The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-14

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| was not learned mat any houses were
struck. When the hail began to fall
there was an open car ascending the
grade above the Meadow Brook break
er. the passengers comprising women
mostly, and they got so frightened that
the conductor had to stop and let them
get Oft. They lost no time in making
| for the nearest houses.
on the east side OF the river the storm
did not extend below Greenwood, and
there was no hail below Moosic. Across
the river in Duryea the lightning was
very severe. A bolt came on the teie-
! phone wire into the Lawrence store Of
| the William Connell Coal company and
! u woman who was in at the time was
/ rendered unconscious. A bolt struck
the barn In the rear of the store and one
of the horses was stunned. SO that 1t
will likely die or have to be shot.
ON THE WEST SIDE.
Damage on the West Side Is worthy
of big d. The wind played the great
est havoc and trees were felled with
the force and after effect Of Texas
cyclone. In front Of the residence of
| Franklin Howell. on Scranton street.
grand old tree was toppled over from
| the roots. Other residents where the
shade will be in the future missed are:
Battins, South Main avenue, Judge H.
M. Edwards, and many houses on Tenth
street. The only bolt of lightning.
which, as far as known, alighted on the
West Side, struck a tree on Tenth
| street.
The wind struck the front of the
| First Welsh Baptist church and Il
stained window glass gave way, frame
and all, and the wreckage was deposited
in the loft of the building. Fifty dol
| lars will cover the damage. Another
structure which suffered greatly was
the McGarrah brick building on the
westerly corner of Main avenue and
Price street. A front window in the
third story was battered by the wind
and with a crash. the whole thing, sash
included fell in.
SO fierce was the force that the en-
tire front of the building Is caved. A
three inch crack extending down the
| front shows that the whole structure
| Is irreparably damaged. Three years
| ago Building Inspector Nelson con-
demned this same structure. At that
time it was in bad way: now the con-
| ditiOn is much worse Neville Il Law
| occupy the building as a furniture es-
| tablishment A barn owned by John
| Stetter and situated on Price street.
was twisted from the roof to the foun-
dation. 1t now resembles a cork
| screw The old Mckeever slaughter
house on the east of North Main avenue
was visited by the breeze. The roof
was torn off and dropped several yards
farther down the field. Nearly every
residence in the upper North Main ave-
nue. section was damaged. The slate
roofs We're damaged to the extent that
repairs are necessary.
FLOOD ON HAMPTON STREET.
The water caused its share of the
excitement. The flood came down
Hampton street and Main avenue and
at the junction a pond. several feet
deep, was framed. David M. Jones, the
druggist. whose store is on the corner,
Is sufferer from domage done to goods
stored in the cellar. Other people in
this region were busy last night in
| bailing out the surplus liquid under
meath their houses. On West Lacka-
wanna avenue hill the water washed
out the filings from the street car track
where the new track was recently laid
| and the dirt and stone was washed
| down upon the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad track. A dozen
cars were delayed. The crews borrow
| al oh pH n for a mi
a passage was cleared. A fresh supply
Of dirt was washed down Luzerne street
and into Kelleys patch. No damage
was done to the palatial residences
there.
The new No. 16 school, now in course
of erection on Fairview avenue. was
damaged to the extent Of about $780, The
wind blew against the building with
such force that portion of the roof
was swept away. 1t was about thirty
feet wide and the whole covered one of
the teaching rooms Of the school. The
ruined portion OF the building was
blown into the yard Of Charles K. Ack-
er's residence adjacent to the school.
The Peck Lumber company is the con-
tractors for the lumber work on the
school.
The wind struck horse attached to
Clarke Bros wagon and in the ex-
citement one of the wheels was caved
| in.
Sam Wideman, 16-year-old boy, was
stunned and slightly burned by reason
| Of his nearness to a bolt of lightning.
Young Wideman sought shelter under
meath a wagon shed on the Tripp estate
on North Main avenue. The bolt fell
only a few feet away. The boys hair
was singed and his eyebrows show the
effect of itnense heat.
TENT BLOWN DOWN.
The tent on lower South Main avenue
now being used as meeting place by
the Seventh Day Adventist mission
aries was blown into an adjoining lot.
The canvass. size 1Ox4O. was huddled in
a tangled heap and the' gospel hymns
organ was toppled from its pedestal out
into the mud.
VIII Jacobs, coachman for Franklin
| Howell, Of Scranton street. had an ex-
citing experience. The horses in the
barn became frightened at the patter-
ing of the hail on the roof and Jacobs
was compelled to creep into the rafters
of the barn to avoid the flying hoofs.
An iron awning on the top Of the First
Welsh Baptist church was blown away
and has not been found. Windows in
the SAKE building on North Main ave-