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[29] [39] Chase's main branch, beneath 28 Liberty Street's plaza, was accessed from the concourse and was lit by an oval 60-foot-diameter (18 m) recess surrounded by a transparent barrier. [ 29 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Also on the concourse was a meeting room, a foyer, and a messenger's room. [ 42 ]
The storm system affected five states with severe weather, including hail up to 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) across, thunderstorm winds up to 90 mph (140 km/h), and 17 tornadoes. [1] Several towns in New York and Connecticut were particularly hard-hit. Several homes were leveled in Schoharie, New York, and extensive damage occurred in Bantam, Connecticut.
Specific damage totals for New York are unknown, although the storm in its entirety causes $460 million (1954 USD) in damage. [32] September 10, 1954: Hurricane Edna tracks to the east of Long Island producing 9 inches (230 mm) of rain. [3] Prior to the storm, New York City orders an emergency standby for the majority of its hospitals, and subways.
A major storm on the East Coast of the United States brought tornadoes to North and South Carolina, killing approximately 60 people in that area, and delivering high winds to Boston before flooding the New York metropolitan area from March 29 to March 30 of 1984. New York City, Atlantic City and New Jersey all declared emergencies.
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New York State and New England bore the brunt of the storm; damage was extensive on Long Island, and in Connecticut, 130,000 households lost electric power during the storm. Widespread damage and power outages also occurred throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts, where the storm generated 30-foot (9.1 m) waves along the coast. Because of the ...
New York Public Library Main Branch in the 1910s. 1911 March 25: 146 employees, mostly women, are killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire near Washington Square Park, some by being forced to jump from the building by the fire. [85] July: 1911 Eastern North America heat wave. New York Public Library Main Branch building constructed.
At least 43 people died in New York City as a result of the storm, and 53 in the state. Thousands of homes and an estimated 250,000 vehicles were destroyed during the storm, and the economic losses in New York City were estimated to be roughly $19 billion [3] with an estimated $32.8 billion required for restoration across the state. [4]