New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
HEAVY STORM AFTER HEAT
LATTER CAUSES DEATH AND PROSTHA-
TIoNs-oTHER INJURIES.

CHILDREN ON PLAYGROUND SWEPT OFF
THEIR FEEF-LiGHTNING HITS SIGN
AND seHeoBHoUsE.
Although yesterday was net an exceptionally
hot day. as summer days go, and the record for
the season was not broken there were one death
and six prestratio due to the heat They were
as follows:
DEATHS.
BARRETT, Charles, esht months Of Nc 2ss west Six
NJ $500 f S 1sa year. osa
died after in the New-York Hospital.
PR0sTRAEIoNs.
GARMopY. Alfred. sixteen years old. Of No IFS west
hundred a. seventh st overcome at
to J. Hood Wright Hospital
FLETCHER CHARLES eighteen years old Of 80. 500 East
SIX tsRsn to BssTGs o s5 sH EO East
MATTAG9 George fortyeight years Old q Arngt2H-st
taken to 81 Vneent's Hospital
QUINN Fanny ,hirty-eisht years old overcome az Sec
ond-aye and Thirty-eightff-sti taken to Bellevue
SMITH thirty-one old Of NO ans PalIsads
Powell Pier 80, North River 81 vinesnts
Unidentified man. about sxtyhve old; overees at
Ninety=seeend-st and Third=ave fell 20 sidewalk
faeHrng his skull; removed Presbyterian Hospital
will die.
Yesterday was the first seas6nable day since
early in June. 1t was not a record breaker,
HOWtNtT, dS IL only tea tnS RECORD Oh o. dSSiSCS
made both June and Is. This temperature
was reached at p. m. The day promised to be
warm early In the forenoon. The Thermometer
rose from IS at a. m, to So at 10 From
this point it rose more slowly until the maxi
mum was reached. "A few minutes after
o'clock the first shower fell. The effect of this
shower was to reduce the temperature to SO
degrees within the space Of half an hour. Fluc-
tuating like an active stock on the market, it
quickly rebounded TO IS degrees. The next
shower pulled it back to 20 This time the
thermometer did not show the same Inclination
to jump up. and the temperature lowered around
this point to the close at s p. m, when 1t showed
a net loss of one degree from the opening at
a. m
The storms that grew out OF the heat were OF
unequal strength in different parts OF the city.
While the wind in the lower part of the city
did not at any time attain greater velocity
than thirty-two miles an hour, in the upper part
of the city several people were injured and con-
siderab BILE damage done by it.
On the upper West Side the storm created
great havoc, especially in the section between
Fifty-second and Fifty-fourth SITS. which in
eludes the Hudson Banks. the Outdoor Rscrea-
ton Leagues playground for children The
storm seemed to centre there. Two men were
hurt, trees were blown down. windows blown in
and children carried from their feet, and boats
parted from their meorings the Jersey shore
and blown out into the river
The terrific wind swept down on the play
ground with a suddenness that allowed none
to get out of the way, and dozens Of children
were swept from their feet. Fortunately none
were hurt. The playground stretches from
Eleventh-ave to the river and gave the high
winds a clear path TO the tenement houses in
Eleventh-ave In which many windows were
broken. Three trees two in the playground and
one in front OF No. 541 West Fifty-second-st,
crashed 10 the ground and several old chin
neys toppied over
Lawrence Welsh, seventy-ene years old. Of
No. 81 West One hundred-and- eighth-st an
smploye OF the Dock Department, was literally
picked UP by the wind While at work on the
pier at West Fifty-fourth-st., and dashed
against a pile of lumber. His left leg was
broken In two places. He was removed to
Roosevelt HOSPITAL.
Frank Clark, nineteen years cid, OF No. 400
West Fifty-eighth-st.. was fishing on an lee
barge at West Fifty-fourth-st., when hatch
door covering an opening to the hold of the
boat was hurled from its fastenings by the
wind and struck him. He received a scalp
wound and other injuries, but was able to go
70 his home after being attended by an amou-
lance surgeon from Roosevelt Hospital.
Policeman James Mccormick. of the West
The playground had his hands full after the
short storm in getting attendance for the two
injured men and locking after the scores OF
frightened children.
In some districts haistones as large as good
sized cherries fell noticeably near Bellevue Hos
pitaI where the storm could be seen sweeping
across the river toward the city from the Long
Island shore. The rain OF hailstones did not
touch the lower part of the city.
Lightning struck signboard fifty feet long
and twelve feet in width on the top OF the four
story building at No. 81 to 80 East Twenty
third-st with disastrous results The sign
belonged to the New-York Bill Posting Com
pany. one end Of the sign fell FIRST, and then
the big board that fell first grazed the head OF
Helen Bradley, seven years old, of No. 3l9 East
Twenty -thrd-st., who was in the street. She
received a serious scalp wound, and would have
received more serious injury in ell probability
had not oscar orr. butcher of No. 315. run 70
her assistance. Hardly had he picked the child
up and moved to a place of safety before the
other end of the sign crashed down on the
sidewalk
dow valued at 5000, in the grocery store of
Frederick Raubahl, the first floor of the
and also did considerable damage TO
the stock. Ambulance Surgeon MeGevern. of
Bellevue Hospital. attended the injured child
and she was carried to her home.
The storm also did damage In The Bronx.
About 210 o'clock lightning struck the Chin
ney on the old Kingsbridge Public School, at
Albany Post Road and Bailey-ave. The chin
ney was demolished but was hurt A
heavy piece of stone which had formed the cap
of the chimney, fell on the roof of a plumbing
shop next door, making hole In 1t. There is
a mark where the lightning passed down the |
wall and into the earth.
The building for five years has been unused,
except for religious services on Sunday.
There VIII be occasional thundersteFms te-
day and tomorrow.
The humidity yesterday ranged between Sc
at s a. m. and 30 at p. m The average at
this season OF the year is about Y per cent
s