New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
Great Property Damage s
Done by Northwester Th,,
Sweeps the City
Buildings Blown Dow,
And Poles Uprooted
Several Harbor Craft Su,L
as Vessels Are Driven
Before the Gale

killing two persons within the limits !,
New York, injuring scores, impedi,.
traffic both in the streets and barho.
and causing widespread property dan.
age.
In the suburbs the damage w..
greater. Whole buildings were b,ou,
down, telephone poles were uprostes
by the dozen, trees were snapped a.
and at least two persons, according II
incomplete reports last night, wer.
killed.
The dead IN the city are: Captain
Frederick Baker Of the barge gohert
Wayne, anchored off Stanletor: c.n
tain j. Turnbull of the British steamer
Polglas Castle
Men Blown From Roof
Arthur Swanson. carpenter en-.
ployed in the quartermasters corps Al
Port Newark Terminal, \. J., was
blown from a roof and killed. Philiu
Moscowich. employed ~ the Raritan.
\. j., ordinance terminal, was crushed
to death beneath a collapsing brick
wall
In New York City the casualtie,
among window pancs and signboards
were heavy. In certain notoriously
breezy spots it was found necessary to
rope off the street and station police
guard to restrain men and women fromI
attempting to pass. In the downtown
district The arch of the Nunicjns
building and the streets about theI
W oolworth tower were 50 guarded.
While the wind velocity eiqhtv-four!
miles an hour--was not the greatest re.
corded at the local Office of the Weath.
er bureau, tne intensity Of the storm
was the greatest on record since 1894
and, according to the forecaster dj9
the mvst damage.
The storm blew down from tn no-tk
west and had It's centre in the St. LaV
renee River Valley. Severe gales pn
valled in all the Eastern states IS IA,
south as Tennessee and the Middle A.
lantlc tStates,> causing widespread de.
moralizatlon Of traffic and much prop
erty damage. New jersey was partes.
larly hard hit by the storm. whichka
+ in its wake hundreds Of Injured ni !
! caused partial suspension Of traffic |
Harbor traffic was disorganized. Huse
waves hurled themselves AGAINST tle
A-HItSIy wall, IIu2lIg LlPlI spray eve! /
the lawns of Battery Park. Ferryhost
rolled heavily as they picked their war
through the confuse navigation and
smaller craft shipped water in larrs
quantities. Liners anchored in ths
Lower Bay were forced 10 pay ont
cable, and some vessels dragged ther
anchors and were blown across the bsy
III crazy, zigzag course until the irons
caught again
Tug Sinks in Bay
The tugboat ST Patrick, having on
board Captain j. Turnbull Of the Brit
ish steamship Polglas Castle struck
foundered coal barge of the Battery .
and sank instantly, hurling her passen-
gers and crew into the sea. All of the
men, with the exception of Captain
Turnbull, were rescued by aeet Of
vessels which answered the tugs dis j
tress signals.
Captain Frederick Baker, OF the coal
barge Robert Wayne. which was tied
up TO a pier near by. lost his life when S
he was blown from the deck of the barss +
by sudden gust Of wind. Sallo'a
from other boats made an effort %
reach him before he went down, but
were unsuccessful His body was re-
covered last night He lived on the
barge with his wife.
The Onondaga, a dredge. anchorsa
off Red Hook, Brooklyn. was caugE /
by gust of wind and turned turtls
sinking Immediately. There was ~
one aboard at the time. The tug Fred I
erick B. Dalzell smashed into an enip3
barge off Governors Island and sandH
1t. The crew of the tug William Dal.
cell, at great risk, caught runaway
barge near Governors Island just as ls {
was about to crash into government
vessels. A barge load Of sugar belong,
ing to the government was damagsdE
when 1t smashed into the pier at hsI
Bush Stores, in South Brooklyn.
1he gale made the work on ships ID /
the Robbins shipyard, in South Brook
lyn, so hazardous that ali work was
suspended for the day.
The front wall of the brick hcnss
at u Llspenard Street was blown %.
Joseph Nerponi and Harry Sten who
were working in the building at ths
time, narrowly escaped death.
A. c. Mitchell, superintendent Of The
united States Barge OiE.ce. at the Bat
terry, was swept off the bulkhead d.
Joining the Staten Island ferry sip
into the river. He is a good swinnsi'
and soon after striking the water hois'
ed himself back 10 the bulkhead }!
means of rope
Samuel Freedom, fireman, of Engss
company Z, had u narrow escape fros
death when the metal advertising sign
on the top OF the five story building u
524 Canal Street crashed to the street
while he was passing the house. Ins
sign struck horse owned by Jaco'
flncus, OF 1888 East Third Street, crusa'
ing the animal.
In Queens the wind blew down
dwelling house nearing completion o
Howard Place, Union Course. TheN
was no one injured. All through Ias
borough poles were uprcoted and slgas
olown down. The trolley line betwees
Jamaica Junction and Jamaica WAS nsa
up Tor two hours, when poles suppor
ing the power cables were broken. IVY
cars OF the Far Rockaway line wels
passing each other at the time las
poles were blown down, and the ps'
sengers fed in panic. ).
Brooklyn suffered severely from sas
storm. Thousands of windows wei.
blown out, and the transit system W. ".
badly crippled in some sections by Wv
uprooting of poles. -,
The repair shop OF the Lehigh va,
ley Railroad, at Perth Amboy. ""
blown down by the heavy wind am
ilve workmen were caught in the rains
None was seriously injured ).
Al Hobohen a scuttle Fitted ny ~ ~
wind from the roof of Public Schools
struck Joseph Sheehan. pupil. ~
was playing in the yard The boy v
taken to St Mary's Hospital. where =, sss |