The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-28
STORM CRIPPLES PENNA. R. R.
STATION AND SHEDS BLOWN
DOWN NEAR PHIINDELPHIA.
Tracks Block AIDED for several Hours and
Trains From This city Annu,icd Pas.
scnxers Sent West over III" Reading

scnxers Sent West over III" Reading
After Annoying Observation-Disclosures.
PHILADELPHIA. March 27.-An electrical
storm. with almost the force of a tornado.
swept down upon Philadelphia and sur
rounding territory at dusk this evening.
In its wake it left hundreds of roofless
and wrecked buildings. some Of them
built of brick and stone, but most Of them
frame structures of light construction.
A man named Dolan of Pittsburg was
killed when the Pennsylvania Railroad
station at Tacony. suburban town.
north of Kensington. was thrown down.
Damage done by the storm blocked
traffic on the main line of the Pennsyl-
vania for more than four hours Al $40
o'clock the west shed of the Tacony
station was blown across the track, and
the bridge of a signal tower some distance
up the line caused another block when
The wind lifted it from its foundation and
hurled it across the line. In addition to
, tUlS IL WTtChIlE 'od'ii Nu- flVN' 'N''
completely blocking the tracks. II was
not until 1880 tonight that the railroad
was able to clear the tracks and get its
delayed trains through.
During the blockade of the main line
westbound limited trains were taken
through the Trenton cutoff but the trains
from Philadelphia to New York were held
until the line was opened.
Throughout the area swept by the
storm reports came in tonight of strange
accidents resulting from the freakish
antics Of the wind
Two little girls in Frankford, walking
in the street. We're lifted from their feet
by the wind and hurled against a high
| board fence. One child was picked W
with broken leg and the other suffered
severe bruises.
A man about to enter his own home
was caught under falling tree. and both
| legs were broken.
A dog frolicking upon his masters lawr
was almost decapitated by a heavy piec,
of flying glass.
A woman sitting in her kitchen was
struck by heavy piece of timber blowI
in through the window and suffered 1
fractured skull.
William Frotz. a fifteen-year old boy
was gashed in the side and probably
fatally injured.
! Mrs. Elizabeth Skelton. As years old
suffered fractured skull when she wa,
struck by a piece Of flying timber. anc
Michael Christman was thrown from
his wagon and rendered unconscious
His condition is serious.
Reports from various towns within
radius Of twenty miles Of Philadelphi,
tell OF damage done by hail which vii
|run into thousands of dollars. Tn
storm. which was of brief duration, wa
he most severe of many years,
The tro uble on the line caused muc
inconvenience to Pennsylvania traveller
bound for Philadelphia leaving the Thirty
third street and Jersey City stations o
the railroad The first train to feel tn
stress at Thrty-third street was the
o'clock express for Philadelphia. Their
were seventy-four Philadelphia passen
gers by this train.
At 7 O'Clock, they said afterward.
man in uniform, whom they suppose'
was the conductor of the train. cam
through the cars making the announce
ment that the train wasn't going.
This train is annulled.' he said
Tickets and mileage sold by the Penn
sylvania Railroad will be good on tn
Philadelphia AND Reading"
He then gave directions how TO &
from the Pennsylvania station TO tn
Jersey Central ferryhouse at Twenty
third street, and told them that il the
would hustle they could catch tho 1850.
The seventy -four grabbed their luggag
and made for the exits. Within an hou
most OF them were back again. On
man, who looked as though he had ru
all the way to Twenty-third street an
back, burst into Trainmaster W. II. Egan'
Office and said between gasps. "Wha
does this mean? We got sent to Jerse
City and there they told us that the
didn't give a whoop for your tickets
They'd take their own tickets and non
other So there you are. take EN-"
Mr.. Egan said he was sure there mus
be a mistake. The man said he wa
very sure there was.
, At the information desk soon after
q CLOCK IL WAS VNI'liii'u 'uo' aug
ments had been finally made with tn
Philadelphia and Reading To honor Penn
sylvania tickets and that passenger
, wouldn't have any more trouble.
representative Of the Pennsylvania sal
later that somebody at Communipa'
had got things mixed up and had efeo
lively confused the agreement made wit
the Philadelphia and Reading officials.
The crowd which gathered in front G
the two polite young men in the informG
ton booth was not easily convinced
The attendants pointed TO signs put II
in the waiting room which read. Penn
sylvania Railroad service temporaril
interrupted" Later clip of white pape
was pasted over the word temporarily
The young men explained that there ha
been a bad storm and that no Philade
phia passengers could be taken. Ticket
for Trenton and points this side were sol
In Jersey City tickets were not sold t
points between Trenton and Frankfort
Other tickets. including those TO Philade
phia. were sold subject to delay, Train
went ont AZ usual. Through trains ives
, we're detoured over the Trenton cutof
which joins the main line at Frazer,
TOrnsdo Knocks Dawn Power Wire Wit!
a harm.