New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-17
SWEEPS LAND AND SEA.
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IN. velocity OF the wind nor the cuanutS %
rain Forecas;er Emery said. was remarkaoe
A ,;selt but the combination in such storil
was quite unusual
while the storm az its height two pie0es
OF heavy iron pipe fifteen feet long ana a -
wide, which formed part Of chimney on 1.,0
National Park Bank Building. at No 2l4 sroau-
- on NTH a terrific crash TO the Sidewalk
o.. % she rteces knocked an umbrella OUT o.
- ,.-as ~ q man in the street. polceuloi-
witnesses said also had a Mario" esoSpe IVA
a,einr struck by the falling pipe
~ pev DR.. David II. Greer, rector OF 81
r2artholomew's Church, at Madlsoh-1Ne' 90
1,ors,-fourth-st. discovered that the spHe "a N-'
church go feet high. was swaying lac to.o
some vVorlmen who were painting me o"o.o-
80 they after a building inspector VINO hau
-, s,,p,noned refused TO climb the splre 10
&C how baalv e. was damaged. climbed TO the
son and fastened ropes 10 the giroers' SO Una.
she spire was temporarily made secure INN
mis- was done there was almost a panic among
she occupants OF the houses near ny ana TIC
Madison-ave cars were stopped
A big piece OF water pipe fell from the roOl %
she church OF the Heavenly Rest. at Forty
.,vtb-st and Fifth-ave. shattering stone angel
ever the doorway. Awnings and their stan
,b,ons covering the sidewalk in front Of Sherry
rses at F-ortv-f ourth-st. and Fffth-aVe-' were
swept across the street. and many "lHuO" -
the neighborhood were smashed.
School children all over the city were Iio' a
lowed 20 20 home at the noon hour because ol
she storm. which raging Hereby AT ina
sine Many OF the children haa not oiOueH'
sbe,r luncheon with them and had to go hungry
rrbs,e however. were allowed 10 go home as
eoon as the wind abated.
LONG LIST OF ACCIDENTS.
-rh.-. we're many injuries. caused by flying
f1a one
a. blinded by the storm that he was run down
-, ,r e,-nress wagon James Billings. sales
nan 81 No. 20 East One-hundred-ano-tw twenty
,,,,,b-st was crossing Broadway in front OF
she F1atiron Building The dashing or ram
blinded him so that he did not see an express
wagon coming around the corner. The wagon
struck him. overturned. ana IN the struggle
Prank McDermott, the driver. was thrown IN
der the horses feet. lie was badly injured ana
JBillingss right shoulder was broken Ihey
were taken 20 New-Tork Hospital
Miss Maggie Peterson. eighteen years old a
xressmaker. OF No. 339 East Thirty-si-th-st-.
rs nass,nr No 20 West Twenty-third-st-.
when a sign was blown from the store Of Jor-
dan & Jordan. Il struck her on the head. max
sne severe wound She was taken 10 the New
York Hospital
louis vVertheimer, eighty-one years old, OF
No Isl FIfteenth-st.. Brooklyn. was knocked
down by the wind at Battery Place and Broad
way His nose was broken. and, after being at
tended by an ambulance surgeon, he was taken
home.
Austino Moresco thirteen years old, q school
bov Of No. 4Oa West Twenty ninth-st.. was
trying 20 cross Sixth-ave. at Twenty-seventh-
at The wind picked him up and dashed him
against a building breaking his right knee He
was taken 20 the NewYork Hospital.
Mrs Susie Weber OF No. 406 West Twenty
rixth-st- was standing at Twenty-third-st ana
Foour4h-ave when the storm blew a beam frorn
she new Metropolitan Building against her.
knocking her down. She. too. was taken 10 the
New-York Hospital
William Joyce. five years old OF No 3o1 West
Ninety-sixth-st was struck on the head by a
shutter blown by the wind from No 327 West
Ninety-sixth-st His skull was fractured, and
he was taken 10 the }. Hood Wright Hospital.
william rlennedy OF 80. 544 East Seven
teenth-st.. at work one story shed at Ave
nue. and Eighteenth-st, was blown from the
roof OF the shed into the back yard. He was
taken 70 Bellevue Hospital suffering from
fractured skull
Just before noon a quantity OF scafolding
around the upper floors OF the Central Railroad
az New-Jersey building. at West and Liberty
sts became dislodged BY the wind and fell
with crash many stories down TO the roofs
OF the low buildings numbered from No. lOl 10
40 west-st In the restaurant at No. ITO Isl
DOR S. Brunard eating piece OF scat
folding struck on the glass roof Of the restau-
rant. smashing it into thousand pieces. some
cf which fes; on Brunsrd neighboring doc
Tor dressed his cuts
sTEEPLE ALMOST FALLS.
Two great beams were blown from the steeple
OF the Church Of the Holy Apostle. Ninth-ave
and Twenty-eighth-st. injuring two men and
sust escaping a crowded elevated train. Avah
w. Anderson, engineer Of an asphalt roller at
work near by had his legs badly crushed, while
his assistant. James Brennan, was struck on the
ankles They were attended by surgeons from
Roosevelt Hospital Several hundred school
children. attendants at School No. 33. had
passed Just before the beams fell. The whole
steeple was in danger OF falling, and late yester-
day afternoon a gang Of men went 10 work 10
brace g.
Many trees were uprooted IN Central Park.
among them a white birch. which one OF
the most beautiful trees in the park. Down IN
Union Square an elm was blown down. while
huge branch was torn of another. In Bryant
Park the electric light wires were blown down
Superintendent Peters OF the New-York Zoologi-
ca Gardens said that valuable plants and shrub
hery IN Pelham Bay. Bronx Park Van Cort-
iaEdt and CrotOns parks ruined. lie could
not give an estimate Of the damage last night.
The police wires connecting the Westchester
Bronx Park Wakefield. Bighbridge. Kings
bridge and fremont police stations are down
q result Of the storm. and throughout these dis
rricts there IL a considers bic property loss
Trees fences and sheds are down. and the cleo
trio light wiring OF Kingsbridge and Spuyten
Duyvil is badly damaged that those two
places were in darkness last night
The schooner Lucy V. Hall. OF Sag Harbor