New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

OF sight and at ID o'clock the shone. for
which men gave thanks for they had presaged
en- all day blizzard in the storm But the wind
nbated not in force and the mercury went down
steadily. Accidents were numerous. and hardly
an hour passed but what loud report and a
thinking denoted that some plate glass window
had been shattered by hurricane gust. The
Fqatiron Building sustained its reputation, and
those who crossed the street al that point viii
long remember It. Myriad were these who
psrted company with hats and muffiers, furs
and ribbons; many those laid low and many
more those who would not accept the gage of
hattie and made detours OF blocks to avoid that
furious spot.
with the C O'Clock whistles and the time for
homegoing the thousands OF workers fought
over again the battle Of the morning, but in
hercer cold, mightier wind. Garments. no mat
ter how thick. awaited not TO bar the entrance
% cruel cold. The thousands hurried as they
never hurried before. though hurry is the normal
condition of the homegong crowd. Through the
tunnels formed by narrow streets and high
buildings the hurricane drove them, like a herd
OF captives Women, enveloped in their own
skirts whirled about as the whirling Dervishes
whiri; men grasped at posts TO stay night over
which they had control Faces were blue ana
pinched; hands dug deep in pockets, though
the cold PENETRATED even there. one thought
was uppermost IN the minds OF ALTO reach
L.
The rindstorrn swept through Harlem at a
terrific rate. carrying pedestrians before II At
Imminent danger 10 life and limb or driving
Their 10 shelter in the lee OF buildings. Many
persons We're thrown down by the force of the
blast. some of them receiving painful injuries
and IN one i-stance causing an accicent that AT
first was thought TO be fatal
One OF the windiest corners in the city, aside
from the Flatiron. is at One-hundred-a and
tprenty-fifth-st. and Fark-ave. When the storm
was az its height a party Of three were among
those who sought refuge at the side OF the Ham
iton warehouse building at that corner. They
were Irving Pearsall, a clerk, OF Deer Park.
L. l.; his sister. Mrs. Lillian Funk. of No AZ
West One hundred -and-thirty- thiro-st. and Miss
Ida Ohmiller, OF Babylon, l. / AS they stood
in front Of the building the wind blew from the
Office OF the Hamilton Warehouse Company a
pane OF plate glass, by u feet in size. which
fell N large. jagged pieces One of these pieces
struck Pearsall the forehead, near the right
and led 20 the belief that the young man was
fatally injured. Mr.. Pearsall was taken to the
Office OF the warehouse company and attended
by physician, after which he went TO the home
through fright and also required the ply
sicians attention.
O'Connor the victim of his misunderstand-
ing. DIT. Reed. OF Bellevue Hospital, was return
ing 70 the hospital in ambulance. In ap-
preaching No Cos East Fourteenth-st he hap
fence topple over the edge Of the roof and hang
suspended He looked down and saw OConnor.
HI, there, get ont from under"' the doctor
yelled.
O'Connor didn't understand, and thought he
was being made fan Of He stood still to eX-
The support holding the fence gave way, and
The next instant OConnor was struck to the
ground. DR.. Reed quickly bundled him into the
ambulance and took him to the hospital.