New-York tribune., 1922-06-13
Thousands Seeking Forty
Missing Among Bodies;
7 Victims Of Ferris
Wheel; Owner Arrested
Negro Boy Dying
After Saving Score
Survivors Tell Of Heroic
Rescues; Suburbs Like
ShelI.Swept Battlefield

n tNtchlNk up VI Ni' NNNhH 'i'A
destruction wrought by Sundays
snarling storm brought the number
Of known fatalities in the metropolis
tan district last night up 20 fifty
four. In addition the authorities
have been advised that forty moro
persons have been missing since tho
storm, all Of whom the police are IN.
clined to believe met their death IN
one way or another by wind or
water. They estimate the death total
as close to one hundred. The in-
jured total several times this figure.
A survey Of the wreckage IN ard
about the city by an army Of OH
cials and civilians in search Of pos
sibe victims showed that the storm =,
vented It's rage most violently In tho l
Pelham Bay section, OF City Island.
Here IL killed seventeen persons, the
bodies Of all but five Of whom have
been recovered.
The number OF those who met their
death on the Ferris wheel az Cls,on
Point Park, tho Bronx. which collapsed
during the height OF the turmoil, was
increased yesterday 20 seven, with
twenty-six others who were on the
device receiving treatment In homes
and hospitals for severe Injuries
Owner OF Wheel Arrested
An investigation 20 determine II any
defect In the contriyancc had anything
20 do with the collapse was begun b.
the District Attorney and the Building
Department Of the Bronx. Paul Simon,
the owner Of the wheel, was arrested
and arraigned in the Morrisania Po-
lice Court on the technical charge of
homicide, but was later released in
the custody Of his counsel when IL was
represented that the wheel had been
Inspected by engineers Of the Building
Department and pronounced safe siS
weeks ago.
other victims we're caught in the
East and North rivers, IN the bay, On
the Sound and suburban towns, with
few reports Of deaths coming from
Connecticut and New Jersey. No e.
fort was made 10 accurately estimate
the property damage, but authorities
say that in Manhattan alone u could
not be less than 100000. The tolc-
graph and telephone companies declare
that substantial portions Of their sys-
tens have been wrecked. more than
300 telephones having been put out
Of commission in the suburban dis
tricts alone.
Fire Alarms Damaged
A more serious phase Of the dcvas-
tation was the damags 90 the fire sig
nal system found In tho Bronx, Queens
and Brooklyn. where numerous lines
were broken, cutting of sections Of tho
city from alarm service.
More than 1000 trees were uprootcd
In the Bronx, Long Island and Staten
Island. areas OF which looked ycstcr.
day as though they had been swept by
she'll fire. The debris OF deserted au-
tomobilcs and trucks were found block
ing suburban roads everywhere whils
shacks fattened here and there gave
the fringe Of the city the look Of .
battle-ground.
The Fordham morgue was the scene
Of affecting spectacles, with thousand.
Of persons streaming past the lines of
dead in efforts TO find relatives or
friends who had perished In the storm.
Revised List of Dead
Here is the revised list Of those
known 20 have died OF City Island,
in the Ferris wheel accident and
around Manhattan;
Mrs. Grace Lawyer Casey, thirty
four years old. OF 100 West iiith
Street. Ferris wheel.
Emily Lawyer, nine years old, Of i22
West lllth Street, daughter Of Mrs.
Cascyt Ferris wheel
Mrs. Angeline Freda, thirty-hye years
old, Of 2i9 East l2fth Street. Ferris
wheel.
Pasaunle Freda, her husband, thirty
three years old. Of 249 East l27th
Street; Ferris wheel
Fasulo Pellegrina, twenty-four years
old, Of 225 East l49th Street, Ferris
wheel.
Idalla vanderpool. twenty-five years
old, Of ~ West l3sth Street, negress;
Louis Donofrio, twenty years old, of
b24 Edith Street, Old Forge, Pa. and
249 East l27th Street, New York City;
Sadie Delzler. nineteen years old, Of
4s6 East i74th Street, the Bronxi
drowned. -
Agnes Kohler, three years old, Of 236
East ilsth Street; drowned.
Alfred Pfafendorf, six years old, or
22g East ilsth Street: drowned.
Mrs. Mary Petzgold, about hfty-two
years old, Of 24i6 Lyyere Street, the
| Bronx; drowned.
Julia Zimet, twenty-slx years old, OF
s42 Whitlock Avenue, the Bronx;
/ drowned.
Bessie Kapln. twenty-five years old.
Of 246 Pacific Street. Brooklyni
drowned.
Marion Eieoff. twenty-fovr years old,
OF l472 Seabury Place, the Bronx
drowned.
-he body Of a two.year.old male
child, drowned, Is believed 70 be the
son OF Mrs. Anna Keining, Of 24l6 De.
we're Street, the Bronx, who was taken
10 Fordham Hospital 70 be attended
for submersion.
Concatti Ceaseayali. hfty-two years
I'D, OF 1862 Yves. Sixth Street, Mount
Vernon: falling tree.
Anthony Ceaseavali, ten years old
same address; falling tree.
: Charles Lowenthal, twenty years old
Of IS East l05th Street; drowned.
} William Sussman, thirteen years old
Of 244 West ll2th Street; drowned.
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