MORE OF THE STORM--LOSS OF LIFE--STEAMBOAT DISASTER--For a few minutes during the tornado Thursday afternoon, hail of a large size came down plentifully. Some of the stones were of the size of large peas...
A number of boats were upset…
A gentleman who was at Coney Island at the time of the storm, informs us that there was no rain there. The wind blew with great violence. On his return to the City he had passed over five miles of the road before he met with any signs of rain having fallen in any considerable quality…
--New York Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 22, 1850/
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Storm Misses Coney Island - 1850
The big storm and tornado (!) on June 20, 1850 (apparently) resulted in at least a few drownings, but didn't seem to affect Coney.
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