New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-04

iOt IcCONcT.
Minnie Godfried, pupil Of Public
School 1874. received a fractured skull
! when she was struck on the head by Q.
falling fagpole at No. 1920 Fourteenth
avenue, Borough Park. The little girl
who lives at No. 1881 46th street, was
| on her way home from school. Just as
her party got in front OF the home OF
Mrs Fannie Duberstein the storm blew
down a 45-foot fagpole on the lawn
II struck the little girl glancing blow.
Her chances for recovery are small.
Blown from Drsamiand Pier.
William Zimmerman of No. 81 Ham,
burg avenue. in the Williamsburg Sec
ton, came near being drowned at
Coney Island when he was blown from
the Dreamland pier where he and Will
lam Snyder were fishing.
Zimmerman landed in the surf where
the waves were at least twenty-five
feet high, and Snyder had great diff
Guilty in getting line to him, because
time he hurled the coil. At last Zim-
norman caught the end OF the rope and
was lowed ashore.
A twO-year-old baby was struck on
the head by a piece OF board blown
from the roof Of the Gates avenue sta
ton and received a fractured skull.
Thomas Walsh. twenty-four years
old. Of No so Myrtle avenue, cook
on board the tugboat Golden Age. be-
came frightened when the boat became
rocky" and Jumped overheard. He
was rescued off Governors Island by
the crew OF the tug o. l.. Hallenbeck.
He was taken to the Long Island Col
lege Hospital suffering from exposure.
At Westwood, y. j., the lobby and
rear part OF the home Of Milton Demar-
est, on Roosevelt avenue, was blown
away Just as Demarest's mother-in-
law. Mrs. Casilon, had passed through
the lobby with a basket OF clothes. Her
only comment 10 her neighbor. Mrs.
r. n. Howell was: I'm glad ! wasn't
In there when il went"
Benjamin Davis, employed as a
brakeman on the Long Islano Rail-
road. was blown from the top OF a
freight train while in the Hollis yards
yesterday afternoon and received Sc
we're injuries He was taken to st.
Mary's Hospital
Roofing Blown Away.
Robert Livingston. representing the
Consolidated Gas Company. said that
no serious damage had been suffered by
the company in this city. but that 100
square feet OF roofing on one OF the
buildings Of the Astoria Light. Heat
and Power Company. Astoria. had been
blown away. Mr.. Livingston said that
william II. Bradley. a gas expert with
forty years experience. said that he
had never seen the barometer 80 low as
II was.
After a morning Of fog and drizIle yes
terday an eighty-seven mile gale came UP
causing trouble and damage along tho
waterfront anu IN inc Clts.
Plate glass windows were broken. inse-
cure parts OF buildings were hurled To tho
streets, tugs and barges were battered
about and sunk. and traf'ic generally for
small craft was suspended while the
storm ranged.
In almost every part OF the harbor
strange pranks Of the sou'wester were re-
ported. Good fortune seemed to be hard
upon the heels OF the gale. however. and
many mishaps that might have been Sc
rious ended with little damage and no
loss of life.
Ferryboats Brave Storm.
Seldom has the Battery wall received
beating such Ms was meted out to II yes
terday, by the gale blown combers. Tho
waters dashed against the abutments
continuously, throwing rpindrift a full
hundred yards. drenching the lawns and
walks and driving a curious crowd OF
about five hundred persons to the shelter
OF the Aquarium
Only the Staten Island ferryboats ven
tured out when the gale was at its height.
A few big tugs tried TO buck through 1t
on their way south, but the shippers gave
UP the Job and put back to their piers.
The Lamport and Holt Liner Verdi In
yesterday with two hundred passengers
from South America, was unable to warp
into her dock In Brooklyn. A tug was
ordered to take of her passengers and
baggage while she lay at anchor off Tom
hnsville, but Fred B. Dalzell. owner Of
the Dalzell Towing Company, would not
let any Of his tugs take the risk. II would
have been dangerous under the weather
conditions to attempt to transfer the pas
sengers, all Of whom will be landed this
morning.
Two meteorological records were estab-
Ii.hed yesterday at the local Weather
Bureau. One was the lowest barometric
pressure ever recorded here. and the
other was the highest sustained velocity
Of the wind.
out the city. IT appeared at its best at the
Battery. and attracted many visitors. On
the watch for excitement, the crowd
surged from one end of the wall to the
other. Whenever a boat got into trouble
the black mass surged to points Of van
tage. and many took snapshots Of the
tugs and barges in distress.
Barge Crushed and Sunk.
The first trouble began about 230 p. m.
when four coal laden barges broke adrift
from tho tug William C. Cleary and
crashed UP against the Ellis Island land
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