New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-28
GALE HITS PHILADELPHIA
Buildings Demolished and Houses
Unroofed-0ne Man Dead.
TIES UP PENNSYLVANIA LINE
New York Trains Routed Over
Trenton Cut off-Death and
Damage in Other States.

Philadelphia. March "A severe cleo
trical storm. accompanied by high WING
which AT times blew with cyclonic force'
swept over the northern section Of this
citv shortly after = o'clock tonight leaving
destruction and death i'm its wake
Buildings were demolished. houses I'M
rooted and the New York division OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad was placed out OF
commission temporarily by the demolition
OF its tower al Holmesburg and the sta
ton at Tacony. cutting OFF all te'egraphic-
communication. New York trains are being
routed over the Trenton cutoff. which
branch OF the Pennsylvania was not in the
path OF the high winds
Taconv. in the section where the greatest
damage occurred. was completely cut on
from the rest OF the city. Telegraph, tele-
phone and trolley wires were blown 20 the
ground. and it was hours before the details
reached the central section OF the city,
where the storm did not appear. The police
station at Tacony was demolished. Tine
evening squad Of policemen were prepar-
ing TO depart for their beats when the roof
OF the building was blown of and every
window broken by sudden burst of wind.
At the Tacony station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad an unidentified man was killed
when part OF the structure was blown
away. Many houses in this section were
unroofed or completely demolished.
Several Sections Destroyed.
In the manufacturing section of kensinS-
ton. in tie northeast toward Tacony, sew
ersl factories were DESTROYED. trolley wires
were blown down and roofs or nouses
hurled TO the streets A corner section "
the three story brick factory OF John Biood
e. Bros. manufacturers OF Woolens, dt
Trenton ard Allegheny avenues more IMAM
100 feet in width. was torn away. wrecKinS
much valuable machinery. Three hundred
and fifty men who were employed here. II
is said. will be ont of work for at least two
weeks. The factory OF the Enterprise Coop
erage Company, near by. was struck by
lightning. but the flames we're eXtinSuished
before much damage had been done.
In the fashionable section of Germantown
the storm also caused havoc. The cupo'a
OF ST. Michaers Church at High and Boyn-
ton streets. was blown off. Joness Hall, at
avenue and Sharpnack street
a SO lost its roof. as did the factory OF the
American Metal Company. at Herman street
ana Germantown avenue Telegraph ana
telephone communication was also de-
stroyed. but up 10 a late hour no lives had
Lcen reported lost in this section.
No Tickets 20 Philadelphia.
So completely was the Pennsylvania
Railroads line 20 New York tied up that
10 trains were sent over the New York d.
vision from this city, and no tickets 10
Philadelphia were obtsinable at the New
York end OF the line. Trains which had
left Jersey CITY before the storm broke
over Tacony were sent over the Trenton
cutoff. which branches off from the New
York division at Morrisville, Penn, oppo-
site Trenton. This branch connects with
the main line of the PENNSYLVANIA about
twenty-five miles west Of this city, and 1t
was there that the Philadelphia passengers
were transferred.
Pittsburg. March &.--A vindstorm
throughout Northea stern Ohio. a portion OF
West Virginia and Western PENNSYLVANIA
late to-day caused at least one fatality, IN
iured a number Of persons and resulted In
heavy financial loss. At Girard. Ohio. an
unknown man was killed by falling wires
At Steubenville. Ohio. the roof wac blown
OF the county inirmary and the walls OF
several other buildings we're blown down.
In this city the wind reached velocity OF
ffty-two miles an hour. Many wires. bill
hoa rds and plate glass windows suffered,
In the country districts tho wind PLAYED
havoc with barns and fences.
Washington, Penn. March IA blizzard
swept Washington County to-day and to-
night md the thermometer dropped thirty
degrees in eight hours. sixty OIL derricks
al Mcdonald were levelled causing loss
Of s2seo A. Waynesburg tom5Stones were
picked up by tho wind and carried from
cemetery into a road a hundred feet away.
BURLINGTON. y. J.. March IA storm ap-
preaching the proportions Of tornado
swept through this city early this evening
leaving a trail Of wreckage behind it, The
electric lisht wires are down and most al
the local telephone wires arc out of com
mission.
went down before the gale. which whippen
through the city sweeping everything be-
fore IL \ number OF persons Wer" hutt
In the eastern section Of the city three
SQUARES Of frame houses mad their roofs
whipped off 10y the storm. Fences ana
porches were carried away all over the
ctv and hundreds of windows were
broken. 49, ,,,..,.,o
Firemen and members OF Inc savage
CORPS are aiding the police IN guarding me
ON tonight The storm passed through
the city with an almost continuous roar
Of thunder. while through tn" torrents 81
rain the lightning raSned contnnalN'
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