Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
THREE DIE IN STORM
New York Swept by Wind and
DeIuged by Rain.
LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC
Trees Are Uprooted and Roosevelt
Decorations Torn Away.
HEBREW SYNAGOGUE STRUCK
Panic at Circus Narrowly Averted.
Many Pedestrians Are Hurled
to the Ground.
LIGHTNING PLAYS HAVOC
HEBREW SYNAGOGUE STRUCK

NEW YORK, June 1s.-On the heels of
day came the deluge. Two hours after
the parade that escorted him up 9th
avenue had disbanded the whole metro
politan district was swept by the most
| violent storm In months. In twenty
minutes go of an inch OF rain fell, while
the wind at times attained a velocity OF
| So miles an hour.
Three deaths were reported early to-
| night, four other persons are believed
to have been drowned in the capsizing
of fishing smack of Long Island, and
scores Of others had narrow escapes in
accidents on the water from lightning
and in being struck by trees. cornices
and heavy signs hurled to the ground by
the wint1. -
| Base ball games we're abandoned, and
for a while a panic was threatened under
the tents of a circus showing in the up
per part of the city.
The storm broke almost without warn
ing, preceded by a gust Of wind that Up
rooted trees, sent street signs dying AMI
tore into tatters the elaborate decorations
hung out in honor Of Mr.. Roosevelt. Then
came the downpour, almost cloudburs:
in violence. In a moment streets were
| flooded and the crowds still lingering
down town were soaked and pedraggled.
For an hour and a half the storm con-
tinued. causing great damage.
Ball Games Stopped.
The torrents put a sudden end to ball
games at the Polo Grounds and in
Brooklyn, and gave the thousands Of
| spectators a drenching. Racegoers at
Sheepshead Jared equally as badly, and
were nearly thrown into a panic when
they saw bolt Of lightning demolish the
jockeys board and plow a furrow 100
feet long through. the earth.
Passengers on excursion boats were
among the worst sufferers. Several boats
were hung up in He'll Gate by the storm,
not daring to face such treacherous cur
rents. From all along the water fronts
came reports Of scores OF rowboats and
sailing craft being capsized. with prob
able loss Of life. Small craft in the
coast also suffered. Not the least incon-
venient result Of the storm was the tenn
porary blocking OF the upper Broadway
subway by flooding.
Killed by Lightning.
In Brooklyn, Frank Ross, fkty-twu
years old, was instantly killed by an up
rooted tree. Another tree in Flushing.
L. L., was struck by lightning and Julius
Joska. sixteen years old. who had sought
refuge under its branches with his two
small sisters. was killed. Lightning also
was responsible for the death of Pietro
Santamaurito. forty years old. an engi-
neer of Long Island brewery. The bolt
toppled over the huge smokestack and
the engineer was buried under tons of
debris. Fire that followed caused a loss
Of $4,000.
A synagogue on the East Side, in which
dozen people were worshiping. was
struck and the huge bell and star sur
mounting the dome were dismantled. No
one was injured.
Report Of the capsizing Of fishing
smack or Long Island carrying four men
was made to the police by a man who said
he had seen the men sink. Boats sent out
to investigate found no trace of the
wreck.
Only the GOODNESS Of performers and
employees Of the Forepaugh & Sells Broth
ers' circus prevented a panic in the tents
spread on Manhattan Field.
Under the first blasts of the wind the
huge tent began ballooning and tuReine
at guy ropes. At the first sign Of appa-
rent danger spectators began to rise In
their seats. But calm performers contin-
ued their acts and hundreds Of circus
hands hurried through the throng warning
all to remain seated Thus the panicky
were quieted and only one woman. who
tripped over rope in the first rush, was
injured
Painters Blown From Scaffold.
Minor accidents almost without end
were reported at practically every police
station in the city. Two painters were
blown from a scanold. but escaped with
, slight hurts; dozen of pedestrians were
! bowled over by the wind or fell on slip
perry pavements Three were knocked
down by automobiles that skidded on
wet roads. Four rowboats. caught in
| the storm, were upset in Jamaica bay.
bat the occupants were brought safely
to land, although four had to be moved
| to hospitals. Two brick barges were
| torn from their moorings at a pier in
| the Hudson river and carried down to-
ward an anchored dotilla Of pleasure
craft. They were caught by a tug.
however, before causing great damage.
The blackness Of the twilight that
settled over the city with the approach
Of the storm added to the fears Of the
nervous ones and necessitated artificial
light in streets and buildings.
| In every park great damage was done
Trees were uprooted and branches from
parent limbs Uttered the ground
Central Park, in New York, and Pros
pect Park. in Brooklyn. were the worst
sufferers.
| Drowned in Jamaica Bay.
| Another victim Of the wind was Mrs.
Elizabeth Gerhardt. forty-fve years old,
Of Brooklyn. She was In rowboat on
Jamaica bay with her husband and two
other men, when a squall overturned the
cockleshell. The woman could not swim
and drowned before her companions
| could reach her.
| Jack Dick, an eleven-year-old boy, was
struck by q falling piece OF plate glass
in Brooklyn and died OF his injuries to-
| night.
BATTLESHP IN PERIL.
Floating Derrick Turned Away
From Florida in Nick Of Time.
| NEW YORK. Juno 1a-The giant bat
| tleshin Florida ON which flnishinr touchea