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

DEATH AND DAMAGE IN UNION COURSE.
woMAN KILLEp-A BOY FATALLY INJURED
FIRE FOLLOWED THE STORM
One woman was killed. about twenty more or
less injured. OF them dying and about $780,
900 damage to property is the sum total of the
damage by the cyclone in Union Course and
woodhaven. Long Island. According TO those
who witnessed its approach there were two
storms one approaching from the southeast and
the other from the northwest. They seemed to
meet at Cypress Hills. and as the storm coming
from the north seemed TO possess the greater
force, the path OF destruction was In the direc-
ton OF the southwest.
It's force was simply terrific. Houses were UNI
rooted as though they made OF paper.
Trees were torn up by their roots. timbers were
carried away by the wind and both villages were
In ruins when the cyclone had finished It's brief
but terrible work.
The dead woman Is Mrs. Jennie Patriauan.
sixteen years old. She lived In Union Course
with her husband and mother and had been
married only six months. She would nave De-
come a mother in a short time. AS the storm
approached she went OFT In the 'front.' yara 10
call her mother, who was talking to neighbor
the other side OF the road. The cyclone had
begun its work. and great masses of timber and
trees were flying through the air as she turned
to rc-enter the house. Just as she reached the
front porch n rafter which had been torn from
the roof Of the schoolhouse. struck her In the
back of the head. breaking her neck and tearing
away n portion OF her jaw She was carried into
the house and died in few moments.
The boy, who at late hour last night was
reported dying Is Tony Kolb, eleven years old.
He was running from the home Of his parents
when the storm approached Flying debris
struck him, knocking him down in the road.
When picked up 1t was found that his right
arm and his left leg were broken. and that he
had received severe internal injuries.
The dwellings OF Henry Wells and William
Smith. on shaw-ave. Union Course. were lifted
from their foundations. turned completely
around and dropped wrecks.
The hotel OF Henry Smith. at Union Course
Station. was badly wrecked. The windows were
blown out and the roof carried away The big
horsesheds were demolished.
Union Course Schoolhouss. brick building,
was blown down. The wagon and blacksmith
shop OF Fritz Schifar on the Rockaway road.
was completely demolished and twenty wagons
In the shop were ruined.
Two three-story frame dwellings owned by
John Schiller. and a two-story house and store
combined owned by John Smonson. on the
Rockaway road were levellcd.
POOR PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS.
Twenty-six dwelling houses were completely
wrecked. They were mostly occupied by poor
people.
The house OF William IIne was damaged and
a stove was upset The house caught fire from
the stove and burned down. The loss on fur
niture and building II complete.
The roof torn from the Catholic school IN
Thrd-st., Woodhaven. The roof Of Smiths Ho-
tel was found a mile from the site Of the hotel.
The real estate Office Of Henry Bennett. at
Union Course. wrecked. and the Wcodhaven
fire department set to work as soon as the storm
had ceased 10 tear down some OF the buildings
which are In dangerous condition
The 1900 employees IN the agateware factory
OF Lalance & Grosjean, In Woodhaven. supposed
that the roaring noise which accompanied the
storm had been caused by the explosion OF the
oil tank alongside the factory. and hurried out
OF the building
As a rule all the people In Union Course and
Woodhaven own the houses In which they live
and they FASTENED to learn the extent OF the
damage 20 their properties. In almost every case
1t was found that the houses had been un-
rooted Some Of the roofs had been carried
thousands Of feet away. and sheets Of tin were