Middletown transcript., 1903-02-07
CYCLONE VISITS WILMINGTON
Seven Persons Injured and Many Houses
We're UEroofed

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4 a cyclone visited Wilmington Wednes
4 Hdayz evening shortly before 6 o'clock
leaving o er 100 un.ooied and wreckec
Irniis,s IN its wake. A number of peo
/ i {. wf.e il jarcd, but no serious cases
i La 1eeii reported.
\ TIE storm was heralded by terrific
down-pour of ratn and hail fallowed by
the fast approach OF all immense black
/ cloud coming from the south in a north.
easteriy direction. Lightning played in
i the heavens and thunder crashed at short
Intervals. The wind, which had been
dead but short time before, attained a
fearful velocity, sweeping along and carry
ing destruction in its path. Houses
were unroofed in twinkling, trees
twisted like SO many otraws, and in some
instances the entire upper stories of build
ings were cut away, the debris fying
through the air and crashing with loud
reports upon other structures and in the
streets.
Eight Persons Injured
Among those. injured in the storm
were:
Benjamin Weaver, Eighth avenue and
Duncan street. badly hurt by falling
pole.
Mary KIinski, No. sl2 Wright street.
head cut by q flying brick.
Louise Ross, No. 311 Cedar street,
head cut by a.brick.
Samuel S0bel, Tenth and Lombard
street, head and face cut by glass.
Alexander Bonner, Fifteenth and
French streets, cut by glass.
Charles Huber, No. 10OS Lombard
street, cut by glass.
Mrs. John R. Lyman, Newport, badly
injured by carriage being blown over
William Benson, driver for Mrs. Ly-'
nam, injured in the same accident.
Buildings Damaged
The list of damaged buildings reported
up to the present time are:
No. 5l5 East Twelfth, occupied by
Sewall Brooks.
No. 5l7 East Twelfth, occupied by
Thomas Hopkins.
I No. $40 East Twelfth, occupied by
Joseph Hawkins.
Building at Ninth and Walnut streets
formerly occupied as a morocco factory
by the William B. Clerk Company.
House of Patrick Haney, Seventh
avenue and Duncan street.
Three houses of William Maxwell at
Ninth avenue and Duncan street.
.One house at Stroud and Brown and
ten partly completed honses at Oak be-
tween Brown and " right, beiol ging to 4
William NJ. Connolly.
No. $40 East Eleventh stfeet, occupied
by Thomas Giberson.
No. 1l06 Pine street. occupied by
Franklin Allendar.
No. ll0S Pine street, occupied by James
w ilson.
No. lilo Pine, occupied by Polish fam
ily:
No. 11l2, Pine occupied by Mrs. Nye.
No. 5l3 East Twelfth, occupied by |
Charles Lones.
Six houses numbered from 305 to 315
Cedar street.
Mold loft and travelling crane of the |
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company.
Foundry of the j. Morton Poole Com
pany.
James Nolan's hotel on Front street
near Orange.
National Bank of Wilmington and
at Second and Market
succtsj anu ptopCIbJ OWHCu Ny VIC
'ame bank adjoining at Second and
Shipiey.
Shed owned by the W. & ]. Lang Com
pany at Fifth and French.
Livery stable, No. 500 East Eleventh.
Stable of George Reed, adjoining.
Charles B. Dougherty's stable at Front
Ind Orange.
Building owned by Pennsylvania Rail-
Dad Company at Front and Shipley.
McGowan's saloon property, owned by
pennsylvania Railroad Company, at
'front.' and Shipley.
Building of Michael Police at No. lO3
ihipley. s
Building owned by Bernard Carr on !
fipley near Second.
House belonging to Bradley estate at .
70. 129 Shipley. II
Building of A. J. Hart Company, at
los. 1O7 and 100 Market street.
Building of R. w. Wolters at Second
nd Shipley streets.