The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-22
DAMAGE FROM THREE STORMS
NEW YORK AND ITS NEIGHBORS
OBLIGED AND SHAKEN.

a Church. Many Houses and steamship
Among the Targets Of the Lightning
-Topmast OF the Perugia splintrred
Much Damage Done In the suburbs.
Three old fashioned thunderstorms
rumbled over the boroughs Of the town
between midnight and few hours before
sunset yesterday. The sky was literally
slashed by the second visitor, iercest of
the trio, which came reverberatingly from
the Jersey shore at about in the morn
ing. driving before ii inky clouds that
put daylight out of commission for several
minutes.
The storm squalls tore limbs from
foliage burdened trees and uprooted some
OF the decrepit ones. Many bolts found
marks, including the Roman Catholic
Church of the Guardian Angel at Coney
Island. two houses in Bath Beach. which
were set afire. and other dwellings in other
boroughs. The Anchor Line steamship
Perugia, detained at Quarantine. was hit
by bolt that splintered her wooden
maintopmast. but was absorbed by the
steel Of the lower mast so that nobody
on board felt the shock.
ITebb tHdU OIL lIlCH VI ram WdS hDIlJ ny
the three showers.
A bolt of lightning struck some electric
light wires just outside Of Christ Hospital,
in Palisade avenue Jersey City. during
the morning storm and ran along the
wires into the building. setting fire to the
roof over the operating room. Patients
were much upset by the shock, but the
nurses managed to quiet their fears in
short order. The city firemen put out
the blaze before more than $50 damage
was done. While on it's way to the hospital
the hose cart of Engine Company II
crashed into the rear OF trolley car in
Central avenue Richard Jenkins. the
driver, was thrown from his seat and
Capt. John Patterson Of the company
was pitched headlong into the street
Jenkins received superficial bruises and
Patterson was injured internally but not
seriously. One of the horses broke n
leg in the collision and was shot.
During the previous thunderstorm at
midnight bolt tipped the cupola on the
City Hospital in Baldwin avenue. Jersey
City. crippling the lighting system and
throwing the institution in darkness
Gotta and thing we're torn away
Two men charged with stabbing another
who had been taken to the hospital for
the purpose OF giving their victim chance
to identify them tried to escape in the
excitement. They were nabbed at the
street door.
Hudson county. New Jersey. was
peppered in spots by lightning A bolt
hit the factory OF the United Embroidery
Company. Summit avenue and Walnut
street. West Hoboken. ignited some
woodwork and put the electric motors
out of business. II also caused a small
sized panic among the factory hands.
The loss by fire was small.
lightning struck chimney on the
North Hudson Automobile Companys
garage At Blum street and Bergenline
avenue. Union Hill. and started fire
in the roof The blaze was extinguished
by the town vamps.
The flag pole on Public School 3. Second
and Monroe streets. Hoboken. was shat
tered. and flag pole on Cordts 4 Katen-
kamp's store at First street and Park
avenue. that city. was splintered by
another holt. lightning struck wires in
front Of Public School in Park avenue.
Weehawken. and scared folks but didn't
do any damage.
four young men had taken refuge at
Dover. n. J. Clarence Ridner. II years
old, was killed and his brother Harvey.
Is years old. was so badly hurt that he
may not recover. James and John
Wearnc, is and 10 years old. were severely
worat in many vaara Cattle w.ra k;liad
in The Gala smsii harms we're StrncE and
ta,enbona and telepranh service was
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a hoit of j;oh,ning that shook Ravonne
a, about s.ao o'cjncl, jss, nigbt Liiied
William Geihel a boss carnentcr wbn
lived nj oOa Broadway tbat civ The
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~ the law burned his hat and lore his
clothes from shoulder 10 foot m his right
s;da His sbne was ,inned onan Ha
leaves a widow and twn children His
comnanion Peter Welsh Of io7 Hobart
avsn,,e Ravonne was knock od down Ly
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