El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-30

When the door reached the end OF It's
swing.
A small tent on Alameda ave
nue., where religious services were
held. was blown away and many
/ Of the benches were overturned.
Supports had TO be placed behind a
piano used during the services to pre-
vent its being overturned.
Six Soldiers Hurt In Wreck.
Considerable damage was sustained
by the army as a result of the wind
Storm Buildings were torn down and
damaged and when & study hall can
Torment building was blown down
about > o'clock in the afternoon at
Camp Baker, six nOncOmmissioned Of
ficers, who are attending the officers
framing school, were injured by being
caught under falling ra1ters and
boards The injured were taken TO
the base hospital, where they were
treated. None of the injuries viii
prove fatal, it was announced At the
base hospital Wednesday morning.
The injured and their injuries are:
Sergt. Chester Smith, As years,
headquarters company, Saith infantry !;
left knee fractured. He has been in
service nine years and his home is in
virginia.
sergt. Joseph o'Kane. IS years. bat
terry Z. F1fth Held artillery. Dadly
bruised about the body. he is a ma
tive OF Kansas.
Sergt- John E. Cottenkine, rs years
battery c. fifth fie d artillery, bruised
about the body and limos He has
served an enlistment OF three yeaIS
and six months in the army.
SergL Leo. B Smith. IS years mat
terry b. Fourth field artillery, bruised
about the body. he has served an en-
nstment of four years and is native
OF Washington. D. c.
headquarters, Fourth field artillery.
fractured skull He has served an en-
listment of eight years
Corp. Charles q. Grace 25 years.
battery c, Fifth field artillery, bruised
The study hall was completely
ruined
Seven Hospital Camps Damaged.
Seven hospital canronmenIs at
tacned to the base hospital al Fort
bliss were more or less damaged By
me storm. but the patients. VINO were
housed in the buildings wee not in
jul ed The porches on all of these
buildings wee torn off by the wind
and the roofing on some Of them was
partially torn off
Many of the trees at Fort Bliss had
limbs broken-
Tents Down at Camp Stewart.
AT Camp Stewart many tents we're
blown down, but none OF the canton
ment buildings are reported to have
been badly damaged
MAJ. W ltAAd4I LAAlOLLs AGPOl QudA Nc-
master at FL Paso, said Wednesday
morning that no estimate OF the uam-
age done 10 military buildings has
been made to the quartermaster
Lieut. Col. NJ L. Walker, Second en-
gineers, is making an investigation Of
the damage and orders have been is
sued to the engineers TO repair IL as
soon as possible
Destroys Fruit and BIIbOards.
Down the valley the WIND played
havoc with what fruit was left by
the spring freezes. Pears and plums
were whipped from the trees and
growing vegetation, wheat and oats
were bruised and considerably dam
aged
Considerable damage was also done
the billboard crop between FL Paso
and Ysleta. Just east of the five
mile bridge section after section Of
billboards were blown down.
Billboard Falls; Officers Escape.
FL Paso's two motorcycle officers, /
Elmer NJ Wilson and NJ +. Scheerer, /
had a narrow escape Tuesday after /
noon about 5 o'clock, when a large 1
billboard near the corner of Elm |
street and the tracks Of the E. P. 1