Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-15
THREE WERE killed,
And Another Will Die as a Result Of
the New Jersey Cyclone,
Between Forty and Fifty Thousand
People Visited the Scene Of the
Disaster Neutrality-suspicious.
Organized for the Relief Of the
Sufferers.

Hackensack, N. j., July 14.-Betweeu
forty and fifty thousand persons visited
the scene of the ruin and devastation
at Cherry Hill to-day. Some of the
unfortunates whose homes were wreck
ed set about during the day, wonder
ing what is in store for them. Hack
ensack and the other towns have re-
sponded promptly to the call for aid
made by the people Of Cherry Hill.
Committees have been organized in
several of the towns. The most inn
portant is the one here. Prompt meas
ures were taken, and between the
amount subscribed and that gathered
in boxes at the ruins of the village,
there is now enough money TO keep tho
unfortunates in food for a few days.
Viewed in the light of day with the
excitement that existed last night gone,
the ruin appeared more complete.
Everywhere in
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM
were ruins. The tangled heaps of tim
bers by the railroad track told where
the depot went to pieces. The pile OF
wreckage showed where a house had
been thrown down, and that one where
a barn had been razed by the winds
The leafess trees that withstOod the
strain Of the whirlwind gave the ap-
pearance of mid-winter. On two sides,
as viewed from the center of the town,
there were banks of green, but where
the storm swept everything was black
and bare. Three were killed in the
storm. The two Polish laborers re-
ported killed by the fall of the barn
in which they had sought shelter are
alive in the hospital here. They are
Andrew Sautel and Anton Hoffman
Both are badly injured. Saute's left
leg, right arm and nose are broken and
his body is covered with bruises.
THE CASUALTIES.
The dead are:
CONRAD FREIDERMAN.
THE AHRENS BABY.
ANTON FISCHER.
Mrs. Ahrens was injured, but will re-
cover.
Edward Chinook, the doctors think,
will die. His skull is fractured.
Chinook recovered consciousness for
a short time to-day and was able to
recognize his mother, but relapsed in a
short time, and is now thought to be
dying. Charles Cole the Patterson
man. who was driving through Cherry
Hill when the storm struck, was treated
at the hospital last night and to-day
was removed to his home in Patterson.
Willie Friederman, son of the dead
man, was also removed from the hospi-
tai to-day. None of those injured in
the disaster, with the exception of Chin
ock,
ARE LIKELY TO DIE
Those who remained at the scene last
night had their wounds dressed where
they were found by the doctors, who
hurriedly drove into the village after
the storm. During the early part Of
last night the owners Of the wrecked
dwellings sat about them, guarding
their ruins, but later a patrol was
formed which guarded the streets.
Many of the homeless women and chill
dren were transferred to Woodbridge,
where they received shelter
To-day active means were taken to
secure them relief and homes.
In addition to the wreck in Cherry
Hill,
ALMOST EVERY HOUSE
along the river from that place to
Riveredge was damaged to some ex-
tent Many merely had the chimneys
blown off, while the roofs Of others
were badly shattered Sections of
many houses were in danger Of tOppling
over to-day and firemen have been busy
tearing down the dangerous portions. All
greenhouses in this section Jared bad
ly, and among them were the extensivd
houses Of VIM. Walter Phelps estate.
Hail-stones did the greater part of the
damage. The buildings blown down IN
the village of Cherry Hill were valued
at about $4,000, but this is but a small
part Of the actual loss, without taking
into consideration the loss Of life or thu
injuries to scores who were unfortun-
ate enough to be in the path of the
storm.