New-York tribune., 1905-07-31

The storm which swept over Coney Island yes
terday afternoon left six persons dead and scores
of injured in it's wake. AT the Parkway Baths
where thousands were bathing when the storm
broke. five men who sought shelter under the
Brighton Beach boardwalk were instantly killed
and nine persons were seriously injured oE
lightning. Three thousand persons felt the
thunderbolt, which struck high fagpole and
passed down it to the walk. The sixth man was
killed near Ulmer Park. The dead and injured
are as follows:
On the Brighton Beach boardwalk, where
thousands of visitors were spending the after
noon. the shock was plainly felt The boards
were wet and formed direct conductor for the
electric current which shocked those who were
within five hundred yards of the fagpoe.
The pain resulting from the shock caused
many of those who felt it to jump Historically
into the air
1sI5 Frank RI tEenyhree years DID, NO Sz
DCNwOODIE. George. thirty-three years Old No. 44l
sth-st. Brooklyn.
FRANKHELL. Robert; tventy-four years old, NO @2s
East 71st-st Manhattan
RALzwEILER, Henry. forty-hve years cid. No ie7
svas. s fHSs'f Tss BrenS s:esn years o''
The INJURED.
AFPLE, John. htty-tvo years old. No 1ss 4oth-st
Is na aPs sss! oh a : ss
back
51ssys ss sara:S % ssga ses ID No $50
ave Brookiyn: both feet burned.
5th-st. Brooklyn; burned on back and feet
MCCARTHY, Daniel. No. se6 12th-st. Brooklyn; shocN
Dzyfd rTxer wear old 10 Fillmore
Place brooklyn: both fee. burned.
RI Ma Shock lsfP aSa 5u4H zsr' DID, NO l'
REss & ysss sB old Burned Se 100 ses
REIss Ms Isaac same address, burned about the feet
SCHEME Mrs Amelia, fifty years old No sos East 142d-
The storm was one of the worst that Coney
Island ever had. 1t broke shortly after o'clock.
and for three hours incessant rain. with almost
incessant lightning. kept the crowds of pleas
ure seekers in terror.
At Brighton Beach more than three thousand
of the 25O000 visitors to Coney Island were
bathing when the storm broke over the pleasure
resort Many hurried to nearby houses, while
hundreds packed the veranda of the Brighton
Beach Hotel. A slight shower reassured most
of those on the beach and many braved the
onceming shower to take another dip.
BULL EfC<AASD ~ faLNN-
The sound of the first peal of thunder had
hardly passed away when a bolt of lightning
struck the tall flagstaff in front of the Brighton
Beach Bathing Pavilion. At almost the same
instant bolt struck tree the Harway
ave- bridge which crosses the Coney Island
Creek mile away.
At Brighton the bolt found many victims
Clad in their bathing suits. half a hundred
men and women crushed under the boardwalk
for protection. Splitting an eagle which
mounted the pole and tearing an American flag
into shreds the bolt ran down the staff. crashed
through the boardwalk and went into the sand
The little group was scattered by the force of
the bolt some being thrown several feet. A
dozen failed to RISE and it was soon found that
FIVE were dead and the others badly hurt
The police in the Coney Island station were
extinguishing a blaze which resulted from
lightning bolt there when the call for am
balances and police reserves came from Brigh-
ton Beach Almost the same instant call from
the Harway-ave. bridge came in
DR. T. c. Clay and DIR. j. F. Morrison. of the
Coney Island Reception Hospital. which is less
than three hundred yards away from the
Brighton bathing beach. learned of the acct
dent from small boy whose hand badly
burned but who refused treatment. They hur-
ried 10 the scene. while nurses prepared every
available bed for the reception Of the injured
While DR.. Clay attended the dead. DIR. Nor
rison gave aid to the injured. whose cries
sounded above the constant thunder 1t was
pouring rain when the doctors turned the Park
way Bathing Pavilion into a temporary morgue,
>where the dead were cared for in reception
room.
The injured who had received first aid. were
taken the hospital in a patrol wagon and
cabs.
KILLED UNDER A TREE.