New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-25
CYCLONE NEAR PATTERSON.
IT WRECKS BUILDINGS AND uri'''i -
TREES.
A Mas CARRIED FIFTY YARDS ~
SEVERAL. PERSONS HAVE MARIO" rS'
MT 40 ONE Is INJURED.

vAx CARRIED FIFTY YARDS ~ ''
~, PERSONS HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
R1.T so one Is INJURED
,..or.or Sent. a (speciaD-A cycIo"r
-, through Jackson's Park ldleWiIu i","
and RvIe Park. between Paterson an" i'',
rous this afternoon. wreckng the 'n'ee
,o,, MIL and etorehouse Of George 'aoN'''''
devastating the pleasure grounds OF Inv n..
son Passaic and Rutherford tiec'l' a.
Company. tearing up the barns ana gu
4, ,te track blowing down the home OF "e''
C.r,n,shaw opposite Laurel Grove ana sPenn-
ing itself in the Preakness Mountains i"'
damage is estimated at Sl3'"". 49,,
The cyclone appeared first al Blue mus.
sweeping across the farm Of James Mulroono''
a dairy man. carrying away barn anu nay
ricks Murooney saw in the distance WV
busb gray clouds converging. They did nor
appear to be two hundred yards wide louo
thunder clap and roar like the discharge OF
heavy artillery heraded the approach OF W.
Storm while a torrent Of rain fell
The cvclone whirled in a semi-circle through
the woods swapping off chestnut trees ana
vrecking barn owned by Mrs Kate Doueherty.
Three COWS in the Enclosure were carried three
hundred yards across a brook. Through JACK
sons woods clearing was swept the area
spreading as the cyclone advanced.
George Jackson's felt mill and James Jack
sons velvet mill lay directly in its path. The
75-foot smokestack. built Of brick and iron, tow
ering over the frame structure. weighing sew
eral tons was whipped into the air and dropped
down through the engine room roof wrecking
the machinery and covering 1T with brick ana
mortar The shingle roof. - by 80 feet. was
ripped off and deposited in Ryle Park, a quar-
ter Of mile away. The water from the pond
was backed through the mill race, flooding the
lower floors The mill was torn open In an IN
slant
The cyclone Jumped six hundred yards 10
catch ND the swings and merry-go-r rounds al
Idlewild Park There a crowd OF pleasure seek
ers had sought shelter In the paVnon. Inc ar
grew dark i'm an instant. and a dull roar me
crashing Of fallen trees and a cloud OF ollndlng
dust enveoped the party. and the danger was
past r,.. =, p,.ta
the silk manufacturer oak trees were torn up
and blown acros sthe Passaic River Mrs rye
and the servants took refuge IN me cellar lns
windows Of the upper floors we're "peh' anu
tables and heavy bureau were overturned
leaves branches Of trees earth and dust cover
ing the furniture ,.,
an eccentric character. lives in hut at the en-
trance 10 Laurel Grove Cemetery. GrimshaW
was tow hundred yards from ms nome
gathering freWOOd. The sun had neen shlillnS
eo,.eral moments before Grimshaw says ne
was enveoped i'm a black cloud ana neard
noise Ike the discharge Of big guns lie SdHf
n his knees heleAlNG lUdl lt' H0H '' sun
Hind and saw moment later that his nut ana
ali his belongings had gone in whirl OF dust
Tho sorn wrecked the Duck farm. ana dld CON
siderable damage 10 outhuildines further on
hut luckily missed All farmhOuses
Several narrow escapes were reported JAM
tIaves a Waterman. and George Scott. or fat-
erson were sitting I'm the engine room ar me
velvet mill when the cyclone hove IN slsh,'
Thev heard the crash 81 the trees In the Wood;
saw stepladder flying through the ar anu
hoard a loud report the chimney OF ths
frame mill toppled and the iron stack dan'eu
mon nothing fifty feet above the roof lhey
ran for their lives 10 the engine room Hnu
l,nel, beside the wall The tools In the room
tbev left we're carried out into the yard' ana
tho mill rocked for a moment on lis iouhIa-
tion The stepadder was found on the turnpike
half a mile distant ...o,
Ignatus Damien. If West Park. vas traYe e
ling along Jackson's Lane when the ROOF or tIe
mill was torn off and went over MS neal re
fou ON his "a 80 In the road. me 1901 ca"V
down ten feet from him
The properties on eitha- side NJ inc pam OIL
the cyclone were not damaged Mr.. Jackson Is
vieiting in New-York with his family. ana was
Informed of his loss. which, Including goods
Manufactured and in process Of manufacture,
damaged bv wind rain and water. VIII amount
to $1,000 The path ~ the cyclone was ao"ut
6,,e hundred wards wide and two miles long.
A. Zabriskie's farm. one mile back Of Willard
park George White farmland stood in the
doorway Of the barn Re was caught, carried
fftv wards and landed in A cornhed, bur ne
escaped with slight bruises