The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-12
THE Wind IN A fR0L|C
Held Il High Carnival for Short
Time Yesterday Afternoon.
LITTLE DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING
Public School building No. n Struck. but
Only q Few States We're LoOSencd.
Many Trees Blown Down
and Cellars Filled.

High winds, rain and lightning vis-
tied the city at Lis yesterday after
noon. and the clements held high carni-
val for ten minutes without doing mucn
damage. What damage was done, was
principally the work OF Old BoreaS.
The weather was sweltering during
thc forenoon. the mercury being above
/ ~ in the shade. Weather prophets pre-
ficted Il severe rain and thunder storm.
and when the clouds began to lower in
the west. Il veritlcaticn Cf the DrognoS-
ticatiOns was awaited.
The wind blew IN I.ackawanna ave
nue. AT a terrific rate, ana the merchants
lost no tine in getting show cases IN
sid" .heir stores. For three or four
minutes volumes of dust filed the air
and everything not strong enough to
resist the fury of the wind went down
All parts Of the city felt the force of
Tie wind about equally.
ON THE WEST SIDE.
On the West Side. fruit and shade
trees and awnings had IL severe trial
Great damage was done to the former
along Iuzernc street, and when the rain
came the inhabitants OF Eelley's Patch
came very near getting 'drCwnded
out" The cellars and Easements We're
i'ooded. A gust of wind lifted the avn
ing from its fasteningS on Clarke Broth
crs general store and tossed it upon
the street n few hundred feet away.
Hail preceded the rain on the West
Side and central city. The principal eff
feet of the rain upon the central city
was to give the sewers Il good flushing
and settle the dust. Here and there
some trees were shorn of their dead
branches.
Lightning struck the cupOla of No. !
puhlic school in Pine Brock and only
knocked a few slates OFT. The tower of
culm elevator, an appurtenance of the
Columbia breaker on North Washing
ton avenue, was struck, hut the dam
age was slight The wind was high in
Pine I;l ook Green Ridge and the North
End.
\ I, ID CYCLONE.
A mild cyclone struck the south Side.
1t did not do much damage. but that
was because it didn't last more than
few minutes. \ large oak tree in front
of William Kochs cigar store on Cedar
avenue was blown down, and in falling
it struck tho trolley wire and brought
that down with it. There We're mum
her Of school children passing at the
time and their escape from injury was
marvellous.
When the wire got on the rails the
flashes of lightning that illumined the
street was splendid. but dangerous.
Street car traffic was delayed about
thirty minutes. Shade trees and fruit
trees We're blown down in various To-
calities, and the streets, especially
Pittston avenue. We're flooded with
water. on the latter avenue between
Birch and Beech streets. the housewives
were out with their mops and brooms,
la Mrs. Partington. endeavoring to
keep their cellars dry.
In MinOolia the wind was high. but
the rain only drizzled for few min
utes. and in Greenwood there was no
rain at all. No damage is recorded by
lightning.
A. G. Fuller's residence in North Park
was slightly damaged by lightning.
The bolt struck the ridge near the
chimney and tore a small hole In it.