The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-25
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with the result EtA4t great deal OF
damage was done sThe following &C.
count by tue naepAtch News will he
| of interest to the Mail readers:
With velocity cdr a mere instant,
| of almost mile aSQGinutc, a miniature
cyclone, which struck Parkersburg
yesterday afternoon, about five O'Clock
injured two people Sand did consider,
able property damage.
The two injured were Mrs. George
Brooks and her infAnt son Of Belpre
Their home on [sNalnut street was
lifted OF its foundation and cacrieG
gainst another hausc hirty-five fe t
away, when though the force of tho
collision, 1t was Tatl,o,1 to a mass
G. wrecked timt,eES lis. Brooks aGI
the infant were both badly bruised
and cut and their injuries required
the attention of DIR. Prunty, who was
called. $. -
On this side Of the river the storm
caused considerable loss. Several
buildings were considerably damaged
Ind the total loss wall run into 'argo
figures - - -
BY sheer force the wind drove out
seven big windows in the Union,
Trust and Deposit building, corner
Seventh and MaS,ket The sashes.
were practically 4mptied, though in
one or two Of them broken slivers of
glass remained. -.
At the Y. NJ. C. A building the side
facing the river and the storm, Jared
similarly. The wind struck the west
side of the building Fairly, driving OUT
a number Of windows.
The Camden theater also suffered,
a number of the large windows facing
the west going out.
Peculiarly The Chancellor, though
within a block OF the three other
buildings named, and just across the
street from one. did not suffer at all,
not window hefng btoken 1
The storm Was of the nature of al
freak, there seeming to be different
currents. In some places the wind
seemed to move much faster than in ]
Market, not an unusually high veloc-
ity was noted, the speed of the wind /
was SO great at Seventh and Market
as to nearly lift the pedestrians who
happened to be out on their feet.
At the weather observatory for five
minutes the velocity registered was
80 miles an hour. -.For one mile the
wind travelled at the rate of Sd miles
an hour. Weather Observer Howe
says that this lasted for but an In
slant, but the questioning reportei
was inclined to believe that an instant
after the wind hit the high clip the
redouhtable observer, had quit his
place In the coming tower and hied
himself to the cyclone cellar
At any rate, the wind blew some,
and for longer than IN instant, no
matter what the four little cups on
Top of the observatory registered.
Shade trees and telephone poles,
barns and houses. and substantially
built brick buildings -in-fhe outlying
districts suffered. On upper Market
street number of shade trees went
over and one telephone pole. A tel
ephone pole fell towards DR.. Nc
CURES horse and buggy, separating
The horse and buggy and breaking the
shaft of the buggy, yet not injuring
the horse. The doctor ran out to save
the horse, and away went his silk hat
A number of windows In the N Lo-
gan building on Seventh street were
forced out. Simon Rradford's build
Ing, corner Seventh aud Lynn streets,
was badly damaged. ~:
The steamer Avalon, lying in the
Little KanaWha, was fcaught by the
+ gust and her anchor broken.
Houses here and there were more
or less damaged and door yards are
filed with slate roofing carried from
dwellings. ~
Both local telephone companies
were heavy victims Of the wind About
two hundred poles of the West Vir-
glnta Western were tncapacitated for
immediate service andfabout the same
number OF the Bell ,conpany's talk
ing machines took the count. The
phones OF both companies between
here and Marietta and also in the lat
ter city were much damaged.
At Green and Eighth streets O. fine
thoroughfare. At the same corner
another tree Of the same size and
species fell in the heavy storm which
occurred about a month ago.
The Richard Hughes property on
Seventh street, near Harris, suffered
considerably. Lightning struck the
roof Of the building and travelled to
the front, where it delivered it's final
blow by knocking the bFtek ecornice to
the pavement three stories below.
The bricks in their downward flight
struck the second floor balcony, aud
after thoroughly running, 1t, carried
away Its railing and the$wooden avn
Ing In front Of w. A. 4Goaden's grocery.
store. The resulting debris covered
the. street1jn front Of the building and
blocked traffic pretty thoroughly I'M.
til it was cleared away.
Ann street was blocked in the vi
entity Of Seventh as the, result Of the
high blow. Four large maple trees
were hurled to the grouhd in front
/ OF DR.. Camden's residence and formed
natural blockade around which ell
vehicles were forced to detour for