The New York herald., 1922-01-12
STORM KILLS THREE;
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Rain, Which Follows Snow
and Sleet, Relieves Threat
ening Situation.
72 MILES AN HOUR WIND
Motor Driven Snow Fighting
Machines and $4,000
Men Out.

A cyclonic storm, born on the heated
plains OF Arizona and in two days
time grown to such proportions that
1t wrenched the whole Atlantic coast,
smashed into New York yesterday at
the rate of seventy-two miles an hour
and passed out to sea last night, leav-
ing no friends.
1t buffeted the city and all this part
Of the country with snow, then sleet
and finally rain. It did lot Of dam
age, but rise in Temperature above
the freezing point converted tie icy
deluge into rain and relieved the
threat Of an ugly situation.
After two and half inches of snow
and half an inch of sleet had fallen
and while all the city's new motor
driven snow fighting machinery was
in operation and $4,000 men were
shoveling, along, came the rain and
cleaned the streets faster than could
any mortal agency. Last night the
wind shifted to the northwest and
there was another slight snow furry.
The weather to-day win be clear and
colder.
Combination OF a roaring gale. laden
with snow and hail. and Of Icy streets
and sidewalks caused an extraordinary
number OF accidents Most Of these
we're due to the falling Of street signs
or Of trees and branches
Flying Limb Kills Girl.
One death was directly due TO the
tempest. The limb OF a tree flying
through the air descended on the head
of Anna Cart. II years old. of 23sth
street and Yonkers avenue. while she
was struggling through 239th street near
spuyten DuyviI. She was killed.
Two men fell dead Of heart disease
while trying to work in the storm.
Michael J. Mahoney. aged 20, OF So
Montgomery avenue. New Brighton.
Staten Island, city gardener at the
Carnegie Library. st. George. collapsed
while shoveiing snow. Enos Knapp,
so years old, of ss Ash street. Yonkers,
a carpenter died while at work in Lock
wood avenue.
The greatest wind velocity reported
| by the Weather Bureau, seventy-two
miles, was registered at Sandy HooiS
| seaboard towns of northern New Jer-
sey, worried all day lest the northoaster
! pile up the, ocean on the shore and carry
away rows of summer cottages, had
gauges registering as high as eighty
miles an hour. A civil war cannon
mounted in front Of the City Hall AT
Long Branch was blown from Its base
and rolled into the middle of the street
In South Brooklyn a brick chimney. 125
feet tall, at power house OF the
Bush terminal, was fclled.
! Small boats were blown from their
moorings and tops from touring cars,
Milk wagons were thrown on their sides
/ pedestrians were hurt by being flung
against buildings and vehicles, telephone
\ service i'm somc OF the suburbs was tenn
/ porariIy wrecked by flying branches or
! toppling poles.
Long distance teleersphins and tele-
/ pho<ng out OF New York was difficult
| last night, for many poles were down.
but the underground conduits carrying
tho great trunk lines were unimpaired.
Rapid transit came through the storm
with flying colors. There was not snow
enough 20 bother the elevated lines. and
what little trouble the surface lines ex-
perisnced was due mostly to the stallins
of trucks In front Of the trolley cars.
At Coney Island the tide rose last
night until twenty or no small summer
shacks were washed away.
Snowfall Beafns Early.
New York State generally and New
I England did not get the benefit OF the
mitigating rain. and serious teups we're
reported in many localities where tbe
snow had continued. Nine inches of
snow fell in the Hudson Valley about
Poughkeopsle, Gripping trolley cars,
but not badly disconcertins steam rail-
roads. Steam tractors kept the state
| highways open.
Further north the storm was a real
blissard. An all day fall piled two feet
Of snow In the streets Of Syracuse and
made country roads irnpassabls. Steam
roads suffered with the others. Trains
| from northern New Yort we're many
| C0nfluucd ou Pare Three.