The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-05
A Destructive Storm.

| "A OGSLIuCC1VG 0LOTm.
A heavy thunder storm accompanied b
hail and wind, which swept over Burling
ton county Sunday evening, did consid
cradle damage in Burlington and vicinity
| Houses were unroofed, windows broken
fences and branches Of trees blown dow
during the short space the stormed ragged
On East Penn street, five houses, Nos
342 to $50 and occupied respectively b,
the families of W. S. Taylor, Thomas R.
and E. F. Schuyler, William NJ. an,
Clarence E. James, Mr.. Frame, Frank anC
Benjamin Borden, were unroofed.
The low hanging, dark clouds which
caused the damage came up from th,
northeast and had clean sweep before i
struck the houses. The roofs of the fiv,
houses. which are built adjoining, wer,
lifted clear, and rafters, board and til
were turned completely over, lodging OIL
the rear of the buildings
As soon as the extent Of the damage be
came known, all the available rubber
blankets were secured from the different
! fire houses and used to the best advantage
to save the contents and furnishings OF
the houses from damage from the flood OF
rain. This work of salvage was, to con
siderable degree, successful, as a surpris
ingly small amount of damage was done
by the rain.
The buildings damaged were on the
eastern end of a row of brick dwellings
constructed by Charles p Farmer and are
comparatively new.
This section of Burlington seems
strangely subject to accidents of this char
acter. The brick row on East Union
street, just opposite the damaged houses,
has been twice unroofed and the old
thread works building, nearly opposite ON
latham street, met the same fate.
A board fence in the rear of the Plat
residence on East Union street, was blown
down by the wind.
Numerous large branches were twisted
from the trees in the vicinity of Penn,
Pearl and latham streets and in East
Burlington. Reports from the outlying
districts indicate even greater damage
from the wind and hail.
At Bordentown the wind tore off the
roof of the wareroom and office at the
lronsides Pottery Company Works Dur
the rain storm lightning killed two cows
belonging to Barton F. Thorn, while they
were lying under tree in pasture field
near that city
Lightning struck twice in almost the
same place. On the 21st of July, 1898,
the barns ON the farm of Eayre o. Lippin-
colt, near Pemberton, were struck by
lightning. On Sunday evening the cleo
trical fluid again reduced the main build
ings on the same farm to ashes The fire
occurred between 10 and II o'clock. The
buildings burned were two barns, ice
house, stable, crib house, and wagon shed.
The dwelling and two OF three small
buildings were saved. All the live stock
save one heifer was saved, and the major
portion of the machinery and wagons
were saved The crops-the grain was
not threshed-were all destroyed. Frank
Kelvey, who lives on the farm, had dug
800 baskets of the finest potatoes seen in
this vicinity for long time. He had
sold them and was to deliver the lot yes
terday in Philadelphia. They were all
burned. The fire cut off the water sup
ply of the farm, the tank being in one of
the burned buildings.
During the storm of Sunday night
struck a barn on the Barclay
White farm between Jobstown and julius
town, and completely destroyed it, with
its contents of hay and grain. One horse
was burned. The farm is occupied by
the Shinn brothers.