The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-22
WIND GENERAL
THROUGH STATE.
Local Damage Augmented
by Wrecking of Maynard
Brick Shed
1000 FEET TORN AWAY
Reports of Minor Losses Universal
Sheds Unroofed, Fences and
Windmills Down, HA

The storm having satisfied its lust
to destroy, mere man got busy this
morning repairing the damage.
The conditions that prevailed in Lake
county were general throughout In
diana and reports of destruction and
injury and possible death as result
are coming in from all directions.
From Indianapolis comes the word
that several men in the capital city
were injured by dying debris. and J.
Brown, a Big Four conductor. was
fatally hurt. At Fort Wayne a cement
house was blown down and two Polish
workmen seriously injured. At Evans
Vile great fear was excited by the
sudden transition during the early af-
ternoon from day into black night.
The extreme darkness was of brief
duration, however, lasting only a few
minutes.
In Lake county as In other places
throughout Indiana, damage of a min
or sort was universal. Every town, no
matter how small has some damage
to report, if it is nothing more serious
than trees blown down or fence rails
torn from their posts.
One Company's Loss $4,000.
About the most serious loss was that
sustained by the National Brick COM
pany at Maynard "a small settlement
The damage in this case was about
SIS, 900.
The company owns brick shed six
teen hun6red feet long at. this point
and 0otiaends OF tlaisna1ia Irak unit
ing to some thousand or more feet.
was blown over and wrecked. The
central portion of the shed is all that
remains stending. One terrific gust
wrenched the east end of the low
structure from its foundations and a
subsequent one tore away the western
end A number of box cars standing
on the company's siding were also
| overturned.
The brick yard is the principal in
dustry of Maynard and employs about
! 100 men, Work has been suspended
| temporarily and it cannot be resumed
until the damage has been repaired.
The shed is a new one and had a
strong foundation, and being low, it's
| wrecking by the wind is looked upon
| as extraordinary, in spite of the fact
that the building occupied an exposed
position on the prairie. The same COM
pany owns a two Thousand foot brick
shed at Chicago Heights.
Barney Weber of Chicago is presi-
dent of the National Brick company and
he came out from Chicago this morn
ing to investigate the damage.
Telephone Company Makes Repairs.
The telephone company was engaged
this morning in repairing the dam
age caused to it's system by yesterday s
! storm. An inventory of the general
| havoc wrought in Lake county included
a few roofs blown off, a few telephone
| poles down, many wires tangled, q
number of windows shattered and trees
uprooted or cracked off at the trunks
The local telephone service was de-
moralized.
The damaged roofs for the most part
were confined to shed coverings, with
the exception of that belonging to on,
of the buildings Of the Inland Stee
company, to which reference was mad,
in yesterdays account of the storm fl
THE LAKE TIMES COUNTY. The stee
company estimates that 1t will cos
about $1,000 to repair the damage.
From st. John and Dyer come report
of many trees blown down and wind
mills wrecked, and similar reports wer
received from various sources through
out the county by THE LAKE COUNT
TINES.
In Hammond as well as in othe
places throughout Indiana, chicken
sought their roosts early. for night de
scended at an untimely hour. Th
wind was particularly uproarious on tn
Fayette and Holman street corne
Those safe within the security of tn
stores and Offices and their homes, ha
a splendid time watching the efforts
pedestrians 10 round the corner. TIL
occupies the position in Hammond
the Masonic temple corner in Chicag
and by virtue of i IS being adorned wit
the three highest building in town
y the Hammond building. the SuperiC
court house and the Central school
u gets the benefit of all the draft thi
c happens to be in circulation.
I WOmen's Attire Sport of Winds.
3 Women's clothes especially afford,
t Lots In Nellie and Woodlawn Subd