New-York tribune., 1907-10-09
DESTRUCTIVE SQUALL.
T,co Meet Death and Many Hurt IN
Storms Glass .Stre7Cn Path.

\ night Of wind and rain succeeded about
o'clock yesterday morning by a squall which left a
trail Of glass covered sidewalks. torn signs and
stripped trees across Harlem and The Bronx one
man and boy met death through the brief storm.
and several more were injured. Harbor and Sound
shipping delayed and many minor accidents
were reported. Small boats werc swept ashore.
particularly I'm the Great South Bay, the storm
swept over Long Island and out to sea.
In East Camden. y. J.. Adoph Fetter boy
twelve years old killed when the gale swung
"a charged electric wire against him. Frank
Whacnk. OF the striking engineers the
PENNSYLVANIA tunnel in Long Island City. while
doing picket duty at East avenue and 80 street.
came into contact with a charged wire torn loose
by the gale and was almost instantly killed. An
other engineer, Henry y. Rooney, went to his as
slstance. and was knocked senseess. After he had
been revived he tried again. and finally succeeded,
using the upper part of rubber boot to tear loose
the wire.
The work of the storm was most severe in
Harlem and the lower part OF The Bronx 125th
street apparently getting the severest blow. Where
IL crosses Eighth avenue wagon belonging To A
dyeIns hrln was blown against elevated pillar
and the driver thrown out and bruised A faU
feet away an undertaker's wagon was blown en-
trey across the street but the driver was not hurt
tiaiI dozen doors further on electric sign was
blown through plate glass window and in Lenox
avenue. sign top of the building A. 12sth
street blown into the street
Near Firth avenue. in 125th street another borsa
ana wagon were blown over. while the manager of
the store in front of which they were STANDING
was badly cut when the big plate glass window, va
blown In upon him y few doors away ot No 81
west l25th street. Mason Socol was trying to loo,
hs stock Of newspapers and magazines from, boir
us'rlouted All over The Bronx and Harlem whom
an electric sign fell his neck Socol NO, ~,
frightened and a little hurt. The theatre slg1 -.
TINS point and seven hundred electri, Gin; -
'''''eu an over the street at about the sa,,,.
- 'N'' mere 10 Ihird avenue nearly everv
pLoJs0'Ins sign and about every other plate pt,s
WINDOW was smashed. II was a had or,ar,o = =
hour for plato glass insurance c,,,,,,.I ' Vi an
me cuVerts Of tho district yvera too ., .
'a'Iy OF the Hood. and the water was kno, d.a~
at Seventh avenue vas N'ite "eer
,.a, Hi's, Nato Buckley. who lives at No 42o Eas,
I-"u street was in front of No 1880 Madison 80
nue. when the storm broke Sbo Nc a., e
her feet. hitting her head against tba Co. = , o'
ee''ts d severe cut Trees in Mount Norris park
near Dy' were stripped OF leaves and big limbs and
several were blown down
Before the severcr storm, ~ tbo ,
considerable damage already had been done l.,
Harlem and The Bronx. In the latter mar of .b
city the low places were flooded and trees fences
ana chimneys levelled by the gales. A chimney
at No 1886 East 13ith street went down ono bricI
knocking senseless a tailor named Greenberc ne
dozen big trees within two hundred feet Of the
chimney were uprooted. julie Permanela or No
6lS East 18th street. was cut bv a nlate ,1os.
window when 1t blew out at No. 1871 Brown place
so severely that she had be taken to the Lincoln
Hospital.
The shutter the dome of the Columbia oh
servatory was wrenched off. but the teIescope es-
capped injury because Of it's heavy cover Several
fine old oak trees were uprooted. and some of the
Japanese evergreens. which TO be the back
ground for the statue of Pan when II is set nm
also torn up.
Many thousands Os dollars were lost In Great
South Bay when scores of small boats driven
ashore. II too rough all morning for the
lifesavers to get out to the beaches from, the
mainland. a smack was off Eastport all the
morning. but as she flew no signals of distress the
lifesavers did not put out to her