Evening journal., 1914-03-02

snow continued also. making a combi
nation that was extremely disagrccabl
20 pedestrians. The mercury was fai
below the freezing point at Q O'CLOCK
last night and the slush on the street.
and sidewalks froze solid. making th,
walking precarious. Bcaggio Malzaroso
aed 90 years. q No. sos West street
fell while walking on Washington street
between Second and Third streets anc
broke his ankle.
Houses Unroofed.
The house NJ No. 2303 Wes
Fifth street was mro0fcd, alte
which the wind jumped over and un.
rooted the house at No. 2203 West Sixth
street. No one was injured in either
place.
The wind lifted the roof from the
home Of John Loguc, brother of Sher
/ iH James Logue and driver for the
Brandywine Fire Company, and carried
10 down Iwcnty.sevcnth street 10 Moore
halt-square away. The hurtling root
smashed windows on its way and fell
against the home OF Sheriff Logue with
such force that plaster was knocked
from the walls.
The family Of John Lomc was fore.
cd 20 60 TO the home OF neighbor
Mr.. Logue is III and was in the bath
room taking medicine when the rooi
left the house.
A sign in front of Morrow and Sons
store at No. 2ll Market street was
snatched from its fastenings and driven
through tho plate glass show window
completely demolishing il. A show case
IN front Of n. Snelcnburg and Cos
store at Seventh and Market streets was
overturned, and a sign in the front Of
the building at No. sos Market street
was torn down Smaller signs all along
market street were broken or hung
fapping against the front of the build
ing.
A big sign in front of the Garrick
Theatre was unfastcncd and swayed in
a threatening manner.
The electric wires in a cable box on
top Of a pole at Thirteenth and
Orange streets we're deranged by the
wind and when they crossed, started
to blaze. The fire got into the Street
and Sewer Departments garage on
Orange street but the blaze was ex-
tinguished before there was any seri-
Gus damage there.
The fire alarm wires were affected
by the storm, and the fire bells in the
engine houses tolled until the trouble
had been located and repaired.
Shutters were torn from houses in
all parts OF the city and they went
hurting through the air and dropped
in the street
TrOlleys Tit Hard.
Both the trolley car companies
suffered from the storm, the Peoples
Line especially. A number of their
feed wires, poles, etc, were blown
down and trees were also blown
down and thrown across the tracks
OF the line. The Wilmington ana Phil
adeiphia Traction Company had SINH
lar trouble. although on a smaller
scale. and they we're able to keep
cars running. Il was impossible,
however. to maintain regular
schedule.
A sign in the window of a res
taurant at Sixth and shipley streets
contained the words open March
10.r The big plate glass window on
the Sixth street side Of the res
taurant was demolished by the wind
making entrance possible without
waiting for March 10.
A plate glass window on the
Ninth street side Of a clothing store
at the southeast corner Of Ninth and
Shipley streets was also smashed.
The wind storm played havoc about
seven o'clock when the large doors
leading to the big baggage room of
the Hotel DUPONT were blown down.
The thrush of wind soon made the
lobby the scene of a miniature cy-
clone. Tho enclosure was boarded
up as best as could be done In a
short time and things were made ma
tural.
Gale Upsets Wagon.
While driving towards Newport in
his wagon, which was loaded with
about 40 empty milk cans, a Mr.
Poulson, his sister and a Mr.. Bennett
Of Newport, were slightly injured
when their wagon upset All were
cut about the head and body, Mt
Bennett being the most seriously in
jured. He was knocked unconscious
and all were brought to the Keystone
Pharmacy at Second and West streets
where Dr. Dautch attended to their
wounds. Mr.. Bennett had a deer
cash on his head which required sew
eral stitches TO close. Mr.. Poulson
his sister and Mr.. Bennett then went
to a sister of tho former living on
Grant avenue, where they remained
last night.
Both the Postal and Western Unioi
Telegraph offices in this city had con
/ siderable trouble in connecting Will
Philadelphia which was as far al
I communication could be reached
Wires generally are reported down.
! New Castle In Darkness.
New Castle felt the full force o
the storm. Early in the evening tn
town was plunged in darkness whel
the electric light wires went down
and at a late hour last night tn
wind was blowing with terrific force
at times attaining a velocity of NOR
than so miles an hour. The wini
tore down many signs IN town, an'
blew over several trees. In the in
tense darkness travel OF any kind wa
imDossible and the streets were de
serted.
Reports from the. outlying rura
| districts indicate that the storm,
possible, was worse Ia the countr.
sections. From Newport and viciuit
It was reported that telephone an
electric light lines were out Of order
The high wind had IN many place
blown over trees practically hlockin
many roads. The snow had covere
the ground to a depth Of severa
inches.
The Wilmington and New Castl
Southern Railway Company was hi
hard by the storm and traffic on tn
line last night was almost at n stan
stlll. The cars we're in operation o
schedule time until. $50 o'clock. TIL
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