Evening journal., 1914-03-02

to tear down the wires and this morn
ing superintendent Myers had a fore,
Of men at work repairing the dam
age.
At the Megginson farm the wint
tore large boughs of the trees in tn,
orchard and IN many cases fence.
and telephone wires could be seer
lying across the fields.
Eastlake Hit Hard.
Eastlakc suffered greatly from the
gale and when daylight came. the resi-
dents saw roofs. wires aud fences in
the fields. The wind tore the roof oif
the home OF W. i. Harkness. No. 203O
Jefferson street and carried il into "a
lot nearby. Part Of the wall OF the
house was torn down when the roof
went of. The falling roof tore down
trolley wires of the Eastlake line Of
the Peoples Railway Company and tele-
phone communication with that section
lof the Ninth ward was also tied up.
The house OF the Brandywne Com
pany at Twenty-ffth and Market streets
Ialso suffered, the wind blowing out sew
eral panes Of glass in the Twenty.
street side of the building. The fence
bordering on lamotte street in the rear
of the Girls Industrial School was lev
eled and at other sections in the vicin-
ity great damage was reported
While the family of George ". II.
Webb, OF No. l0l Nandevor avenue was
asleep the wind blew down a tree in
front Of their home The tree struck
a corner Of the house and then rolled
into small she'd in the rear. The
kitchen was badly damaged but no one
was injured.
Brewery Target Of Gale.
The Bavarian Brewing Company at
Fifth and DUPONT streets, suffered heav-
lily by the gale The wrought iron
gate at the entrance Of the company's
yards. was blown from its hinges and
was badly broken and bent
All the windows on the DUPONT side
lof the building We're blown in and the
window frames demolished. The offices
this morning we've filled with snow and
IL was impossible for the Office force
10 begin work until number of men
had cleaned the offices and carpenters
and GLACIERS had repaired the windows.
The small automobile garage owned
by the company at Firth and Clayton
streets was umo0fcd
Delaware CITY Damage.
The gale that swept Delaware City
blew in the end of the fire engine house
and carried the roof of the building
down and the electric lights were out
all night.
The Newark and Delaware City
branch Of the =. y. & W. Railroad was
kept open 60 trait with snow aweepors.
. 80. T...AH L.. %.
/ New Castle and Delaware City also was
in operation.
Near the Preston Lea farm a small
shed used as shelter by patrons OF the
railway was blown across the tracks
and a car bumped into it during Che
binding snow. Tho ear was unchanged
and clune TO the rails.
Fort DUPONT escaped the blow with
/ practically no damage.
chimney was blown of Delaware
.s.ivenue Baptist Church at Delaware
tavenuc and West street.
The wind blew man against the
storm door OF the Reynolds Candy
Company store in the Ford Building,
SCATTERING the glass in the door.
800 Phones Affected.
The Diamond State Telephone Com
pany was not seriously handicapped
by the storm, it was being reported
by the local officials that but two
telephone poles in this county were
down. Altogether there were but
800 stations interferred with. and the
most Of them were in the surround
ing county The lower end of the
state was not affected by the storm
and communication was had with all
that section today
New York. which appears to have
felt the brunt OF the storm, was talk
ed with this morning by the local Of
flee, as also was Baltimore. All ef-
forts 10 get in communicat on with
Atlantic City have failed, however.
All Mails Late.
The storm has played havoc with
all mails and 1t was reported by
Postmaster English today that mails
from the north were from one TO
south was arriving on time.
The lateness of the northbound
mail together with the weather con-
ditions here it was said had caused
some inconvenience and the local
carriers we're unable TO make as fire.
quent deliveries
Vht NttHlON th tOhVViNs
The storm caused many parents TO
J keep their children from schools this
morning. In consequence, only one
\ session was held today
J AT No school. Third and Wash
ington streets, the hot water system
froze during the night and no ses-
sions could be held there. Tho frozen
pipes We're thawed out late this
, morning
Chester Line Closed.
The Shellpot Park and Darby lines
, of the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company We're demoralized
by the storm and trolley communica-
, ton with Chester and Darby is at a
! standstill No cars have made con-
nection between Chester and this city
since last night. The trolley line
! in various places is banked with snow
and at Thirty-fourth and Market
streets snow is banked five feet high
The COMPANY had a force of men
: working on the line all morning try.
ing to open the road. At l O'Clock
this afternoon the line was still tied
up and Shellpot Park cars were pro.
ceeding only as far as Thirtietf
street.
Rural Trolley Service on.
, Snow drifts piled six and seven feet
!, high on the trolley tracks between
Richardson Park and Stanton have
prevented any travel between Stan.
/. ton, Newport and this city. The VIII.
ming.On and Philadelphia Traction
!, Company is operating cars as far Al
4 Richardson Park, but beyond thai
D point men at work shovellng th'
!. snow are trying to make a path fol