New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-26
HEAVY DAMAGE CAUSED.
sTORM-BEATEN TARRYTOwN BUSY MAX
ING REPAIRS
THE VILLAGE ITSELF WILL HAVE SOME
BIG BILLS TO PAY ON ACCOUNT OF
SATURDAYS TEMPEsT-PRIvATE
OWNERS SUFFERED MUCH
LOSS.

The terrible storm which swept over Tarry
town on the Hudson late on Saturday afternoon
and evening caused more damage than any
previous storm which has visited that neigh
borhood in the recollection OF the oldest in
habtant Not until daylight came yesterday
was the full extent of the damage realized. A
careful estimate fixes the amount at
$4,000 but II is more likely that II will cost
twice that sum TO make all the repairs. The
people who witnessed the storm consider 1t moth
ing lecs than phenomenal. 1t started to rain
gently about o'clock. and then suddenly and
without warning there came a great clap Of
thunder The heavens seemed to open and let
forth what appeared at first to be sheets Of ice
So quickly did the huge hailstones fall. with no
one prepared to escape them, that many were
terror stricken. The loud reports caused by the
stones striking the house roofs sounded II a
bombardment had been begun, and many timid
persons were badly frightened. Some people
gathered them by the shovelful, and others
placed them in refrigerators and kept them un-
III Yesterday 10 show 10 visitors and sceptics.
The halstorm lasted almost an hour and In
that time wrought great havoc. Large con-
seryatories Of the country estates Of wealthy
New-York people were demolished skylights
and windows were broken in hundreds of
houses the stones penetrated tin roofs and un-
told damage was done TO the gardens and fruit
trees The hail came down slanting from the
North and smashed through windows as If
stones had been thrown The small hard ap-
pies pears, peaches plums and other green fruit
were torn from the trees; cherries, currants and
other ripe fruit were destroyed, and the leaves
were torn from the trees and strewn along the
streets and sidewalks.
This hailstorm was followed by a heavy
downpour Of rain accompanied by a wind which
served TO cause further destruction. The ferry
boat Rockland which was caught in the storm,
was unable TO make her slip, at Main-st. and
was driven by the wind into an adjoining pier.
Her rudder was smashed. and much consterna-
tiOn was caused among the passengers:
Probably the heaviest sufferer from the storm
was Miss Helen Miller Gould. whose beautiful
cOnservatories at Lyndhurst We're seriously
Jured Several employees of Lord & Burnhams
factory at lrVington inspected the conserva-
tories yesterday, and estimated that II would
cost $4,000 10 repair them. Twenty GLACIERS VIII
begin the work this morning
Frank r. Persons greenhouses, at Broad
way and Mckeel-ave., were wrecked and many
needed repairs. Cook & McCords greenhouses,
in Glenville. were also damaged to the extent
Of about $1,000.
The conservatories on the estates Of John D.
Archbold, Mrs. George Lewis. Louis Stern. c.
C. Worthington, John H. Hail. John T. Terry,
Mrs H. u. D. Black Mrs. George b. Newton,
John d. and William Rockefeller and others
were also damaged, and 1t will require large
expenditure TO replace the glass destroyed.
Men at work all day yesterday at some
places, especially in the business part Of the
village, making repairs.
On lower Main-st. the skylights and windows
OF the Park Hotel and the Oden and Vierkant
buildings broken. Men were kept busy
yesterday In mending tin roofs. some of which
had hundreds OF holes in them. The work or
repairing the roads, which are In a terrible
condition, will be begun this morning. and the
damage will cost the village thousands OF
dollars.