otherwise injured;
Charles Cole. OF Paterson. N. j., Sc
ycrcly wounded on the head. and eyes 50
badly hurt by hail that he will probably lose
the sight Of one eve William Ely, Squire OF
the village: several ribs fractured. Auto
MO HosImaD, several ribs fractured and in
terna,ly injured. William Suttle. nose. arm
and one leg broken au1 injured internally'
Andrew Santel. ono arm. leg and nose prohen'
Between forty and fifty Thousand persons
visited The scene Of the ruin ana deVast"tloa
at Cherry Hill on the day after the storm.
some of the unfortunate people whose homes
were wreeScl SIT around during the day
wondering what was in store for them.
Nearly every visitor contributed toward the
relief fund and several thousand dollars were
raised. Iackensack ard the other towns
RESPONDED promptly to the call for aid. At
Cherry Hit the Rev. 4. Duryea, pastor
nr the Reformed Church. conducted services
in the lot back OF the damaged church. he
tsel the ruins Of the rear porch as the pull
nit platform. Three thousand people were
present. The choir was seated under an
hppie tree. An organ had peen oplalueu
nnd n young la;ly played it.
After the tornado hui completed Its work
ri CSnrrv Hill it swept on toward the Hud-
son River. Fences and crops were cut down
for three miles more until Teaneck, the
ma-nilcan. estate OF William Walter Phelps.
vas strucs. 4 hun!red trees were blown
down and part of the greenhouses wrecked,
hu. none Of the buildings was damaged.
The tornado sailed over the Pallsades ana
rassel above Harlem. just touching new
York CITY with its lower stratum.
IN the northern part of New York City, next
visited by the storm, considerable damage
resulted from the fierce shower OF nall, an1
u number Of accidents were reported: Iae
hails.one feature Of it was so severe tnat II Is
difficult TO remember o worse one. Ihe
damage if caused will run into many thou.
lands of dollars. Considerable damage was
fone to the upper end Of Central Park and
heighboring streets.
Leaving Harlem, straight over Cypress
Hill. Long Island, swept the storm, wreck
Ing the numberless gravestones in the Gem
etery and tearing down trees by the dozen,
At Crescent street the fury Of the gale seemed
TO yeer along Jamaica avenue for hall u
mile or SO. and in this distance there
were but few telephone, telegraph ana
trolley wires left standing. Persons. frSht,
rned out Of their wits. ran hither aud
lhither, shriekins and seeking places OF
shelter Two cars Of the Brooklyn and Sub
urban Railroad were derailed. They were
filed with passengers at the time, but no7
body was seriously hurt. The cars were
saved from the full fury Of the gale by tne
surrounding houses. !
Woodhayen. Long Island. was directly in
The path Of the tempest, and here a great
deal Of damage was done to houses Many
were badly tipped and twisted, and herd
again the scene of fright and confusion
were re-cnacted. A heavy haiifall added
ID the general dismav. The approHi1
mate dimensions of the cloud at this time
was about that Of two city blocks. Inc
vind did not seem to have a whlrl. as Il
;he case with true cyclones. but hit right
straight out in the direction It was trarellngi
MANY residents of Woodhaven and its vicinT
| ~ were injured by flying missiles and falll
Inc objects. The air was full OF them. and;
almost everybody caught in tic blow sus!
::linn;l bruise or confusion. The only perl
| on killel at Woodharen was Mrs Louise
re:rocuicn. Seventeen persons were oadIy
INJURED.
The storm swept with terrible force over
| "trip of country about twelve miles wide In
he tobacco-growiny region Of Connecticut.
| The hail riddled the plants ahd the entire
.rop Of the Suffieli region is reported ruined,
causing Il loss to Connecticut farmers or not
ess than 100000.
At Asbury Park. n. J.. the -ace track
vas flooded and drenched with hail,
md the bicycle races werc abandoned:
The storm evidently spent Il great deal OF
| Is force before it struck Sandy Hook. 1t
Gems to have travelled directly along the
Ioast. taking in everything from Atlantic
Highlands to Cape May.
After practically wreckinS Woodhaven,
he cyclone turned off toward the southern
.oast Of Long Island, where it passed out to
ca