The Detroit times., 1916-09-08

the grain and fruit that VAS on sho"
there The crowd beneath the con-
fort tent was saved from panic oy
The activities OF deputy sherlns. tair
oeiciaIs and con stables, who circu'
lated through the ibrong ana CAIN
ed the frightened ones.
The steamer Put-in-Bay,9 OF the
Ashley a Dustin line was unable
20 make a landing during The storm
and waited until its fury had SUB
sided.
Small Ealing vessels. ucored near
the Detroit Yacht club al Eelle Isle
were torn from their places by me
wind and swept down the river
several OF them being tismasted by
the wind. Joseph GrasseT's yacht,
Josephine" was unroofed by the
gale.
The high wind played many
pranks during the period that the
storm was a. It's height Three auto
mobiles standing IN front OF me
Dime Bank building suddenly had
their tops taken down by the gale.
Another machine in front OF the Ho
tel Charleyoix was swept aroun
the corner from its parking place
A furniture van in front q the Ho-
tel fuller was lifted from It's wheels
and the top thrown against a sight
seeing motor bus Both vehicles
were damaged.
Trolley wires averted what might
have been serious disaster when
an electric sign a. feet long and u
feet high was blown from the roof
of the Tuxedo cafe. Third and Mich
igan-aves. The monster sign caught
on the wires. which held Il nom
crashing down into the street, where
a number OF pedestrians and motor
lists were scurrying about in an et-
fort 10 get out OF the storm
Plate glass windows in the Kresge
building. Hotel Cadillac and the
keenan, & jain store. az Woodward
ave. and Montcalm-st-. were shat
tered by the furious wind that &C
companied the rain. The wind blew
so miles an hour in a short storm
that drove downtown shoppers In
doors in the afternoon. II was
foretaste of the terrific gale which
swept the city AZ night.
The wind during the night storm
tore a big air ventilator from the
roof OF the Hotel fuller. and u
crashed TO the street, narrowly
missing a number OF people who
were fleeing from the rain toward
the hotel entrance. The whole up
per story OF a newly-erected resi-
dence on Quincy-st.. north OF Grand
River-ave.. was ripped OF and thrown
into the next lot by the furious
gale. Four houses being erected al
Dubois-st. and St Aubin-ave. were
blown down and house being built
at Honorah-ave. and Pitt-si-, was
demolished by the wind. as was
house on Girsrdin-ave.. and another
AT the East Grand-blvd. and Elm
wood-ave.. according to police re.
ports.
Two steel smokestacks OF the
Gemmer Manufacturing Co. Mer-
rick-ave. and Sixteenth-st-. were torn
from their bases and hurled across
the tracks OF the Grand Trunk rail
road, and an electric light tower al
Lincoln and Merrick-ayes- wa!
Knocked down by the wind. Trees
posts. and tree branches fell before
the winds fury and the streets were
Uttered with debris.
One of the latest reported accf
dents caused by the storm was thf
injury OF Calvin Barker, OF Clio
Mich. whose automobile was struck
by an outbound Flint interurban as
he was backing the car out Of the
Seven-Miie-rd.. into Woodward-ave.
a short time after the storm had
abated. Barker. with his father
had visited the state fair, and HAD
started TO tour to Plymouth whef
he decided TO return 10 the city. anc
backed into the car. William Har
ris, No. 1908 Van Dyke-aye-. took th'
injured man 10 the city hospital IL
his automobile. His skull was trac
tured.