Evening journal., 1913-06-21
Graduating Class of ST. PauI's ParochiaI School G.
CITY HIT HARD
BY NIGHT BLOW
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heavy mass OF wires and hung
suspended threatening to drop upon
the heads Of people passing under
it
A portion of the roof Of the house
at S2S King street was torn of. A
sign on the same building was
sratched from It's fastenings and
dropped into the street. a man was
sleeping in the house at the time, but
the disturbance did not awaken him.
At Thirteenth and Dure streets a
big pole was blown down. and it car
ried with it mass of wires. Many of
them were charged with electricity
and a guard had to be stationed at
the corner to warn people passing
not to get too close. The police
were kept busy for some time put
ting red lanterns on fallen trees.
poles and wires
Two fl alarm circuits and one po-
lice reporting circuit we're thrown
out of commission. Some of the po-
lice and fire alarm wires were caught
In the wreckage Of trees and fallen
poles. and It will require much work
to repair the damage.
The feed wires of the Peoples
Railway Company were blown down
in Seventh street, between Lombard
and Church. Wires we're blown down
at Tenth and Kirkwood streets, Sixth
and Lombard streets, Seventh and
Bennett streets, Pennsylvania ave
nue. and DUPONT streets.
Trees we're blown down at Sixth
and Lombard streets, Eighth and VIII
nut streets, Ninth and Tatnall
streets, Seventh and Bennett
streets, Seventh and Church streets
Tenth and Bennett streets. Eleventh
and Church streets, on Buttonwoot
street between A and B streets. alons
Lancaster avenue, in West street
between Second and Third, an1 al
Sixth and West streets.
The ]. A. Bader Company had evi
dence last evening that they buil'
not only high but build we'll The.
are erecting the DUPONT Theatre. ant
when the storm struck last evening
there we're 80 men working by elec
trio light and had to quit .Insteai
OF seeking a sheltered place the mei
gathered to see a wooden tower 10
high wind It is 6 by IA feet and tn
crashing. to the ground but they wer
agreeably disappointed. The tower
Though but a temporary affair, an
one which will be torn down whei
the building nears completion did no
show signs of being affected by tn
high wind. II is to IA feet and tn
base of IL is imbedded in concrete
/ ha IN hn
struction work on the building.
Two large trees in the Old Soldiers
Park at Fifteenth and Market streets
had limbs broken and part of the top
blown off during the storm.
Roof at His Foot.
, William Walls, assistant to Geo
Kopp, city dog catcher, had
narrow escape from serious injurie
during the storm when the roof o
his house, No. 230 Maryland avenu
fell at his feet The wind had tori
the plastic roof off and it fell in tn
b front yard Had Mr. Walls been
few feet from the building line tn
! roof would have fallen on him.
+. The storm played havoc with tree
at Mt. Cuba and the neighborhood
!. Large maple trees on the Colonel du
Pont farm and the John f. O'Nea
farm we're blown down.
The storm did much damage botl
at Montrose and Hillcrest. Wires ar
down everywhere.
A cherry tree was blown down ol
the property of Daniel Cauffiel a
Bellevue.
At Montrose a brick chimney Of
the home of Mr.. Cooley was blow
over and tore some Of the shingle
from the roof. All the electric light
we're out and Montrose was in dark
ness. Trees we're uprooted.