New-York tribune., 1904-08-22
MANY KILLED BY TORNADO.
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eleventh floor OF the building, was flooded by
the sheets OF rain that came in through the
broken windows and the operating force was
compelled 70 make hasty exit. The general
manager of the Pioneer Press Company says
that beyond the broken glass, the building was
undamaged.
WHOLESALE HOUSES DAMAGED.
The wholesale houses IN Fourth-st. for two
blocks below Robert suffered extensive DAM
age. The wholesale drygoods store of Finch
Young & McConville was unroofed and the win
dows were blown In. The stock consider
ably damaged by water. the loss from this cause
being estimated at $4,000. C. Somers & Co.
wholesale notions, suffered a loss to their stock
of about 10 per cent and the building also
damaged LindeIle, Warner Sons. the
LanpheT- Skinner Company and Schefer & Ros-
sum. wholesale firms. also suffered considerably
The Davidson Building, al Fourth and Jackson
SITS. unroofed, the entire roof being picked
up and blown on top Of an adjoining building
A stock of furs stored in the Davidson Build
ing suffered damage.
The storm then swooped across Smiths Park
leveling all the shade trees, and struck the five
story brick building of Noyes Bros. Butler
wholesale druggists, blowing off the roof and
carrying away part of the upper story. Nico
Dean & Gregg, the Goodyear Rubber Company
Clement, Dranger 6, Co, Ogden, Merrill & Greer
and C. Gotzian & Co, wholesale houses facing
the park all damaged to greater or
less extent.
DAMAGE. IN EAST SEVENTH-ST
In East Seventh-st., between Wacouta and Kit
SITS, seven blocks. much damage done.
The HabIghorst Building. at Seventh and Wa
couta SITS, occupied by the Economy Store,
unroofed and the stock damaged. The five story
brick building occupied by the Schurmeier
Wagon Company, in Rosabel-st., near Seventh.
was badly damaged the entire top story being
blown away. The Union Livery Stable. a brick
structure in the same vicinity. was wrecked,
n bout half the building being down.
Along the north side of East SeYenth-st. every
building was damaged some being nothing more
than heaps of debris. Most of them. however,
were small brick or frame buildings, and. while
the aggregate damage there viii be heavy the
individual losses were comparatively small. The
Washington school building. at Locust and
Eighth SITS, suffered considerabl damage al
most the entire top part being blown away. st.
Mary's Catholic Church, at Ninth and John sts
was unroofed. but the school building across the
street escaped with only minor damage. St.
Sigfrid's Episcopal Church, In Eghth-st., n
frame structure was levelled TO the ground
The storm at this point seems to have lifted
done TO residence property was OF a minor char
acter. The tornado dropped again at Lafayette
Park. at Tenth-st. and Lafayette-ave and all
the magnificent elm and other shade trees there
were uprooted or twisted of.
Mayor r. A Smith said to-day that he would
issue q proclamation Tomorrow calling a special
meeting of the City Council to provide aid for
storm sufferers and for repairing the damage
done to city property. The Mayor spent the en-
tire day visiting the storm-stricken district OF
the city.