New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

| Durylng rim.
His dead body was taken from the ruins.
crushed and cut His family escaped injury
with the exception Of his boy William, who was
struck by a flying timber and badly cut. The
fathers head was crushed In.
KILLED IN ITS CRIB.
The infant OF the Ahrens family was lying In
Its crib when the storm struck The house was
! unroofed and partly wrecked and flying stick
struck the child on the side OF the head. one
OF Its ears was severed from the head and the
childs skull was fractured. The father Is New
York business man. He was due at home when
the storm struck but his train had been delayed.
and drew up below the wrecked station just as
the sun was breaking through the clouds The
first sight that met his eyes was his ruined
home. He turned pale and ran as fast as pos
sible to the ruins He found his wife. who, by
one Of the freaks Of the storm, had escaped In
jury sitting amid the wreck holding the dead
body OF the little one talking to It. Mrs. Ahrens
is crazed with grief and has to be carefully
watched. fearing she may Kill herself
The Polish laborers Henry and John were en-
ployed on the farm Of Nathaniel Zabriskie. When
the storm broke they sought shelter In the barn
on the place They were in 1t when the barn
was blown down, and nalf an hour later their
manged bodies were dragged from the ruins.
Anton Betnskie was employed by farmer,
August Mund, and was working In the barnyard
He was buried under the roof of the barn when
that blown of.
Willie Freiderman was taken to the Engle-
wood Hospital for treatment He may die.
MANY PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Alexander Jones. the village blacksmith. was
at work In his shop when the wind struck II.
| He walked out to the doors to look at the hail
| falling, and was buried beneath the ruins. He
was taken out badly bruised and cut and sent
to the hospital 1t Is not thought he will re-
cover His house. which was a short distance
| from the shop was lifted from its foundation
and slid along the ground until 1t brought up
against tree, where It lodged, and then went
to p.eces. His wife was cut and bruised. but not
seriously.
Edward Chinook was caught In the ruins Of
| his barn when 1t fell. and was seriously II not
fatally injured. He sent to the hospital.
There Is hardly person living in the track
OF the storm who was uninjured All we're cut
but most OF them suffered from flying debris
| The warning blow scared every one from the
houses. and as 1t was accompanied by roaring
noise which no seems able TO describe. the
| people fed to the open yards Had this warning
| blow not occurred more would have been killed
Hailstones as large eggs fell and almost
| covered the ground An hour after the sun came
out the stones still lay on the ground
FREAKS OF THE TEMPEST.
Alongside the railroad track, cloSe 10 tnc sta-
ton. there was a pool of water. The wind
sucked the water from the pool carried 1t across
the track washing out the gravel between the
sleepers. and deposited It on the opposite SIDE
| OF the rails
At the hamlet OF Fairmount. a few miles
away from Cherry Hill, six houses were blown
down and dozen persons Injured but no one
ore OF the curiosities Of the storm was that
| live crab was found on the railroad track after
| m a
been dashed against walls and crushed by the
| impact
4 delay occurred with the trains Of the New
Jersey and New-York Railroad. Had they been
| on time. one of them heavily loaded with busf-
ness men from NewYork, bound for points up
| the road, would have been at the station during
| the height OF the storm.
HELP FROM HACKENsAcK.
The storm caused no damage in Hackensack.
Rain and hail fell in torrents The news OF the
wreck at Cherry Hill was soon brought to Hack
ensack. and the hospital ambulance and all the
doctors in the started at once for the scene.
| The undertakers' wagons were also sent TO serve
as ambulances Their services were required
| Hundreds Of people visited the scene last night
and did what they could for the injured. Thirty
| families are homeless aid without shelter Inc
! families gathered about their ruined homes
guarding the remains.
r. A Brush and Daniel ]. Herring Of West
| wood were among the first on the scene from
| outside the village. They took charge or aHairs
at once and became practically dlctators lor the
time. A few years ago similar storm swept
| through Bergen County. and Westwood felt its
| full force The experience they gained then was
| Invaluable TO the two men In directing thinss al
The tracks OF the railroad were undamaged.
but Il took two hours TO clear them OF obstruc-
! tions
! for the homeless North Of Cherry Hill to Nyack
the storm developed rain and strong winds but
caused little damage except % peat the iea'es
from the trees.
In all sections windows were broken. train
which stopped at Hilsdale to fill the tank with
water could not start for some time. because or
the hail on the tracks. making the engine > driV-
The storm leaped from Cherry Hill to Under
clifY There its effects were not so disastrous.
for II did not strike the village. but graZed 1t.
! The great trees along the boulevard between
Ridgewood and Honokus We're uprooted ana
thrown down. This ruins the great drive. Tor
| the trees were it's main beauty Crops were
| ruined and windows broken In and about IN
dcrciff. All the chimneys on the nome & OF H. ~
Palmer. the wholesale grocer were blown on.
Several roofs were started. communication
with the country about Underclin Is cut on by
the fallen trees. Hailstones as large as pase-
| halls fell and one was found In front OF the
Undercnn postofice that weighed fourteen
| ounces That was fifteen minutes after the
storm ceased.
PI.AINFIELD BADLY DAMAGED.
HAMMERED by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DE-
sTRoyEp-NARRow ESCAPE FROM
RUNAWAY HORSES
fierce rain storm accompa anied by fall Of
hail. of such severity as to cause universal
fright swept over the Watching Mountains and
| down upon Planield shortly after o'clock yes
terday afternoon Never before had such a dam
| aging storm visited that city and accomplished
| the ruin this did In period OF twenty minutes
| The storm drove hallstones down upon the un-
protected plants. flowers and shrubbery. cut
| ting them in swaths II with huge mower.
| The stones varied In size from pigeons egg
to a hens egg and in some instances weighed