New-York tribune., 1906-06-11

knoo,osd down by Nicholas Latonio: OF nf lsstn
strset and Third avenue, at lloih stree
and First avenue She sustained a sesrie
soslp wound The woman was crossing ule
street IN a cloud of dust. She failed 10 see
Iatonio who was approaching on bicycle ana
IA1onio his eyes full Of dust failed 70 see
TIE bicycle knocked the woman down 1ae H. vas
nsion hurting Latonio TO the pavement; ne ss
not injured. Mrs. Cohen refused TO make q cohi-
plant against niin .., ,u~,,
1slinded by the clouds Of dust. Patrick hhey'
the rnotorrnan, sent his car. northbouho N
Madison avenue, crashing into an au'oiiloDl, q,
driven by Edward F. 6chiefrelin, ot .ne % ~. =
George Hotel Brooklyn. the machine was
crossing the avenue at 130th street Schienehn'
also blinded by the dust, failed TO see tne ap,
r,roachfng car in time 10 turn out. He managed
=. ssar.e The machine so that the force OF the
collision was considerably mitigated. and no one
was injured. TIE front end or the autohoOHe
was smashed in, however. disabling IL.
F>orrR STUNNED BY LIGHTNING.
The four persons stunned by lightning were
seeking shelter under at Hillside and AclS-
rovd avenues, Jamaica They were all burned
and one was knocked unconscious. All were re-
vived. however. and went home. There were
many outing parties in the woods near by. and
su had sought shelter under trees. Three other
trees were struck in the same neighborhood ana
sbere were narrow escapes
Tbe injured four were members of basket
nicnic party. When they saw the storm coming
II was too late 10 seek better shelter' SO tney
made for big tree. This was nit ana rlppeu 10
r,ieeee The four under il lay quiet and those
who had taken shelter under other trees ran 10
their aid. Then they summoned the DO ponce & . IN, ne
injured were William Block. Of NO. 5ss East Sun
er1sat Manhattan: his wife Laura: Max Schin-
hole of the same address. and Nathan DnlIIel-
belt Of No l75 Stanton street Manhattan
4IocL Was burned on the right foot. His wife
was burned on the back Seminole on the rlghl
arm and side and Dhiheibelt on the risht ies'
He was the most severely hurt - ,,a
A naphtha launch containing four m men ,, a.Iu
four women became disabled in the North rive
OF 134th street at the height OF the storn; a "a
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alongside the barge Southerly. moored at Nes'
18th street. Captain Anderson, OF llo O"i So
helped the men and women TO safety. ..,.,or
An automobile bearing the license nuihpgI
o. 316 New York. and owned by JaIiles d
Regan proprietor Of the Hotel hnicKerooc
hit an electric light pole at ga street 1Lu
Fifth avenue In the dust storm yesterday AFTER
noon and wrecked the pole The car skldded
coming down the avenue in the car were Foise otnr
Mary J. Donnelly. and the chauffeur a piece
az the pole pinned Mrs. Titus and Mrs. Donneiy
70 Inc seat and Mrs. Donnelly received severe
scalp wound.
six bows in a rowboat were caught in the
storm while quarter of a mile from the New
Jersey shore in the bay and a mile and han
from Ellis Island. They were swept against
the seawau at the east side Of Ellis Island,
where their shouts for help brought 10 their
rescue employees in the powerhouse- The Ellis
Island ferrvboat brought them to Manhat-
tan A purse was collected on the way across
IN the ferryboat 20 enable them 10 go 70 their
homes IN New Jersey.
REsCUES BY THE LITTLE SILVER
The Little Silver. Of the Patten Line, her
last trip from Long Branch. picked up four
men struggling in the water near an over
turned sailboat. Three others were picked up
by the Patience, which was passing on her way
10 Sandy Hook with a tow. The Little Silver
turned her four rescued over TO the tug, and all
were taken out toward Sandy Hook.
Members of the Ocean Yacht Club of staple
ton. saw from the veranda Of the clubhouse
small launch On fire in the middle of the bay
last night. Then they heard an explosion. Three
members put out from the clubhouse in q small
boat but when they got to the place where they
had seen the blaze they could find no boat or
anybody in the water.
Agnes Burns, seven years old. seriously
hurt. She was standing at the entrance TO the
baseball grounds al Dunwoodie. when the wind
swung one of the big ten-foot wooden gates
knocking her down and fracturing her skull.
At ST. Johns Hospital it was said she would
recover.
The 4O-foot sloop Munsey. owned by Michael
Schultz. OF No. 1884 Third avenue in charge Of
Oscar Jacoby, sailing master, capsized at Bar
retos Point, off Riker's Island, in the East
River. Several of Mr.. SchultZ's eight guests
jumped into the water. Others got into a small
rowboat astern. All escaped with ducklng.
In Jersey City Alexander V. Totten, of No.
263 West 7:3d street, Manhattan, and several
friends were riding through Storm avenue in an
automobile. The wind uprooted a big tree,
which fell across the road directly IN front of
The machine, which crashed into Il and was
wrecked Mr.. Totten and his friends escaped
. injury. The automobile was left a nearby
II garage for repairs and the party went TO the
u ferry by trolley.
Early in the day three heat prostrations were
reported. Henry Gleason, OF No. 1873 East l23d
street, was overcome by heat and removed TO
the Harlem Hospital. George Mason. Of No 2S9
Pacific street, Brooklyn. and another man were
overcome their way out Of the subway
Mason taken 10 the Hudson Street Hos
pitaL The other man was carried away by a
friend.
crowd estimated al seven thousand. from
Bronx Park and Mount Vernon, New Rochelle
and other Westchester towns, besieged the sta
tion Of the Third avenue elevated road at the
entrance 70 the Bronx Botanical Gardens The
reserves OF the Bronx Park police station were
called 10 handle the crush. men and women
Fought 10 board the trains. Several women
tainted, but only one name was reported by the
polIce-that of Mrs Constance Ridley Of No
242 East 92d street who had baby three
months old in her arms a policeman fought
his way to her as she fell, picked up the baby
and carried the woman out OF danger.