The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-05-06

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poles blown in every direction. Water
from the heavy rainfall poured into
the building, and the principal damage
will result from the water reaching the
machinery. Fortunately no one was
injured about the mill.
The Oil Mill
The oil mill suffered only a slight
loss which was confined to the hull
house. The mill reports that from
$50 to 500 will place the building
back in good condition.
Street Car Service Suspended
On account of the injury to the
power plant the street car service in
the city has been suspended. AS soon
as the necessary repairs can be made
it will be resumed.
Amount of Damage inflicted
1t is hard to estimate the amount OF
damage inflicted to this city by the
storm, conservative judges place it
between $4,000 and $4,000 The
heaviest individual damage was to
the third ward school building and
to the residence of o. l.. DENIES. The
buildings demolished in the southwest
part of the city were for the most
part small frame structures that have
been built for a number of years.
Get Oil Lamps Ready for Tonight
On account of the damage wrought
to the light plant it will be neces-
sary for the citizens to use coal oil.
Get out the old lamp and trim the
wicks as the city will probably be in
darkness.
Hundreds View Ruins
Hundreds of people are on the
streets this afternoon viewing the
ruins. o. l.. DENIES has a crew of
workmen busy rebuilding his home.
The Telephones
The telephone plant stood the storm
exceedingly well. While some lines
were out of commission, the majority
of the phones were in working cOndi-
ton. Manager Berry stated this af-
ternoon that he had phonedtO Okla
homa City for emergency machinery
and if it arrives at o'clock this after
noon, he will be able to continue
service but if the special machinery
does not arrive, he fears he will have
to close the plant. That is due to the
shutdown at the electric power plant.
Heavy Rain at Ada
John Owens received a telephone
message from one of his travelling men
at Ada today, stating that an unusual
ly heavy rain fell there this morning,
which flooded buildings throughout
the city. No windstorm accompanied
the rain as was the case here.
Gait at Ringing
Edward Gait was at Ringing this
morning when the storm came there.
He said it seemed to be a twister and
some damage was done to buildings
there. After the storm passed to the
east, it seemed to be more in the ma
ture of a straight wind. At Joiner
City but three houses are left stand
ing. Several farm houses along the
route have been blown away At
Wilson three houses were blown down
and many others more or less damag
ed. Lone Grove had the appearance of
being intact and uninjured,
Gasoline Engines Installed
The Ardmoreite is being published
today under difficulties. When the
power plant went out. gasoline en-
gines were installed to operate the
linotype machines and the press. The
machines were shut down for several
hours. 1t was through the kindness
of the firm of Kennerly, Spragins &
Lewis that the Ardmoreite was able
to get out a paper at all.
Slo Blown Down.
A slo belonging to l.. West in the
north part of the city, was demolished
by the wind storm today. SO far this
is the only serious damage reported
from This section.