The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-03
OUer $1,000, 600 Loss
Result OF Storm

Early in the morning everybody
was about to take an inventory of
their losses, as well as the losses in
general. 1t was sorry picture.
There was not street or alley in the
town that was not blocked by fallen
trees.
Mayor Brandon marshaled his
forces at once with orders to cut.
pasageways in the streets and by
evening traffic was permissible on all
main streets except North Osceola
avenue
Men, women and children began to
clean up as far as they were able. It
will be some weeks before the heavy
oak and pine stumps can be removed.
1t would be vain to attempt to
itemize the thousand and one dam
ages-there was not house or yard
in the town left untouched.
The Coachman building stood the
shock of the storm and emerged
with damaged roof and the falling
of the west awning, which crashed in
to the plate glass windows, breaking
all on that side of the street and one
| on the North side. Mr.. Coachman's
loss is about $500, with no insurance.
A. ]. Moore, who occupied the lower
floor was damaged $1,000 by glass,
wind and water.
The H. E. Tooke building was un.
rooted with loss about $500. The
tin was rolled up like it was cotton
goods. Mr.. Tooke suffered other loss
by the rains that followed.
The Seaboard depot was half de-
molished The freight end of the
brick structure being complete
wreck
The Wyatt lumber sheds are all
down, and the Nall yards suffered
$500 loss.
The Child cafe porch came down
taking with it plate glass window.
The Come to Clearwater" electri.
cal sign was scattered over Cleveland
street, loss probably $1,000.
George Finders house was moved
off its foundation.
Numerous houses were damaged
by trees falling on them-though
none were crushed under the weight
of them.
Probably forty chimneys were
blown down, and shingles and roofing
torn off of a hundred houses. No
house was completely unroofed. The
Methodist church suffered in this re-
. spect more than any other building.
In the negro section two of their
: churches were badly scattered and
a number of cabins were blown about.
Trees were down everywhere, in
some instances access to homes being
almost impossible
Probably 200 massive oaks are
down, oaks that were centuries old.
Many tropical plants and vines and
trees were either blown down, de-
stroyed or damaged by the wind or
the salt spray.
Sweet potato plants are burned"
by salt on farms two miles from the
Gulf. Vines of all kinds look like
they have experienced heavy frost
citys Loss $4,000
Mayor Brandon estimates the city S
! loss at $4,000 including the Turner
: street dock and approaches which
are a total loss; the steel cap to the
waterworks tank was blown down
and washed fiat. 1t will cost $500 to
replace this. The Cleveland street
dock and pavilion and the North end
city dock got off very light. The
city will have a tremendous expense
in cleaning, repairing paving, side
walks and sewers.
Electric Lighting Plant
Between $4,000 and $4,000 was
the loss of the local plant including
its high tension wires and poles lead
ing to this place, the poles of which
are either down or out of alignment
and many instances the wires snap
ped in two by falling trees. The 100
foot brick and cement smokestacl
crumbled, and dropped tons of brick
and mortar over the boilers. A sec
ton of the engine house went dowr
with the falling chimney.
Estimated Losses About a Million
Citrus Industry ....... $500, 10000