New-York tribune., 1900-12-16
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DAMAGE BY CALIFORNIA sToRM.
ONLY ONE PERSON KILLED-wIND WROUGHT
DESTRUCTION.

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San Francisco, Dec. 16-The heaviest wind and
rain in the history Of the State ragged for half
a hour yesterday afternoon One person was killed
and the damage to property was great. The tele-
graph and telephone companies suffered severely
and for several hours service was completely sus-
pended. The greatest damage done TO the wires
was between this city and Benicia where the wind
from San Francisco Bay had full sweep In
places the telegraph and telephone poles for several
hundred yards blown down. The kilograms
received from outside points show that the storm
extended generally the central and northern
portions Of the State.
The principal damage done was caused by the
wind, which blew down many trees. fences and frai
buildings Heavy thunder and lightning accom-
panied the storm. In this city the wind blew at
terrific velocity and the rain descended IN sheets
High fences and billboards were blown down. lamp
posts were twisted signs were thrown to the side
walks and plateglass windows were broken. Trees
were blown across car tracks and the roofs and
fronts OF buildings carried away. An old house
in Bartlett-st. blown down. and its occupant,
Mrs Kate Ramsey. seventy years old, seriously
injured.
In Oakland the greatest force Of the wind did not
exceed period OF over twenty minutes. but 1t
made its presence felt every minute. On the Oak
land Mole twenty poles went down. and telegraph
connections with San Francisco were effectually
cut of until late last night. At Adam Wharf
heavy planks were dashed about and some were
blown into the water. At the Judson Rolling Mills
of the big sInokestacks was blown down. and
a part of the works was unroofed- Long Wharf
resembed scene of a collision between the two
building material yards. Lumber barrels and ma
terial were scattered everywhere. -Four empty
coal cars caught the full force of the wind, and
were driven of the end of the track into the bay.
At Berkeley st. Matthew'S Episcopal NJ ssion
Church was entirely demolished. house in
process of construction near by blown A
six room house in West Berkeley wrenched
out of shape. Many other structures were badly
strained. and minor damage TO property was wide
spread
Dispatches from outside points show that the
storm covered considerable territory. At Vallejo
several persons were injured by flying debris. Sew
eral thousand feet of lumber were blown into the
bay. A large section of the roof of the Wilson
House carried off by the wind the large coal
shed OF the Vallejo Gas Company was demolished
and the electric and telephone systems were badly
damaged. The storm lasted half an hour.
Salinas: Cal, Dec. 15.-Salinas visited by a
furious storm yesterday. For ten minutes It ragged
with the proportions of a tornado. Much damage
to the town and vicinity resulted. One life was
lost.
In San Miguel Canyon the storm lasted fully one
hour. Large trees snapped uprooted. der
ricks were blown down and serious damage done
to orchards At Chular the roof of a large ware
house blown off, and many buildings were
phcnic communication entirely cut off for sew
eral hours.
John Jenkins instantly killed near Spreckels
by being blown from the tank of a windmill. where
he had gone to throw the mill out of gear and save
IL from damage