The New York herald., 1922-07-29
TWO STORMS DAMAGE
LONG ISLAND TOWNS
Oyster Bay, Bayville and
Babylon Lashed in 20 \
Mile Gale.
DOWNPOUR SHORT HERE
Lights and Telephones Cut
la Off in Suburbs-Rain
Floods Cellars.
OSSINING ALSO SUFFERS
Mast of Ship in Harbor Blown
Off by Brisk Wind
Over City.
OssINING ALSO SUFFERS

New York yesterday got the tail end
of a storm that had passed over up
State and Long Island towns earlier
in the day, leaving their streets deep
in water and in some cases doing no
little damage.
There was terrific deluge here late
in the afternoon, accompanied by
crashes of thunder and flashes of
lightning, but the short duration of the
downpour saved the city from some OF
the more serious results that have
come in the wake of similar storms
recently. Five minutes after the rain
had stopped the sun was shining
brightly and the sidewalks were nearly
dry.
A piece of the coping on the bunga-
low of John Hastings. architect, atop
Vanderbilt avenue and Forty fifth
street. was dislodged either by the
wind or by being struck by lightning
and crashed twenty-five stories to the
ground. The rain had swept the
streets of pedestrians and automobiles,
many of the latter usually being parked
at the corner, and no injury was done.
Worst Damage ON Long Island.
The central section of Long Island
fappears to have been the worst sufferer,
having borne the brunt of two storms
hat da ma he.
crippled light and telephone service and
ruined may flower gardens on estates.
There was particular violence in Oyster
Bay, Bayvlle and Babylon. The earlier
storm that ragged between midnight and
dawn was of local origin or came from
the northeast, according to the weather
bureau. while the latter was the same
storm that. lowered over Manhattan late
in the afternoon and then passed out to
sea
Oyster Bay was cut off from outside
telephone communication for more than
twelve hours as result Of the storm
that struck thetown early in the morn
ing. Not until late in the afternoon were
the wires in such condition that mes
sages could be put through Virtually
every cellar in the town was flooded
and the water in the streets was deep
electric light service was out of commits
sion.
Residents said that IL was the worst
storm experienced in many years. and
although hail stones fell as large as
marbles and several trees We're up
rooted no one was injured. The road
way between Oyster Bay and Bayville
was blocked with fallen trees, making
it necessary for motorists to take a
detour Of two and half miles to reach
either town.
Charity Bazaar Tent Down.
Babylon homes also we're flooded and
telephone and electric light wires
blown down in the strong wind that
accompanied the storm. One of the
large airplane sheds on the outskirts
of Babylon was destroyed. and a large
tert erected for a charitable bazaar
was flattened. The wind attained a
velocity of from seventy to eighty miles
an hour. A number of small boats
were torn from their mooring In the
bay.
In Greenwich there was a small
hurricane with severe electrical
storm that caused much alarm. The
velocity Of the wind was so great that
1t was feared for time that houses
would be blown from their foundations
In many places the roads were washed
away impeding all traffic
The damage at Ossining was esef-
mated at $4,000 and the downpour
was likened to a small sized cloudburst
that literally covered the town with a
sheet of water. The streets were COW
cred with half a foot of water and
many of the houses were flooded. One
effect of the storm at Peekskil was to
drive two girls who had run away from
home to shelter under hay stack
thaxy fatfx, hxy .xeIt.
and returned to their parents In Cohoes
In Elizabeth there was a seventy-f1ve
mile gale, accompanied by heavy rains
that uprooted trees. tore down signs
and did other damage. Otherwise New
Jersey towns did not appear to have
been greatly affected.
Ships Mast Broken.
The fierce flashes of lightning that
played over New York harbor made Il
uncomfortable for harbor craft for
short while, but only one ship was
struck. The Red Star liner Samland
was on her way from Ambrose Channel
when she ran into the thunderstorm,
which took 1--WE feet from her fore top
mast and caused CONSERVATION among
the crew.
The Administration Building OH
Hart's Island was struck and several
tons OF brick and stone loosened from
the roof falling to the ground at a
spot where fifty prisoners had been
working a few minutes previously
James A. Hamilton. Commissioners OF
Corrections. had been making an in
spection and on seeing the storm ap-
preaching had ordered the men back
to their dormitories.
A deadening humidity arose just be-
fore the storm and two heat prostra-
tions were reported. Richard Van
Fleet. 70, of the Soldiers Home at
Kearny. N. p, was stricken at Fifth
avenue and Twenty-third street and
taken to the Bellevue Hospital John
McCauley. As, OF 157 West 125th street
was found suffering from heat exhaus-
tion in front of 924 Columbus avenue
and was taken to Knickerbocker Hos
pital