New-York tribune., 1920-11-18
Killed
In nStorm;Four'
Ships Ask Aid
Nan Blown OF 81" Plat
form. Hit by Train; Two
Struck by Autos; Barge
Capsizes, Four Missing
Plate Glass Is Destroyed
Nany Street Signs Torn
Down: Train and Wire
Service Is Disorganized

rhree persons at least met their
...,b in this city in the storm which
-. swept over it for the last two days
:. is feared that four more perished
:. sand barge which was found bot
.,m up off the Hoboken shore yester-
~ Many were injured, some Of them
srObably tftally.
Plate glass windows were shattered
sv the gusts, signs were ripped from
,seir mooriugs and wire communica-
non was interrupted. Wireless calls
;or help were received from four
vssssls. two Of which reported that
+bsv we're sinking. In Buffalo and
.srther west a heavy snow came with
the wind.
The first death reported yesterday
cas- tha, Of an unidentified man found
bg Special Policeman Henry o. Frank
in Of the B. K. T.. on the tracks at
he end Of the platform of the Bridge
Street and Myrtle Avenue station,
Brooklyn. The body was carried into
ne station, where detectives examined
:; II is believed that the man had
ssen standing at the far end of the
slatform and had been blown into the
,s,h Of an elevated train. No motor
man reported the accident.
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The description of the dead man is
ss follows:
Five feet eight inches tall and weigh
ing about l55 pounds. He was OF g
dark complexion, and was wearing q
black overcoat dark blue suit light
blue striped shirt. dark red four-in-
hand tie, white collar, black laced
shoes and gray cotton socks. No hat
vas found.
Mrs. Emily Van Horen, 400 Fourth
Avenue, Long Island City, was struck
Tuesday night during the storm by an
automobile at Broadway and Sixth
Avenue. Long Island City. and died
snort time later in St Johns Hospi-
al. The driver Of the car did not stop.
James Egan, seventy years old, of
AZ West Avenue. Long Island City,
died yesterday in St Johns Hospital
non, injuries received when he was
crossing Eighth and Vernon avenues,
Long Island City, in the storm Tues
lay night. He was struck by an auto
Mobile, the driver OF which was not
led.
A number Of other automobile acci-
.en.s was reported during the day
which were directly attributable to the
torn and which resulted in the seri-
us injury Of number of persons.
Damage to property in the city was
X.ensve. The loss and breakage of
'late glass alone is expected to run
RIO thousands. In the downtown sec
ION many signs were torn down, and
oner shops particularly hard hit.
Four Ships Sent Out s. @. S.
Wireless appeals for help from four
.''amships testified to conditions on
re seas. The four 5. O. ). calls re
eved came from the freighter Yute,
the Spanish Line, reported sinking
90 miles off Nantucket; the French
'reisnter Genua. reported in distress
II Baltimore: he 3 500-ton tanker
lisko, which lost her anchor and was
-'ttng ashore Off Stapleton, s. l..
men reached by the police boat John
Hylan and the ocean going tug San
ord; and an unidentified ship in dis
'ress off Cape Henry.
Inc Weather Bureau reported that
here were three distinct storms rag
ag which have not yet spent them
'eyes. One is on the Gulf coast. the
'econd along the Atlantic seaboard.
.ad the third is in the Great Lakes
district.
Reports from Western New York
'"d that the first heavy snowfall of
,as season had come The snow, ac-