The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-03
Intense Heat in the East Gull
inmates in Big Wind.
Gale Reached Velocity of 20
Miles In New York.
TWO STORMS MEETING
Caused a Panic in Crowd at
Manhattan Field.
Three Deaths Directly Trace
able to the Disturbance.

New York, July S.-A terrific storm
here followed a period of most intense
heat. There were four deaths from the
heat and a score or more of prostrations.
Already three deaths directly trace
able to the storm have been reported
and many persons caught in the fury
of the wind were injured.
At one time the gale blew at the rate
of 72 miles an hour in the upper part
of New York, according to the weather
bureau. Many places were struck by
lightning which played continuously for
an hour or more.
A great section of the Manhattan field
fence was blown down and there was
almost a panic among the thousands
of men and women who had gathered
at the polo grounds adjoining to wit
ness the New York-St. Louis game. The
polo grounds were flooded with a foot
of water, the game was called off, and
the attention of the officials and police
was directed to getting the half panic
stricken baseball enthusiasts to d place
OF safety.
There were in reality two storms, bat
they blended into one. The Bronx was
the first to feel it's effects and the lower
portion of that borough suffered most.
A wind of extremely high velocity
swept from west to east, uprooting
trees, smashing plate glass windows,
blowing pedestrians from their footing
and doing all kinds of damage Appar-
emily the storm was in two divisions,
one advancing down the valley of the
Hudson river and the other approaching
from Long Island sound, which was
torn into a fury by the force of the
wind. These two divisions met over the
lower Bronx with dazzling displays of
electricity The first wind storm was
followed by a heavy fall of rain like a
cloudburst in character and a shower
of large hail stones. Fanny Kinsloer, a
6-year-old child. frightened by the
storm and blinded by the rain, ran di-
rectly under a swiftly moving wagon
and was killed instantly. John Domi-
nick, a dock laborer. was knocked into
the East River by a plank which had
been picked up by the wind and was
drowned.
The wind swept the embers of a bon
fire over the pinafore of 3-year-ol1
Clarence Hadden and he was burned 10
death.
Miss Mary Carman, of Rockaway
Beach, was dashed by the wind against
the Flatiron building and so badly IN
jured that she had to be taken to the
New York hospital
Among the places struck by light
ming or damaged by the gale were the
Church of the Divine Paternity. on
Central Park west. the Hotel Nor
AAadiAIiSs tAt1 l~niA1oStCA oBeAi AOhSC.
on West End avenue, and the Arbuckle
building, on Water street.
Washington, July 3.-Nine prostra-
tions. several of which were serious
resulted from the heat yesterday
Though the weather bureau reported u
maximum temperature of 96 degrees.
the thermometers in the street reg
istered as high as 1011s.
Washington shared with Philadelphia
the maximum temperature in the east
ern part of the United States, accord
ing to reports received by the weather
bureau
Pittsburg. July 3.-Four deaths, two
of the victims being children, and q
number of proStra tions represent the
effect of the intense heat here The
highest temperature recorded at the
weather bureau was SO degrees, at
p. m. yesterday.