New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
1,,btning Splinters Flag
pol, at Racetrack and
polO Grounds Staff Goes
norn in Terrific Wind
Motor Cars Stalled
By Raging Waters
CHARS Flooded and Great
damage Done by Blast
That Breaks Heat Spell

r...,,, eheek-up last night By the
~. IA other agencies placed Mt
y. - 4. runber Of dead in yesterdays
=. .....l,s thunder storm, which broka
:. .-rrers most intense heat wave,
- lr,ury to many and much prop
=. Image. Added 70 the toll takca
-ls.,unmer weather conditions
=. A., heat prostrations. one Of
ss- isisl.
e..,.v. Rung, tventy-nine years
y q ss2 Hopkins Avenue, Brooklyn,
!, c.org, Msdurs, Of Nepperhan
,,..,. Younkers. we're struck by
,,.,lur and killed after they had
/ -, shelter beneath a tree on Colo
q Heights Parkway, Crestwood. At
I.-s Holly. n. j., Myrtle Stewart. a
h,,s.r Of a farmer living on the
.,ss, Of The town, was killed by
,,..,ins bolt which made a hole two
80. IN diameter In the wall OF the
ssaiiig
7 vn James Palozie, forty-four, Of
1 rv-su.h, Conn, was instantly killed
!, n,s,ning while she sat on the
.-,-5, Of her home with her husband,
=, vas uninjured. although the shock
a,sl him to lose consciousness.
ssss.ino Duletto, fifty, Of 80 Gun
sT Street Corona, l.. l., died in the
TsAisg Hospital from heat prcstra-
4. Duletto was found unconscious
al rev building az Sixty-ninth and
VI, streets, Corona, where he was
yrkrg ts . carpenter.
Score at Rseetrack
he Empire racetrack. Yonkers, a
hres vas splintered by lightning
Al ,rssked on the roof Of the grand
n,., ,tusing a panic among the thou
ais assembled 10 watch the horses
~. The track was flooded and racing
ns delayed for half an hour.
I've fipoles surrendered TO the
isru II Ne hurricane which swept
d, P,s efounds. When the big post
1, snin tsld came down IL missed
pa fnrtion two players Of the 81.
~ BAN vho we're huUyinl - she
fitk5tse. A Section OF the center
=. fence bowed before the gale.
ii1dsnis Of the Washington Heights
trd we're thrown in a panic las
70 vksn the occupants of an apart
81 vase on Fort Washington Ave
- nr Broadway, were ordered q
fiaa aeir homes because there wa
fr1Td u the building collapsing. Al
rkt'sing sewer had chiselled a channe
k,nA the foundations. Audience
& q, Costello motion picture theate
Ftr Washington Avenue were als'
srtrs. out, and thousands we're at
tac1l 10 the scene as many wilt
nrsn we're multiplied throughout thu
tfrst After a building inspector
in nide several tests, the buildings
un declared safe, the tenants were
lsnit.sd 10 return and the picture
truuEa went on.
Four claght in Building Crash
A rev house in the course Of con-
rruetcn on Pelham Parkway, near
fenton Avenue, the Bronx, was blown
cevn While the storm was at its height
,nc four workmen caught beneath the
irnbling walls were injured, three Of
zen seriously August Johnson, thir-
Whine, Of 327 Beekman Avenue, was
es'i 70 Forchhm Hospital and allowed
y q home after receiving treatment
NJ. Frained ankle. John Leoyrant,
tS1 White Plains Avenue, the fore
s'A is,ered fractured skull; Frank
nffh iorty, Of 32s East Hath Street,
lias inetured spine and several frac-
si'e nos. These men are at Fordham
nosplnl where It is said their injuries
~. pire fatal. James Lauder, of
H.'s white Plains Avenue, had his
N ghi ihigh fractured.
| Lightning struck a radio set on a
lNs u West Forty-fourth Street and
tst'sd trs which did several hundred
ar Of damage 10 the furniture in
.as gasoline launch Winhasson, at
ssoF In Pelham Bay. was struck and
Is started, which was quickly ex-
Hsshhed by those on board.
as1ss 10 the Bronx last night es.i-
sa.- me damage done IN that district
.sW. Hundreds Of calls were re-
" within ten minutes after the
- efoke from persons whose houses
III we foodeo h, c,-n.1o- - .,.k;ro.
N -. shich the sewers were incapable
h hg away. A call from 2024
Il slseh Avenue said that the roof
ii s'1spsed. Investigation showed
II aole had been torn in the roof
.sn which water was pouring into
\ 'ou'e The police and some volun-
a..,,s,,srs s,s.ksrs stopped the leak with
'@aeift materials.
water Stalls Automobiles
sse sae were dimmed and automo-
eeandored while the storm ragged.
sis found their engines stalled
4 ~. nseiets Of water short-circuited
.ring, and left their cars by
s.oslae as they fed for the aear-
k ,-<L Last night the chief traf-
~ sIies '.s Of the Bronx were choked
=, Aiisd cars, whose drivers had
,,o. -neo.e 70 persuade their engines
Msns operations.
!, ~ iafge trees were sacrificed 10
-, oi the wind, and electric light
~ sere also blown over. City
~. 49,. which bore the brunt Of the
va eloueburst, was but slightly
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