The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-13
Parker Hotel, on BOren Avenue Completely DemOIish-
ed---HOuses Blown Down and Plate Glass Windows
Broken During Heavy Storm.

Travelling at the rate Of so miles
an hour. a westsr struck Seat.
tie and vicinity at midnight and
raised the very Old Ned TOT about
an hour This morning various
parts Of the city the water ana
lake fronts looked aa II q hurricane
had spread desolatl0n every where.
The Parker hotel. on Boreu Az,
near Mercer ~. was completely
wrecked and is mass Of broken
umbcrH this morning The hotel
which is large. twogtory struc-
ure. was being raised 10 conform
to the street regfade and was
blown bodily from iis supports No
one WAS Ia The building at The time
and no one was injured iu the ac.
cidont
Have Narrow escape.
y. @ Manning and bis wife aud
three children narrowly escaped be
Ing caught In the wreck Of their
house a. i462 Fremont a. during
the height OF the storm
The house was "a neyenTo0m cot
tage not fully completed The fam.
lly moved recently from a tent IN
the rear to rooms on the second
floor. Being awakened by the wind,
they feared the house would col.
lapse and fled 10 the tent about
10 minutes before the structure
collapsed
Manning. who was trying % prop
the building az the time. was slight
d. hurt $50 ig q labofing man and
neiahbors were circulating a sub
scrlption list this morning 10 par
TALLY make good the loss o. his
home.
House ls Wrecked.
The portable house Of Charles
An Williams. si4 West Mercer &c.,
was partially destroyed. the porch
being blown away and the roof and
chimney blown back upon the wood
shed
Part Of the high board fence al
the Providence hospital was blown
down aud trees suffered IN many
parts Of the city
In the down town streets glass
was atrewn about the sidewalks.
large plate glass windows having
been broken into aplintors. Frall
store fronts we're smashed IN and.
the wind driving the rain before
81. damaged the stocks
Wires were broken and as the
sizzling ends HE the pavements
there we're all sorts OF fireworks.
The electric power went To the bad
and the midnight car service over
the entire city. with the exception
OF that 81 the cable cars. was inter
rupted Tor over an hour Telephone
and electric light wires we're
broken. and extra large gangs ~
men were hastily summoned from
their beds and put 20 work making
repairs
Windows Blown in.
Plate glass windows IN the
American Bank building the Stone
Fisher company and AZ the Hon
Marche were blown "a aud de-
muliEhed
on the front the wind dashed the
sound water into furious waves.
aud the mosquito fleet bumped and
bumped against the fender and
guard rails At the docks Boat
houses were smashed against the
trestlos and badly damaged
out ON Lake Washington house
boats were torn from their moor.
ings and piled up on the shore
Others began 10 take water and the
inmates wndcd ashore. men carry.
inR the women to a place Of safety
Foster a kliestcr report this
that fully SO per cent Of
their large street signs have been
blown down. and ia many cases ab.
aolutely destroyed. the wind tear
Ing them apart aud carrying por-
tons from so 10 100 feet
Telegraph wires early this morn
Ink were down 60 Port Townsend
and to Frisco Extra crews of men
are at work making repairs
Damaged by Rain.
The railroads report serious dam
NAf NN NNNN mountains AltN fN avs
wind but by the rain which fob
lowed Landslldes are reported and
traffic is generally tied mp
Il Is rarely that such storm
does not raise general havoc with
shipping on the sound The wealth.
en- bureau late yesterday afternoon
transportation men 90 look
out for the storm. and extra lines
were put ont from an steamers and
half shifts stayed on watch
Across the lake the storm ere.
ated much disaster The lake
steamer Dorothy, at Kirkland. was
smashed against the dock and will
be laid up Tor a time for repairs
Capt Hammond was seriously cut
about the face boy flying splinters
Gale on Lake.
The steamer Gazclle had a hard
time woathoung the gale at the
MN dock. Scows were
driven ashore. and the pile driver
Of Victor Saunderson was piled up
on Juanita point The first steam.
era across the lake this uorninu