The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-04
Enter Suit Against City and
Owner Of Building.
Result Of Wind Which Caused Col
lapse of American Express 90.
Building.
WAITING On THE ADJUsToRs'

Suit was filed In circuit court this
morning by Attorney Crlce aud Ross
for Misses Luella, Lette and Ada
smith. doing business under the
name of smith Sisters. against J.
NJ. White and the city Of Paducah
asking for $4,000 damages for the
loss OF their stock OF millinery in
the wrecking of the American Ex-
press company building Monday The
petition states that White, who owns
the Scoit-Henneberger building,
whose walls falling IN caused the
wrecking OF the smaller building, ne
elected 10 have the walls removed
after the building burned, The city
IL brought into. the suit because il Isl
empowered as a city OF the second
class TO regulate Gre protection aud
remove dangerous walls which In this
instance il failed TO do. The stock of
the plaintiff h. said TO be total loss.
Little work toward removing the
debris from the site OF the wrecked
American Express company building
has been done. but some little wreck
ing has begun. Contractor Lum
Fields and a force OF carpenters are
clearing away as much debris from
the site OF the Smith sisters millin
cry store a. possible In order to re-
cover goods that escaped serious
damage.
Mr.. {. J. Abbott route agent for
the American Express company, Isl
still working with the books and tax
ing out as much express matter as is
possible
Capt. james white. owner of the
soott-Henneberge building, which
cuused the wrecsing OF the smaller
building. b. in Paducah but will do
nothing until the fire loss is settled
with Insurance adiustors
Dr. ID. q. Murroll. owner of the
express company building. is also un-
decided what he will do towards re-
building. but IL is safe to predict he
will not let the site remain vacant
Capt. Woods Experience.
A belated story OF the storm eN-
element at Rowlaudtown park where
colored people oongregated Monday
To celebrate Labor Day. comes from
Captain Joe Wood, special officer al
the park.
They simply went Wild. So said.
Il saw the storm coming. Il was
about at Perkins creek when | first
noticed 1t as dense black cloud.
hut suddenly it seemed to break and
come In hundreds OF parts. Trees
bowed to the ground under the fury
of the wind. and before ! could give
warning il was upon us. Stands
we're located AT various parts of the
ground. They we're fiail. being
merely four poles nailed at the top
and bottom, and canopy spread
over them. The wind caught one
canvas. hurled II against stove
spoutlng a three-loot flame from the
stovepipe. II ignlted and was next
blown against two women. complete
Is wrapping them. They rolled on
the ground and succeeded in escap
ing without serious burns.
Realizing what II meant to handle
those people. I secured the aid of sew
cral who seemed cool headed, and
rushed to The gate. over 500 men,
women and children We're trying to
get out OF a gate possible to pass but
Two at the time, BY hard work we
beaded them back, but how some es-
capped being crushed is a mystery to
me"
Wesley Flowers had a chute the
chute which cost him several hundred
dollars. This was picked up off its1
foundation and hurled far from its
original site and wrecked.