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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
2
Residences connected to railroad workers and mining officials are scattered across the valley and several have been destroyed. The report notes widespread impact on housing and livelihoods, with some structures leveled by the disaster.
Henry Fink president of Norfolk and Western Railway questioned the reported heavy loss of life in West Virginia. He noted damage to rails and bridges on Bluestone and North Fork branches, doubted the death toll, and said he would not travel to the scene. General Manager N F Johnson planned to report further from Roanoke Virginia roanoke.
Charleston West Virginia reports the Kanawha Valley struck by a severe storm with 3.25 inches of rain and strong winds. The Kanawha River reached 30 feet by night and flood preparations began as wires failed and rail bridges were lost north of the city. Landslides on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad tied up service between Charleston and Winton with three through trains laid up. Great damage occurred on tributaries feeding the Kanawha.
Norfolk and Western officials report no details on the Pocahontas district damage. Bridges washed away and extensive road damage prompt orders to accept no perishable freight eastward and to stop trains east of Kenova.
The account surveys the Johnstown flood of 1889 and two later storms that caused immense loss of life and property. It notes dam failure at Conemaugh Lake, relief funds totaling about $3.0 million, and major 1900 Galveston and Texas coast devastation with thousands dead and widespread ruin.
Lincoln College the roller flour mills and the County Poor Farm report extensive damage. Houses wrecked stores unroofed and thousands of trees torn up. An elevator at Middletown destroyed and several stores damaged. Reports of damage from rural districts including Elk hart where freight cars were blown from the track. Great damage to wheat corn and oats.
A powerful storm hit Columbus and nearby areas at 1 AM causing basement flooding in many businesses and widespread wind damage. Telecommunication poles were toppled and several buildings unroofed. A tornado near Mount Sterling damaged fields and structures along a four to five mile path. Damage totals run into thousands of dollars.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania reports renewed heavy rain in the Turtle Creek district causing extensive damage. The Westinghouse plant along the hill was submerged with six feet of water and three feet of mud on the lower floor. Over 400 street car motors appear destroyed and total losses to Westinghouse may reach $500 000.
A severe thunderstorm swept Oswego New York and surrounding areas overnight. The West Baptist Church sustained slight damage from lightning while barns and farm buildings were damaged. Rain and hail damaged crops. A fishing party was caught in the storm and one man was injured by hail stones.
After four days of search the bodies of Abner Thompson and his horse were found in the woods on the Thompson Ranch near Whittier Florida. Thompson was killed instantly when lightning struck as he searched for stray horses on Wednesday afternoon during a storm.
Flooding at William K. Vanderbilt Idle Hour mansion in Sayville Long Island after a heavy June storm. Improperly covered coal chute drain and unfinished roof drainage caused one half of the roof water to flood the coalpit and boiler room, leaving twelve inches of water and coal dust throughout the basement. pumps were used to remove the water.
A powerful tornado swept Lincoln and surrounding areas last night causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The storm traveled from the southwest in a path roughly a mile and a half wide and five miles long. The Lincoln Mattress Factory suffered near total destruction and the Illinois Asylum for Feeble Minded Children sustained severe damage.
About 80 000 visitors thronged Coney Island as Second Deputy York issued stricter excise orders for the day. The only notable incident was a rescue at sea as Dennis Bressall nearly drowned and was saved by lifeguards Thomas Clarke and H John Cronin with medical help from Dr J W Pierce. Rain caused a brief stir but many stayed for the resort despite showers. Inspector Campbell and HQ men kept watch all day.
A blistering Sunday in New York saw temperatures near 85 with afternoon showers and a thunderstorm at night. Lightning damaged a railing at 301 West 125th Street injuring cabbies John Egan Dennis Driscoll and Kid Crowley though none seriously. A strike on Calvary Episcopal Church roof caused $25 in damage. One heat prostration occurred as laborer John McCaffrey was found unconscious and taken to Bellevue.
A mob of four thousand people crowded Rockaway Beach traffic at 10 pm as the final cars to Long Island City Brooklyn and the elevated lines filled. A ten year old, David Delix of 152 Clinton Street Brooklyn, was separated from his parents and taken to the police station for the night.
In dense fog off Deer Island the City of Bangor rammed the Estelle, a naphtha launch from Maine. Five men jumped overboard. two, L. H. Dickey and Charles Robinson, drowned. Rescued were H. M. Southwick, Charles Nye, and George C. Poole.
H C Thorne of Brooklyn riding a trap eastbound was struck by a westbound motor vehicle. The trap was broken and Thorne shaken but uninjured on soft earth. The motorist fled, backing away then driving off at speed, hitting a gate post before vanishing toward the north.
At 12 30 this morning a fire in a four story brownstone hotel on First Avenue and 125th Street occupied by Joseph Rizzo was found by a citizen who raised the alarm. Firemen found four separate blazes in beds on the second and third floors causing about 300 dollars in damage. no arrests were made and the Fire Marshal calls the incident very suspicious.
Michael McHugh a 43 year old engineer of 320 West Forty seventh Street will have an X-ray at Bellevue Hospital today to locate a six penny nail lodged in his throat. He swallowed the nail during carpentry and doctors could not determine its exact position.
In Plainfield New Jersey the strike remains unresolved. Employers at Pong Machine and Tool Works plan to reopen shortly with a full workforce, rehiring some former workers if they apply. Out of town replacements are being used for strikers. Potter Printing Press workers stay firm. Aluminium Works report no disorder as non union machinists continue work. Machinists Association commits to preventing trouble and blames sympathizers for recent clashes.
