The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-10

Wind and rain. accompanied by their
reSpe<stfve hands OF gnischievoUs Sprites.
| had josnt frolic with lightning across
| the Sound country last evening. starting
| in at a point on the coaSs in the south
| western pars OF the state and exhaustng
their energies IN the wAds NJ British Co.
| iunhia. leaving wrecka&e of every de-
/ scription in their wake The Wind sent
greses dying In all direcfions laid all the
| telegraph and Telephone wires low.
| wrecked Lake Shore train and cap
| sized 4 rowSoat on che Sound. while the
| lightning played haNoc With the switch
| beard at the central telephone Office and
| wssh aAl the esectr!c AAght wires In the
| city. la strict orthodox weather hursaai
| pariance II was a 'sqnaii." n0twithstand-
| ing that many people called II an infant
| cyclone SQuall or cyclone. IL managed
/ TO combine, within the hr5eg space OF half
| an honr. wind. rain. hail. thunder and
| iighTniax, in such generous doses as TO
make b the worst mixing Of the elements
| ever experienced IN this city within the
| recollection OF the oldest lnhahstant,"
| while Il created such CONSERVATION tn the
minds of the young and t!m!d as to most
indeitoly impress IL on their s1IscapiEbl
minds.
| The squall struck ;hss csty at about
| b:S0. with the wind leading the rain by
| about five minutes. and bowling along at
| stop-off privileges II first picked np
the dust and dirt and loose papers about
the streets and cutters. and after eddy
| ing them in every nook and corner !t
| whirled them up in clouds 10 the highest
buildings, for n while ohscuring the
heavens and the earth and hlindinx and
choking every one IN It's reach. TX did
| more than that. When the sprites made
| their uncefvnonious descent. on the city
she principal thoroughfares were filled
| with people, mostly wosnen. drawn out
| by the bright sunshine OF the afternoon.
| These. taken unaware. had their gar
ments twisted about In a manner most
| shocking to their Serte OF propriety. and
| there was a scurrying into halls. stores
and doorways as the only refuge from tho
disrespectful element. The streets were
soon deserted and left 10 fhe storm of
| dust and wind that went whlrllng along
| singing a mournftd dirge through the
| forest of poles and telegraph and teae-
| phone wires.
The rain next made it's appearance,
FIRST In showers. then In torrents. driving
the dust TO the earth and pedestrians TO
| shelter Flashes of lightning broke
| through the dark banks OF clouds that
| foated over the city. followed by the deep
runhling OF thunder. The wind kept up
| Its tremendous velocity. and shook every
| building In the city. Hail followed tho
rain and the noise OF IL added TO the pam
| demonium and for full half an hour
| these various elements We'd with each
other as to which could he the most disa-
| greeable. At the end OF that time the
force OF the storm had spent itself and u
break I'm the clouds on the western hcri-
zon soon announced that the air had re-
sumed its normal condition.
The scene I'm the Harbor.
Every eye was turned toward the bay
and Sound, where the storm first broke,
as number OF boats were seen In the
of'ing. The Flyer was Just rounding the
point. coming In from Tacoma aud when
nearly half across the hay she was seen
TO turn and go toward West Seattle At
first IL feared she had met with an
accident. but IL was subsequently learned
that she had gone TO the rescue or man
and woman who were clnglng TO a boat
that had been capsized Ia the early part
of the storm. The two steamers out OF
commission. the Sehome and the North
pacifc, broke from their mooring at the
buoys and drfted rapidly toward tho
Flyers dock. As they had no steam up
and only watchman on board a serious
collision with the wharf was looked for,
and this expectation attracted crowds OF
people even through the storm. by a
fortunate coincidence. however. both
boats came broadside 10 the wharf with
very little iar and were safely rnoored
Many small steamers were out on their
regular runs. and much apprehension was
felt for some OF them. hut the most Of
| them turned up late last evening. The
Glide. Capt. J. r. Vandehoef caught tho
storm broadside when on her way from
pes Moinew TO Vashon. The captain put
| her more 10 the storm, and for while
| he could make no hcadway, bat finally
ran IN under the lee of a hiuT without
any accident Through his marine glass
| he saw the San Juan leave Chaiauqua.
and after being caught by the storm get
under the lee OF Point Roberts. The
e ra4rhAH this las
night all right and did several other
hoats that were due. None met with any
losses all Of which speaks we'll for tho
seaworihlness of the boats and the sea-
rnanxhip of their respective captains.
slight Damage tn Boats.
Considering the violence of the storm.
whose full force was spent along the wa
ter front. n ~ remarkable that no dam
are of any account occurred 20 the many
boats fn mort TIE Rossiie had -four Of
her lines broken by the force Of the wind.
otherwise she was not damaged. The tgs
Albert Lee had her house broken In on
,be wharf hut tho damage Is nominal
srh. steamer Fairhaven in making a
landing al Yesler's wharf. broke in her
s,,,ar8 The tug city OF Columbia had
one Of her sides stove In ny the wharf,
and her captain put out for West Seattle
In the midst of the storm for safe har-
tor Ve made ~ fortunately. Towle'a
e,t,t was secured before any damage was
aone The big gate across fesier wharf
va. blown down and broken. The Flyer
baa "a land ~ the Yesler wharf. owing
~ her wharf being taken by the Sc
nome aud North Pacific. and many of
re- Messengers ciafrn that they saw sew
evai small fsherrnen's boats out. which
1, Vas no. thought could weather the
storm
One OF the many Wild ruraors along the
water front last night was that a man
-vas seen rlfnx4nz 10 one % the city's
hslovs osst.fu the bay. that be was washed
or twice. the iast time oeang esrrisa
awav aud drowned. This could not ~
verified AZ any point along the water
| front late last night.
Car~fyed on the sound
| TIE only known accident % The hsy Eas
4bs. e.sr@fzfrar ~ a sail boat. about nid-
wsv fsatEeen West Seattle and the city.
1 ss.s.7s pied by "A white man and his Indian
wife. These were picked up ny the Flyer
and brought 10 tee city and taken 10 tho
r.gIlee headquarters where they were fur
nfnnesf with sva r7n quarters for the nighf.
Z The mans name IL Wnlkasn Doason. He
Es an old sailor. and now makes bis iiying
| fishing. He was seen al police hsadanar-
tars ~ a reporter Of the Pvsf-Intelii-
/ eeneer Iast right, and 10 him he told the
story ot his mishap and his serious iozs.