The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-14
FR EAKS or A TORNADO
Roofs Are Ripped Off and
Trees Uprooted.
A Historic Sweet Gum Destroyed. Wonderful
Adventures of Bicycle. Increased Ship
ments Of Truck.
(specia Ito News and observer.)


was visited at o'clock yesterday after
noon for the fourth time within a week
with hail, accompanied by a heavy rain
and windstorm of cyclonic proportions
that carried destruction in its path.
The brunt of the storm seems to have
been confined to the city line, touch
ing points between Elm street to the
south, and Boundary street to the
north. The old sweet gum tree that
for hundred and fifty years has done
service az the intersection of East Cen
tire and Chestnut streets was broken
at it's base and hurled with such force
against the tall office pole of the
Western Union Telegraph Company as
to break it in two and send its massive
head wire strung, across the railroad
track, holding up the approaching
Southern Railway passenger train till
the track could be cleared OF this
sweet gum tree in 1869, there was sent
broadcast a report to the effect that
underneath it's branches the late Julius
Bonitz printed one issue Of the Messen-
ger, the Messenger building along with.
several others having just been de-
stroyed by disastrous fire. 1t may be
compels me to say that in speaking
of this tree this morning to Mr.. w. H
Collins, our recently elected city tax
collector, he told me that the Messen-
ger extra was printed from the street
opposite the Arlington Hotel corner, in
East Centre street, from small hand
press, saved from the burning building,
the press being operated by Mr. Col
Inns himself.
But to the storm again Other poles
were broken, trees blown down, houses
uproofed and one two-story frame
building leveled to the ground. A large
elm tree was blown across a kitchen of
Mr. A. u. Kornegay in East Walnut
street, the building being considerably
damaged. The roof of the dwelling o,
Mrs. Hannah Dewey was partially torn
off. The small section of the roof d
the Goldsboro Table factory building
was blown off besides numerous trees
broken. and uprooted here and there
throughout the city. On the street
near the Express Office berry truck
was gathered by the wind and carried
up Centre street for a block, and with
tremendous force dashed against an
electric light pole.
Andrew jackson Cooke is responsible
for the statement that a bicycle lean
ing against an awning post at Weiis
store was caught by the wind and
whirled through the city, coming in
contact with the rice mills in the north
ern limits with such force as to twist
the cycle into the letters S. A. T..
Amid the storm the lightning flashed
and the thunders roared, and Few. II
any, of our citizens ventured on the
streets. The telegraph office was so
badly gotten out of shape by the falling
Of the office pole that Manager Slzef
opened up an office on the green slope
opposite the Arlington, using the rail-
road iron as a ground wire, where MS
office remained till he was driven into
porch by the rain All through the
night Mr. Sizer and a crew, sent by
special train from Wilmington, worked
endeayoring to get the office in shape
for business hours today. The force
have done well but they are yet at
work. The damage from hail is not
thought to be a serious one yet. The
pea and bean fields and the strawber-
ries show the effect of the pelting they
received From the country we have
not heard, but it is thought the brunt
Of the storm was spent here in the city
save a section lying to the southeast
Of the city, where the clouds We're
black and the flash of lightning was
almost continuous for some time. As
a result of the lightning play at the
power house. the city was in total dark
ness throughout the night.
The shipment of peas and berries con-
tinues heavy. Mt. Olive alone toda5
will ship some 5000 crates of berries
Besides Goldsboro and other points are
making large shipments. The sales on
peas today ranges from $50 to $l.0O in
the northern markets
Superintendent d. A. Coble, of the
Orphans Home, Rev. F. ID. Swindell
Grand Chaplain, Chas G. Smith, Repre-
sentative, and Junius Slocumb, Past
Grand Master, Neuse Lodge Odd Eel
lows left today for Asheville to attend
the meeting of the Grand Lodge. Be-
ginning with session of 1879, Mr.. Slo-
cumb has not missed a single session
of the Grand Lodge.
Passing through, / notice John M.
Wolfe, representative of the Beaufort
Lodge, f.. ID. Arthur and W. r.. Hea-
den from the lodge at Morehead.
Hon. B. f. Grady, "The Sage OF
Hawkhurst," whose splendid speech /
reported from Newbern. is in the city
To-Day. MI. NIIduy 10 IlON III liiSo 'Vtii
year, but is hale and hearty and was
vigorous as the average man of 80 years.
Frank Wrenn. of Baltimore, an Old
Goldsboro boy, is in the city, on visit
to his parents.
The Juniors in a body worshipped at
the Presbyterian Church yesterday
The Fork Township Sunday school
convention was held Saturday at Pine
Forest, Revs. !. M. Benson. j. j. Bar
ker and j. w. Bryan and Mayor Geo
r, Hood attended and delivered ad-
dresses. Mr.. Benson spoke an the
Origin of the Sunday SCHOOL," Mr..
Hood on the Development of Youth,
while Mr.. Bryan handled the Sunday
School lesson. The session was large
ly attended and a delightful one.
Rev A. B. Crumpler, the apostle Of
sanctification in these parts. is at Win
ston, where holiness meeting is un-
derway.
A. f. Stevens, of the Journal, passed
through for Black Mountain where he
will superintend the building of the
Stevens Lodge. When completed the
stevens family will spend the heated