The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-04-21

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~ Bb>>%Ee- science and progress
E&lG<%/ such as electric lights
and electric railways that occasion was
afforded last night when the town was in
darkness and through the gloom the electric
cars wendell their way into and out of the
town. Shenandoah lost its identity COM
pletely last night. A more dreary and
desolate looking cloak never fell upon it
since the days of the great contlagration.
The streets were deserted, a few stores were
illuminated, but only the proprietors and
clerks were in them. When saloonkeepers
lock their doors at half past ten o'clock at
night there must be something wrong. In
fact more than one saloonkeeper closed up
before ten.
The night was a terrible one. The storm
which had played havoc all day continued
with all its fury and the one prayer of all
was that the fire fend would not link arms
with it.
The storm was the most severe that has
visited this section since the great blizzard
and has been more disastrous in many
respects. 1t has given this community a
idea of what a western town experiences
when a tornado strikes it.
Turkey Run! Poor Turkey Run on the
hill! She did suffer yesterday. Her alti-
tude challenged the winds and they accepted
most demonstratively. There is a row of
houses in this patch owned by Messrs.
Morgan and Davenport. Eight of them are
rooaess. The roof was transferred to the
yards yesterday afternoon and for hours after
the occupants of the houses wept as the
merciless rain poured upon the belongings
and forced the owners to seek shelter in the
houses of n%eighbors. Letter Carrier Holman
describes some of the scenes as pitiful in the
extreme.
The house of Peter Holden was also de-
pr 7ed of its roof yesterday.
The damage to property in tow is very
extensive. The painters, carpenters, %roofers
and other tradesmen will find much work be-
fore them and property holders will find
many demands upon their purses.
The source of greatest anxiety last night
was the Lithuanian church at the corner of
Jardin and Cherry streets. Early in the
evening Councilman Gable caused ropes to be
stretched across the streets near the structure
to prevent drivers and pedestrians passing,
fearing that ornaments on the towers, or the
steeples themselves, might fall. And lest the
ropes might be collided with in the darkness
three special police were put ON duty at the
approaches. The condition of the steeples
was such that Mr.. Bradigan, the division
superintendent for the p. & h. c.. & l. Co.,
whose residence is nearly opposite the church,
took his family out of the house yesterday
afternoon and sought accommodations with
friends. Several other families in the neigh
borhood vacated their houses for the night.
Members of the Borough Council have in.
timated that should anything happen this
church by which a reconstruction should be
made necessary the rebuilding will have to
be lone on better plans than the present
structure is based upon.
The roof of a house on South Jardin street,
owned by James NJ. Morgan and occupied by
ex-policeman Williams, is minus its tin COW
eriug.
One of the show windows of T. J.. Brough-
au's store Oh South Main street suffered,
A piece of window sash and two panes of
glass parted company with the Evangelical
church at the corner of Cherry and West
streets and was found some distance away on
the former street.
A regular f allure is that Notwithstanding
all tine large objects that was carried through
the streets yesterday and last night no person
sustained injury.
The roof a house on Poplar street owned
by John A. Lewis was taken of clean last
night. Part of it fell into the street and the
rest went into the yard.
A large wagon shed connected with NJ. P.
Fowler's lumber and feed warehouse, near the
Kelley Run base ball grounds, was blown
down yesterday afternoon and several wagons
and sleighs were buried by the sides and
roof.
The sign that stretched across the pave
ment in front of MCGOWan S shoe store ON
East Centre street for several years went
with the gale yesterday,
A part Of the high fence between the Fer
guson aud Davies properties ON South White
street fen before the gale.
The swinging signs that left their fasten-
ings during the storm We're too numerous to
be recorded.
In addition to the fence ON P,J. Ferguson's
South White street property the lattice work
on the house was badly damaged.
Most of the ornamental iron work on the
roof Of the Schmidt building at IA and is
South Main afrapf WAS hlnuyn dawn