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thet the water was spreading over the asphalt

walk with alarming rapidly.
Immense pool S had 'i formed d.o Which Sit SnV was Ss's sSSer SI
f frem a sseP. TINS rnts. cut o o., th TIE escape Of the people
denly a torrent OF water, as though released
from a dam. poured down from ono of the
rush for tho sests. There were only Si,1if%e opr TtSas Of
these, and In a moment the people were packed
thoroughly frightened. and many Of them held
men e Shlidren above their heads In fear that
Roundsman kicorn and Policeman Schneider
boards were hastily got out and an improvised
were taken. but most Of the. men waded. The
feet. The bridge was rather frail. and when It
came the he turn Of 9 very fat woman to walk
Relief hove in sight In the shane Of one of the
days, Tho fat woman straddicd the donkey. and
water did not sSSsid is1 until al I@ aos s 8 o!S19ck. Inc
While the storm was at It's worst Columbus
reached the switch at ioeth street, Where the
Inc ends; The car was full of passengers, and
s sss Il T IL rsin 70 % ssaE ' Iet tue Sp CAT The e 's cav % stood stli IT,
o oqt tb the er rain showed sto no s 81 e. Of d,i aSSsS,tinEi, Meeny
t Iss blown sSs Isl IN T his I face, He .t,i Sidn .Sa Sc &c
s.'b ~. ~ WOO btuiiuink btilis bhu ho
standing UP were knocked 70 the front. of the
war IA e s sahpS " i ssSV Ws Sa s sssa dGSri hr s;r Sst
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f The rear Th Sssh Ssss da os sap 7s il and q &F tSe g front
The British ship Bsliosd. Which arrived yes
tsrday from Cape Town, dragged her anchor in
three-quarters Of a mile before she found good
holding ground.
l25 West Sixteenth street. It fell across the
street. blocking traffic until early this morning.
ba a,sh ohiese ;stF IyinR At sss The ss fsot a Vest Se m TR, h ;
which surmounts It and shattering the STAFF.
on the pier. and Inward May and Leon Vii.
siiTRtlly y sSo SesS 'i Thee wires In sR were DSf snTnsd o clear
Of Insulation and the telephone was wrecked. ,
in an unfinished double fat house on issd street,
between Amsterdam avenue and the Boulevard
n1 some Of Of t sat1'i io sS aTda toward Hne i't sSe Wcst and
saw q sheet Of rain strike the east wall Of the
east house fairly on the. inside. Tho rain was
driven by q strong gust Of wind, and when 1t hi
the wall the W upper stories were blown out
The bricks and mortar fell into q lot besid,
wall blown down was about thirty feet high ant
the length of the house. The damage was abou'
An eccentric bolt landed on the east gabl,
Of Warren Ferris's house, on West Farms road
between Second and Third streets, West Chester
1t tore q square hole in the gable, ripped OF
lot Of shingles, and went into a bedroom on tn,
third floor, In which Mr.. Ferris's three children
Catherine, Efle. and Richard wero ut play.
1t knocked q strip of plaster four inches wild,
and six feet long OF the ceiling. loosened tn,
plaster on two sides OF the room, charred tn,
paper on the walls of o small closet. and loosenet
all the plaster In an adjoining room.
Then II went through the floor to q bedroom
on the second story. where 1t did practically tn,
same thing, and thence into the dining room. Il
the dining room IT divided. One, part wen
through the floor to the laundry, and was lost II
the ground.
The other lodged out through an open win
dow and jumped across tho yard at the side Q
the house. across the yard OF J. w. Rogers
house adjoining. and now into the window o
MI. Rogers's homo.
He was setting in line with the window. som,
distance from It, and wondering how long IL wa
The bolt Interrupted his cogitations by knock
ing him OF the chair. He was sent sprawlinl
on the floor. The chair was overturned.
Mr.. Rogers didn't recover from the shock 70
nearly an hour. and then he went to the Ferri
house and told Mira. McConochie. Mrs. Ferris
mother. that he wished she'd keep her lightning
at home.
Mrs. McConochie had been made Ill by tn
headaches last night.
The damage done by the bolt to the hous
amounted to about $500.