The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-12
50 ARE LOST J
100 INJURED:
IN TEMPEST
Hundreds Await Po'
lice Boats, Searching
Sound for Victims

NEW YORK. une ia.--f.fsy incl
Associated Prcrs)--The Death fft.I
% the brief but terrific hnr. 'cane
that swooped down on the Atefre-
poliian area late yesterday lf~4@ed
the sixty mark today with inJich
tons that the total number "a
dead might 20 much higher
The death list leaped ahcAd
when an incoming tide rcturued
- more bodies that had r<xn
swept out 10 sea last night ronr
mors bodies wcre recovered ~
Hunters Island and two were ~
ported 70 have been picked up ~
Travcrs Island.
City IsianG--Haven for sunday
/ pleasure seekers and amateur
fishSi .5an-was the hardest hi
point IL the metropo itan area but
casualties. mostly by Drowning
were reported from many other
points. The beach at city isiaui /
today presented a desoiaie sprcta-
Gle. sevorni hundreds Of persona.
relatives OF the missing worn l,y
hysicriai waited In little wroura <
among the wreckngc on tlIe sand
| Tor some word q the fate or their
loved ones. Marines and police ~
hausied by their al night viRlf2
continues their cruise, kcenfnr ~
sharp look out for additional 5od
les.
The fun toll Of the storm nAx
not be known for days II ever.
Boat men ~ City Island SAID
4 there werc % ANAL boats ns yc
unaccounted for. Occupanls al
/ many ~ these undoubtedly uers
saved by United States coast guard
and by members Of yacht clubs
about the Island. who put out a
soon as the terrific blow had SUI
sided. but the police believe usauy
more were ioet. There wer~ NJ
least 200 small boats and canoes
out when the squAll struck. 1t
All the damage was wrought N
less than a quarter of an hour
The New York weather bureau
reports the storm lasted off,cfNfiy
but five minutes II was sdsE.
cribed a. severe thunder sqnaH
during which the wind avcrnEed
~ miles an hour There wna a
brief period when the wind scIoc:-
" touched - nlles an hour a1d
y was AZ this point Il II beffeVea
that most of tho damage waa dosis.
NieW YORK Iuns i2-tBy the
Associated Press )----t)aybreak fhln
morning found huRdrads OF parVnfs
children and relatives stlli stand
ing Nigil az the docks At City Island.
hwaitng the arrival Of police beafa
which during the hours OF DARK
ness had searched the waters OF
long Island sound for addniohaf
victims o. yesterdays terrific
storm. Powerful searchliKhts
played over the water a. the rharf-
" quest went on but the rwlff 1<f<fs
apparently had borne away ths ho-
aics not recovered last night ana
early to-day the police reported thar
nc. nc ~, OF known dead had snot
More than SO persons ~er,
thought 10 have Lost thrir4 hives
and upwards of zoe wsra sufar "A
IN the tempest. which roared o,i(
OF the hills of northern New yrr-
rty, beat the hudson In foam -co1s-
ped breakers swept across 49,
YORK city and then seemed 10 rnzp<
t.r - wild energy on city Island
and vicinity ~ : ~
Thousands of row hoat. ana
launches dotted the sound or fitx
Island just before the breaking II
the Storm; when Il had passesi, III ns
water was strewn with overr1rncd
eran ana the buildings on shurr
resemhied hattie torn viliax<l III
No Mans Land Many t1artl.z
hurfying for safety saw reoQlc
strueEiing In the water. but d4f4a
not stop fos fear OF capsixing fiselr
. own craft The rescue worr 11.sts
} ted Immediately but darknere ia
/ the panic stricken crowds hin1sr H..
savers "'f'
Property damage essimatea Il
! from 1900 OOH to several TINA
mar amount was done by the tes-
The storm followed a day AZ n.
,snse heat and was as suddcn -
Ferris Wheel wrcrsca
tlasou's Point, a pleasure rron>41
near ciiy Island was IN tha d.reoi
pain - the hurricane. A fsrrtr
wheel heavily freiEhted with e<ii,
4 dren ana youug people, had nit|
begun 70 revolve with lta pas<an-
gers when the wind struck Il, Sd
sudden Was he transition ffDnf "a
hrieht June sky TO inhy clouds sHzs
the men In charge 81 the wl,ct|
could not stop Il and tischsr& X.
the people In tho carr befnra tEe
top Of the wheel was torn. avs,
snd the remainder crashed 10 IN
sr0uud, tangled skoln OF sf@4f
Bo1onh Nrre buried IN the s<@4sI
SlA bodies were later takes o1l'
ana more than two acere ukro u.
tcuded hy Ambulance eurEenn4
seventh victim died this nsnfnlna
frnii Nuildlnen were crashon ~
The mishiy weight of the tla'f
electric wires were torn awu4 ANA
Ia the darkness and tof1h1lI.|
rains the rescuerH could dn tIII
until the storm had EuhaideI I..
| trficni men and wonnn I044I0. .
hiindly a. the wFrekase hi11sI -
rather than helped the zss.< -
estaeca ~ liftias ruins cess -