The Pensacola journal., 1917-04-09

Howling out from the southwest
quarter &C a few minutes after z
o'clock Sunday morning, wind, with
cycionic nrbportions created much
havoc in a bath Of from forty to sixty
feet wide, and left in its trail shat
tered glass, levelled fences, unToofed
houses, broken flues and number OF
fallen tree1. The wind at one time
attained rate of rs miles. The
transfer station at Gregory and Pal
afox streets, was demolished.
Dozens of globes on the Palafox
and Wright street parsways were
Shattered, and limbs of trees were
wrenched off. Remnants of the great
white globes Uttered the streets, and
so many were znashed that the COM
pany did not have enough in stock to
replace them last night.
Freaks of the Wind.
Freaks of the wind were numerous,
and the pathway of the blow was
easily traceable. The home of Mrs.
d. Tally, COL North Hayne street,
was badly damaged, the kitchen hay
ing been not only wrenched from the
large building proper, but it was
crushed and completely wrecked.
Chimneys were blown down and the
Gathering of bricks on the roofs caus-
ed many sleeper, rldely awakened,
to believe the 2eppelins had arrived.
On Alcaniz street, near the Gads-
den street intersection. two large
oaks went down. As the larger of the
trees went over, it lodged on the tel
ephone cable, carrying down two fine,
recently-erected poles. Linemen were
early on the job and the damage was
repaired temporarily, and will be
completely fixed up today.
Thought Zeps Had Come.
Beyond taking off few more
chimneys, indicating the direction IN
which it went, no serious damage
was done until the East Hill truck
house, at the corner of Ninth avenue
and Strong street, was struck. This
is a two-story frame building, and
before the disturbance was ended, the
building careened precariously to the
north. Firemen slurried out Of the
suilding, believing that it was going
Swn. They also removed horses and
fire truck.
Constable Steve Jones, living on
East Strong street, half block from
the truck house, has sleeping porch
which he was proud Of 1t was
screened on three sides. After the
wind passed over it, very little of the
screen was left.
Smashes Garage, Overturns Auto
Leaping, it appeared, after striking
the Jones home, it was next felt with
much force at the home of City Ply
sician Mobiles, corner of Eleventh
avenue and Gonzalez street. Here
fences went dqw~ qaickly, the garage
was reduced to a mass of wreckage
and the doctors automobile was
overturned.
The home of Clarence Bell, 1106
East Brainard, was damaged to some
extent In addition to smashing sew,
eral windows, several uprights or
the front porch were thrown down
fences were flattened and other dam
age sustained.
The front part of the home of w. l.
Mowbray, 1920 East Brainard street
was badly damaged. Here, as in The
case of the Bell home, uprights or
the front porch were hurled ten OF
fifteen feet. Fences and window.
here suffered Also
At school building No. al, corner o.
Twelfth avenue and Brainard street
the west side gable was blown away
and five or six supports of the over
hanging front shelter were blown
down. This was dangerous during
the day. The roof was considerabl,
damaged also, a large part of th
west side, where the gable left tn,
structure, having been blown away.
The wire netting at the East Hi
Fairgrounds went down very qaick
ly, as well as the timbers and a por
ton of the seating accommodations
Some of the timbers were hurle,
against the home of John Engstrom
1884 North Twelfth avenue, about
block away, and small house wa
overturned. The home was damage
in a number of places, and where th
wind passed over was shown in
path possibly forty feet wide. A 3x
piece of timber, carried from tn
Fairgrounds, struck the ground j
the back yard and was driven abou
two feet into the earth.
Three Minute Gale.
The damage was felt also in I'll
western part of the city, but the blo7
appears to have been of not such
severe nature.
The hard blow did not last thre
minutes, it is claimed. It looked lik
puff of wind had passed over tn
city from a southwest to a northeas
quarter. and the heaviest damage wa
suffered by buildings in the hill set
tions of the city.