New-York tribune., 1922-01-12
Gale. Reaching Hurricane
Strength, Fclls Pcdestri-
ans and H,lrls Trees
and Signs 10 Ground
Forty Injured in
Street Accidents
20 Houses Blown Into
Sea q, Concy: Child
Killed byF alling Branch

J. northeast gale that once attained
Ar-rcane velocity buNFcted New York
Yesterday with snow. slcet and rain
Trees, telephone poles. chimncys, signs.
blinds and windows were torn loose
By the wind.
a child who WAS hit by branch that
tho gale rirpcd from a tree was killed
snd more than forty persons were in
.ured. according to police reports, by
falling wreckage, by slipping on the Icy
psvements, by trudging blindly into
the paths Of vehicles or by being
hurled against some obstacle by tho
wind.
twenty thousand men were at work
al night with the $40 pieces OF street
cleaning apparatus, including $50 cat
.rpllsr tractors, Kidding the streets
cf the slush which impedcd traffic and
endangered the health and safety OF
pedestrians.
They were working against time, for
nS p m. the wind switched from the
northeast to the northwest, taking on
keen edge prophetic OF freezing
weather to come. The velocity of the
wind at that time was sixty miles an
hour and it was said at the local
Weather Bureau that it probably would
continue a. that rate or stronger
through the night.
Rain Changes to Snow
The ram which had been falling
since midafternoon was changing to
snow. but the weather forecaster was
Of the opinion that there would be no
considerable snowfall. The mercury,
he said, probably would drop to about
q degrees above zero.
Alfred Taylor, Street Cleaning Com
missioner. inspected conditions in
Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn
last night with John ". Condor, his
general superintendent, and found
things going we'll The main thorough
.ares had been opened up, Commits
sicaer Taylor said. and the work of
STOW removal started. He and Mr.
rarsea vorc pleased especially with
the work done by the new motor ro-'
alg bsooms All the bridges were
leaned with these brooms.
y Although the preci ipitation, as meas
d gred by the Weather Bureau, had been
Il 'ay one inch up TO s p. m., it came in
y slca form as 10 cucumber the streets
Z as much as a more severe storm 1t
'isfted with snow. which changed to
1 Sieet after about two inches had fallen,
ana then to rain, forming a deposit of
ml.y siush in the roadways and coat
Ing sidewalks with ice.
throughout the day the wind blew
at a slxty-mile-an-hour clip or better,
i1yertng umbrellas. hurting pedes
rars bodily against each other or
against walls Or vehicles, uprooting
;rees, ripping signs from their moor
iagS ard shattering heavy plate glass
] windows. Driven by the wind the sleet
sung like a whiplash, causing pedes-
|'ans TO plunge ahead recklessly with
cent heads, and driving horses were
.rsAuc as they slipped and foundered
through the slushy streets.
New England Trains Late
The railroads got through the storm
~.en0ul excessive delays, although
c ,'os. 81 She trans entering the Grand
SeN'rai terminal were late, the Empire
S'ale Express being an hour late.
iieaFy trains had been RIM in sections
Iv".ser, and the average delay was
u ,ersoS ."SA .nlFty minutes. The snow in
e'.ie'.q "a WIN the local service less than
NTTI tne through trains. In New
n. a1u Tbo .rslh delays were greater.
I =. '9s VINO, III conjunction with the
i'e I III lhe rivers, hampered the ferry
tss. soa.s mere considerably, and at the
llslsnt OF the storm the Staten Island
p r'a's We're put on fog schedule"
..assenger liners and freighters clus-
feo TOR hours at Quarantine waiting
~ !ull before attempting to reach
'ielt piers.
pn Inc wind gauges of the Weather
Spu'sal S'.lSl Oh the top of the Whitehall
Dss.qlns did not catch the full force
s, Me gale because Of the towering
ns..utes TO the east, but Sandy Hook
sV'ed at noon that the wind had at
-I'u velocity of seventy-two miles
.A0af which put it in the hurricane
@sH oy TWO miles.
me- Inc sand spit along the Jersey coast
s,. catches the brunt of such
q. was cngu'fed here and there by
~ean, which swept clear across.
a.. most vulnerable points, however,
,,.No'ected by the partly completed
a,'a~a'er and the damage caused was
"'S 'han IN other years. At Long
Continued on paoe threel