New-York tribune., 1900-09-13
DEATH IN STORMS WAKE
MAN KILLED IN BROADWAY BY A FALL
ING .POLE-GALvESTON'S WIND
ARRIVES.

The arrival this city yesterday OF the windstorm
which devastated Galveston resulted In the death
of one ne- Charles Durheld, twenty-three years
old. or Birmingham, Ala. He killed at Broad
way and Ddane-st. by the breaking of upright
pole supporting Bryan and Stevenson banner, Just
as the storm reaching It's height
The accident occurred at 9:S5 o'clock. Durheld
was walking past the spot at the time with his
brother, William Durfeld, twenty years old, OF Br-
mingham. and William Latham twenty three years
old, receiving teller of the Peoples Bank of Bir-
mingham. A fragment of the pole, standing OH the
northwest corner, which had been broken of the
top by wind. struck Durheld squarely on the
mead, crushing his skull and causing instant death
His brother and Latham were both struck also
and knocked unconscious. Latham did not recover
for time
The body Of Durheld was carried into q store
Later 1t was removed to the Leonard-st police sta
ton William Durheld quickly revived but was
SO badly dazed that he could tell nothing about
himself or his brother until after he had reached
the station, where he went with the body Later
he went TO the Coroners office and got a permit
to have the body removed 1t will be taken TO
Birmingham. The father OF the dead man is con-
nectcd with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
at Birmingham
WERE IN TOWN ON A VACATION
| The three young men were taking a vacation
they came here Yesterday from Niagara Falls and
! Syracuse, and were walking up Broadway to the
! ST. George Hotel at the time of the accident
! New-York received the hardest part of the storm
! At no place along the coast did the wind reach so
high velocity here From sos to 10 a m II
! blew sixty-hve miles an hour.
The Wnd from $50 a. m. until noon was from
the west. In the afternoon 1t worked around 10
the northwest Reports indicate that the "a adius
of the storm was Ave hundred miles and it Is esti-
mated that when the maximum was reached hero
| there good stiff gale two hundred miles out
at sea.
Although the wind stiff owing to the humid
| ity, the day uncomfortable. At 8 O'Clock last
evening, however. the humidity had decrea sed
materially, and at 10 o'clock the thermometer re-
corded only p degrees, drop Of 13 degrees from
| II a 1t is believed the storm broke the lon
| spell OF hot weather and that cooler weather Is
near. This will be welcome after the long hot sum-
mer. The forecast is for fair and somewhat cooler
| weather with north winds for to-day and
tomorrow.
ROUGH TOSSING IN THE HARBoR
The storm kicked up quite sea in the upper
and lower bays. The water dashed over the Bat
terry wall and driftwood was piled on the
grass. The small sidewheeler Hazel Kirke which
! transports immigrants from steamers 10 the
sarge ONCE started for Ellis Island and was
her course. The steamer Little Silver the Pat
| We're obliged to leave their wharves because Of
tho danger Of smashing against the wall. The
forward decks too wet for comfort. The Angler
was the only one OF the fishing boats that ventured
The marine observer at Highlands reported
HOOK One nad dragged her ancnor snd nd We1
| ashore. August Belmonts steam yacht Scout and
Hook in the morning. The Mineola was compelled
to run up the bay Hnder 1IS sail ALL The Scout
| Atlantic Highlands. The schooner Fearless. Cap
tain tain Grant Of AsbpTE Pa Park went ashore in the
result as she rested easy on mud bottom.
wind payed haSoS as Fe IRE 1ose
in which is the fire alarm telegraph, was torn away.