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

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ter and A, N, Howard two Sth grade
pupils were d >Gjured
w. +. Green, 'ipal OF the school
was in the office WI. he crash came
He was knocked dow. and consider
ably bruised, but not severely injured.
Tn Catholic church was twisted
from its foundation and badly dam
aged, this is the third time this struc-
ture has suffered from wind storms
The new home of Shelton Tyre at
Third and B street was completely
leveled and roof and second story of
the new brick residence of o. l.. Den
mes was completely demolished, the
roof and chimneys of the residence
yards from the building. Mrs. Den
nes was fortunate in not being in the
building at the time. She became
frightened when the storm broke and
went to the home of a neighbor. She
had just left the building when it was
wrecked.
The roof of the residence of G. l..
Byrne was damaged as well as the
roof and chmneys of the residence
of Mrs. w. r. Moore, beside the injury
to the Moore residence, servants
house was completely wrecked as well
as servants house in the rear OF
the residence of b. A. Simpson.
Light Plant Out of Business.
The storm wrought havoc with the
Ice, Light & Power Co, the poles on
c street, S. Z. from the Santa Fe rail
road to the plant are all down as well
as poles on south Mill street, the tele-
phone lines in that section also suf-
fered heavily. 1t will take several
days to repair the damage. The chief
engineer at the light plant stated this
morning that there would be no power
service in the city this afternoon or
tonight, except at the plant and the
southeastern part of the city. Shade
trees all over the city were damaged
and several minor injuries to resi-
dences have been reported, but none
of a serious nature.
School Board Meet This Afternoon
President Heffner of the school
board stated that he would call a
meeting of the board this afternoon
and determine what disposition would
be made with the pupils of the third
ward school for the remainder of the
term He stated that it was possible
that they would be removed to the
high school building as it will be prac-
tically impossible to get the building
in repair before the term closes. The
board carried tornado insurance on
the building to the amount of SIS 600.
Heavy Rainfall.
The rainfall registered at the local
OuStl dl otNCh " ClOIh lHlS
morning was 06O inches, the down.
pour accompanying the storm caused
the gauge to read 1.2O inches at noon
today. That none were more seriously |
injured, and that there was no loss |
of life seems almost a miracle in the |
face of the damage wrought to small |
frame buildings especially those along |
c street, S. T., the wind storm was |
of short duration and does not seem |
to have been a twister, although the |
antics cut by the storm in the south |
west part of the city would indicate
that it was. Near the DENIES home /
is a small bungalow under construc-
ton. and the loose shingles on the |
roof were not even disturbed. The |
same is true of other buildings under
in that immediate neigh
borhood. No estimate has been put |
on the damage to the DENIES home,
but it will be heavy.
The FIGURING Mill
The FIGURING mill seemed to be in
the heart of the storm district. The
roof was torn from about half of the
main building, out houses were blown
down. fencing was destroyed and
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