AMERICAN RAIN STORM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 422, 13 June 1922, Page 5

AMERICAN RAIN STORM.

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE, j I THIRTY-EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED. r f NEW YORK, Juno 12. r A rain storm of unprecedented violence ' ? overturned houses and uprooted thousands J of trees in various parks and suburbs, doing 1 thousands of dollars’ worth of damage, and ' resulted in the death of several persons and ' injury in many eases of a serious nature ' to more than ICO. Six people were killed by falling trees, and seven drowned 1 on bathing beaches. Five were killed and 1 26 injured when the wind overturned the j 1 “ferris wheel” in a suburban amusement 1 park. .Several young honeymoon couples went to Washburn aerial field (Chicago) for the i 1 purpose of making pleasure (lights. 'I ho ! 3 pilots consistently refused to fly because i of the high winds which made flight dan- ; gerous. One couple persisted and induced ■ the pilot to lake them up. The ’plane fell, r and the couple were killed and the pilot , dangerously injured. Later reports show that 38 persons wore ; drowned, apart from other deaths. All ■ occurred in Long Island .Sound, near the I t metropolitan district. Row boats, launches - and sailing boats cruising near Execution | ( Light were caught in the squall, many of j ■ them upsetting. During the previous week, | , New York had suffered from a great heat j t spell and 1,000,000 persons had crowded the i , beaches and the sound to escape the heat during' the holidays.—A. and N.Z. cable. LATEST PARTICULARS. CONSIDERABLE DEATH ROLL. Received June 13, 12.25 p.m, NEW YORK. Juno 12. The storm casualties are 44 known to 1 bo dead, 30 musing, and 42 dangerously ■ hurt. Over 250 rowboats, canoes and yachts capsized.—-A. and N.Z. cable.