Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-15
THOMPSON, BELpEn Go.
=. G. A. BUILDING, con. 10TH AND DOUGLAS ST.

blown in. with several Of the west windows
In the upper story, the damage being esti-
mated at $3.50.
Damage at BIacksmith's shop.
At Tenth and Harvey streets the wind
blew the front end out OF a brick black
smith shop, took the skylight out and blew
II to no one knows where, and left a half
block of billboards which adjoined the shop
without so much as blowing the paper of
Of them. The back windows were blown
out Of the shop and most of the tools were
scattered In the street. A pony which was
tied in the building was not injured. With
the falling out Of the front end OF the
building several electric wires we're broken
and fell across the street Just as the FIRE
department came along at full speed headed
for q fire on Douglas street. Police Oficer
Farris succeeded in stopping the .hremen
while H. r. Cohers fshed out some pliers
from the debris Of the blacksmith shop and
cut the wires. The sparks shooting from
the ends OF the wires made a spectacular
display.
Across the street from the blacksmith
shop a lunch wagon, which had just been
stationed there by Its proprietor, was
blown over and smashed to pieces. The
proprietor was in the, wagon, when It fell
over, but was uninjured.
At Romans livery barn, 419 South Thir-
teenth street, a buggy was destroyed by a
peculiar feat OF the wind. The buggy was
stored in the upper story OF the barn.
While the employees were closing and bar
ring the lower doors the wind rushed
through the upper windows, struck the
buggy and rolled 1t to an elevator shaft,
whore II fell to the lower story. The buggy
was demolished. A portion OF the roof OF
the huildinO WAS alao hInvu of and The
skylight broken out.
The storm swept down on CORTLAND
beach and Cut-of lake with sufficient fury
to drive the pleasure seekers to places Of
safety and make the lake a miniature sea,
the waves rising several feet, almost cap
sizing several boats filled with young peo-
pie. One skin, in which there were three
young women and two young men. became
manageable when near the shore and c..
r. Smock, who runs the boathouse, and
James Palma, his assistant. waded into the
water and carried the women to the beach,
while the young men waded out.
1t was reported that a boat in which
we're two daughters of Mr.. McEachron, the
coal dealer. and two young men had been
oapsiEed and the parties drowned. A
searching party was organized and the
empty boat was found. When this news
WAS Drought 10 snore Mrs. McEachron
tainted and It was some minutes before
she was restored to Consciousness. Later
one OF the young men who had been Of
the party came to the beach and reported
that the party had landed safely and the
young women had been taken home.
Plate glass windows were blown in at
the Woodmen Of the World building. FIJI
teenth and Howard; Windhausen's saloon.
Sixteenth and L~eavenworth streets; Byrne
a Hammer Dry Goods company, Twelfth
and Howard; Windsor hotel, Tenth and
Jackson; Voegele & Dinning. ITO Howard;
~ lli2 Howard; @. f.. Damon's llis Har-
ney, and In the Board Of Trade building.
sixteenth and aFrnam streets. Several sky
lights were broken in the aBrker hotel and
In BENEFITS store, In which latter place
the windows being open. much damage was
done to yerockery and other goods blown
trown from tables.
A bay window was blown of a residence
at 1908 Howard and a section OF the adver-
Using fence at Sixteenth and Harvey was
pushed back against the e~mbankment. Part
5et the tin roof was torn from A. e. Wylie's
saloon, 1913 Farnam street, and a section OF
the Illuminated sign smashed. The awning
In front OF the Booklovers' Library, 500
South sixteenth street, was jerked from its
fastenings. A large plank platform was
found in the center OF Twelfth street, close
to Howard after the storm had passed over.
A small section Of the breeze passing IN