New-York tribune., 1909-02-26
DAY OF THE BIG WIND
ONE KILLED; MANF HURT.
Gale at 69 Miles an Hour Brought
Fuen angels Trouble.

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s,--e- a.a several bumped against buildings py
8 gale Yesterday which swept down from the north-
west Al sixty-nine miles an hour ACCORDING -
the weather prophets Of the waterfront New 1oih
is making great meteorological history LOT ,. e 80
An ent-v vas made in Honest, Bit Quigley S
losbook reading: Feb. 25 the day OF the DIG
wind"
-rfe gale the heaviest that has swept down from
the cold northwest in many moons. kicked up an
unusually choppy sea over The entre haiOoi
Khitecaps could be even in the rivers. ana
real breakers po1naed with fury against the Bat
tery wall. Spray dashed up On Governors lsiand
throughout the day. and several customs
zho are accustomed te making daily trips down the
bag 20 meet the incoming steamers acknowledged
yesterday that they were seasick-
About three weeks ago a fOrerunner Of yester-
days gale overturned covered wagon IN state
street and sent The horse sprawling amid niX-up
OF shafts and harness. The windy prank was re-
peared yesterday in practically the same place.
only this time the uncertain blast took second
fling al a covered wagon and bowled IT over after
The horse had regained his feet
The force OF the 'wester was not confined
however 20 the lower end of Manhattan Its fury
swept seward. and while passing out to the Hook
It caught the bright sails of the schooner
yacht Mystic, of Boston, few hundred yards OF
ssth street South Brooklyn and hurled her over on
her beam END.
Tugs throughout the day had hard task get
ting about with their heavy floats, and even the
terryboafs had to make wary and accurate efforts
ANGEL GABRIEL GETS A WALLOP
The biting blast from the northwest not
sespecter OF person or place yesterday. II blew
nroIi Ehe Just and the unjust with impunity. and
while the lower part OF the current made merry
with rnortals the upper part wrested the bronze
statue OF the Angel Gabriel. trumpet and all. from
its the roof OF the chanceI of the Cathedral
Of St. John the Divine. at Mornngside Park. The
statue which is ten feet high and weighs about
six hundred pounds fell lengthwlse, and a gang
Of workmen dashed it tightly to the roof 1t was
erected the cha1cel in October and was held
fast BY steel rod driven through the roof
The one death the gales credit was that OF
an unidentified man, who said 10 have been
struck by q falling sign He died last night at
GouperneGr Hospital.
According 20 the police. one the sign hit
the man He was passing front Of No 81
Bovery at the time the sign fell but it could no.
ascertsined that in falling had fractured his
skull. Several men who the man lying uncon-
EcIous on the sidewalk observed two men rush out
- the building and carry the sign inside The vic
tim was about forty years old lie had nothing on
his person that would lead his identification.
After his death the police arrested Joseph New
mark. Of No. e5l Sherman avenue, The Bronx
Joseph Eewmark is PRESIDENT OF he C9ns0ildaSed @ 4
Chandelier Company. with offices at No 81 BoWerE'
from which building the wiad-torn sign was flung
NeHmark was taken 10 the Eldrdge street station
and locked up on a technical charge Of homicide,
but later was paroled in the custody OF his LAWYER
FAILING FLAGPoLE HITS TWO.
One OF the most serious accidents occurred in the
forenoon at Broadway and sd street, when the
no-thvrester was blowing at its maximum. Al
though the wind blowing hercely. BroadVa!
lad fair :hrong Of passersby, and about a score
Of persons were bending through the wind in sd
street. trying get into the building Of the Union
Dine 80 vIngs Bank. suddenly Patroman Baer- OF
the traffic squad. heard crack overhead and.
locking up. saw the big iagpole the roof Of the
building bend and split. He shouted warning,
just as one section OF the 4Ofoo pole fell in Broad
way and the other crashed in West SD street.
Thanks TO the polcenan's shout, only persons
were hit. the having out into the street
The piece that fell into Broadway was badly shat
tered when II hit the pavement throwing splinters
IN eli directions A splinter struck William Schroe
der. OF No 2G7 West Ssth street, the side of the
read. and for few minutes left him unconscious.
Dr. Mcclure OF New York Hospital. was called
end treated Schroeder, after which the young
able go home.
Raymond Goldman. OF No 275 South 2d street.
Williamsburg, had his hat knocked of by a large
Splinter but he himself escaped injury. a. Bern
stein Of No. 45 West 34th street. missed being
struck, and probably killed, by the falling end in
Broadway by only few inches.
Considering the velocity OF the wind, the general
Damage 20 life and property was not so heavy as
such & gale might lave caused. Signs and plato
glass windows were blown out Of their castings in
various parts Of the city pane 10 by y feet in
q store a No. - West 125th street crash
ing 10 the curb. but was hit by the breaking
fragments. A piece of glass the vestibule Of
a cafe at l25th street ard Park avenue was blown
10 The sidewalk just feet IN front Of a woman
who passing by
ADVERTISING WAGON DISRUPTED
As an advertising wagon passing Broadway
ct $50 the two big poster covered sides
torn apart the top Icy the wind and fell on
George Brown. a salesman who lives a No. SO
West 2zth street. lie found TO be suffering