Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-12
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Five persons were killed and NOR.
than 40 hurt when the wind cauvh.
a huge ferris wheel at a Claso,
Point amusement park and bore |, u
the ground.
a woman and her seven -year.ola
daughter were crushed to death and
several other persons injured wbs,
an oak tree blown by the wind
crashed through the roof TO ,bs
crowded dining room Of the Red Lilo,
Inn. on Boston Post Road. carrying
with it an old fashioned stone chin.
ney.
The bodies OF seven cancers causb,
in Long Island Sound or City Island
at the height OF the storm wtr.
washed ashore after nightfal.
Miss Edda Smith. II, walking with
a companion along the Reservoir road
at Ossining, was blown into the wat.
er and drowned.
Charles Emerson, New Rochelle
clothing manufacturer. was rowing IN
Echo Bay with his wife and three
children when the storm broke. He
managed TO row 10 shore, then died
from a heart attack.
A tree fell across a party ~ motor.
orists seeking shelter on the Brooks.
vile road, near Locust Valley. Long
Island. killing Harry liauoraH. az
Oyster Bay, and seriously injuring
his three male companions
Unable to reach shore in the stiff
wind. Jack Lowenthal, 90. wa,
drowned while swimming in East
River.
Concetti Basiatazo and his l0-year.
old son, Anthony, OF Mount Vernon
were killed when a tree under which
they had found shelter in the Bronx
was struck by lightning.
Two men We're killed in Newark
y. j., when they came in contact with
electric wires, torn down by the wind.
\ massive, decayed tree on the
New York -Westchester county line at
Mount Vernon fell, crushing 10 death
Mrs. Cassie Cacavallo and her infar,
son.
Moe Ruskin, one of party Of can.
oeists in Echo Bay. was drowned.
Three other members Of the party
swan TO sshore after the canoe cap
sized.
Ten excursionists on the f'rryboat
Hildegard, returning from Interstate
Park. y. j., to west l5Sth street, were
injured when the wind tore lfcboat
from its davits. In falling the boat
struck the railing Of the lower deck
at spot where about dozen persons
had gathered for shelter. Then it slid
into the river and disappeared.
Extensive property damage from
wind and lightning was reported from
all boroughs of the city and outlying
districts.
Scores of plate glass windows in
cigar and clothing stores in Manhat-
tan were smashed and the contents
of show windows Uttered the side
walks.
Central Park suffered heavily, dog
cns of trees having been uprooted and
hurled across the driveways, blocking
tfdlIC.
Lightning struck a BROOKLYN trolley
car and half . dozen persons were
stunned and thrown to the floor,
Westchester county also was hard
hit by the storm. Wires were down
I'm Port Chester and many houses were
without electric lights.
Thousands OF automobile parties in
New Jersey returning to New York,
caught in the storm were DELAYED for
hours due to the danger of travelling
along the roads covered with fallen
wires and blocked in many
places by trees.
The ferry terminals were chokcd
with traffic and the greatest confusion
prevailed.
When the storm broke at Van Cort-
andt Park. New York, thousands
rushed for the subway station and the
surface cars. At times the crush 2nd
excitement rcscmbled a panic. The ex->
citement was intensified by Jam OF
automobiles returning TO the city
through Yonkers. which got beyond
control of the t,afTic police.
Alarmed by the fury Of the wind
md the vivid lightning, many persons
eft their motor cars and tried to get
into the subway. Hundreds unable 10
squeeze their way into the station
we're forced to stand, wedged in the
throng, and were drenched. Hats were
shocked off and trampled and clothing
was torn in the wild scramble for shell
Ter.
Coney Island where throng OF
$50, 900 had gathered. including lOV'-
100 bathers, received only the tail end
II the storm. Nevertheless the con-
-usion at the resort was intense when
he startled crowds rushed for shelter
The railroad terminal was quickly
" rcrowded. but prompt arrival OF po-
ice reserves and efficient handling ot
he throngs avoided injuries 10 any
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