New-York tribune., 1909-07-31
TWISTER STRIKES CITY
MANY SPILLS ON RIVER.
Severat Deaths and Many Prostra-
tions from Heat Before Squau.

Of
OF heat for this month which struck the city yes
serday Four dead and score of prostratlons had
occurred when a wind squal. sweeping down from
the Jersey shore about o'clock. cleared the ar
and brought degree Of relief TO the sNeiteTne
CITY OAicially the highest point reached by the
r1,err,op,a+er was not above s2lZ degrees. but in
the canyenke Of the city it reached nearer
100 degrees.
It was the humidity that made the city unhear-
able. Before the squal broke the city 1t had
climbed TO a mark almost the saturation
point To lower Manhattan the clouds brought
only wind. but north OF the island rain and wind
Were mingled.
with lightning playing all about her, the river
steamship Mary Powell was driven out OF
her course above Tarrytown and landed in
q mud bank She stuck there FOR half an hour
Then the rising foated her. and she proceeded
p the river with further harm than the loss OF
time. Or shore about Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry
and down toward Hastings trees were blown down
and struck by lightning. roads We're washed out
and barns HIT. Several yachts were damaged by
lightning
During the squau a rowboat in which were
man. IZyo women and two children was overturned
in the middle of the river opposite Hastings The
tug Tip Top. of New York saved all five passen-
gers. The tug brought the persons 10 the recrea-
.ion pier Yonkers where they quickly made on
10 their homes without giving their nsn1es The
rescue was witnessed and heartily applauded by the
passengers the Hendrick Hudson. hound for this
city. The rovrboat was owned by Patrick DeNine'
q Yonkers boat owner, who says the persons are
unknown 10 him, having hired the boat for the az
ternoon
YACHTSNANS NARROW ESCAPE
F-ed Hare. Of No ls5 Beech street. Yonkers,
nearly lost his and his motor boat the Eta at
the same time yesterday afternoon while crossing
the Hudson The storm overlook him before lie
could reach his camp the west shore. capsiSlhg
the boat.
Hare was alone in the boat. when big wave
made the little craft turtle He clung 10 his
boat for more than hour. Meanwhile the storm
bufeted him with heavy waves that made his hold
continually weaker.
Man and boat were rescued at last by a tugboat
going upstream with 9 schooner in tow Hare was
picked up nearly drowned. and his boat was taken
sn tow as far as Tarrytown. There the schooner
was dropped. and the tug returned 10 New YORK
leaving Hare and the Eta at Yonkers. Hare be-
longs TO the Corinthian Yacht Club, OF Yonkers.
Down the ha-lbor II was worse than when heavy
tlanzet fog overhangs the bay From the Bat
terry Governors Island just blur. and the
Statue OF Liberty was sight entirely, for the
dust and dirt sweeping over from the Jersey shore
hung like a curtain between il and the Battery
Few boats under way in the harbor at the
time and though the copper-colored clouds threat
ened su sorts of weather there little more
than a slight smother kicked up by the wind
The rain came after the wind squall had passed
The wind did not come strong enough TO kick up
much Of a sea in the harbor. and TO the few small
,,oa-s that were out there had been plenty OF
warning Of the coming Of the storm Had there
been a better sailing breeze carrier in the day
there might have been considerable damage done
By the squall-
SAVED THE BIG BATTERY FLAG
For several days the big flag. one of the largest
sn the city. has been flying from the old mast OF
.he Constitution which set some weeks ago
in Battery Park Malachi Wade. superintendent OF
the mark saw the coming up and he ana MS
assistant started 10 bring the flag down from the
tan mast They waited too long. for when they
started 10 haul away the wind took the big flag
from their hands and. being SO by 20 feet II
-s,Iled away like the mainsail Of big yacht, ana
Malachi and his assistant went tuTnblns over TIE
Grass gang OF italian laborers was at work
close bv and It took eight of them 10 get the nag
under control and safely 20 the ground
2 So great was the heat that Cornmssioser Ed
wards gave his men and horses in the Street Clean
ing Department a two-hour rest, beginning at noon
CAV .rThe street cleaners he said after giving
out the order. have easy time Of 81 They nave
To work from 6 80 in the morning until IN me
afternoon with an hour rest al noon Win the neat
and humidity Of to-day It viii not only be for their
interests but for interests Of the city to give
them and their horses a two-hour lay-on
The dust that filed the city was responsible Tor
.ne accident at least During the storm. while Nfss
Henrietta Tiesenfed trying 10 clear her eyes.
eNe slpped and fell dslocating her ankle, and had
10 be taken 10 the New York Hospital
Miss Mary Mccoy. twenty-five years old. OF No
.as Haywood street. Brooklyn. an operator at the
Srrirg street exchange Of the New York Telephone
company at No. IS West Houston street, died last
night in the emergency room. on the fourth moor OF
the building having been overcome IN the street I'M
rnediately after leaving her work.
Miss Anra AIil!igan. twenty-eight years oid' zen
20 the paverner.t from the fourth story window OF
her home No 2T4 West 1l7th street She was
overcome by heat while cleaning window and
lost her balance
The vo1,ng woman seized the window ledge and
-ris5 70 hold on For several seconds she sup
,,or+ed her weight with hand, screaming loudly
A crowd OF women and children watched her from
.be street Two men started for the fourth moor
b,,t before they got there Miss Mihigan fell
ere was instantly killed Miss Miigans two
brothers are patromen in the traffic squad
HEAT DRIVES WOMAN INSANE
The heat caused the death of two persons in
East New York The prostration Of three others
Mrs. Mary Heck. Of Blake avenue Brooklyn was
sound in q crazed condition from the heat at Glen
,o-e sxenue and Jerome street. She gave two
s-,.+-ol,,a, and an ambulance surgeon from the
Bradford street hospital such a struggle that .
straIt Jacket had 70 be put on her Sht vas !a.e.'
taken 10 observation ward OF the Kings county
.ifospitaI 1,.-..,
No 81 Bennett avenue. who fell dead Whiie oeatIhs
a Garnet and Abraham Greenfelger. a child, VINO,
rnade dizzy the heat fell from the roof OF his
Henry Cierhardt was struck by lightning while
sitting the doorstep Of his home, at No. $
E13eadel street. Brooklyn The lightning burned
HIN severely After being attended by DR. Wer-
ron. Of the Williamsburg Hospital. he remained
Patroinaan Davis E Hapenny. OF the stapeton
precinct. overcome by the heat at South
where his condition is be critical.
Samuel Valdez. a passenger IN parlor car on
the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
and was taken 10 the hospital in New Haven. His
fsururaer home is al New London. He is a cotton
Ftlanfer, New Orleans
rtpeT yIcE-PREsIDENT BETIREs