Evening journal., 1914-03-02

Continued From First Page.
OF Frank II. Chambers, Of No. 62O Fer
lis street. lie sustained two bad cuts
on the head, caused by falling bricks
which came through the roof of the
house as the roof was carried away by
the wind and fell on him as he lay i'm
bed. II was thought last hight that
the child was badly injured as the blood
from the cuts almost covered his body.
For more than an hour his parents tried
to obtain a physician without success.
At last DR.. 4. L. Kelley was located
and rushed TO the scene The child had
been carried to the home OF Le Roy Wal
ton, at No. 623 Bayard avenue. His
panic stricken mother and other mem
bers Of the family were also there Tho
physician treated the childs wounds
and pronounced them not serious. The
child was able TO be up this morning.
J The child, with his brother had not
! been in bed more than a half hour
( when, with great cracking sound the
roof OF the house was lifted up by the
! wind and carried half way across the
house. sending a shower OF debris down
! upon the two sleeping children. a mo-
ment later the roof was carried off the
house and deposited in the back yard
OF house on Bayard avenue. Those in
the house. OF course were badly fright
ened and rushed up stairs TO find the
children almost covered with plaster
and wood that had fallen from the CELL
ing The children were carried to Mr..
Walton's house and in some way the
word GOT out that one of them was bur
led beneath the ruins OF the second
story OF the house and an excited search
followed.
Hot Cinders Near Ruin.
During the storm the danger was fur
thcr enhanced by the fact that red-hot
cinders from Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road trains which were passing were
blown on the houses by the wind and in
several OF the houses electric wires were
carried away by the roofs. Their ends
iapped in the wind against the build.
ngs and the residents were frightened
because of the danger of fire which
might have broken out at any minute.
Had fire ever gained headway in such a
wind no one could have guessed the
damage it would have done.
Families Leave Wrecked Homes
Soon after the first roof was blown
of a number of policemen arrived az
the scene and warned the residents OF
their danger. Many of them were adj
vscd to leaye their homes and 90 to
the residences of friends on better pro
tected streets or told not 70 sleep IN
the second stories of their houses.
The first roofs were b'own off
about $50 O'Clock, and created a
Panic. The noise made by them as
they tore away from the wall of the
houses with a terrible breaking sound
and the roar that they made as they
went sailing from the walls of their
houses and crashed up against fences
or rolled along the ground for a dis
tance OF several feet after striking the
ground, brought the inhab tants OF
The houses all along Ferris and Bay
ard streets TO the doors. IN many
cases women, talready badly fri IN
ed By the wind. became almost
hysterical. Some refused to remain
in their homes and the excitement in
creased as another roof went of with
rasping sound, causing many to
break down and cry.
This morning debris was scattered
over several blocks. porch roofs
hanging by mere thread, section
OF Fifth and Ferris street roped off
and several roofless houses unoccu-
pied and their tenants at the Homes
of friends or looking for new homes,
told mute tale Of the scene that
occurred last night. Many OF the
residents of the houses have desc T.
ed them, leaving their SCARED and
plaster covered furniture behind
them, some rushed out last night
with nothing on. but night clothes,
others whose houses we're not badly
damaged found accommodation for
their neighbors, and In some cases
several families slept in two rooms
downstairs with very little heat. Sew
eral we're found this morning with
their feet in the oven Of the cook
stoves. trying 10 keep warm. The
wind blew so hard that In some cases
front halls and par'ors we're covered
with snow. which had been blown
under the doors and through the
cracks around the windows. II hard
ly seemed possible that such had been
the case. Il
Tearing Down Roofs.
\ force of workkmen was employed
this morning roping down roofs and
! several of the residents in the houses
announced that they had been warned
that their roofs were being worked loose
J BY the wind and that they might be
/ blown of at any time.
The families OF Walter H. Cambell
] OF 632 Ferris street, William Nixon OF
/ $50 Ferris street and James Ferguson
! OF 1874 Ferris street are amongst those
who have received this warning. The
i Cambell family remained in their house
/ last night, sleeping in one room down
| stairs and accommodating several OF the
other residents of the block until they
! had Qottcn. over their fright.
Roofs ON the home OF Robert White
/ lock nj No. 62f Ferris street and the
( adjoining house at No. 622 were carried
. away early in the evening. At No.
6l2 Ferris street, occupied by Raymond
White the roof was loosened and
! small amount OF damage was done at
I the home Of John Bostwick at No. 6lO
| Ferris street
Mrs. Minnie Hayden and the mem
hers of her household who occupy the
house at No. sos Ferris street. were 80
BADLY frightened that they remained up
an night. Practically no damage was
done 10 the house. however. Little dam
ace was done TO Cecil Murray's resi-
dence az No COG Ferris street and to
the home Of Alexander Foulkes.
Mrs. William Tompkins of No. dO4,
cared for several of her neighbors dur
ing the night.
The roof of the home Of II. Broden,
at No. COZ Ferris strete, was damaged
bv the roof being loosened and moved
ont OF place The homes of Harry Tenn
ple and Samuel Watson were badly dam
AGED the roof of one of the houses be-
ing blown off and carried into another