The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-07

jagged figures from cloud to cloud.
After the worst of the storm had
passed, the sky remained black and
lowering, and following an hour and a
half of almost continuous thunder
claps, another heavy down pour of
rain set in. The atmosphere was sur
charged with electricity and when the
rain had ceased the lightning flashes
and deep thunder continued with a re-
markable constancy. Toward mid
night the wind began to increase in
velocity again and it was feared an
other storm would visit the city.
The only person injured in the storm,
so far as could be learned was Harry
Colestock, the thirteen-y ear-old son Of
A. j. Colestock, living at $50 Carroll
street. The boy, in company with Mir
Cloestock, was in a refreShment BOOTH
constructed of scantling and canvas,
which is conducted by the latter at
Lexington and Summit avenues Tie
fierce wind dismantled the light struc-
ture and crushed the scantlings in upon
those beneath. The boy was struck
upon the head by the falling timber
and pinioned to the ground. He was
bruised about the face, neck and
shoulders, and it is feared he may
INJURIES
spine. Neither of the other two occu-
pants of the booth were hurt. The Rom
Go street patrol wagon took the wound
ed boy to his home, where he was at
tended by DR.. Griswold
The storm was especially disastrous
to shade trees on st. Anthony hill III
every block on Grand avenue, between
Kent street and Lexington avenue,
from one to four or five trees were
nnrOQtp6
streets large poplar and maple trees
were toppled over like straWs, while
along Summit, Western, Holly and
Laurel avenues the roadway and bou-
levards were strewn with shattered
limbs and fallen trunks On Rondo
street trees were also blown down, and
at Lexington and University avenues
200 feet of sidewalk was torn up and
hurled to the middle of the street.
Throughout the West Seventh street
district the storm ragged furiously An
entire block of sidewalk on West Sew
enth street, between Western avenue
and st. Clair street, was lifted as one
section and thrown half way across
the vacant property, along which IL
ran. Charles Picha. living at Western
avenue and West Seventh street, and
James Ververka, were standing on the
walk, and, though knocked down, were
not injured. Trees on Wilkin street,
Goodrich avenue, Ramsey street and
in the Irvine park district suffered
badly. Alarge plate glass window in
the grocery store of A f. Geisler, at
West Seventh and Ramsey streets, was
blown IN.
The block on West Seventh street
between Chestnut and Walnut. was
streWn with wreckage of the wind
Three large cottonwood trees on the
north side of the street were blown
over against the large feed wire of the
city railway company and bent two
of the iron posts supporting the wire
nearly to the ground The fallen trunks
extended clear across the street AMI
blocked the street car traffic for three
quarters of an hour. To add to the
general confusion several telegraph
wires and one of the trolley wires
were broken, falling to the street witr
sputterings and hissings, making a
weird electric display and endangering
the lives of pedestrians. Policemen
were stationed at the scene to pre-
vent travel through the block, while
crew of laborers cleared the tracks
and electricians repaired the broken
wires A number of live" wires living
about the streets were reported in
other parts of the central district, and
capt. Rouleau, in every case, ordered
an officer stationed at the point Of
danger to warn pedestrians. The DO
lice telegraph system suffered to some
extent from the storm, as did both
telegraph and telephone companies.
Where tree trunks did not fall upon
the wires, heavy branches torn off by
the wind were dashed against them
at high rate of speed, swapping wire ;
and breaking cross arms on the poles.
Little damage was reported from the
eastern part of the city, though the
force of the wind was felt to some ex-
tent in this section. A large section
of sidewalk leading to the Mississippi
street bridge, together with a protect
ing fence, was lifted solidly and hurled
across the street car tracks, blockading
several motors until the trainmen could
remove the debris. A plate glass WIN
dow in a vacant store at 5S9 Missis-
sippi street was blown in and a num-
Der of trees were torn up in the vi
entity of Pennsylvania and Columbia.
avenues. Unlike the severe storm of
Saturday night, that of last evening
did little damage on the West side.
The greatest damage in the subur-
ban districts was to fences and out
buildings. A large portion of the
fence about Kittsondale was leveled
and the boards scattered over the
prairie, while the high board wall On
the University avenue side of the en-
closure used by Pains exhibition,
Last Days of Pompeii," during the
G. A. r. encampment, was blown down.
A large plate glass window in the
store at 126 East Fourth street was
hl6yU11 ont ha wind