New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-10
GRAVES FLASHED AWAY.
Damage By Storm in Greenwood and
Throughout Brooklyn.

FriEhtfuI damage was wrought by the storm
in Greenwood Cemetery. There were Iandslides
at half dozen different points. and il will take
months to replace the ground that has broken
away and to repair the damage done. Sad TO
relate. there may be some damage that can
never be repaired. for many graves on the side
Of the hill a few hundred yards east Of Fifth
ave. have been completely washed away. Head
stones were knocked down by the avalanche OF
earth and mud, and in some cases thrown fifty
feet from their original positions the hill
side while the flood Of water rushing down from
the steep heights burrowed out the graves.
Although a representative Of Superintendent
Eugene Cushman declares that bodies have
been lost. the onrushing torrent OF water bur-
rowed such a deep gully in portion Of the
hill where bodies were buried that II seems al
most certain that some of them have been
swept into the lake below. a workman en-
pIoyed on the grounds said he that
there were some collins in the lake.
A Tribune reporter saw protruding from the
side of the hill the splintered end Of a coffin
which partially covered by board. There
had been at least half dozen bodies close 10
this one, of which there was not a vestige TO be
seen. These were TO the south Of a headstone
bearing the name of Michael McLarty, who died
on September 13. 1861 Every grave below this
one was swept away. the water and earth nav
ing bored out a gully to a depth of from four
to seven feet
WRECKS CAUSED BY LANDSLIDES-
This particular break took place about 9
o'clock yesterday morning, during one of the
hardest deluges of rain. II began at a point
nearly one hundred feet above where the ground
slopes steepIy down to the lake Nth fountain
in it's centre. The break was Immediately under
the edge of the large circular plot occupied by
the twenty-one members Of the Schenck family,
including the Remsens. the Rapelyes. the Sny-
ders and others. Down past the 1outh side OF
the William Warren White vault, set in the
side Of the hill. the landslide crashed, crossing
the narrow asphalt roadway at that point
Gathering Roadway in its steep descent. II top
pied over the next embankment, breaking new
ground il travelled. until something like fifty
tons of sods stones, mud and water swept like
so much paper before it headstones. fOOtstones
and their foundations Of brick. together with the
stout granite posts and iron rods that sur
rounded the burial plots. across Water Side Path
into the lake.
The space borrowed out by the landslide and
the water is about thirty feet wide Many
splinters of wood were lying about. as If they
were parts of collins dislodged BY the landslide
and torn from their resting places
There was from two 10 three feet OF water in
the vaults of David Graham a. c. Peck, Cham
berlin, J. W. Crossman, YellOwlee and William
Warren White. Henry LOhmann's monument
in his plot. in which there are six persons
buried is in danger. the posts being undermined
and all the ground in front washed away. The
monument showing where the ten children OF
F. DassOri are buried is in danger of topping
over and others near by that were in danger
were those of Paul Drysen. James Warnock and
Henry A. RansfOrd.
HEADSTONES WE'D AWAY.
The names on some Of tie headstones that
had been swep: away could not be seen. as they
were thrown face down and we're partially COW
cred with mud. but one Of those visible bore the
name OF Gertrude Palmerton. wife Of John Pal
merton. Upon two others We're the names
"Gertie'' and Oracle" Some Of these were i'm
bedded in the mud n the roadway. fifty feet
from the places where they had been set I'D
Great damage was also done and many other
graves put IL danger OF destruction by several
landslides the side Of the hill close TO the
elevated railroad. and extending from Twenty
eighth TO Thirtieth 1T. in Fifth-ave Here the
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