The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-05
,TORNADUS FATAL SWEEP.
=, DEAD AND PROBABLY o INJURED
ar HAMPTON BEACH. ". NJ.

.,.. Persons Killed mt n Theatrical show,
Including the Actress Nine. Nora RE-
membcr the MRine," the PlRy-Forty
Cnttngcs Razed-YnchtinE Party Upset.
u,vrroS BEACH, y. H., July 4.-This place
-a..tulrk ly Il tornado to-day a few minutes
,uor noon that in a few minute wrecked
Ia.v summer cottages. two small hotels, a
toorlirg house and rink. injured nearly POO
.,r.rps and Killed seven, according to the
latest estimate. The storm came up with little
Earning It began in an ordinary summer
,Lnrdrr shower after n parchinR hot and sultry
d,y suddenly the roar Of the advancing wind
u,s hoard and a black squat moved down the
.o,,,rr, asthoughthcy had been built OF cards.
Thc air was full Of flying wreckage. planks,
boards. furniture. wagons. trees that had been
rnro,trd, telegraph wires and poles and n
hindinc hurricane of sand.
II was the northern end Of the beach that
,nT,rcd, and for "A space OF nearly 400 feet
eyorything was blown 1at, Kansas fashion.
CORES " persons who were in the cottages
uoro injured 10y tho collapse of their habita-
,ops. hut, rs far as Is known, none fatally.
Th, greatest loss Of life occurred in tho old
,p,tiur rink. which had been fitted up IA n
,hrotrr. This place was filled with people and
Performance was going on when the storm
struck Nine. Mora, the actress, with her COM
amy. wa, performing a piece called "Rcmem-
bor IN, Maine and which represented events
4, connection with the destruction OF the bat
,e.hip. Nine. Nora was one Of the killed. She
roceiyed fatal injuries when the structure col
Iorsed. and died within half an hour after being
removed from the ruins to Il noighhorinR hotel.
The old rink was first unroofed by the tor
raIo and then the walls gave away Those
inside were pinned down by the ruins. The
scroams II the injured women under the
ur.rk were mingled with the means OF the
mon. Volunteers hurried from every part OF the
Lr,ch settlement audthe work ofdragging aside
,hc fallen beams and planks was begun. As
fast a. the injured were taken out they were
conveyed tn nearby hotels and cottages that
had not suffered and cared for. Fully seventy
were injured in this building.
The killed are: Nine. Mora Mrs. Fred VIII
liamsL. W. T. HARRISON. Exeter, n. H; Samuel B..
Commctt, Exeter; Mary Prescott, Exeter; John
Prussey. Bradford, Mass.
Among the mortally injured are: Miss Pres
by. Hayerhill. Mass; Arthur Barber. Exeter;
IF. Pennington. Exeter; Bcrtram Hill. Roch-
ester, y l.. Parker. Portsmouth, n. H.. and
several others.
Among those thought to be injured MORALLY
Is Editor ]. d. p. WinGate OF the Exeter. n. H..
Gazette. a brother of the managing editor of the
Boston Journal. He was ut one OF the cottages.
The storm ruined the telegraph and telephone
systems. and it was impossible to communicate
with the outside world for some time.
During the storm n sailboat which was cruis-
lnG Just off the beach was capsized. There
were seven persons aboard and all but one were
lost. Those drowned we're: Frank Mudd OF
Hampton. who owned the boat; Mrs. Blake.
Kensington. y. H.; Ralph Hodgdon. KensinG-
ton. y. H; Mrs. Hodgdon. Kensington. n. H.:
Walter Hodgdon. Kcnsington. n. H.; John
Lamprey, kcnsington. y. Fl.
William Blake was saved.