Policeman Veloreous Kinsman died at his home on 23 East One Hundred and Ninth Street yesterday from a paralytic stroke. He reported for duty at the Morrisania Position.
A St Andrew's African Mission Chapel delegation filed a complaint about disruption of a prayer meeting by a large yellow dog that entered the church with exploding crackers and rattling cans. Police posted an officer to prevent recurrence.
A woman, possibly Mrs Drehier, attempted suicide by leaping into the Passaic River near the Sixth Avenue Bridge in Paterson New Jersey. She was rescued by bystanders and taken to hospital where she recovered briefly but refused to reveal identity or explain how she entered the water.
In Louisville on June 23 the death of H S Church marked the second act of a bloody tragedy that began three days earlier with Emily Stuart s murder. Police found Church wounded and later died, while Mrs Stuart lay dead in a closet with a deep facial wound and a tied apron at her throat. Church had said she left for Frankfort. she was about fifty and related to Louisville residents. Church had come to the city from Frankfort four months ago.
Michael J. Muldoon and Thomas Kerr appeared before Magistrate Cornell in Centre Street Police Court and were held in 1000 bail each for examination on a swindle scheme. Muldoon claimed telegraph connections and tapped wires to pools and races. they were released with bondsmen present and offered no comment.
Samuel Feld of 687 East One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Street died after tumbling from a fourth story window in a family flat. His mother had briefly left him in a front room, and the shutters tied with cord gave way as he leaned back, causing the fatal fall.
Mrs Bertha Ross aged eighteen of 411 Marcy Avenue Williamsburg was removed to Eastern District Hospital after her husband assaulted her on Walton Street and Harrison Avenue. He fled leaving her in critical condition as neighbors aided and Dr Delaney treated her.
The Board of Health reported four smallpox cases yesterday. Thomas Curran, 43, removed from Presbyterian Hospital, address unknown. Mary McKeever, 38, of 243 East Eightieth Street. Kate Hughes, 21, of 146 East Seventeenth Street. Thomas Izeard, 37, of 109 West One Hundred Thirty-fourth Street.
The death of Adelbert Hay prompts President to telegram Cabinet chiefs and Secretary Long to express condolence. Cabinet members plan to attend the funeral if feasible, and officials in Washington visit the Hay home on Sixteenth Street to leave sympathy cards.
The Times editorial recalls Adelbert S. Hay then American Consul at Pretoria and his delicate duty toward British prisoners with the Boers. It praises his kindness and zeal, notes sorrow for his premature death, and lauds his role in easing English sufferings and strengthening US Britain ties.
Adelbert S. Hay eldest son of the Secretary of State, born in Cleveland, educated at St. Pauls Academy and Yale, served as Provost Marshal in Gibraltar, went to Pretoria as Consul, won Boer trust, aided British prisoners, later resigned to assist his fathers business, then accepted the role of assistant secretary to President McKinley succeeding Major Pruden.
Seven year old Mary Werkheiser of 220 Lynch Street Williamsburg died yesterday in Eastern District Hospital from a skull fracture after falling from a fourth story fire escape. She had been watching children playing jacks in the yard when she leaned over the iron railing and toppled to the ground.
Charles Schmidt a sixteen year old of 712 East One Hundred sixty fifth Street was struck by a Harlem Road train at One Hundred sixty seventh Street and Park Avenue. He sustained a compound skull fracture and was taken to Fordham Hospital by Ambulance Surgeon Chetford who said the boy has an even chance for life. Schmidt and friends were on a bank above the track when during skylarking he was pushed over and fell as a train approached.
A benzine explosion in the basement of Charles C. Heffly's drug store in Babylon, Long Island, trapped a colored worker briefly but he escaped through a window. Firefighters contained flames to the origin and limited damage to about 400 dollars, warning of greater danger if cellar chemicals had ignited.
Utica reports the death of Claude Gleason, eighteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gleason, at Clockville Madison County. He was cutting logs in a sawmill and fell as he attempted to cross the moving carriage, fatally injuring himself. he died several hours later.
A small dog alleged mad bit two boys on East Tenth Street triggering a crowd and a police response. Policeman Whitbeck of the Fifth Street Station clubbed the animal to death. Victims are Henry Creamer, 13, of 235 East Tenth Street and Abraham Latowitz, 3, of 224 East Tenth Street.
Klinck Bros. pork packing house on Howar Street burned down in Buffalo on June 23. Stock and machinery valued near 100000. refrigerator house with about 4000 in dressed meat saved. other damages around 40000. Plant well insured.
A London News piece describes a Paris court case where a coachman bears a full tattoo record of the Dreyfus affair on his back. The illustration includes depictions of the Bordereau and related items, with musings on how public figures might be marked to enforce principles and accountability.
A collection of light anecdotes from readers. A child answers about survivors of the flood naming Noah Shem Ham and Joan of Arc. A ward nurse and doctor discuss a patient who swallowed ink with blotting paper therapy. Wiltshire school inspector, Hong Kong pupils, and humorous misstatements show keen but fallible understanding.
Andrew P. Hill, famed photographer, created a colossal 18 ft 9 in by 2 in image of California Redwood Park in Big Basin. The single 18x22 negative print on platino paper shows about forty redwoods 15 to 22 feet in diameter and required a week of clearing undergrowth. The work, shipped to Buffalo for Pan-American Exposition display, marks a notable California landscape achievement.
The interview notes Jules Verne plans his ninety-ninth book and hints at future works including La Grande Foret. He celebrates a century of prolific output, promising fantastical treatment of Missing Link themes and potentially new English or American characters.
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