The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-03
Severe Storm

, Mount Holly escaped two severe Storm
last week, but the nsighboring countr,
got them. On Friday morning there wa
every indication of sharp thunder storm
and the black clouds rolled up swiftly from
the northwest. They passed over. how
ever, and the passengers on the train from
the shore reported coming through very
heavy storm. At Seaside Park the rair
fell in torrents and as the train crossed the
bridge it was impossible to see a distance
of ten feet The rain ran into the cars
and the passengers got wet.
On Saturday evening another storm
came up. Burlington got the worst of it.
Trees were blown down and branches were
torn of in all parts of city. An apple tree
In the yard of st. Mary's church, said to
be 200 years old, was blown down. The
large roof on Severns' old mill and the
tin from the building were hurled against
house, breaking the windows. At the
foot of Stacy street a warehouse was
toppled over and sent into the river. A
large tree on Broad street fell across the
railroad track and stopped travel.
Lightning struck the barns on the farm
Of Joseph Atkinson, on the Jacksonville
road. Men had been at work threshing
and had finished their task, and had run
the thresher into the road. They were at
supper and one of them remarked that if
the lightning was going to be sharp he
had better keep his eye on his three horses
which were in one of the barns. He had
hardly finished his remark when there was
a sharp fash and another man said s'You
had better get to work" Looking out 1t
was seen that the buildings were in flames.
The men rushed out and saved all the
horses and live stock, but the outbuildings
were destroyed. In the barn were 800
bushels of grain that had just been
threshed.
Mrs. Joseph G. Haines, near Lumber
ton, was in the yard while the storm was
progressing. She was removing some
clothes from a wire line. Lightning
struck the wire and knocked the LADY
senseless and she was in that condition for
some time. A dog was attached by a
chain to the wire. The animal was killed
In Moorestown the wind was very
strong but the damage there was confined
to the blowing down of trees. Hail fell in
several places. Many farmers report of
destruc ton ofpoultry.
Several exciting escapes from the storm
hava heon rorortod h,,+ ora oe AZ -.
startling experiences was that of John K.
Mallery and family. of Burlington, who
with friends were out on the river In Mr.
Mallery's launch Mystic" when the
storm broke. The party attempted to
make the slip at the Oneida clubhouse
but the gale was too fierce to land safely so
the launch was placed in the cove along
side of the water works pier where it held
against the waves, wind and rain success
fully. After the storm had subsidized some
what the mystic" was run up nearer the
landing and the occupants of the launch
taken safely ashore with the exception of
Harry Haywood, who was also one of the
party, but who had attempted to reach the
slip by jumping from the Mystic" to an
other launch mooTed nearby. Haywood
reached the other launch all right but was
almost Immediately blown into the river
by the gale. He had hard battle against
the wind and the tide in reaching the slip,
but at last landed safely and was starting
for shore when he was again knocked
overheard by the flying cover of launch,
which had been torn from its fastenings
by the wind. He was almost exhausted
when he again reached the boat landing
and had to be pulled on the slip by Harry
Martin, who had been making secure his
canoe and went to his rescue. Owing to
the curtains on the Mystic" and the
sheets of rain it was impossible for the &C.
cupants of the launch to see Haywood
and they thought he was In the clubhouse.
Haywood was almost incapacitated Sun
day as a result of the exertion, bruises and
water taken aboard in the tussle, but is all
right now.
A large tree crashed through the roof of
a house on Third street, Moorestown, and
while George B. Hancock and wife were
driving along Mill street two immense
limbs broke from tree and landed on their
buggy, crushing it like an eggshell and
injuring the occupants. Several men
rushed to their rescue and cut the limbs
in pieces small enough to lift from the
wagon. Trolley service was demoralized
for a couple of hours
The storm does not seem to have spent
itself on Saturday, for on Sunday terri
ic wind storm caused about $25, 900 worth
OF damage to the buildings at the Inter-
State Fair Grounds. Two rows of one
story frame structures that had been used
for the exhibition of cattle and horses
were destroyed, and the large pavilion
used for agricultural exhibits was damaged
slightly. Some of the smaller buildings
were lifted from the ground and carried
fifteen or twenty feet.