Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-22
Streets of Colorado Springs Filled
With Mass of Wreckage.
WIND BLEW 05 MILES an HOUR
Only One Person Was Hurt in the
Wreck.
TIL E BLOW EWHERE

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, November
| 22--Daylight re, ealed a tangled mass Of
wreckage in the streets of this city. The
| gale. which sprang up yesterday afternoon.
| reached velocity of eighty-five miles an
| hour. At midnight 1t had subsided to fifty
| miles, but in the business section dozens Of
| roofs lay in the streets; hundreds of tele-
| graph and telephone poles protruded from
| the debris. while thousands of wires were
| hopelessly tangled.
Not a single fatality has been reported.
| But one person has been seriously injured.
Edgar T. Ensign, former state forestry
| commissioner, was caught under a falling
| pole in TETON street. One leg was frac-
| tured and Mr.. Ensign sustained internal
injuries which probably will result in his
| death.
1t is estimated that one hundred frame
| dwellings were demolished in the outlying
| portions of the city. Thousands of shaie
| trees were uprooted. Plate g.ass windows
| all the city were blown in and the
| Damage in this respect alone amounts to
| thousands Of dollars.
In the business section-the center OF the
| city-the streets today resembled the scenes
of the Partisan boulevard blockades: dozens
of buildings lost their roofs and were badly
damaged in other ways. Among them
were: Ell Paso National Bank, Mining Ex-
change, Durkee building. Gliding block
CclOTduO opera House, tlRh SCnOOi
| building, post Office, Antlers livery. Colo
rado Springs Transfer Companys building.
Early Indications of the Storm.
Early yesterday indications of the coming
gale were apparent but no person believed
that the storm would reach such pitch as
was felt a few hours later. Toward night
the velocity Of the wind was terrific. All
instruments for recording its strength were
| destroyed, excepting one at Colorado Col
lege. This showed maximum of eighty
five miles an hour. Few persons ventured
into the streets, and this accounts for the
absence of fatalities.
The crashing Of roofs upon the pavement.
falling trolley and telephone wires could
be heard in every direction.
Fire alarms began coming from every
part of the city. Mayor Robinson called
upon Major Shapcott, and the two
organized a committee of safety to patrol
the streets. They had orders to shoot on
sight any person caught starting fires. The
fiIemen had little to do, however. as most
of the alarms were caused by crossed wires.
In Ivywild. suburb, large greenhouse
was blown down and fire destroyed the
ruins. Down town, however. no fires oc-
CURED. and today large force of men is
at work endeavoring to clear the streets.
No cars were moved on any of the trolley
lines. Many of those caught in the gale
last night were turned over, and still lay
in that position today, while so many wires
days to restore the systems to normal con-
dition.
No estimates have yet been made of the
financial losses In this city.
No Damage at Pueblo.
PUEBLO, Col, November 22-Practically
no damage was done here by yesterdays
tornado, but wires are down in every direc-
ton 1t has been learned that the storm
extended south to the New Mexican line.
east beyond La Junta, north to Palmer
Lake and west to Salida.
Damage Along the Railroads.
DENVER, Col, November 22.-AH along
the Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado
Southern and the Santa Fe roads the tele-
graph poles were blown down by yester-
days storm and the engineers were COM
PEELED to grope their way through the storm
belt without orders, taking chances of col
lisions The cars and engines all bore
marks of the storms fury. Coach windows
were blown out, the glass in the engine
cabs were broken and the headlights and
coach lamps eXtinguished.
From Fountain to Monument trains were
run through the storm, with sand blowing
in dense volumes.
The Storm In Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, November 22.-Commu-
nication between most places struck by
Tuesday afternoons storm has been
stored, and reports far indicate that
there will be few additions to the casualty
list from Tennessee and northern Missis-
sppi, owing to the small population of the
country districts. The chief property losses
were incurred on the cotton Plantations.
but no estimates of the damage can yet be
made
Violent Blow at Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa, November 22.-The
violent wind storm that visited this section
yesterday did considerable damage in the
way of prostrating telegraph and telephone
wires, partially unroofing houses, etc, but
no fatalities reported. Reports from
all parts of western Pennsylvania sa, the
storm was the heaviest experienced for
many years.
GEN. ROBERTS INJURIES.