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


Great damage was done to the new
incandescent gas and gasolene lamps.
Nantes were blown to atoms by the wind.
Lamp caps were In cases carried long dis
tances and placed at the foot of other
lamp posts where the lamps were not in
jured at all. One Of the worst blockades
was at Fourteenth street and Fourth ave.
nue., where huge tree lay its full length
across the street. In the treetop as it
lay nestled q gas lamp uninjured.
The Northwestern Knitting company'B
big pile of empty boxes stored at Western
and Aldrioh avenues were blown all over
the neighborhood.
One girl was serious cut by falling glass
in the shoulder, but did not feel the in
jury. On examination Of her wet cloth
ing when she got home it was discovered
that the dampness came from her own
blood.
The Dorilus Morrison place, bounded by
Twenty-fourth and Twenty -ffth streets
and Stevens and Third avenues, was al
most stripped Of its foliage. Scores OF
they were soft naples, which easily broke
off. 1t is the most desolate spot as a re-
|sult Of the storm In the city. The Clinton
Morris place, across Third avenue, was
also despoued Of old shade trees and soma
were blown down In the Moulton yard
across the street. The tall iron flagstaff
on the Moulton estate was broken off
forty feet from the. ground and the upper
part stuck in the earth,
Evidences Of either a rotary motion Of
the wind or return Of the storm are, to be
seen in many spots. Trees will be blown
| in one direction and only few blocks
away they lie at another angle On the
Fourth avenue carline, near Twenty fifth
street, trees were blown in one direction
while q small field Of corn lies fat in the
| opposite direction.
| Very few losses to trees and shrubbery
will be regretted more publicly than the
disaster to the II. G. Harrison estate at
Nicollet and Eleventh. The old giants
which have stood the test of wind strain
for years gave UP the ghost reluctantly,
1 as 1t Is shown by their tenacious hold on
the earth, but many Of them will have
to submit to the
| One Of the odd sights Of Sunday was
an aged woman on Fifth avenue, near FIT.
teenth street, chopping away at fallen
1 tree with q big AK. The female ilsd-
blockade Hundreds Of trees were par
TALLY uprooted. In fact, more were bent
! at an angle than were completely torn
up by the roots. In all parts Of the city
endeavors were being made to save such
trees. First the earth was removed I'm.
1derneath and then, with block and tackle.
the giants were forced back into the
holes, Many trees will be saved this way.
| A party of tentcampeTs at Cedar lake
felt their tents rocking preparatory to
breaking the stay ropes. One OF the
campers who tried to hold his canvas
down by main force was paraohuted into
the air and saved himself only by let
| ting go.
Franklin avenue at Portland avenue was
I impossible all yesterday owing to the
4 heavy fall of trees and the telegraph poles
along Franklin Sightseers in automobiles
and carriages at this point had to turn
back. Fourth avenue, Portland avenue,
4 Fourteenth street and Park avenue were
crossed and recrossed with trees, and from
La distance looked not unlike a forest OF
/ shrubs.