The morning call., 1891-02-24
STORMS RAYAGES.
Several Buildings in the Outskirts
Blown Down.
Fences, Telegraph Posts and Electric Masts
Frustrated Unsettled Weather Still
Predicted.

A survey OF the held yesterday shoWeu
that in several quarters of the city not usu-
ally looked upon as exposed Sundays storm
bad worked great havoc. The telegraph,
telephone and electric light COMPANIES
were, perhaps, in the aggregate, the biggest
sufferers of all, as wires were Frustrated In
all directions and, not unfrequently, the
poles were toppled over also. This was the
case with the electric mast in South San
Francisco-the highest in the city-and the
telegraph poles in the Mission district.
which, in falling across the cable lines from
time to time, proved a frequent interruption
and constant menace to travel. Fences
were wrecked and limbs of trees wrenched
from their trunks in every part OF the city
and suburbs, the park being dishgured to
great extent in the latter respect.
HOUSES OVERTURNED.
But by far the most serious loss of all,
because it fell upon class of persons who
can i'll afford 1.-THE builders of modest
homes-was the overturning and utter ruin
of several buildings in course of construc-
ton. Among these were:
The frames of three two-story houses.
partly covered with rustic, on Hartford
street, near Twentieth, which were blown
down early in the evening.
On California street, near the Children's
Hospital two-story frame house that was
nearly inclosed was struck by the gale and
went over with a crash that was heard for
blocks.
a Richmond cottage of five rooms and
basement, which was nearly completed,
was blown completely to pieces and debris
scattered around for rods. The owner had
just paid $500 on it to the contractor, and
Will be injured to that extent.
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west side of San Bruno road, near its juno
ton with South San Francisco, was also
blown down and reduced to kindling.
A two-storY frame house in course of
construction on Market street beyond the
cut, which was nearly covered IN, was
blown out of plumb. and was only saved
from destruction by liberal snoring up.
A small dwelling on Cortland avenue,
Bernal Heights, WAS demolished and the
debris scattered to the winds.
RUINED FENCES.
The row of sheds in the High School lot
on Geary and Scott streets were overturned
| and tossed into Jefferson Park on the oppo-
site side of Geary street.
At the Bay District Track scarce a panel
of the high fence which surrounded il is
left. As new boarding would be necessary
to take the place OF the Old, the storm has
probably decided the fate of the track, as it
Is not likely, in view of the expense, that the
BlOOd-horSe Association viii re-eStablish it.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
put on a large force of line-repairerS yester-
day morning, and in the early afternoon
had re-estabNshed communication with
about half of the cutoff points By dark
nearly all OF the connections were recovered,
with the exception OF Los Angeles and
Eureka. Most of the damage was confined
to the coast lines, those through the SierraS
sustaining but very trifiing injuries.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain with
which the wind was accompanied, the
sewers suffered but little no doubt owing to
the cleansing they received by last weeks
rains, which swept away all distractions in
them.
SIGNAL SERVICE REPORT.
In yesterday mornings Signal Service re-
port Lieutenant Finley, owing to the inter-
TuptiOn of Geographic communication, was
unable to make his usual forecast OF the
weather. He announced that the instru-
ment for measuring the velocity of tue
wind had been blown away the previous
niSht-the first occurrence of the kind at
this station to his knowledge.
The great storm of the past two days,
which was central this morning in Oregon,
has moved eastward beyond the Pacific
Coast States, followed by rapidly rising
barometer in Northern California. Nevada
and Oregon. Another cyclone is approach
| ing OH Vancouver Island, attended by rain
! throughout Oregon aud Washington, with
| winds shifting 70 south and east in the
western portion of this region. Storm sig
mails have been ordered for this disturbance
at all North Pacific Coast stations. AT Fort
Candy the wind is east, twenty-five miles
per hour, with rain. During tho day the
winds have been brisk to high in Northern
California and Nevada, and generally from
the south, with rain turning to snow in the
mountains.
THE STORM NOT OVER.
The barometer is decidedly below the
normal in all districts, varying from half
to three-quarters of an inch. This condi-
tion of the atmosphere is favorable to the
rapid approach of another disturbance and
! affords opportunity for the occurrence of the
precipitation with slight changes in tenn
perature and wind direction. In view of
approach of another eyclnne from the north
west, the weather will still remain unset
tied in California.