Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-12
SO DEAD in new YORK STORM;
MORE THAN 100 BADLY INJURED;
PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLIONS
Ferris Wheel at Beach Resort CrumbIes in Terrific Wind
and Falling, Buries Scores Passengers in its Wreck
age; Newark, n J., Partially Covered Up by Debris;
Fi1y-Mle Gale Came So Suddenly That Sunday Pleasure
Seekers We're Taken Unawares.
BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening

by Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
New York. June 124-Dalbreak This
morning found hundreds OF parents.
children and relatives stili standing
vigil at the docks at city Island. await
ing the arrival OF police boats which
during the hours Of darkness had
searched the waters Of Long Island
Sound for additional victims Of yes
terday's terrific storm. Powerful
searchlights played over the water as
the ghastly quest went on, but ths
swift tide apparently had borne away
4 the bodies not recovered last night. anS
early today the police reported that
4 tho list Of known dead had not been
/ agumenttd.
! More than SIXTY persons were thought
( 70 have lost their lives and upwards
~ 100 were injured in the tetapest.
which roared out OF the hills of north
ern New Jersey, beat the Hudson N
foam capped breakers, swept across
New York and then seemed 70 center
its Wild energy on city Island and. its
vicinity
Thousand n row boats and launches
dotted the sound or city Island just
before the breaking Of the storm: when
Il had passed. the water was strewn
with overturned craft and the build
lngs on shore resembled y battle torn
village in No Mans Land. Mary par
ties hurrying for safety saw people
struggling IN the water. but dared not
stop for fear Of capsizing their own
craft The rescue work started I'M
roedistsly. but darkness and the panic
stricken crowds hindered the lsbors
+ the volunteer life savers
Property damage estimated AZ from
81 600 900 70 several times that amount
vas done by the tornado.
: The storm followed 2 day ~ INTENSE
heat and was as sudden az Z Vas
. violent Low hanging clouds across
the Hudson river were observed but
they seemed 10 he far away and
|. danger was unforeseen. Then Ike
, magic. the western heavens took on a.
sinister aspect, the CLOUDS seemed to
dip toward the earth and before the
2 frightened people exposed to the eIe-
{ nents could reach places Of safety.
e the wind came.
r Clason's Point. a pleasure ground
near City Island was IN the direct path
= OF the hurrican. 4 ferris wheel.
! heavily freighted with children and
e young people. had just begun 10 re-
j volve with its passengers when the
' wind struck IT, SO sudden was the
l. transition from bright June sky 20
inky clouds that the men in charge Of
n the wheel could not stop il. and dis
- charge the people in the cars before
j the top OF the wheel was torn awav
and the remainder crashed TO the
a ground. a tangled skeiu Of steel.
o Dozens We're buried in the wreck. six
: bodies were later taken ont, and mora
y than two score attended by ambu-
Il lance surgeons. A seventh victim
II died this morning.
: FraI buildings were crushed bv the
u mighty weight of the wind: electric
! light wires we're torn away. and in the
y darkness and torrential rain the res
IL cuers could do little until the storm
had subsided. Hysterical men and wo-
e men. tearing blindly At the wrieckage
: hindered rather than helped the work
eTs engaged in lifting the ruins OF tha
wheel. Police reserves. numbering 200
were rushed TO the scene and they re-
N stored order.
Huge trees IN Central Park were 1p-
-s rooted and tossed across the drive
= ways
= Five persons were hurt when the
sr wind blew out great plate glass fronts
at Of stores along Broadway and scat
Is Continued on page s.