The New York herald., 1922-06-14
TWO DIE REPAIRING
DAMAGE OF STORM
Foreman ElectrOcuted Try
ing to Save Lineman En-
tangled in Wires.
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
Estimate Runs to Sixty
five; Eighth Ferris Wheel
Fatality Reported.
FOUR MORE DROWNED
Engineers Body Washed
Ashore; Wife and Children
in Boat Missing.
FOUR MORE DROWNED

Two more were added yesterday to
the list OF those who met death as a
result OF the storm Sunday. They
were electricians working to correct
the storm damage and maintain SER
vice to the Rest House at Inwood
Park. an institution for the sick.
Frederick Perry of 4o1 West 126th
street, foreman of the job, regardless
OF his own danger. attempted to free
the body Of Carlo Inburgio, a line
man, which had become entangled in
a live wire carrying current from the
power house Of the United Electric
Light and Power Company to the Rest
House. Little spurts of blue flame
told the other members of the gang
that their boss and Inburgio had been
instantly killed. Their bodies were
burned by the time fellow workmen
lassoed and dragged them from the
writhing wires through which the cur
rent had been kept flowing for the
benefit Of the inmates of Rest House.
Faulty insulation was given as the
cause.
The double eIectrocution brought the
known death toll we'll over sixty. as
none Of the seven missing after the fury
of the storm had spent itself has since
reported safe. 1t is possible too that
there are others missing whose names
have not yet reached the authorities
Estimates of the total dead continued to
vary from sixty-five to ninety, with the
police holding nearer the first figure.
Eighth Ferris Wheel Death.
The eighth death resulting from the
collapse Of Paul Simon's Ferris wheel
at Clason Point was recorded when
Addie Potter, IS, a negress of AZ West
130th street. died at Fordham Hospital
of a fractured skull. Her sister Izetta,
who suffered decorations of the right
leg. was discharged from the hospital.
Identification of the body of Henry
c. Robinson, 81. civil engineer OF 90
Argyle avenue. New Rochelle washeo
ashore at Rye. probably tells the fate OF
three others. Mr.. Robinson, with his
wife and two children, a girl aged
and a boy of 4, is known to have started
from New Rochelle for Oyster Bay
few minutes before the storm broke In
twenty eight foot power boat. ldenti1i-
cation Of Robinsons body was made by
his mother. Mrs Mary Robinson OF New
Rochelle.
Walter Paffendorp of 22s East 11sth
street reported to the police last night
that his son Walter. Jr., aged 2, had
been one of the victims of the storm.
The baby, he said. was in a party OF
twelve In q boat which capsizcd near
Hunter Island. OF the party. according
to Paffendorp. four are now listed
among the known dead
- eN
street, was another victim reported last
night as having been drowned during the
storm She was one of the party in the
boat with the Psffendorp boy.
The police of the marine division con-
tinued yesterday their search of the
waters Of Pelham Bay. while the little
station on City Island and the Fordham
Morgue presented the same narrowing
sights. Relatives Of persons still miss
ing continued to come. Two launches
full Of patrolmen continued to search off
City Island yesterday as long as there
vas light.
Bodies Are Identified.
One of the women's bodies. unidenti-
fled on Sunday. proved to be that OF
Mrs. Grace Lawyer Casey. 81. OF l22
West 11lth street. and the identification
told another story of tragedy overtak-
n
daughter Emily. 9. was also among the
dead while two other children. Ken
Meth TO- and Hazel, IL. are patients in
Fordham Hospital. All were victims of
the Ferris wheel crash at Clason Point.
the boy Kenneth receiving a fractured
skull.
Soon after Mrs. Casey's body had been
identified the body of another woman
OF about 26 years was recovered from
the East River. off Clason Point. The
woman had light brown hair blue eyes.
a fair complexion and weighed about
lt5 pounds She was five feet three
inches tall. wore blue hat and white
gngham dress. brown stockings and
oxford shoes
Although DR.. X. Sellers Kennard AS
sistant Medical Examiner of Bronx
county was on hand yesterday to Is
sue the necessary certificates for the
removal of all bodies as soon as
claimed, late yesterday afternoon only
six of the fifteen bodies in the City
Island station had been taken away.
Grand Jury Called.
District Attorney Edward J. Glennon
OF the Bronx. yesterday sent nessen-
gers to summon tho Grand Jury to meet
at 10 o'clock this morning TO institute
an Investigation of the Ferris wheel
collapse The suggestion has been made
20 establish some sort OF storm warn
Ing by siren or other signal. that would
reduce the hazard and lessen the danger
70 pleasure seekers from n repetition
OF Sundays freakish and fatal squat
Engineers from District Attorney Glen
mons office also have made an In
vestigation of the durability and sa fety
of the other amusement apparatus at
Clason Point and other amusement
parks.
Edward Mott. s. or 6 Main street.
Ridgefield Park. N. j.. was play
ing in front of his home when he
tripped and fell over an electric wire
which had been blown down by the
storm on Sunday. A passing motorst
picked him up and drove to the police
station, where DR.. Edward Duffy pro-
nnrrced hin, dead from electric shock.