Evening journal., 1916-08-22
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severely. especially at buBe MOOT
and that vicinity. Along the Edge
Moor road the tops Of many trees
we're torn off and dropped into the
roadway, which was so cluttered up
with debris after the storm had pass
ed that II was impossible for vo-
hicles 10 get through until Joseph
Donohue and Ave or six assistants
had cleared It.
While Charles Dunn. assistant at
the Edge Moor post office, was slanu-
ing on the platform at tne luz
Moor Station, he saw a ball or ure
which he declared appeared 10 w
as large as the moon strike the eiec-
tric light wires leading into the post
office building. The lightning put
All the lights in the building out OF
commission. but did no other dam
aee There was no one in the build
inc al the time. The wind lifted the
safety cate at the Edge Moor cross
inr from its position and carried u
ouf upon the main tracks or the r.
y and w Railroad A crossing
tender and some employees dragged
A Id ono side Just in time 10 prevent
soufhbound express train hltOlht
A window in the station was
demolished. and through the opening
thus made the rain poured oamee-
fnr Office furniture and destroying
some of the paper records
harm was blown down on lhe
porter farm along the Edge MOOT
road but as far as could be learheu
tbore was no live stock In the place
al the time. On the farm OF n. r.
psnghlev. near Edge Moor me
runola was torn from the TOD OF
b,ildinr and carried some distance
hefore II dropped to the ground
rrons in the fields, especially corn
rere badly damaged The corn was
heatan down and most of It Will be
a total loss. .,o omo.
hniidinr in the Edge Moor freignt
xsrds was torn OF by the wind ana
several freight cars standing IN tne
,.srds we're unroofed or damaged.
nnrins the worst Of the storm nail
fe1l and some OF the particles OF Ice
ware as large as marbles. Az one
,,,,o the ground In some sections was
covered with these small pieces Oh
ice. ,o,+ In
On the river the storm was Iei' ,,,u ,n
ali Its fury. The AWNINGS oh no
MINER deck OF one OF the wilson Line 1
steamers was torn on and troupie IN
navigating was experienced Dy I'll '"o
A party in launch on the Dels- D.,
ware had narrow escape from ueaeu %
bv drowning. Just before the slorm
broke the launch, carrying three wo-
men and two men, was nouceo III @ .ne
middle of the river. not far from tn1
mouth OF the Christiana River. lney
were evidently making for the moutI
~ the creek. but before the launct
%, that far Il was caught by the win'
End waves and tossed about ike
eo,k The women on board became
vr,ch frightened, and when the wave
afarted 10 break over the sides OF IN
c,afi and 10 food the interior som
Of them became hysterical.
The water rushed into the boat >
fast that despite the efforts OF IN
occupants the LAUNCH began to M
Finaily the engine stopped and lei
fhe heat AMI its passengers at th
mercy of the storm. Life preserNeri
we're handed cut and everyone last
ened Them on. While the boa was
sin come distance from the end o
the iettv il started TO sink. The meE
and women On board jumped over
hoard 10 save themselves.
'rhe two men managed to Keep IN
women aaoat until they reached IN
ietfv and then they made their wa
ashore to the lighthouse at the mout
of The creek. All OF thcm wer
,racticallv exhausted as a result @
thcir efforts and one of the wome
,xaq in a serious condition. Prom Tn
lighthouse keepers home they tel'
nhoned for n taNicab IN, which Nhe
were taken to their homes. The men
hors of the party refused to gi'
tbeir names 10 the lighthouse keepe
although they admitted they wei
from this city. They did not sta'
where they lived.
smoke arising from the vicinity
Carney Point shortly after the Nioien,
ot the storm abated. gave rise 10 q
belief that one OF the mills there Inc
heen struck by lightning lnquil
brought the information that the ii
was couple of miles back I'M q
rountrv. probably a barn on farm.
Holly Oak House Damaged.
George w. Bowman and family we
sitting quietly in their home at Hol
Oak Yesterday afternoon while q
storm was raging unconscious OF q
fact that the house WAS on FIRE
ncighhor who happened 10 be passil
rnve the alarm.
Other neighbors were attracted to &
scene aud they Immediately formed
bucket brigade and started TO fight 4
blaze. In the meantime the Brandywi
and Water Witch fire companies, Of IL
citv. were summoned.
The bucket brigade held the fam
IN check until the fremen arrived al
The latter hy hard work managed To G
tineuish the blaze before the house W
totally destroyed. A lightning b,
had struck an electric light p0se Al
followed the wire into the house
The Bowman family lost all tn
winter clothing, which was stored IN t
room where the FIRE started, as well
quite a lot OF furniture. There was
insurance ON the personal effects.
Seventeen trees on the lawn of Dan
Cauffels property. az Bellevue. ~,
uprooted and windows in the house W,
Broken by the violence of the wind.
Trees on the lawn of William +. 5
sers, n Edge Moor. was blown do
and the roof OF the Edge Moor sch
house was damaged.
The storm did considerable DANA
on the farm OF Former Govern
Preston Lea, at Edge Moor. tenant
by Robert Porter A large buildi
used for the storage OF straw n