The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-02
Damage by Storm.

falr were aDSOlVed rom blame.
Damage by Storm.
/ A severe rain, electrical and wind
storm visited Mount Holly and vicinity
ON Friday night and did considerable
damage to houses. trees, crops, etc. The
streets and roads were flooded with water,
the culverts and cutters being made
quate TO carry off the torrents that fell
in short time.
A lumber shed at Doughty & Com
pany's yard on Pine street was blown
| fiat by the heavy wind. Sections of the
roof were carried a considerable distance,
damaging nearby property. A rafter l6
feet long and 2 inches in size, landed
on the tin roof of Mrs. Emma Severns'
house on Shreve street, knocking hole
through to the front bed room. A sec
ton of the roof struck the house of
William F. Pilling, also on Shreve street,
badly damaging the second story front
and demolishing the awning in front of
the store on the first floor. The large
store window escaped damage. The roof
of this property was considerably dam
aged by being struck by flying lumber.
| Windows were broken and other dam
age was done to the houses of Harry
Emmons, Hume street, and Mrs. Logan,
Shreve street.
Four trees in the yard of August Gsell,
on Hume street, were uprooted. A large
tree in the yard of the Children's Home
and two opposite this property were
blown down.
John Hamm's barn on Shreve street
was moved about foot off its founda-
ton Other damage done on Shreve
street was as follows: c. Henry Warner,
top of apple tree twisted off. Frank
Poinsett, chimney, grape arbor and
cherry tree blown down. Lemuel John
son, chimney off. Hiram Nixon, cherry
tree, pear tree and grape arbor knocked
fiat. Mrs. Wilhelmina Carroll grape
arbor down; Aaron Bozarth and Joseph
inc Shinn, chimneys off, and Charles
Smith, cherry tree uprooted. A piece Of
timber pierced hole in the roof of Mrs
Anna Parks house.
The roof of a freight car standing on
the siding above Pine street was lifted
off, and large tree at the railroad
station was uprooted
At the Pine street railroad crossing
there were two large planks across the
rails and huge stump of tree had
blown in the middle of the tracks. These
were discovered and removed by Ray
mond w. Sprow just before train passed
that point.
A large limb of tree in William b
i Wills yard on Garden street fell on the
. house of Miss Kate Rhees, knocking
down the chimney and damaging thu
roof and green house in the rear.
An English walnut tree and willow
} tree in the yard of Mrs. Daniel Sutter
Garden street, were uprooted, and larg
tree in front of ]. l.. Jamison's hous
: was badly damaged.
A tree at the corner of Garden stree
5 and Mount Holly avenue was blow
: down, and many other trees in tina
neighborhood were damaged.
The iron fence in front of George W
Heyer's residence on High street wa
broken in three places by falling limbs c
trees.
A large tulip tree toppled over in from
a of the Episcopal rectory on High stree
and Just missed striking the house. ]
+ is a mystery why this tree RENAME
! standing as it had scarcely any roots.
A walnut tree of great size in the var
. of James Bennett, on Washingto
street, was uprooted and damaged som
!, buildings when it fell.
A large limb from maple tree in fror
of the home of Mrs. Katherine Caldwell
y on Paxson street, was the means
damaging portion of the roof of Il
house.
A small walnut tree in the yard
E. Mrs. William ]. Brannan, on Broa
le street, was uprooted.
4 In all directions telephone and electr
light wires were knocked to the groun
id Two telephone poles on Grant street we
is blown down.
n The cottage on the farm of J. Aqui
n Jones, on the Lumberton road, had j
roof considerably damaged. Shingl
n. from this roof were blown so far tn
as many of them have not been found.
al Several trees between Mount Holly al
ne Lumberton were blown down. Two il
Ms mense trees, an oak and chestnut, in t
field on the South Pemberton road wht
:. sand is being dug, were uprooted.
= Freebooter Dudley, near Moorestow
- had barn blown down. Lightni
~ played strange prank at another bal
= Entering the building at one end of I
&c roof it skipped along to the opposite Ell
"a where it cut two large rafters into too
Il picks. Then it went out into the grou
and did not set the barn on fire. In
Nd barn just below where the lightning II
was large lot of hay and in the sta
al below were six mules. Mr.. bud
.or thinks he came off very fortunately.
80 Stephen Birdsall, who lives near 10
- town, was not so fortunate. The Zig
ming struck his barn and burned it do
- with its contents of hay and inn
=. ments.
!. 80 Lightning also fred the barn on Eli
&c Tallman's farm, near Columbus, ant
~ was completely destroyed.
nd. The Golden Ruie' store, Boyce's.