Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-07-31

A cyclone of fiendiSh violence
travelling at a speed of 10 miles
an hour struck the towns of Carteret
and Chrome late yesterday afternoon
and, for nearly a half-hour, pan
demonium reigned. Several rouses
were destroyed or badly damaged,
one girl was injured so that she may
not live, and several other persons
were injured and stunned. Big trees
were uprooted, telephone and light
wires wore broken, and wreckage
of wood flew through the air. as IL
on the wings OF fury.
No rain fell during the time that
the towns we're being swept, but,
when the wind had spent its force,
it seemed as If the very heavens had
opened, so5heavy was the downpour.
During the same period a severe
thunder, lightning and wind storm
was deluging this city and locality,
but the damage was trivial.
The whole was part of an almost
unprecedented series of thunder
storms and destructive winds which
swept the Atlantic coast, carrying
terror and leaving dead victims in
its wake. The places which were hit
most severely were Coney Island,
GgaVesend Reach, Bridgeport, Conn,
and Carteret,
First Signs of Storm.
A short while after 4 O'clock the
first signs Of the storm appeared, in
the southwest. 1t kept people guess
ing for over an hour and then, with
every atom of strength it possessed,
it loosed its fury, leaving scores of
Victims
The outbuildings and barn on the
place of William Duff's hotel on
Sawyer's Lane, at Chrome, were the
first to feel the Storm Kings anger.
The buildings were badly damaged
The cyclone then flew to the farm
house of the Canda Realty Company
a short distance away, tearing out
sections Of woodwork and veritabiy
making holes in the building.
The whirling cornucopia of wind
next hit the house being built on
the Blazing Star road by Tony AL
bright 1t totally destroyed this
structure, partially lifting the frame
work and causing it to crumble like
so much paper.
Kept On Its Course.
The messenger of destruction kept
on it's course stedfastly 1t swirled
across the meadows, finally encount-
ering the barn and apple orchard
on the farm of Emil Krutke, ON Rah-
way avenue. The houses in which
was number of persons, was not
struck. The barn, containing
quantity of wagons and cans, was
moved by the wind.
Lifted From Foundation.
The house of Mrs. Conklin, on
the hill, was next visited. The roof
was literally lifted off of the dwell
ing and the house was itself lifted
from its foundation and wrecked. A
Hungarian girl employed by Nys.
aConklin was hurt so badly that she
may not recover. Mrs. Conklin was
left in a serious condition from fright
and shock.
The Finnegan Lumber Yards also
felt the force of the devastating cy-
cloneic wind The cyclone raised
ructions in a small creek which had
been flowing placidly but few min
utes before.
The Kunkle residence in Railway
avenue was the next victim, being
hit at about the same time as the
two-story house of Mrs. Julia Fee,
nearby. The people in the houses,
afraid to remain in, tried to get out,
but could not until aid came.
Broke Up Baseball Game.
A baseball game was broken up,
first by the preliminary shower, and,
a few minutes later, by the cyclone,
which damaged all the vulnerable
woodwork.
The Carteret nine and the All
Stars. of Newark, had played one
inning when the rain fell in torrents.
The spectators, some of whom were
women and chi, en-, sought shelter
in the houses around the field. The
rain ceased soon and the game went
on, although the lighkning was flash
ing and the thunder bounding threat
eningly.
Scarcely had the E,pectators seat
cd themselves again w(en the cyclone
entered the baseball Ierounds. The
dusty wind nidlSed nh bic pieces of
wood and fa1l1h 1.ra,s ~ 81. trees
ana sWaAe them Il 5H, Z. cob.