The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-25

completely. Five wrecked autos were
found on that road
Between Huffman and Voorhees,
streets, IN South Eighth. there Is COM
| plete devastation. Twenty-Five houses
were leveled to the ground In this
stretch. Houses at Nos. 1903. 1906 and
1907 South Eighth street were COM
pletely swept away
| On the Lockport road, south of Idaho.
at least sixteen houses were destroyed.
but there were no fatalities and few
were injured in this immediate neigh
borhood.
Mrs. Flora Wood was hurled seven
| feet from her home. her small baby
clasped in her arms They were cared
for at the Third United Brethren
| Church
The day-old baby OF Mrs. Leonard
| Sloan was found in one corner OF the
bedro Dom OF their home, while the
mother lay in another corner. The
| entire top Of the house had been blown
away
William Rogers. Superintendent of
| the United Brethren Sunday school,
was buried beneath the walls of his
home He died while being carried to
tho school house.
A large stone boarding house con-
Quoted by Mrs. Catherine Louden was
wrecked and the aged woman and her
son. Ralph I1ouden, were badly in
jured.
| Many houses were wrecked between
Third and Fifth streets in Voorhees,
street.
Freight Car Used as Hospital.
| A freight car was pressed into ser
vice as a temporary medical quarter.
when the fire wagons with the police
and fire departments arrived on the
scene. The live wres and burning
debris made It impossible for the ambu-
lances to get within less than two blocks
Of the scene. and the bodies had to be
carried to safety by tho rescuers.
Six flres broke out in different parts
Of the devastated district. while the
rescue work was being carried on. The
flames and drove the rescuers from
their work.
| Family Buried Under Home.
Fred King. glass blower at 214s
Dilman street was found with his wife
and baby covered by the heavy timbers
Of their home. that had collapsed when
the storm struck II. King had been
hurled from his bed q distance OF ten
feet. Two heavy timbers had almost
crushed the life out of him. His wife
was terribly injured. A few feet away
the baby was picked UP dead. The
mother in her death struggles probably
tried TO save the baby by throwing II
away from her.
Near the Greenwood school several
more were killed and many were IN
Jured. Mrs. E. ]. Edwards, wife of a
druggist. was knocked down by q heavy
timber that broke her leg and pinned
her to the ground. When she was
found the woman was screaming for
her child, and later the little fellow, 2
years old, was picked up dead and
carried to the Greenwood school build
ing.
Remarkable escapes were made in
the twenty-four hundred block on
South Third street. some Of the resi-
dents Of the square being seriously in
jured. Mr. and Mrs George Carmichael
escaped from their home as II was
blown away by the wind.
Child Blown Through window.
Among the strange vagaries Of the
| wind was the case OF a baby sleeping
with its mother in a South Center
street house. The child was blown
through an open window into the yard,
but escaped with a slight cut on the
thigh.
At the home Of ]. II. Snyder. Dr. and
Mrs Wilcox were visiting. and all were
In the sitting room. The storm threw
Snyder through the window. He was
unhurt. Every room IN the house was
wrecked excepting the one In which the
two families were seated.
Many families were separated In the
excitement and for two hours after the
storm had passed anxious husbands
mothers and children were searching
the debris for absent members OF their
families. Many could not find the
wrecked remains of their homes, SO
hopelessly tangled was the wreckage in
the streets and on the sidewalks. and In
several cases It was difficult even to
find the place where the home had
stood.
Ambulances and moving vans were
used to carry the injured to hospitals
and as these were soon filled stables
and homes were converted into tenn
porpry hospitals. More than 200 per-
sons were placed under tho care of doc
tors. but many were only slightly hurt
and In some cases women were found
to be suffering merely from fright
| These were soon dismissed 10 make