Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14
New Jersey Town Visit
ed by a Cyclone.
SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED.
The Storm in Its Fury Mows Dc.
vasiating swath Through
the Village.
HAcKENsAcK, N. j.. July IL.

ttAtiNlsEN SAtltNs N. d. july To-
A terrific storm swept over this Sec
tlon this afternoon. doing great dam
age. AT Cherry HIN, a small village
few miles from this place, II de-
veloped oyefonio fury, attended by tho
demolition OF the village and a num-
Der OF deaths. Cherry Nm received
the full sweep OF the winds fury and
within minute after the storm
broke twenty-seven houses. nearly the
entire number In the village. were
wrecked. The cyclone made clean
path through the center of the place.
CARRYING ey1yythlns before II Houses
Trees were uprootcd and the crops
levelled to the ground. At the pres
ent time II Is known that flve people
were killed and the injured are num-
bcred by the score, many OF them. 1t
is believed, fatally, The killed are:
CONRAD FRIEDBRMAN. hotel
keeper.
Three unknown Polish lRborers.
child OF WILLIAM AHRENS.
The storm came from the northwest,
heralded by great banks OF clouds
and stirring brceze. The atmos-
phere was warm for n time and th0n
cold, and then after second rush OF
warm air came the cyclone carrying
death and destruction In It's course.
The storm center was about 800 feet
In width and the strip over which It
passed is mass OF ruins. Not
building In Its path was spared. Those
that were not completely demolished
were unroofed or moved from their
foundations
Great masses OF wreokage were car
rled through the air by the gale. nd-
ding TO the destruction. The depot
stnnding between tho tracks OF tho
New York and New Jersey railroad
was demolished. The wind first tore
the roof from the buildings and land
cd II hundred feet away then tho
walls fell In. The station agent was
taken From the ruins later badly In
jured. The freight depot was also
away Opposite the depot was the
hotel OF the village. kept by Conrad
Frloderman, In the hotel at the time
besides the proprietor were his wife
and three children. Just Ms the storm
broke he hurried them into the street,
fearing that the building was unsafe.
Then he returned to secure some
money. and reached the door TO the
street when the storm struck him, He
was caught up and hurled 10 or 20
| feet TO the ground As he lay there
the building toppled over upon him,
| crushing out his life. Ono OF the boys
was injured by the falling tlmbers
| The infant OF the Ahrons family was
| lying In crib when the crash came,
| The house was unroofed and fiylns
| stick struck the child In the head,
| tearing of ono OF it's ears and causing
| death. When the husband. n business
| man, returned the sun was shining
brightly and HIS wif0 was sitting
| amid the ruins with the dead body OF
her child In her arms.
Two Of the Polish lnborers who were
killed. sought shelter In barn which
| killed mot his fate in n similar way.
Hardly person living In tho track
| Of the storm escaped injury. All arc
| cut and bruised and many. 1t Ia
thought. are fatally wounded, The
latest reports Indicate that While
Friedermnn. whose father was killed.
Will die also.
| Alexander Jones. tho village black
| smith, was taken out from under tho
timbers OF his wrecked shop. His
house, which was located n short dis
| lance from his shop, was carried along
| the ground until II struck tree, when
| u went to pieces. He is not expected
| to recover.
Edward Chinook was seriously, "
not fatally. Injured by the fall OF his
barn. The cyclone went through tho
village rapidly and ten minutes aftor
| the first gust OF wind gave Indications
| OF the coming storm, the sun was
shining over desolnte waste. Those
| who had chance to escape from It's
fury and the destruction fed to the
| fields and huddled together there un-
der the terrific storm OF hail AT tho
hamlet OF Falrmont few miles from
! Cherry Hill six houses were blown
| down and dozen persons injured.
| Ms yet no fatalities from there have
been reported. The storm did great
damage In IIeckensacls. Tho naws.
however. Of disaster at Cherry Hill
was soon brought here and all tho
available physicians In town were
started at once for the scene, Cow
ernor Wertz has been asked TO send
tents TO the homeless.
The storm swept from Cherry Hill
to Andercliffe. There Its effects were
not 80 disastrous, for II merely grazed
the village. Many houses wore un-
rooted and trees uprooted. Attached
to almost all the houses DESTROYED
were barns. and they were also de-
| stroyed.
Middle New Jersey caught an end OF
| the Western visitor. Sommersyille
felt corner OF It and tho storm swept
through the Rockawny valley, strip
ping the fruit trees No one can es-
innate the damage in that section.
In Somerset county the grain crop rs
fiattened and will prove n total loss.
Plainfield caught a portion OF the
! storm at 315 p. m. Skyllghts, con-
servatories and greenhouses were bat
tered in by the hailstones. The dam
age in Plainheld will amount to thou
sands OF dollars.