Evening journal., 1918-01-12
ZERO Weather COMING !
IN MIKE OF Gale.
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which the cnildfen were asleep, and II
fen to the moor Of the bedroom within
few inches Of the sleening children.
Had the timber fallen across the bed
the children, aged months and and
s years, would have been crushed to
death.
With the tearing away of the porch
portion Of the walls Of the Jones
home was demolished. and they We're
compelled 20 seek shelter In the home
OF Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lloyd, No. 2sos
Market street
The high wind PLAYED havoc with
the houses in this street between
Twenty-eighth and TNVeuty-ninih
streets. and those Who had the good
fortune TO have their roofs remain in
tact. arose, however. and were prepar-
ed 10 leave at a minutes notice
The property Of Mr and Mrs Paul
c Roehm. Of No. 2so6 Market street
vas also damaged. the roof of the
huilding being blown into the lot In
The rear and the heavy rainfall poured
into this building and that Of the Jones
untn practically everything IN the two
huildings was water soaked. The rugs
and draperies were ruined. Mr.. and
Mrs Roehm took reflige in the home
Of neighbors until daylight.
Shortly afterwards the wind tore The
roof OF the house Of Jacob Lenderman,
No West Twenty-eighih street, a
short distance away
The roofs az Nos POI and 223 Ford
avenue. were torn loose during the /
storm and the rain caused much dam
age 20 the furniture of the houses /
which were occupied by Otto Campos /
and John McDevitt.
The property at Nos. POI Rodney /
street occupied by Charles J Krapi /
and No 203 Rodney street, occupied by
Dutton Peters, also were unroofed.
Signs before the local theatres were /
whipped by the wind and The glass IN
them smashed The was true at the [
Savoy and other motion picture houses.
A large sign across Eleventh street .
bridge was blown down and wrecked.
Tlle window 10 The malron's oolce az
The police station was demolished.
Delaware avenue. as we'll as other
streets, were lined with ihe limbs of
trees and at Gilpin avenue and Frank
lin street, a large tree was blown down.
A large portion of the fence about
The ball park at Front and Union streets
was also wrecked during the gale and
hardly a street in the city did not have
some signs Of the heavy storm this
morning. glass. pieces Of tin and other
debris littering the thoroughfares.
At the Strayer drug store, No. 209
Delaware avenue, a large electric sign
was torn from its moorihgs and smashed
against large plate glass window of
the store, breaking 10 into small bits
II viii cost aboet 500 to replace the
glass while the sign which was three
feet in length and nearly six inches
thick, Is nearly a total lost In
papperman & FARRELL No. 2i3 Delaware
avenue had a large plate glass broken
when the sign was torn loose and a cor
ner Of the sign struck the wino0w glass
as it fell
A confectionery store at No 2i7 Della
ware avenue just few doors from
where the other damage was done, had
narrow escape. as when those 10
charge opened the place for business to-
day they discovered the large sign IN
front Of the store barely hanging in
place. The sign was twisted and warp
ed, and was held in place by rods. ready
TO give way at any time had the
storm lasted longer than 70 did.
40 New Castle the wind was very
nigh and a small portion Of the Fibre
plant there suffered, a portion Of a
wall being demolished.
The bridge az Newport was badly bat (
tered by the rush Of huge cakes Of ice,
and this morning there were indications
that the ice. if its rush continued would
put the bridge out Of commission
A huge cake of ice blocked the river
81 Market street bridge The eXpanse
of ice extended from Orange street 80
King street, where its progress was
halted by two barges moored at the
Warner Company wharf on the north /
de Of the river. The river was open
in the south draw, however, where
passing vessels had TO stear their
course.
All last night and early this morn
ing there was a constant onrush Of
large ice cakes down the Chrsiiana, but
his rush mitigated by noon, most Of
The ice that has been causing much
trouble in The river, is now passing
away I,
The violent wind broke two windows
IN the County Building both Of which
are on the third floor. One Of the win
dows was IN Courtroom No. ! and one
20 the top of the stairs in The corri-
lor.
River Conditions Bad.
The ice IN the Delaware river Is
thicker and heavier than ever before
and the conditions this morning are
HE worst that have prevailed an WIN
Ter or for several winters. The ice had
1een packed along the shores. but last
nights storm loosened these floes with
he result that they have moved out
into the stream making navigation eX-
'remelv dangerous The channel that
lad remained open while the ice was
,aked along the shore Is now choked
md it is doubtful II any boat, no mat
sr how powerful. could force its way
through It. Even II 1t could do SO there
would be danger Of the huge ice cakes
punching holes in its hull
Onlcials Of the Wilson Line had
hoped 90 start a boat this morning for
Philadelphia &c load freight and bring
70 to this city. but this morning % was
stated at the companys offices that no
boat would be sent out today. Il is
hoped to be able TO get a boat TO Phila-
delphia tomorrow. but whether efforts
TO this end will be attempted viii de-
pend upon the conditions as they are
found tomorrow.
The Deep Water Point line is stin In
service. but the boats making the trips
across the river and back are having a
hard time and were reported today 70 a
be running late No boats are able 70
get to Pennsgrove because Of the
density Of the ice packs around the pier