Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-04-12
LAST WEEKS HURRICANE.
A Brief Sketch of the Damage Done
Hereab0uts.

by what might be properly
called hurricane combined
with a very heavy fall of rain,
This violent storm seems to have
started somewhere southwest or
west of Mooresville and followed
what is known as the sandy ridge,
striking Salisbury proper at Liv-
ingstone College and crossed the
city almost due northeast, taking
in Spencer in it's path. There
was a considerable fall ofarain on
each side of this line, but the
damage, if any, was slight.
Reports from Mooresville indi-
cate considerable destruction of
property, several persons injured
and some stock killed.
The hurricane did It's greatest
damage where it entered the city,
at Livingstone College. Here the
brick building known as Ballard
Industrial Hall was almost entire
ly destroyed. In this building
was the printing office which was
greatly damaged, the type scatter
ed, machinery broken and stock
drenched blythe rain. The laun-
dry was badly damaged, the audi
torium blown down and other
buildings were more or less dam
aged Two students, Luico Hall
and Ernest Robinson, were IN the
printing office and were struck by
large door. They were both in
jured and one of them was knock
ed unconscious for several hours.
The next points that bear evi-
dence of the hurricnhee'a~ fury
we're the beautiful silver naples
in front of II. J. Overman's, two
of which was were blown down,
one falling between the horse and
wagon of one of Stancill's milk
wagons, M. S. Warner was in the
wagon and had the scare of his life.
The Negro Lutheran church in
West Point, on Inniss st. looks
like a crushed cracker-box; the
roof of ex-sheriff J. M. Monroe's
house was carried across the
street, and Jno. Moyle's house,
next door, met similar fate with
chimney being blown down in
addition.
The tabernacle, built some
years. ago for the revival services
of Rev. Pearson, lies flat upon
the ground. It was a very large
building and went down with a
tremendous crash.
A number of fine old oaks were
broken off, one in the yard of J..
N. Knox, two Oh the property of
Mrs. Julius McNeely, an elm in
front of Mrs. D. J. Shuping's on
Fisher street, an elm on Inniss
street near Fulton, several beauti-
full willows in Mrs. W. II. Over
mans yard, and so on along the
entire path of the winds fury.
Chimneys blown down can be
counted on every hand. The graded
school building was slightly dam
aged, some pieces of the slate
roof we're blown off and small
fue turned over. The city build
ing Lear by, occupied by Supt. L.
G. Griffin, lost s. chimney and the
roof considerably injured, posi-
bly, 500 damage in all, outside Of
the damage by water.
A frame house just beyond D.
M. Miller's, occupied by Sarah
Ksnnerly, COL, was blown down
catching Sarah in the wreck. She
was bruised up some, but not Sc
riously injured.
D. NJ. Miller's bee gums we're
scattered about and chimney to
his residence was blown down.
A house just completed by II
A. Fisher, near Mr.. Miller's was
completely razed.
A large part of the tin roof o1
the Salisbury Cotton Mill wal
blown off and and a sheet iro1
smoke-stack blown down.
Beams and Summers distiller