Evening journal., 1913-08-11

With thunderous crash. the storm
that broke over this section shortly
after 4 o'clock yesterday, made Fenton
Beach ~ J., summer place for Will
minetonians. fairly tremble. Never
in the history OF that resort did the
elements hold such high carnival.
Panic seized the many excursion
lists on shore. Only a few hours be-
fore the steamer Queen Anne, OF Phil
adelphia. which makes Sunday stops
at the beach, landed many excursion
lists from that city II Is estimated
there we're a thousand men, women
and children from Philadelphia in the
crowd. and as they were strangers
to the place, most of them did not
know where to go for shelter when
the storm broke. Rain and hail fell
in binding sheets and carried on the
high wind az a tremendous velocity
the storm tore down almost every
thing before Il. The bath-house,
dancing pavilion and other smaller
buildings offered but poor shelter TO
the panic stricken people, and many
were taken into cottages along the
shore.
The house. owned by Robert +, Gil
more of No. 005 kirkwood street, this
city. sheltered at least forty women
aud children. all Of whom were wet 70
the skin At one time three women lay
in faint on the kitchen floor while
members of Mr. Gilmorcs family work
ed 10 restore them To- consciousness
Hundreds were wet and white dresses
were tinged with many dyes faded from
varied colored skirts. Babies carried ~
tho arms of panic-strickcn mothers wcrl
terrified and everything was done q
provide shelter for mothers with chil
dren.
In one house tiny youngster wa
found on the floor surrounded by grown
ups and when asked where his motho
was another little fellow squirmed iron
between some skirts and piped M
muddcr left me here TO tend 20 him,
pointing az the same time 10 his small
en- brother. who appeared To be well sal
isiied whore he was; out OF the rain an
teeming elements
Fear River Tragedy.
Many launches were anchored 4
and around the pier and when IN
storm began to appear most of IN
owners hurried for the canal whic
opens from the river at the Deep Wa
ter Front Range Light. a safe hsr
Dor Of refuge. Others, however
started for home and some owner
decided to ride out the storm I'm tn
river. That there was no loss Of III
is a miracle. Several were injured
however, and there may have bee
one river catastrophe with fata
ending After tho heavioaf of IN
storm had passed over an ovorturne
launch was found floating In the Del
aware river off the Christiana jctt
I by James Norton. son of Captai
Howard Norton. OF the power boa
Anna which plies between Whining
ton and Fenton Beach. Young Nor
ton was In a fishing skih and me
! with engine trouble at the mouth {
, the Christiana river. When IN
: storm abated somewhat nc was abl
( to proceed and II was then that h
found the overturned skin There
no name on the boat, but on the POI
side Of the bow are the numerals 91'
d The engine was evidently runnin
81 when the boat overturned as the o
from the gasoline tank was turno
; on and the electric switch was ol
The launch is about % feet long an
has top. Norton towed II to oh
New Jersey shore where he beache
| Il at Deep Water Point.
, Save Nine From Death
: Nine persons figured in a thrilling a.
cident, and al narrowly escaped drowi
ing when the launch Clyde. owned /