Evening journal., 1915-01-13
5O=MILE GALE SWEEPS CITY;
LEAVING in ITS WAKE DAMAGE
ESTIMATED IN THE THOUSANDS
Avenue Theatre Wall Falls, Crushing Small Build
mas and Wrecking Contents. Bethel Church
SteepIe TumbIes, Houses Unroofed, Windows
Smashed and Historic Trees LeVeHed.
No Personal Injuries Reported.
HEAVY RAINFALL TRANSFORMS
CREEKS INTO RAGING TORRENTS

1872 French street. occupy, with their |
families, the hoIses in question. Both |
femilies managed to leave the |
premises in safety. They were forced |
into the storm but sought refuge at
neighbors homes. The buildings are
owned by Mrs. II. c.. Evans, who has
not vet been able to estimate her loss.
Houses Are Flooded.
Water filed the first floor of the
/ line of structures known as Taylor's
Row. off Market street. just south or
I the Market street bridge. this morn
/ ing The houses are occupied by
/ colored families, who were forced TO
I go to the second story to escape the
water.
Three hundred telephones were put
out OF service by the storm. accord
ing to the report of +. p. Bardo dis
trict superintendent of the Diamond
State Company.
"Our men are hard at work max
ing repairs" Mr.. Bardo said, land we
hope to have service restored to nor
NAL by tomorrow noon at the latest.
Subscribers are asked 10 notify this
office if their telephone is out of or
der"
Roofs are Lifted.
Hearing a ripping noise that awak-
ened them from their sleep carly this
morning. the family of Leonard Rey-
, nolds. No. 1914 East Twenty-secOnd
, street. jumped from their beds only
10 find that the second floor of their
home was covered with water. The
. high winds had lifted the entire roof
, covering off and the tOrrentiai rains
q poured down on the inmates. Tho
{ furniture i'm the house was badly dam
p aged. Two squares away from the
y Reynolds home, the wind again de-
scended and tore the roofs off tho
It homes of Mrs. Kate Butler, No 1921
n East Sixteenth street. and Mrs. Mary
Is Brown. No. 1922 East Sixteenth street
IS The occupants of the two housei
IN were compelled to leave their homes
Is, and seek shelter with neighbors.
IN Roofs were torn on the homes {
sc James Iawler. No 6l2 West Twclft
ks street and 1homs r, Ga, endcr. N
IT, GA West Twelfth street. while II
- propertv. No GO4 West Twelfth stree
IS nnoccupied. lost its chimncys. 9th
nd property IN that vicinity appeared
sc suffer and today the streets were hll'
to with glass. tin and lumber.
OF The huge tin and wooden sign on Il
he Mchare Building. northeast corner Mini
ng and King streets. was torn down durn
he the night and pieces of the tin, weighil
ry sixty pounds. were carried past Mark
pc street. II was reported last niaht tn
the sign had dropped on several poop
but this was later found to be untrr
'ge The destroyed sign was 2S feet long M
A. feet high
Is. Another house unrooied was that q
ell ciIpicd bv PasQualc Cornelia, No. :
eo- Grant avenue. The Cornclia faml
ad were in bed when the roof was ripp
asundcr and they left their home q
of tired in their night clothing Resilcr
he in the vicinity took them in and sh
MIS- tered them fer the night
al While this city was almost shut {
in from communication with the outsi
ne world ,ast night. conditions We
ass greatly improved today. Tho Weste
ng Union Telegraph Company at mi
-ed night reported its wires down. T
,pt Postal Company at that time had
the few holding. This morning workm
tho were busy at work and by noon il W
,ed said conditions were almost norm
to Heavy Rain Fall.
The rainfall of the last two da
here has been heavy according to {
or records of the Registry Bureau he
~ The total number of inches that (
GRO between ) o'clock last night and
ole o'clock this morning being 1.57. -
,ei- is considered very heavy. A a
suit of the heavy rainfall. the Brsu'
,oh wine and Christana creek and ri'
NOT were raging torrents today and VII
nod no damage was reported, few hou'
hev Ia the neighborhoods of the strea
of boasted of having dry cellars. I
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