The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-22

away what we could and left it unit
this morning.
An Upward Rush of Air.

away what we could and left 1t until
this morning.
An Upward Rush Of Air.
The blowing out Of the skylight is
responsible for all the damage done
to the building, and it is explained by
Mr.. Libby of the firm of Libby 6 Nell
son, contractors, who says that the
lights were not properly fastened to
up thru the building lifted the glass,
which was broken when 1t fell back
into place. Canvas will be spread
over the opening pending the repla-
cling of the glass, which will be done
as soon as possible.
In falling thru the lightWell, the
pieces Of glass struck the brass rail-
ing on nearly every floor and many
sections of this will have to be re-
placed. The thing on the first floor
has the appearance Of checkerboard
in which the black squares are
holes Occupied by tiles before the ava
lanche Of glass.
In an Avalanche of Glass.
A wonderfully narrow escape from
what appeared to be certain death
is related by ]. r. Whitaker, who was
in the Guaranty building and VINO IS
now thanking the god of happy chance
that he is here to tell how It hop
pened.
Charles Allen of Blackjack and
two friends of ours went thru the
Guaranty building to. get out of the
ped in the buffet. When the awful
crash came, everyone in the place
rushed for the door and out into the
binding storm. We were met with a
rain of falling glass and the crowd
turned and rushed back. Everyone
ortxy y1ny, "a
door was pushed shut, and there we
were left to be the victims Of the
raging hurricane, the drenching rain
and the falling glass. We Rugged the
building as closely as we could, but
great pieces of broken skylight, some
of them four feet long, continued to
fall around us, some of them missing
us by the most horrifying margin. One
piece even struck the hat Of one Of
I the party who Is with the Slocum-
| Berggren Co., and tore the rim COM
pletely off. His escape was niracu-
lous, but he was not even scratched.
| FINALLY we worked our way around
the building and at last got out Of
danger with only a. drenching and that
queer, strained feeling to remind us
Of our experience"
A Crockery Store Smash.
Anderson's crockery store, GA Mic
| ollet avenue, sustained severe dam
ages The plateglass front was
blown in and the articles In the show
windows were either destroyed or
stolen. while the back wall caved III
and destroyed some of the stock
which was luckily the cheapest grade
carried. The loss is estimated rough
ly at $4,000.
Pianos Are Ruined.
Probably no department at the
New Store suffered more severely than
the piano department, operated by
Francis J. Bird. This department oc-
cupies the third floor of the fronts at
615 and GIT N1collet avenue and in
addition had special display in a
first-foor show window. The storm
forced the big window in, filing the
pianos on the first floor with water
and tiny bits of glass. These instru-
ments are practically ruined. Win
dows blew out in the third floor ware
rooms, injuring many Of the pianos
stored there. Altogether the piano
loss at the New Store will be about
two thousand five hundred dollars.
The other losses sustained in this
), department store consisted Of the loss
of two big and one small window
land some consequent damage to show
u window stuff. rs-
Plymouth Entrance Wrecked.
AS a complement to the Glass Block
} disaster, the Plymouth Clothing COM
| panys Sixth street entrance is a
, wreck. The wooden structure in the
front Of the Glass Block entrance was
) blown from its moorings, hurled
3 across Sixth street to the Plymouth
where it acted as a batteringram to
demolish showcases and windows, and
was then carried off down the street.
;; E. H. Weinhold's drugstore, Sixth
and Nicollet, was the scene Of ar
amateur panic. The store was
l crowded with customers and those
who sought shelter from the elements
, when the tornado struck. A big
light in the front show window wa:
struck and smashed by stray dentis
, sign and the crowd huddled together
in the back Of the store while wome1
screamed and the elements made
; merry without. Fear was not allayet
. by the succeeding crashes Of break
: ing windows and falling timber abou
. the neighborhood. A temporary hos
pital was established in the store, ant
q in the course of an hour succeedin,
the bursting of the storm ten peopl
/ were temporarily cared for and doc
: tors called. None Of the patients wa
r | seriously injured.