The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-04

the Third street hill; and when 1t dries
that throughfare will have one of the
most promptly improvised pavements
ever put together in this city.
Following and with the rain came
hail. and If it had not been for the
fact that the rain had already blown
in the windows that were exposed to
its force, many of these would have
no doubt been broken by the new ele-
ment in the nights production. The
rain and hail lasted an hour, or there
abouts, for about Is minutes of which
it was the worst ever seen in st. Paul.
AT midnight all was still, and at
the stars were shining through the in
terstices between the breaking clouds.
Mrs. Lowe, who lives at 272 West
Seventh street, was sitting in her front
window at the time of the storm and
was greatly frightened to see dark
mass come sailing over the brick block
at he northwest corner of Walnut
and West Seventh streets The roof, for
that is what it turned out to be, from
some house which it was impossible to
locate struck the brick residence at
27S West Seventh street with re-
sounding crash heard even above the
storm Mrs r. Dawson, who occupies
the building at 27S, at the time of the
storm. was at the bedside of her
daughter Miss Russell, who is very
ILL., She felt the wooden mass strike
the house and for a moment imagined
the house was struck by lightning. An
instant later, the windows in the second
story of the building were crushed in,
and the wind and rain blew into the
room with terrible force. Fortunately
the building is a brick one and beyond
the damage done to the window glass
and the breaking of the porch in front
of the building, no great damage was
done. Miss Dawson was hurriedly
taken to another room, and although
not injured. the shock to her already
weakened system was very great.
A part of the fence surrounding the
new post office building at the north
east corner of Washington and Firth
street was blown down.
Eight of the largest trees in Rice
park were destroyed by the storm and
the interior of the breathing spot af-
ter the rain looked like an African
jungle.
The street car company report that
while travel was delayed for some time
on some of the lines, there was no SER
ious damage done, at 1:30 o'clock the
cars were all in the barns. The only
trouble encountered was on the La
fayette and Rondo line and that was
occasioned by the trees blown across
the tracks near Lafayette park.
The wind did considerable damage on
University avenue in the vicinity of
Lexington avenue and sidewalks and
fences were torn up and leveled for
several blocks.
All the uolice lines running from the
central to the sub stations were ''out of
order soon after the storm commenced
and it was impossible to get communi-
cation with any of the stations.
The street car company report that
no communication with the barns could
be had except with the one on Ramsey
street
The front window of the saloon oc-
cupied by John Endres at 946 Cedar
street was blown in.
The window and door of Fetsch's
cigar store in the German-American
bank building on East Fourth street
was broken by a heavy sign which
blew down Fourth street.
The glass front of the COnover Music
company on Sixth street, was blown
in or out, as was also one Of the win
dows Of Dyer Brothers music store on
Fifth street
Windows in the building occupied by
the st. Paul Furniture company on
West Seventh street, were broken by
the hail and what was left of the glass
and sash was afterward blown down.
The front window Of the store at 106
East Seventh street was broken by
falling sign.
The fire department wires were not
interfered with by the storm and with
the exception of an open circuit on one
of the lines everything was reported o.
K. half an hour after the storm.
One of the large plate glass windows
in the G l o b e counting room was
blown in.
At 1915 this morning an electric wire
in the elevator shaft in the Court block
on East Fourth street, caused small
blaze. The department was called out,
but their services was not needed.