The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24
DAMAGE BY THE WIND.
Pedestrians Had to Dodge All Sorts of
FLYING objects.

Pedestrians who were abroad lust before
O'Clock last evening were kept pretty busy
lodging flying missiles of almost every sort.
The big sign on the Bush-street side OF an
evening papers building blew into smith
Greens, and one of the snithereens nearly
killed a little woman who was walking
along. ell unconscious of her deadly peril
until three big planks fell at her feet and
blocked her progress.
She gave an awful yell. and ran out In
the middle of the street just in the nick of
time to escape another avalanche of rotten
| timbers.
While these exciting things were occur
| ring at this corner a portion of the roof was
blown off the Occidental Hotel. 1t barely
missed the heads of half a dozen passers-by
on Montgomery street. and covered the
| sidewalk with debris.
| 1t came down with an awful crash that
| brought head out of every window in the
| hotel and the people out of the stores for
| two or three blocks around.
kearny street, too. had its sensation.
| some Of the allegorical trappings in front OF
| the Chicago ClOthin g-house went TO the lee
! before the gale. A couple of workman
were sent uD TO make fast the lashings.
| They crawl led and climbed out OF the third
| and fourth story windows and hung in
| dangerous positions for a while. much TO
| the trepidatiOn OF an anxious crowd below
The Ali Bahia" banner stretched across
| Market street over the Lolita fountain went
| by the hoard early in the encounter. Before
| o'clock only few threads were left TO
| flap and fly in the hurricane. One of the
! mooringropes gave way. and the manner
| in which it danced up and dow on nothing
was very amusing though somewhat peril
| Gus.
The telephone wires on Kearny street got
badly tangled in the melee and gang of
| repaiTeTs had to be sent out.
The electric wires back OF the Palace
| Hotel oil New Montgomery street became
| fouled and an enter aiming pyrotecnic display
was the result As the live wires clicked
and banged against each other millions OF
| SPARKS were emitted. and those fortunate
enough 10 be in the vicinity enjoyed a rare
| scene.
The current was turned of before any one
| was struck by the wires. though second
| after woman who tried TO keep her um-
! brella raised was caught up bodily by the
winG and thrown with much force against
pole that was covered with tangled wires.
A large glass plate from the San Francisco
| and North Pacific Coast Railroad building.
| on First aud Mission streets, fell yesterday
| afternoon and landed on the head OF a
| workman who was wheeling barrow on
the sidewalk beneath. The fiat side Of the
plate struck the man and broke into pieces
on his hard skull. He fortunately escaped
| without a scratch.
The Italian gardeners en- the San Bruno
road suffered by the gale. With one or two
! exceptions, every.windmill was swept down
aud the fences around tie gardens demol-
| ished by the gentle zephyr"
The hothouses and flower gardens in the
| vicinity of Bernal Heights also met with a
| sad experience. Pettels dollhouse, on First
avenue and Bernal Heights. was smashed
into smithereens by the falling OF the fence
| on the glass roof.
The large eighteen-foot fence surrounding
| the County Jail was blown down aud top
| Piled over into Pinckney street, and, crash
| ing against the houses ON the opposite side.
! shattered the glass in most of the windows
| A portion fell against tie old Jail, soaring
the inmates, soma of whom yelled TO gel
| out. as they thought it was about TO col
| lapse.