New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-05
SCHOONER SUNK IN GALE.
BaLLoonists HGUe Exciting AdU6n-
tare on Roof-A Heat Prostitution.

The cyclone which swept the coast yesterday
from the Delaware Capes to Montauk Point,
smashing vessels and buildings. was preceded
by the first heat prostration of the season. At
noon Michael Ealy, of Washington ave-. Brook
Ign, was overcome by the heat at No. 15S West
27th-st. He was taken to the New-York Hos
pital, where 1t was said his case was not
rious.
The gale, preceded by black low hanging
clouds, struck Manhattan early in the after
noon from the southeast. The two-masted
schooner William II. Barrum, laden with brick,
was proceeding down the North River from
Haverstraw to Brooklyn. when the gale struck
her off 205th-st- She was standing off the
Inwood shore under full sail when the gale
struck her broadside with velocity Of seventy
miles an hour. The vessel heeled for mo-
ment and then the weight OF her cargo carried
her away over and she turned turtle. Captain
Farley and his OF four were drawn under
the water and struck by flying brick. When
they rose to the surface they were seen by
three men employed by a boat builder by.
These men jumped into a power launch and
rescued them. The schooner is a total loss.
One of the crew. injured by the flying bricks.
was taken to the ]. Hood Wright Hospital The
others went home.
Leo Stevens. the aercnaut, and his helper. An
Schutt. had a narrow escape from the gale.
The men were at work with a balloon in which
they were to make an ascension from the roof
of the building at No. II Chambers-st. The
thirty-foot bag of the balloon nearly in
fated and was being held by the two men and
Kelly, another helper, when it was struck
by a squat and thrown against big sign
the roof. Stevens and Kelly were dragged to
the edge Of the roof and nearly dragged to the
street. Schutt was beneath the half inflated
balloon and was nearly suffocated before Stew
ems and Kelly freed him. He lowered to the
sidewalk in a sling and taken to the House OF
Relief, in Hudson-st. Stevens and Schutt were
preparing to go to Philadelphia in the balloon,
carrying big advertising sign.
Vessels in the Lower Bay and along the Jer-
sey Coast suffered severely. A three masted
schooner anchored off Seabright, after the wind
had died down slightly. and few distress sig
E Downen from Fernandina, reported that
while being lowed in the schooner grounded
during the gale on the Romer Shoals. The tug
cast off and left the Downen aground for about
an hour. She was leaking slightly when she
In New-Brunswick. n. J., the cyclone sent
the Thermometer tuInbling SO degrees in forty
five minutes. With the thunder and lightning
there were hailstones so the truthful Jerseyites
say as large as ostrich eggs. None Of these
phenomenal chunks Of ice were preserved.
A three masted schooner. lumber laden, an
chored Off Galilee N; j., in distress just after
the most severe squat passed. She was about
a mile off shore then and dragging. She was
watched by the life savers from Seabright and
Monmouth Beach Several fishermen barely
reached shore.
Along the Long Island shore less damage was
reported. Few Of the summer fleet Of yachts
and small boats are in the water at present, and
those which dragged anchor and went ashore
were only slightly damaged. Most OF the
freight schooners which ply along the south
shore were in the sheltered Great South Bay
waters and escaped the full fury of the squalls.
The gale, blowing sixty miles an hour. caused
great damage to small boats along the Sound
and last night at New-Rochelle it reported
thai several people who were out sailing were
missing The wind came up quickly that
had
The canvas of a large schooner which was
going up the Sound near Execution Light was
blown to shreds and the vessel was nearly driven
on the Long Island shore.
At the New-Rochelle. Larchmont and Amer
lean Yacht clubs last night score OF small
yachts were lying the beach, wrecked by the
storm. The Windstorm also did considerable
damage to greenhouses and foliage throughout
Westminster County, and the fruit crop is likely
to show severe damage.