The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-11

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tlpna nd rcr~,ns M sttt AID thNv aol
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faainninga AID hundreds ~ spafruva.
swallows and uno large hlackhird we're
awrtt aEnlnat the walls and killeI Many
~ them werr arrn ,ryi e Us navigate agalna,
the gale n hlew alutt NV mtles for n fpw
minutes and thon ri - ~ the struggle
and lo' tho win carr thc,u ~ ala glitter
The most remarkable adventure recorded
hy tpltcc and prrs- agents was that ~ an
empty barrel. II IL still q question ~ to
where the barrel started In its effort Ia
lTtllftlnHNlHNf IIlN lsInnls W ~ tpftuIn
that it, rrratic flight ended In front ~ the
"rrRin Rohhcry" In Surf avenue, M Joseph
StalowitH " tj7 Hivington street. Manhattan,
IL willing To testify, His recollection "
tho event IL vivid, as he stopped the barrel
will his head. His brown derby hat was
split fore and aft, from rim to rim. and
several humps appeared on his scalp, After
he had got mp he declared that the barrel
dropped from the roof Of the train holdup"
show house.
John Ward. the manager OF tho show,
said that he didn't have n barrel on his roof
and hadn't had for n month. He said he
had Seen the barrel moving through the
sky, actually riding the gale. which had
forced n section Of Itself through the open
ends of the barrel. He said that the barrel
had come from the direction Of Luna Park.
Agent Thompson denied this. He said he
had seen the barrel circling around in his
neighborhood, but that it had come from the
direction Of Dreamland.
Press Agent Brown OF Dreamland also
had observed the barrel and was somewhat
astonished at its gyrations. He assumed
that 1t was some strange aerial contraption
sent up from Steeplechase, as 1t came from
that direction. The man at Steeplechase
declared that he had never even seen the
barrel. Like the others he surmised that
Mr.. Stalowitz of Rivington street would
want more than the value Of his brown
derby hat for permitting the eccentric
barrel to light on his head.
After about all the dust except the gold
dust collected in the phenomenal first half
of the day had been swept into the sea,
the dustless squat blew about ten minutes
more. 1t was at least twenty minutes
after the first assault Of the blast that the
rain came, In perpendicular lines, almost,
as the wind had died down to a mere zephyr.
All the big places were jammed as they
never have been damned in their history.
1t was said that at least 225, 900 people
we're at the island when the rain began
falling. They packed themselves inme-
diately into rooted spaces and charged
wildly for trains and trolley cars. In half
an hour the fear inspired by the rain itself
and the occasional lightning flashes and
rumble of thunder had thinned out the
throng 30 that the multitude that was left
had room enough to walk around in COM
fort after the rain ceased, about .7:3O
o'clock.
Grace Van Buskirk, a crack ticket sell er
of Coney Island, disposed Of 1900 PASTE
boards at the main entrance to Luna Park
between noon and midnight last night,
which shows what sort of a day it was.
Her receipts were s loo. There was not
an amusement concern that did not make
money yesterday, even after the storm
broke.