South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-12

Ito So miles, and sweeping
through New Jersey, Westohes-
ter county. across City Island,
the Bronx and Manhattan. left
death and destruction in its
wake.
TorentiaI rains. then light
ming, followed the wind.
Hundreds of thousands of
New Workers were on the
beaches and at various outlying
resorts seeking relief from the
heat when the storm broke, and
it was from these that the storm
took It's death toll.
Ferris Wheel Crashes
The fury of the electrical storm
broke suddenly over q little amuse-
ment park at GIason's Point the
Bronx. dashed into a ferris wheel
crowded with young people. crush
&c it TO the ground and passed on
. leaving five dead and more Than f0
injured
Shrieks Of mirth broke from the
steel cars Of the wheel as So carried
/ its cargo Of youth high up INTO the
! breezes. Then came the storm and
maddened cries OF fear and agony
as the upper half broke away and
( was catapulted by she winds into
the shallow waters OF Long Island
Z sound. The lower half buckIed and
+ fell a twisted mass or steel rr7ers
{ %
of men. women and children in The
resort We're thrown into a panic
But many rushed 90 the wreck
and worked madly to ex-r.cate The
bodies Of the living and the dying
and the dead Efforts were made
TO telephone the ambulances and
physicians bat the storm had taken
the wires Men in commandeared
automobiles were sent % nearest
hospitals two miles away and soon
corps Of physicians, surgeons and
nurses were at the park
Many or the fraiI buildings of the
/ concessionaires in the park were
blown away or badly damaged As
the bodies were taken from the
wreckage OF the wheel they were
.
Sixty on Wheel
Members Of the crew operating
the wheel declared the storm broke
so suddenly that II was Impossible
20 remove passengers. T. was said
about so persons We're i- the cars
when the storm struck
The dead We're taken from The
cars that were thrown into the
sound. The wheel 100 feet dame
ter. was constructed only recently.
/ park officials said Paul simon op-
orator, was arrested upon the order
of Assistant Dist Quig,ey and held
OF a charge Of homicide
The dead Louis D0r0t0. 524
Edith st. Old Forge. Ua- Emily
I Lawyer. New York. Mrs Pa@quale
Kreda. New York: an unidentified
young woman; an unidentified boy
A woman and her -vear-old
daughter were crushed 20 death and
I several other persons injured when
an oak tree blown by the wind
through the roof 20 the crowded
dining room of The Red lion inn on
/ Boston Post road carrying with 81
an old fashioned stone chimney.
The bodies o. seven caroeists
caught IN Long ISLAND sound or
City Island az the height OF the
storm were washed ashore after
nLghtfau
Miss Edda Smith II. walking
with a companion along inc reser-
voir road ar C-s.nirg was blown
into the water and drowned
+ Charles Emerson Eew Rochelle
clothing manufacture. was rowing
III Echo Bay with his wife and
three children when The etorm
broke He managed % row 20 snore
and then died from heart attack.
a three Gel across a party ~ mo-
florists seeking shelter on Che Brook
Vile road near Locus valley. LonE
Island, killing Harry HeTe-an or
Oyster Bay. and seriously i1furing
his three male companions
Unable % reach shore in The
stir wind Jack L0werthaI 90. was
drowned while swimming in East
river.
KILLED BY Tree.
Concett Bas.ataso and his ten
year ole son Anthony 81 Mount
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