The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-08-30
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New York. Aug. IA violent and
pEouarted rainstorm. companied By
wtsd. which II some sections ~.
proachsd the proportions a ! hurrf
cane. swept over New York city. West
CHESTER county and the northsasteru
portion a New Jersey. The most
damage 10 far reported vas Il Jersey
City. where many buildings we're
wrecked. including . church and
theafeY.
Ram tell internationally all morning.
Al $40 Jersey City began TO expert.
ence the worst storm in It's history.
Blasts Il wind carried widespread oe.
Aiructioa. Two Wind xtorms ss<ssnins.
- met In lhe neixhborhood OF New
ark avenue and harrow street and :
cyctonie condition resulted. Horses
standing in Newark avenue and the
wagons 10 which they were hitch~d
were blown over. Telegraph poles
aud wire fell. A moment or tvo later
the st@epie n st. Mary's Roman Cath
Ollie church. Tbs largest in the city.
fetl herxward upon the church. atrik.
ing the roof. Piles ~ the brick spire
ernshrd through th~ roof and down
upon thu lava
Two miles from 81. MAry's church.
and nearly On = line With II On New-
ark avenue. II tho Bilou sh~asrv. The
Man Who Dared" company was r.
h~sf~inx for m op~uinx Of the theAirr
for the season. Two lions that are
used il the play we're 10 cage on the
stage whsa = suddca rush Of wind
made th~ building tr~mhle. Warnins
cries cAssed thS performers 10 leave
the stage uo< = moment too soon
fsrickH came dovn from The high walls,
rsintng the stage and bending the
linus' cage. The lions roarrd in ter
tor. A. the performers rushed out .
shout wss raised In the street that the
lions wsre loose and the crowd which
had s~rked shelter In the corridor ncd
panic stricken. The lions did not e.
cape. but their cages WEIR hit and
ths beasts v~sr cut BY the bricks.
On the south side a Newark avenue.
opposite the shcater. the roofs Of II
thrsestosy buildings were ripped on
The storm struck St Matthew Luth
eran church. dcmolishin& the roof and
the steepie. Van woorst park. Ia the
h~art a. the business district was the
scene n the storms nerccst work
There the growths Of many decades
were uprooted or broken on ~ though
they we're made d pipe clay A piece
NJ the roof N the Union League club.
opposite the park. vas lifted and car
ried over to the park and dropped on
the ground.
No persons were killed OF injured no
far ~ known. The storm in New York
city vas confined to heavy downpour
of rain with q violent wind. II was
heaviest IN the Bronx. where the
streets were flooded. The cut through
The Harlem division. where the New
York Central runs. close to Williams
burg. was flooded from two to three
feet. There was much sand on the
railroad tracks and trains wsre unable
10 get out. At the One Hundred and
street station the plat
form On the dowptown side q tAs
railroad was lifted and washed out
10 the tracks. This. with the water,
blocked ali the south-bound trains for
i time.
Philadelphia, Aus. 3s.--Rcpcrts re-
seived n this city tonight state that
he heavy rains which have fallen dur
n the past week throughout. the