The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-07-14
A NEW YORK CYCLONE
eath-Dealing and Destructive Gust
Of Wind.
PEOPLE KILLED AND HURT
Pitlfuf Scenes Among Helpless
Women and Children Houses
Carried Away-Ten Minutes
Afterward the Sun Shone.

New York, July l3.-The first cyclone
in many years struck New York this
afternoon and resulted fatally in one
instance besides wrecking large
amount OF valuable property. At Wood
haven woman was sick in bed. The
house was picked up and carried by
the storm more than a block. Finally
the woman was landed on one side Of
the street and the house on the other.
The woman had a miraculous escape
from serious injury, Mrs. Louisa ko-
trouquin OF Third avenue. near ROcka-
way. was killed. She stood in the door
struck her on the head crushing in her
skull.
Hackensack. n. j., July IA terri
fc storm swept over this section this
afternoon. doing great damage. At
Cherry Hill. a small village. 1t devel-
oped a cyclonlc fury. attended by a
demolition OF the village and a num-
ber Of deaths. Cherry Hin received
the full sweep OF the winds. Within a
minute after the storm broke 81 houses
were wrecked. AT the present time II Is
known that five wer killed and the In
jured are numbered by the score.
The dead are Conrad Frelderman.
hotel keeper. three unknown laborers;
a child OF william Ahrens.
The storm center was about 800 fee.
In width and the strip over which 1t
passed Is a mass OF ruins. Not build
ing In Its path was spared. The rail-
road depot was wrecked and the agent
badly injured. Opposite the depot was
the hotel of the village. kept by Con-
rad Frelderman. When he reached the
door to the street a whirlwlnd struck
HIM He was caught up and hurled Is
or 20 feet to the ground. the building
topping over and crushing him to
death.
The infant OF the Ahrens family was
lying In a crib when the crash came.
The house was unroofed and a flying
stick struck the child In the head. tear
Ing on one Of the ears as clean as
though severed by a surgeons knife.
causing death. when the husband,
who Is a New York business man. re-
turned. the sun was shining brightly
and mis- wife was sitting amid the ru-
ins with the body OF her dead child in
her arms.
Two Polish laborers who were killed
took shelter In a barn which was car
ried away by the storm. Half an hour
later the mangled bodies were dragged
from the ruins. The third Pole killed
met his fate In a similar way. Hardly
person living In the track OF the
storm escaped injury. All are cut and
bruised and many. 1t Is thought. are
fatally injured.
The latest reports indicate that Will
lie Friederman. whose father was
killed, will also die. Alexander Jones.
village blacksmith. was buried beneath
the timbers of his shop. He was taxi
en- out badly bruised and sent to the
hospital. His house was dashed to
pieces. Edward Chimok was seriously
II not fatally. injured by the fall of his
barn. The cyclone went through the
village rapidly and 10 minutes after
the first gusts OF wind gave indication
of The coming storm the sun was shin
ing.
At the hamlet of Falrmount. few
miles from Cherry Hill. six houses
were blown down and a dozen persons
injured. AS yet no fatalities have been
reported. The news OF the disaster al
Cherry Hill was brought here and nj
available physicians in town started al
once for the scene.