The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-01
EAGLES MERE STORM SWEPT.
WINDS PECULIAR FRANKS

The storm of Sunday evening as
sulned cyclonic proportions as it passed
over Eagles Mere, and the wind cut
up some most peculiar pranks in the
short space of time that it was with
the popular mountain resort, says the
Gazette oe Bulletin.
Happily no lives we're lost, but there
were some very narrow escapes, and
property was damaged a good deal.
The storm was accompanied by
thunder and lightning that was most
intense, while the wind blew a gale,
and every one at the resort was
more or less scared during its preva.
lence. The path Of the cyclone was a
most peculiar one, conhning itself to
the vicinity of the Hotel Raymond.
The wind first struck the barn in the
rear of the cottage Of DR.. G.. d. Mutt,
OF Williamsport and scattered the timb
ers and boards in all directions. Half of
them cannot be found. Then the gale
circled around the cottage of Frank
Gould, of Philadelphia, located be-
tween Dr. Nuts and the Raymond,
chopping off Mr.. Gould's porch, on
the side next to the hotel, en- route.
The wind next sailed across the street
and nit the cottage of Mrs. Spencer,
of Philadelphia and which is opposite
DR.. Nuts, The cottage was almost
completely wrecked
The hurricane just seemed to knock
the props out from under the Spencer
cottage, as it were. The wind got in
to the first story and that collapsed in
less time than it takes to tell it, letting
the second story drop to the ground.
On the first floor there were a lot Of
young people, including some Will
iamsporters, who had called, and they
made some narrow escapes. Some Of
them, were bruised, but all escaped
serious injury. 1t is said that one
young lady was blown out the door.
Judge Wilson, with his family occu-
pies the Spencer cottage, and the
Judge, who was also on the first floor,
sustained cut in the back of the
head. Mrs. Wilson was on the second
floor engaged in putting the children
to bed when the cottage was wrecked,
and when that portion of the structure
dropped to the ground so suddenly
the crash never woke the babies, who
were sound asleep. The top of the
cottage alighted in slanting position,
one edge resting on the porch Of the
cottage next door, and those up stairs
were taken out the second story win
dows. Mrs. Wilson sustained bruised
nose.
After doing this damage the storm
swept across the lake and was lost to
view in the night, without doing any
further work of destruction.
A Williamsport gentleman who was
at Eagles Mere over Sunday and saw
the storm, says that it was the most
beautiful electrical display he ever wit
messed.
"The storm struck Eagles Mere be.
tween 9 and 10 O'clock said the gen.
tleman, "and l saw the funnel shaped
cloud that is said to come down on
the earth and grab things. Then it
sounded as though train Of cars was
rushing through the place, but Of course
there were no cars. The wind blew
gale, and it was two hours after the
storm before the population knew
what had happened. 1t was terrific
storm,. but was fortunately confined to
small space, and the escape of the
people in the Spencer cottage was
miraculous
The cylone missed Highland Lake
entirely, and while there was some
rain at that resort there was very little
wind, no damage whatever being done.
No reports of any damage in that re-
gion, other than at Eagles Mere, have
been received.