The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
VISITED
BY BAD STORM
Wind Was Very Near the Cyclone
Variety Saturday Morning,
and Much Damage
Done.
TREES LITTER STREETS
Woman Struck by Failing Sign and
Fell Upon Her Face to the
Walk, Cutting
Forehead.

QUINCY, July 10.-Quincy was
visited by violent windstorm about
II o'clock this morning and the wind
for time assumed cyclonic velocity.
People commented this morning on
the strange coloring Of the sky at day
break and storm before the day
was over was generally predicted.
So far as known no serious damage
was done but evidence OF the storm
are plentiful in all parts of the city.
During the storm this morning Mrs.
Reichl who came down from Canton.
Mo-, on the steamer Black Hawk, was
passing the Princess theatre when the
wind blew down the heavy photograph
frame which stands in front of the
theatre and it struck her. Whether
the sign knocked her down or caused
her to fall, is not known. But she
fell on her face, cutting bad cash
on her forehead from which the blood
flowed quite freely for time She
was assisted to her feet and led into
I the Odell jewelry store where the
blood was washed from her face after
the flow had been checked with cold
water. After the storm she was a.
!companied by Mr.. Lyford to Fifth ana
Maine streets where she took a car
to go to the home Of friends who she
said live in the vicinity of Eighth ana
York. Her injury was not serious.
! Trees In all parts of the city were
more or less damaged by the wind.
On Broadway between Eighth and
Ninth tree was blown down, block.
| ing the sidewalk and half the street.
The largest and heaviest limb On
one of the big trees in Washington
park was torn from the trunk and
dropped across the sidewalk, and near
| by is the limb of another tree.
Branches, and leaves were scattered
all over the lawn. On East Jersey
street, branches and limbs were torn
from number of trees, it is said.
On North Tenth street, branches were
scattered On the pavement and ii
one corner broken wire lay across
! the walk. 1t was either an electric
light or telephone wire.
A part OF the roof of the Quincy
Power Boat clubs house on the bay,
foot OF Spring street, was torn Off by
the wind. and Nicloy's boat shed on
the island, was blown down. There
is no report of damage to river craft
of any kind, but many OF the owners
Of launches had not had time to fully
investigate.
The telephone company reports
broken wires in different parts of the
city, also several telephones burned
out or were otherwise damaged Men
were sent out Immediately after the
storm to make repairs and 1t was sail
all the damage would be repaired by
night.
The schedule Of the street car COM
pany was interrupted by trees and
limbs falling across the trolley wires.
Traffic Superintendent Forsthove re-
ports trees blown down at Twelfth
and Spring and at Twentieth AMI
Spring. Span wires were, broken an
the trolley, under the trees was with
in a few inches of the rails, at one
place, but elsewhere the trolley sag
wires breaking. The trees had to be
cut down and then cut to pieces to
get them off the trolley without break
ing the wire. Big branches also were
torn from trees and blown across the
trolley wires on North Fifth near
Cedar, on North Third near Broadway,
and at Twentieth and Lind. All the
street car company's wire trouble
was on the north side.
The report from Highland park was
that no trees were blown down or
even damaged, all buildings were in
tact. but the lower ground in the pa:k
was flooded with water with the pond
perhaps deeper than it ever was be-
fore.
Several trees are also down on Ced-
ar and Elm. between Fifth and Sixth
streets. On Eleventh and State streets
and on the campus of Christ church
several trees were blown down. The
awnings of Weems laundry were
damaged by the wind.
Out at Seventeenth and Broadway
the glass door in the front of Pinklc-
man and Barry's store and the door
In the saloon banged shut and broke
the large panes In each door.