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wnh reupis. mostly NotnAn snd children
| from the usiaa diet fie4a The storm
eame In from sha ~ The aW over COMFY
waa ho,ter and more moist than uatal
Thp blast from Tho bfina waa very cool
sven bslcw the line ~ ,he las, s,cty ~
tho observatory Aiof, " prosabiy waa ~
tha fresslna point. Ths esult ~ the In
vaelon NJ the chilly bieet vas chs sudden
transformation n ths nole,ufe over coney
into Ioa partlclss. They desCsntled slant
lnaly on the wind. which a., 40 10 about
forty miles an hour, and lnah instant there
was a Wild rush Tor shelter. Maybe 10000
persons sought refuge In the covered plaoes
Of Luna Park and a. many moro ned IRON
the petlna of the storm at DreamAnd.
Every facade fronting the go that was
studded with inoandeeoent electric bulbs
began to top with the onslaught OF the Zoe
pellets. In Luna Park, according In Mr.
n ompson. thousands Of bulbs-how many
thousands his shrinking mo iesty forbade
him 10 sugRest-burst For few minutes
the rolse was like that OF fusillade OF In
| H. lid NJ h0atta 10
say that the ooping OF the bulbs, the
fierce ratter OF the hail on the tin roofs
and against the towers and minarets and
things, and the roar OF the frightened ani-
mails in Mundy's animal show, united IN
making an ensemble ahead OF anything IN
the spectacular line that had ever been
offered at Coney for nothing
Naturally, Luna Park was rot having a
SPECTACLE au 10 herself. The other press
agents eto had shows that they woulo
respectfully call to the attention OF tne
visiting reporters. For instance. accord
ing 10 Mr. Brown OF Drearnland. 5000 hghts
on the ocean side Of the big tower were shat
tered as if by the best narksmen In tne
rife range of Dreamland This is the press
agents own simile) The number was not
one less and it exhausted all the buibs
Senator Reyr olds had In stock to fill the
places Of the broken. ones Also many
| flags and penn ants were whipped 10 tatters
by the storm. When the first hailstone
! fell the megaphone men, who are drihed
| like life savers at Dreamland. gave IN unison
this mighty shout through all their mega
phones An hands will find shelter IN IN
| the big ball1 oom and restaurant, ana all
| hands fled in that direction.
Mr.. Bostock said he knew that the storm
was coming several hours before any CLOUDS
gathered BY his Jungle barorneters, by
| which he meant his wild animals The
untamed ones began to get restless, which
was a sure sign of the approach OF oao
! weather. =,
| There was not much lightning in the
blast, and most Of it expended its force
| around the Steeplechase. A bolt hit
I trolley wire of the new railroad in the
: 500 foot pier, danced along the wire and
/ finally disappeared in the power mouse,
! some OF 1t going through the right hand OF
George Smith @ ,hstix the SurGsd but
II was a very proper time for the animals
at Luna Park to get excited, ana CherTy.
a Russian A.sar, attacked and killed little
ast's agent ss ID 'e { was the fIrst instance on
record, perhaps, that anything Russian
ever licked anything Japanese.
But even outside Of show circles the hail.
storm was seen and felt from one enc OF
Coney Island to the other. A conserya-
tive estimate Of the damage is placed by
| the police at figures that will not interfere
, with the profits Of the shows at the end OF
the season il there is not hailstorm every
| Saturday.
P. S.Asam Davis, manager Of the danc-
ing hall at Luna Park, who sleeps in his
| evening suit, while lowering a window
| in the hall had the top Of his high hat driven
in by a shower Of hailstones, one of which
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son d Dundy and found to be ~ inches
II S. No 2-Mr. Brown of Dreamland
neglected to say that hailstone OF great
size was driven through WINDOW IN Dos,
white bull, which Immediately picked 1t up;
| It was taken from the bulls mouth and
measured by Senator Reynolds, and found
to be ~ inches in length allowing Tor
tongue Of the bull, Mr.. Brown estimates the
original length at about inches.
P.S. No. 3-There was no fall In the pr ice
| Of ice at Coney. =,
Perth AMBoY, N. j., June 2S.-Two hail
storms hit this city this afternoon al half
bast and at 4 o'clock The first did no
damage, but the second, which lasted sew
eral minutes, was the worst ever exper-
fenced here. The hailstones we're from
Sixteen of them gathered at ra9don
weighed exactly two pounde, and placed
| in a row in contact measured SO inches;
| Every greenhouse in the city was wrecked
and public and private buildings suffered
severely, Had there been more vino the
SoMRRvILLE, N. j., June pa terrific
hailstorn passed over the northern section
of the Raritan Valley this afternoon,
damaging crops and fruit trees; AT PUCK,
amin, New Germantown and Peapaok and
the territory including the great peach belt
the storm was unusually severe, and the
loss to farmers and fruit growers is re.
ported to be very heavy. Hailstones OF
great size shattered the glass in many
! dwellings in the path Of the storm.