New-York tribune., 1918-08-15
New York Swept by Sudden
Gale: Riverside Roofs and
Cornices Suffer
Many Minor Injuries
Caused by Tempest
Craft in Hudson Swept
From Moorings; Battleship
is Saved by Tugs

ireakish wind that hit q 54mile
III, and blew for an hour leaped from
Ssbfnd the Palisades last night, tore a
Trsueh warship from its moorings in
the Hudson and drove it ashore on Man
haitian, unroofed an apartment, burst
platsglass windows, uprooted trees,
and made inverted parachutes of
turdreds Of awnings that were sailing
toward Long Island Sound the last their
owners saw Of them.
Ats o'clock it was sultry and breath
hs, At s o'clock the wind came on in
full force. At o'clock it had dwindled
70 an 1s-mile breeze.
The cruiser, its awnings spread and
its fires banked, was lying off 125th
Street. In full sight Of thousands of
yscsators along Riverside Drive, on
caey Island boats and ferryboats the
,nderous warship began to edge
tovsrd shore under the urge of the
rAe.
Drifts Into Shore
Whistles and bugles shrilled aboard
the ship, and seamen could be seen
rushing about the decks. The vessel
continued to make leeway at an in
creasins pace, drifting broadside on as
the anchors dragged. The awnings
acted as sails and the armored craft
drove along sideways.
Filled-in ground borders the river al
2Sth Street, and the tide was high
There is forty-foot waterway close
Up to the bank, and several rock piles
the stream, some reaching the sur.
nee Of the river. On one of these the
nsship struck and pivoted ponderously
util her bow pointed southwest.
Wireless calls for help had been sent
sas and cutters came racing from two
United States war vessels anchored
sose BY. The cutters were not Of
aucn assistance, but hovered about the
Yships, and when tugs arrived directed
sae work Of salvage. The warship was
uaaied OF and towed to an anchorage
'0out quarter Of mile further dowr
sseam. Great dents could be seen ir
ae' plates from shore, but no statement
.'old be obtained as to the damage suf
Tered.
Roof Is Ripped on
nan OF the tar roof of the sever
sosy apartment house at 214 Riversid,
D,''s was ripped off by the wind, ant
saea brief torrent of rain came tum
'''ns after, all the tenants in the front
1atooied part of the house were driver
" shelter elsewhere.
+" TN cornicc which workmen ha,
wen fastening on ten-story apart
asas house at $50 Riverside Drive wa
s,'"h down, along with the scaffold o,
Asa the men had been working a,
sour before.
me roof Of the St. Louis Apartments
y. s'is West Ninety-fourth Street, wa
aefaily buried beneath debris blow,
: ~ " At the main entrance to tn
''a'ng more than a ton of brick an,
sls was heaped SO high az to close i
Completely.
w.. .ae ause rock cut hole through IT,
W. WV OF the Barseldon, at 315 Wes
,nas'y-fourth Street. Water ra
.., .,asn the apartment, doing consid
''sAis damage.
Trees Are Blown Down
.,.;. ss'Ve trees were blown fat at Ri,
WV pfive and Tooth Street, and tn
- ;. went whooping over the interio
h s ~ e''y, downing half dozen tree
md fark, srnashing window
s.aa'ne awnings skyhooting.
f,.,. cfa1t in the Hudson were blow
.e,'. - 'heir moorings and some smasbe
w. the rocky shore. The rive
H. WI. ,a INTO copy waves, which, wit
es,.' s,'cHy Of the wind, made it mo,
s.,, D. even for the big Hudson Rive
A, v'er' Ta Fulton to make it's pier.
i - Third Avenue and 12stb str.,
ss,. ''e giass window Of vacar
vas shattered, and another
s,ay store at Fulton Street an
II ~. by suffered the same fate, muc
ab.s sp'intered glass falling into