New Britain herald., 1918-03-11
BREEZE TOYS WITH
 POP kNICkERbOKER
One Killed, Many Injured by
 Northwest Hurricane

was on the southern edge Of the CN- cIonic storm from the Middle West yesterday. and gale which attaincd a velocity of &2 miles swept out of the northwest and caused the death of one man and injury to many other persons. The sale was accom- panIed by a sudden drop in temperature--- from 49 to 17 degrees in the space of a few hours. Another feature or the weather was a furry of snow which came at intervals during the morning and afternoon. Last night the wind had moderated, the storm having passed off toward the Atlantic at about Nantucket. The forecast is for fair and continued cold weather today and fair and somewhat warmer tomorrow. The winds will diminish in force.
 The gale Which swept down on New York yesterday was first reported by the weather bureau as a mild dis turbance over Nevada. It gained in tcnsity as it moved east, and on Sat urday night it was a we'll developed storm centPred over Ohio. In this city the wind developed from a mod crate breeze at SIS o'clock in the morning. and by noon it had reached 72 miles velocity. Tho weather bu- rcau called it q "persistent Wind," for it kept between 70 and @ miles for several hours. It reached it's highest point at 4:4O o'clock in the after noon.
 The man who died as the result of injuries received by being blown off his feet was Daniel Stack of 546 West 166th street. He was caught by the wind at st. Nicholas avenue and 163tl1 street and his head struck against tho curbinr. He died in St. Lawrence hospital.
 Leonard Beals. d retired business man. S3 years old, of 514 West 146th street was swept from his feet by the wind at Broadway and 146th street. He was taken to St. Lawrence hospital suffering from shock and contuslons.
 While walking on West FOrty-sec- ond street Thomas Joyce was struck by a display sign blown from it's tas- tenings in front of 213 West Forty second street He was attended for c0ntusiOns of the face and body and taken home. Emil Tumarl1in of 673 East 176th street was struck by metal sheet blown from the roof while he was in front Of 167 East Six ty-Scventh street.
 \ woman called up the West Sixty cichth street station about 5:30 yes terday afternoon and informed the police that the wind was sweeping across Fighty-fifth street and River side Drive at d dangerous rate ana that several women had been blown down and had been obliged to craWf on their hands and knees around the corner. A sergeant and three police men were assigned to this point.
 The wind swept with terrific force along Park Row. Two of the plate glass windows in Lofts candy store in tho old Times building were smashed. and the army recruiting tent in City Hall park was battered down. \ wagon was overturned, and the DO lice found it necessary to warn drivers of light wagons not to attempt to make the trip in the face of the wind.
 The glass in two large windows were blown from the sixteenth floor of a building at Forty fifth and Fifth avenue. and fell 150 feet into the center of the avene, narrowly miss ing two passing automobiles and Dcdastrian No ono vas burt About the same time a window on the ninth floor of r West Forty fifth street, occupied by the Bertha Gown com pany. blew open and threatened to fall. The police roped off the street and stationed a patrolman to prevent anyone passing. The police could not find the owners of the establishment for permission to enter the premises and fasten the window.