New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
LIGHTNING KILLS TWO
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ing the parents that no danger unreal
onod The children: that the fagpole alone
had been hit. and was not daihase'
enough to fall.
A police sergeant joined the DEFENDERS
Of the fort. but score OF "oi'e"
pressed by the little group ana ran iro''
classroom to classroom searching LOT
their children. on finding order wner-
ever they went however. they soon gre"
timid and abashed, embarrassed peio'o
the quiet. staring pupils. Finally 'heS
Let themselves be persuaded that every
thing was all right and Withdrew
Crowds Are Frightened.
4 minor panic occurred among .he
tyyo hundred women and children VINO
a. the height of the disturbance, were
disembarking from a Coney lslann poa'
upon the recreation pier 12sth s'ree'
and the North River.
At the same time northbound Am
sterdam avenue surface car came near
bursting with its load Of panicstricKen
passengers. for as the car passed 'he
offices Of the Consolidated Gas Company
a Nos 1909 and 1911 Amsterdam ave
nue., lightning bolt hit the fagpole
on the building.
1t seemed to the passengers as II the
car had been struck. and they started
from their seats in mad rush for the
exits. Lieutenant Joe" Thompson. Of
the West 152d street station. happened
to be aboard With his assistance the
rnotorman and conductor succeeded in
quieting their frightened charges.
A horse attached to a moving van,
which had been standing at Lexington
avenue, maddened by a flash of light
ming. dashed up the street and into 103d
street. Joseph Prince, of No. 20I East
9th street. the driver. tried TO check
the beast with one rein. but the best he
could do was to steer him into the plate
glass window Of Andrew Streit's plumb
ing shop, at No. 100 East 1O3d street.
Several men, seated in the shop, scat
tered, lodging the flying glass. Prince
was thrown TO the street. but was UNI
hurt The horse. however, was badly
cut.
Abraham Siegel, with his wife and two
children. was sitting in the dining room
OF his apartment on the ground floor or
No. les Edgecombe avenue, The Bronx.
when a bolt of lightning shot through
the open window and hit table in the
centre Of the room. II set the place on
fire and sent the little family into the
street in hurry
Bolts Stop Clock; Hit Liner.
The tower on the Lackawanna Rail
road station. at Hoboken. was struck by
lightning. which shattered the flagstaff
and stopped the big clock. Another bolt
hit the aerial wire Of the wireless appa-
ratus on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie at
her dock, close by, and then disappeared
down the funnel of the steamship with
bang, but without damage. A third bolt
smashed the skylight of the adjoining
pier. soaring the longshoremen into
flight.
In Tarrytown lightning struck the
cable Of the Westchester Lighting Com
pany which carries the current from
New Rochelle to the other towns in the
county. All the villages on the line, in
Guiding White Plains. Tarrytown, Irv-
ington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and
North Tarrytown, were in darkness
until s o'clock, with business al a stand
still. The storm did damage to several
of the large country estates in the
region. among them the place Of John D.
Rockefeller, at Pocantico Hills.
The heavy rainfall damaged two apart
ment houses, one at No. 2 West 1lSth
street and the other at No. o33 West
156th street. In the first case the drain
pipe had become stopped with rubbish.
and when the storm was at its height
tenants were surprised TO see torrent
in miniature pouring down the stair
ways and creeping under their doorsills
At the West 166th street house more
serious damage was done. There the
drain pipes on the roof were unable TO
carry off the water fast enough and II
backed up and poured down the stairs
In running down the Railways several
streams entered apartments on the Sec
ond and third floors.
The first warning the tenants had that
there was anything amiss was when sew
eral square feet of plaster crashed down
on their heads doing no damage. but
many who thought the house
had been struck by lightning.
At the 18th street and Broadway
subway station the street mains were
unable to carry off the water, which
soon rose above the street level and
flowed down the steps. bearing with 1t
sand and dirt from the streets. The
food rapidly rose to a depth OF five
inches or more on the platform, and.
running over the edge on the tracks.
submerged the rails. Porters were kept
busy sweeping the water from the plat
forms and sNabbing down the sand
laden steps. Train service was not sus-
uended. although frequent unscheduled
stops. which the guards said were due
to the storm, were made all along the
way between 18TH and I'D streets.
All north and south bound trains Of
The Harlem division OF the New York
Central Railroad and all trains on the
New Haven road entering the Grand
Central Station were subject 10 a delay
IF from fifteen minutes to an hour last
evening, due to flood OF water in the
cut at Fordham. The tuning
and perspiring commuters who packed
the terminal with empty stomachs had
at least the satisfaction Of knowing the
cause OF their wait for II was posted
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