Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-08
A MINIATURE CYCLONE
Strong Gale Followed a Heavy
DoWnpour of Rain.
IN NEW YORK THIS MORNING
Wind Blew From Fifty to Eighty
Miles an Hour.
GLASS SHOW WINDOWS BROKEN
Pedestrians Along Broadway Sour
ried to Safety-Air Filled With
All Kinds of Flying Articles.

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NEW YORK October S.-A heavy
downpour, followed by a strong gale from
the south, that swept over the city like
miniature cyclone, made things decided
ly uncomfortable for New Workers this
morning. While some parts of the city
suffered more than others, 1t was fair to
assume that old Jupiter Pluvius had 1t in
for the entire metropolis and lost no time
in making 1t known.
The rain, which began falling early last
evening, continued until late hour this
morning
The storm did stunts in Harlem. The
wind, with velocity variously estimated
at from fifty to eighty miles an hour.
swept through the streets there, breaking
big show plate windows and glass show
cases. wrenching signs from their fasten-
ings and stripping clothes lines.
So much clothing of every description
was piled along 125th street that the
street cars were blocked. Two young men
were blown from a wagon at 125th street
and sth avenue and had to be taken to
hospital with painful injuries.
Many Hats in the Air.
The storm seemed to center along 125th
street. 1t struck the broad thoroughfare
with full force. and pedestrians scurried
to cover. Hats were flying in the air so
thickly that they looked like focks of
birds.
The wind broke the big plate glass show
window in Acker, Merrall & Condit's
store and scattered the fragments for a
block. Then it picked up a big basket
OF choice fruit that was the center of
attraction of the window, carried 1t clear
across the street and deposited it SO
gently, right side up, upon the pavement
that not even a. banana fell off or a grape
was disturbed.
Selling show case filled with wom-
ems dainty wearing apparel that. stood
on the sidewalk in front of department
store, the wind carried it half a block
scattering corsets, skirts and other attire
along the muddy streets. Other show
cases gave up their contents, until 125th
street looked like a bargain counter af-
fair.
Clotheslines in the rear of adjoining
streets >fa-ed the worst, however. Yes
terday being wash day, the lines were
repiete with all manner of clothing which
had to remain out on account of the rain
last night. In many cases the lines were
stripped as bare as shoestrngs
Flying sheets, bedspreads, mems and
Women's neither garments and what-nots
filed the air like huge birds. trolley
Sai " oso bo"liuS lIiOuBn 10th street
when a bundle of clothing blew directly
in front of it. A pair of ladies' stockings
and white skirt got tangled in the slot
somehow and the car had to stop. While
the motorman was disentangling the mess
other cars backed up, and soon there
was a tie-up on the line.
Freaks Of the Wind.
The storm vented much of its fury on
the upper west side of the city. River
side drive from I'D street to Grants tomb
was strewn with the debris of trees and
broken shrubbery which collected at
street corners and rendered traffic in the
morning hours difficult.
Such was the force Of the wind I'm Har-
lem that in three Instances horses and
wagons were blown across 125th street
and one OF them was dashed against an
elevated railroad pillar, wrecking the
wagon and injuring the horse Several
immense advertising signs on the roofs
Of high buildings in 125th street were
blown down into the street, narrowly
missing pedestrians who were running for
sign, composed of hundreds of electric
lights. was demolished, and left hanging
over the cornice of the building.
Mrs. Kate Buckley was blown off the
porch of her house in Madison avenue and
badly bruised. Many plate glass windows
in the stores on 125th and nearby streets
were blown in, and in several cases occu
pants of the stores were cut by broken
glass The streets were flooded with
water, whi:n fell so fast as TO choke the
culverts.