The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-08
THE HIGH
WINDS
Do Considerable Damage of a
Minor Nature.
Marrow Escape of I. O. Trains From
o Disastrous
Wreck.
NO ONE WAS HURT.
} ONE WAS

Sudden changes in the weather seem
to be in order. After a typical spring
day Saturday there were light showers
and nigh winds Saturday night, and
Sunday there had been q considerable
drop in temperature which came more
pronounced last night, resulting in q
minimum Of 30 degrees.
The wind Saturday night did con-
siderable damage of q minor nature in
the surrounding country, but there
were no lives lost, and no great dam
age to anything.
1t was reported that Cairo suffered
considerably from the wind, but relia.
BILE reports from there today say that
this is q mistake, that only q few
fences, poles and wires were blown
down.
In Paducah the wind did oonsidera.
BILE damage, blowing the window lights
out of the Trimble street Methodist
church and blowing trees and fences
down, and unroofing barns in the
county.
The congregation at the Trimble
street church had to turn back Sun
day morning when they found all the
glass blown out OF their church and
this morning it was learned that big
window light was broken out of the
High School building in Mrs. Minnie
Herndon's room.
The big glass in the L. B. Ogilvie
dry goods store show window which
Was cracked several weeks ago, was
blown out. "
The winds played havoc with the I.
O. ct Iron Ore Hill aud came near
causing serious wreck.
At Iron Ore Hill, which is jest north
Of Cumberland river. long string Of
empty freight cars had been showed
into . siding and she winds started
these out on the track. They ran
down to Cumberland bridge ana freight
train No 1854, drst section, struck the
cars. The train was in charge of Con
duotor Jennings and Engineer Wick
roy. The latter saw the oars in time
to slow down considerably One cal
was broken in two and the pilot brok
en- of the freight engine. No one WA
injured but the crew had . good shak
ing mp.
The cars were backed into the sid
ing again and made secure against any
other winds that might cause damage
The wind did damage ct Cecilia sts.
tion, on the Louisville division of the
I. O., blowing away the pump house,
The damage to the company will
amount to from $3.50 to 5000.
Mr.. T. F. Anderson, who lives
about eight miles out on the Hinkle-
Vile road, was in the city today and
stated that the storm did considerable
damage in his section. Il took his
barn about two feet of the foundation
and blew down about 400 pounds Of
fencing.
Ii blew the Widow Lawrence's barn
Off its foundation, and blew down Mr..
Charles Thornhilrs crib and buggy
house, unroohng Mr.. Richtman's barn
and taking the roof off the Widow
Richtman's smoke house. No one was
injured.
Today it was learned that most OF
the Cumberland long distance lines in
Ballard county were down. Reports
to the local office were that there was
hardly fence standing in the vicinity
of Barlow City. and that scores of
barns were down.
Down about Joppa, where hundreds
of thousands of ties are unloaded,
even freight cars had the tops taken
Off, and there was much other dam
age.
The wind Saturday night did much
damage at Mayfield.
The smoke stacks of the waterworks
were blown down and the roof of the
Pegram tobacco warehouse was picked
mp and hurled across the railroad