The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-01-21
FORTY MILE WIND
TEARS DOWN WIRES
Paducah and Other Kentucky
and Tennessee Cities Cut Off
From Communication With
the World Outside.
LITTLE DAMAGE OTHERWISE

Terrific describes the wind, with
which the cold wave was usnered in
to western Kentucky late Saturday
afternoon, accompanied with driving
rain. Little damage, aside from put
ting a couple of hundred telephones
temporarily out of commission, was
done in this county, but falling trees
around Central City and to the south
and west of Paducah crippled the
telegraph service for "a hours, de-
layed trains and played havoc with
unstable buildings and fences.
About 4:30 O'Clock after a day of
gusty wind and lowering clouds, the
wind suddenly attained a velocity of
approximately 40 miles an hour.
Buildings trembled and trees and
poles waved menacingly. The intense
velocity lasted but a few minutes
and a drenching rain set in and con-
tinued until after o'clock when the
fast falling temperature put an end
to It. The wind continued all night
and all day Sunday in gusts. clear
ing the sky and giving the sun
chance to shine.
Fortunately for river men the
morning breeze warned them and
the boats were all made secure and
no damage was done.
Sunday morning found everything
clear and bright around Paducah
with the temperature some 40 de-
grees lower than Saturday. the
river was the toughest it has been
in months.
The wind of the late afternoon
tangled telephone and electric light
wires. Superintendent Keebler of the
city lighting plant reports no lamps
broken and comparatively little in
convenience to the service. Botn the
home and Cumberland Telephone
companies had numerous complaints
of local lines, but today they nave
put every instrument back in COM
mission. The county and long dist
ance lines seem not to. have been af-
fected.
Early in the night trouble was
experienced by both telegraph COM
panies and by midnight the Postal's
wire to Nashville had ceased work.
ing, while the Western Union had
only one poor little wire to St.Louis
haltingly handling messages. 1t is ex-
pected that all the breaks will be fix
ed by tonight. The Paducah district
of botn systems is all right.
Memphis, Louisville, Evansville,
Cairo and the smaller cities in south
ern Indiana and Illinois and Ken
tucky and Tennessee were cut off
from communication with the out
side world Saturday night, though
the damage otherwise seems to have
been slight.
At smitnland the wind attained a
great velocity and the 20 feet wall
of e. B. Davis implement warehouse,
just erected was laid fiat. Telephone
service was injured.
Telephones were out Of commits
sion at Metropolis and Brookport,
lMl., and the mills lost thousands OF
dollars worth of logs by reason OF
the high water and wind.
Gale on the Lakes.
Buffalo jan 2f.-The terrific
windstorm which has been sweeping
this city for IS hours has done 49,
100000 damage. Five liners arc
aground in the harbor.
Two lives are reported lost. Lake
Erie. is a giant mud puddle with
level higher than for 20 years. and
has gorged Niagara river to overflow,
ing and thousands of dollars WORTH
Of property has been carried dowr
stream. MILES OF docks at the greai
humber market at North Tonawands
have been swept away.
North Dakota in Blizzard.
Fargo, N. d., Jan. pa terrible
blizzard swept North Dakota las
night and today. It ceased this af
ternoon. leaving traffic on all rail
roads completely demoralized. Tele
phone and telegraph wires are dowi
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