Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-22

Al the same time the Wtnd broke lQt4
a thousand sllvers the $1,000 stained
glass memorial window in the Morrow
Memorial Methodist Church, Ridge
wood road. Maplewood.
Most of the damage was done at the
beginning of the storm. shortly after 1
o'clock. The gale was accompanied by
downpour of rain and hail. At s
O'Clock there was another terrific blow
AT intervals during the night the wiu6
jumped to appalling velocity.
II was the veering and jerky EuStq
that did the damage. From nsu< =
during Yesterdays storm, the w1I[1
shifted suddenly to southwest at the
beginning Of today's gale. AT o'clock
ii again veered to the northwest.
To make the storm spectacular, a cti-
'rious display of the aurora borealis lit
the sky at intervals. as the wind
luled.
During the day, although the wind
lowered materially In velocity, the
streets We're for a long time almost de-
serted Women had to struggle to
reach trolley cars and were often
driven to the shelter of store vestf-
bules.
Life and limb were put in jeopardy
at the Newark almshouse when a Sec
ton of the roof, so by 70 rect. was
ripped like cardboard from the rc1f
and sent toppling down toward the
one-story addition in which the hospital
ward is located Another gust caught
the mass Of crumpled tin and timber
and caused 1t to swerve. It narrowly
missed the invalid ward as II crashed
thunderousiy in the yard.
Fourteen men, caught in their beds
by the accident. were deluged with
rain. The ceiling would have fallen
bodily on them but for door, which
swung ope-. and propped it up until the
scantily -clad men fled. panic-striclSen
to another part of the building.
The men spent the remainder of the
night sitting upAi in lounging room.
From another dormitory, partially
unroofed, dozen men were forced to
flee.
Part of the roof Tapped back with
crash on the roof of the women's geo.
ton. They were thrown into panic.
Quick action on the part of the SUPER
intendent stemmed the wild rush that
followed. The women were removed
TO another part of the building.
Four Unfinished Houses wrecked
Four unfinished houses in q row a
521, 523, 525 and 527 North Sixth street
were blown over like pasteboard boxeg
and wrecked while the storm was at
its height.
They We're owned by George Geyer.
An alleged flaw in the title had delayed
work on the row OF two-and-one-ha
story frame buildings. The legal difff-
cultles had been Strengthened out, how
ever. and workmen were going to start
Monday to complete the houses
Mrs Rachel Van Houten, of 52e
North Sixth street: her daughter Julia
and son Marx were stunned by the
crash of the falling buildings. Mrs
Van Houten is still suffering from
shock.
The wreclSage was strewn over the
sidewalk. The damage Is estimated at
$4,000.
A six-family house at $50 South Thir-
teenth street, uncompleted, was
crushed in by the gale.
Only O pile of wreckage heaped over
brick foundation, marks where
two family house was being erected al
Sixteenth street and Second avenue by
D. c. Newell. The falling framework
broke down the foundation The house
is a total wreck.
When the storm was at it's height
early today the new three-family apart
ment house at 40 Norwood avenue.
Vailsburg, was picked UP by the tre1
mendous onrush of the wind and hurled
bodily against the adjoining building
1t rebounded like a huge box. The
front toppled into the street and the
whole building fell In a shattered mass
of wreckage.
Nearby buildings were Jared and
rocked by the crash. Mrs. Duryes. who
was asleep on the second floor Of tiia