The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-16
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ings and the like, scattered promis-
cously about in the mud.
FLAG POLE LOWERED.
Siebecker &c watkins raised a thirty
foot flag pole over their building, on
Lackawanna avenue, Saturday. They
will have the trouble of re-raising 1t
again today. 1t stands at an angle of
45 degrees, it's bottom protrudlng
through its foundation in the wood
work of the cornlce.
Two sections of the back fence and
the top of a tree in the front yard
of the Faurot house bore testimony to
the force of the hurricane. A tree in
front of city hall also lost its upper
foliage.
Photographer william De Wits
show case, on Spruce street, was COM
pletely wrecked. Next door but one
Barber +. ]. Brauer had a swinging
sign, which became loosened and
plunged through the front plate glass
window, punching hole in a large
campaign lthograph of George M.
Watson, candidate for district attor-
ney. A portrait of his opponent, Dis
trict Attorney Jones, which hung
alongside, was untouched.
A chimney was blown off Peter Ross
hotel, corner OF West Lackawanna
| avenue and Ninth street.
A tree in I. A, Finch's yard, corner
| of Washington and Mulberry street,
was uprooted; in fact all over the city
the furious wind played sad havoc
with the trees and shrubbery.
The tall chimney surmounting the
western end of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western station came
down with a crash but luckily the
flying bricks found no living target.
ON MULBERRY STREET.
| Mulberry street was badly washed
out, particularly the block between
| Washington and Wyoming avenues,
where the work Of grading is in prog
ress. Just opposite DR.. Gunster's new
house a huge boulder was uncovered
in the middle Of the street. The water
found an opening along its edges and
| poured into the earth in torrents.
Where 1t found Judgement cannot be
said, but residents nearby aver that
1t must have been in a mine or some
huge subterranean cavern, judging
from the volume of water that was
swallowed up. There was very per-
| CeptlDle StltllnB Ill ABOUT the DOulQ-
err.
The decorations which had been put
in place for the coming conventions
were torn from the buildings in many
instances and blown, no one knows
whittier. The men who own the flags
and bunting and things were about af-
ter the storm looking for them but had
but poor success.
DAMAGE BY WATER.
The street car company experienced
more than the usual storm bother
Carbon street, in the sag under the
bridge, was filled with five feet Of wa.
ter which occasioned a three hours
delay on that line. The tunnel under
the Delaware and Hudson tracks al
Stark's Patch also filled up, but was
pumped out quickly and a compare.
lively short delay only ensued. The
Pittston line. however, was in ba6
shape, because of grounded wires ant
burnt out signals and as a consequence
the schedule was wholly disarranged
Ten cars were burned out.
Floods that filed cellars, overflowet
gardens and washed cutters IN tn,
roadway were reported from all tn,
low lying districts. Phelps street al
usual suffered from the inability of tn,
Fourth district sewer to take care o
, the water. The intersection of Wash
ington avenue and Linden street ha,
its usual temporary lake.