The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-12
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SNUFFED OUT
BY HURRICANE
Brief But Terrific Storm
Swoops Down Out of Clear
Sky and Takes Toll of New
York Pleasure Seekers.
MASSES OF WRECKAGE
(By Associated Press>

NEW YORK, June 12-The death
toll of the brief but terrific hurricane
that swooped down on the metropolis
late yesterday passed the so mark to-
day with indications that the total
number of dead might go much high
er.
The death list was boosted when an
incoming tide turned up Is more
bodies that had been washed out last
night
at Hunters island and two were re-
ported to have been picked up at
Travers.
City Island, Haven for Sunday pleas
ure seekers and amateur fishermen,
was the hardest hit point in the metro
politan area but casualties mostly by
drowning were reported from many
other points
The beach at City Island today pre-
sented a desolate scene. Several hun
dred relatives of the missing waited
in little groups among the wreckage
| On the sand for some word of the fate
of the lost ones. Marine police ex-
| hausted by their all-night vigil con-
tinued their work, keeping sharp
| lookout for more bodies.
Thousands of rowboats and launch.
! es dotted the Sound off City Island
just before the breaking of the storm !:
j when it had passed, the water was
! strewn with overturned craft, and the
buildings on shore resembled a battle
! torn village in No Mans Land. Many
parties hurrying for safety saw people
struggling in the water, but dared not
/ stop for fear of capsizing their OWL
! craft. The rescue work started imme
! diately but darkness and the panic
stricken crowds hindered the labors oi
the volunteer life savers.
Property damage estimated at from
$1,000,000 to several times that amour:
was done by the tornado.
! The storm followed day of intense
/ heat and was as sudden as 1t was
violent. Low hanging clouds across
the Hudson river were observed, bu-
they seemed to be far away, and dan
ger was unforeseen. Then, like magic
the western heavens took on a sinis
| ter aspect, the clouds seemed to dil
| toward the earth and before the fright
ened people exposed to the element
could reach places of safety the winC
came.
i Ferris Wheel Crashes
Clason's Point, a pleasure grounC
near City Island, was in the direc
path of the hurricane A ferris wheel
heavily freigbted with children AM
young people, had just begun to re
volve with its passengers when tn
wind struck it. So sudden was tn
transition from a bright June sky t.
inky clouds that the men in charge o
the wheel could not stop it and dis
charge the people in the cars befor
the top of the wheel was torn ava
and the remainder crashed to tn
ground, a tangled skein of steel. Doz
ems were buried in the wreck. 81
bodies later were taken out and NOR
than two score were attended by an
bulance surgeons seventh victir
; died this morning
Frail buildings we're crushed by th
mighty weight of the wind: electri
9 light wires were torn away and in tn
, darkness and torrential rain the re!
cuers could do little until the storr
/. had subsided Hysterical men an
women, tearing blindly at the wrecl
age, hindered rather than helped th
workers engaged in lifting the ruins c
the wheel Police reserves, numbe,
ing 200, were rushed to the scene an
they restored order.
Accompanied by Rain
The gale which swept across the Ell
tire metropolitan district was accom-
!. panied by rain which stung like las
! from the force of the wind.
Huge trees in Central Park were VI
rooted and tossed across the drive
ways
Five people were hurt when tn
! wind blew out great plate glass front
: of stores along Broadway and sea
tered haberdashery and clothing alon
=, tie street.
In Brooklyn lightning struck
street car and knocked six passenger
a unconscious.
Electric signs along the White Wa
9 seemed special targets of the cycloni
wind. A huge sign extolling the vi
tues of an automobile tire was tor
: loose from its moorings, toppled owe
o onto a skylight, carried a smaller sig
with it in its plunge and started fiji
= from disconnected wiring. The fore
v of the crash set off an automatic bur-
: lar and fire alarm.