The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-09-23
STORM CAUSES ENORMOUS LOSSES.
Apartment Houses Are Unroofed by The
Fury Of the Storm.

Atlantic City, N. J. (SpeciaD.-A cy-
clonic gale of wind and rain beat down
over the resort for four hours, rocking
the big buildings to their foundations
and creating apprehension for the safe
ty OF some OF the hotels and apartment
ho.ses.
Frightened visitors at the resort we're
fearful OF catastrophe, as the wind
reached the tremendous velocity OF over
seventy miles an hour.
The crash OF breaking windows along
the ocean front, which caught the full
force OF the hurricane, was constant,
while the intensity OF the gale lasted
a half dozen hotels were unroofed
and 500 tenants in two OF the big apart.
ncnt houses were driven panic-strcken
| IRON their rooms at 7 o'clock through
| the havoc wrought to the buildings by
the fury OF the gale.
The boardwalk is Uttered and block.
cd with he debris OF wrecked pavilionsl
and Jew hotels or stores escaped with.
oft the. loss OF plate lass windows OF
other damage.
nv WV dpli anu lClGDHOut llIlCS
leading out OF the city are down. and
the fact that the city was cut off from
connection with the outside world
started wild rumors that the great re.
sort had been entirely swept away
he first train in from Philadelphia and
other points brought down excited rel.
atives and friends who were anxious
after the welfare of their loved ones
and who found them well and happy
and telling stories about the freaks OF
the Storm
The damage is surprisingly small
considering the record the cyclone
made OF being more violent than the
great storm OF 1850, when hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars were lost The
aggregate loss will exceed $4,000, bu,
VIII not be over S75,oco. In view OF the
danger accompanying The unroofng OF
buildings, falling signs and flying tim
bers. the injuries to persons were linn
tied to half dozen, none OF whom
was seriously hurt.
The hurricane came from the north.
east and veered before 1t stopped tc
the southwest. 1t began before day.
break and woke the city with its wilt
fury. So great was the velocity of the
wind that the government measuring
apparatus proved inadequate. When il
had registered velocity OF sixty-twc
miles an hour the cups, which form 8
part OF the apparatus. were carried
away.
Sailors and old residents who ar,
accustomed to measure the force of tn,
winter gales which sometimes SWEEP
the coast, declare that the velocity wa
not less than seventy miles an hou
when it was blowing the hardest, ant
not during the three hours that tn,
storm ragged did the velocity fall belo,
sixty miles.
Not one OF the big beach front no
tels escaped tie fury OF the storm
When the storm first broke a portion
OF the cornce OF the Hotel Dunlo1
was torn off and fell to the Boardwalk
breaking nearly every glass on the sea
ward side OF the hotel in its fall. The
big plate glass in the exchange of tn,
hotel was also demolished completely
letting the torrents OF rain sweer
through the front portion of the house
running carpets. pictures and furniture
valued at $1,000
The Hotel Windsor, which narrowl,
escaped destruction during the big fire
OF last year, was badly damaged b,
the falling OF several chmneys which
crashed through the roof to sleeping
rooms below. Fortunately, all who
have been in that portion OF the house
had gone to lower stories and no one
was injured. Considerable damage was
done by rain, which soaked the iurni.
ture.