Evening journal., 1920-03-06
MANY HOMELESS AFTER
BLIZZARD SWEEPS CITY

T. iHOAndc bullef, aStu ~ years ~
1t 1865 East Thirteenth street, saved Mr.;
> Rosen and her two-year-old baby from
; their home at Thirteenth and Claymon
streets, wadlng through four feet o
e water to gain entrance. Butler. aftel
g making the rescue, while on his wa,
Y down Twelfth street, was nearly swep
into the Brandywine by the onrush ol
D water and was rescued by the police
= Dave D0nvess, No. 1910 Claymoni
street, lost four cows and two goats
Arch Carney, residing on Brandywine
street, had two horses drowned In his
barn. being unable TO reach the I'M
prisoned animals TWO horses belong
ing TO Stanley Miiner and Levi Travis
were rescued with difficulty.
A houseboat and a lob cabin, be-
longing 10 Henry Munsey, OF Little
Orchard was swept away.
Palrolmsn Dsniel COLLINS saved a
baby from its home on Davis street.
He first rescued the parents from their
home, and was forced TO make a second
trip through the waters after the little
one.
Twenty boys were marooned at an
carly nUNI NulS ilVlHiHA III tiAi ANbtAA0
Of the Ninth Ward Athletic Club, Nine
teenth and Heald streets. where water
was nearly up 10 the second story.
They escaped safely when the flood re-
ceded.
Paul Connor. John Conniss and Paul
Willforig, with a ladder from the lnde- |
pendence company, rescued six or eight |
people from the second floor Of a home 1
near Thirteenth and Claymont streets. /
Walter Ray. Paul Connor and Jo..a Col
Inns retrieved two motorcycles which
had been abandoned in a lot in the same
neighborhood.
In a home on Twelfth street near !
Heald, a new piano was found hOissed
on two chairs when rescuers entered
me house seeking the inmates. Fl
Bowers street. between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, for awhile was un-
Ter eight feet Of water
Great difficulty was experienced by !
'he Diamond Ice & Coal Company in
'aving score Of horses from It's stables ,
Il Thirteenth and Lombard streets. n
Drivers were obliged to wade waist !,
Ieep after the animals and lead them o
rom their stalls The companys ice f
manufacturing plant at the same loca- {,
ion was obliged 10 shut down. 2
One OF the handiest ways OF telling
ne height reached by the water in the n
CODED district this morning was bv al
he Ice ridges which had formed on
slegraph and trolley poles. In some p
Iaces these were nearly as high as the y
gerage mans head. III
AT o'clock this morning, Public B
'ho0l No. &c, at Fourteenth and &c
hatcher streets. was still almost en-
rely surrounded by water. The front as
cps had heated several feet away le
ON the building. W
There was much oommotion last
ght among families Of railroad men IN
nployed at Todd's Cut and living over an
eventh street bridge. Many OF the au
EN- had started for the shops. but FL
und their way blocked by water and Fr
Ok refuge wherever possible. Mean tu
nile their wives telephoned franticaIlv Sc
the shops endeavoring 10 locate m
EN-. on
tree was blown over at Fourth and WI
adison streets, another at Second and ne
est streets, and a third at Nineteenth th'
d Market streets
John Doughery and his wife. Geor- wa
anna, No. 1884 Heal dstreet. were mel
scued in a boat by the police ana sta
s. Dougherty was taken 20 Delaware heI
'spital, where she is under the care got
physicians. She has been III for hol
me time and her husband DELAYED ant
PIT departure until the last minute Te
ring the effect Of the exposure. a
man who was attending Mrs. Dough or
y refused to be rescued and the no Wi
her. '0'u '''p 30
Patrick ]. Kelleher. who conducts The
DON at No 1000 Vandever avenue Of
ened his place last night TO flood ali
ugees. About twenty men STAYED alI gre
;ht. '' 7'' 81 ''i g., ere
fter the waters had receded This a 4
'rnlng the residents in the flooded i'm
trict mostly returned 10 their own n
mes and took stock Of the wreckaee mo
W wooden doorsteps were left and A
interiors or the lower floors were IN
'ted with Ice and mud. Fuel was roo
rec Tor time and every bag Of coal hre
coke at nearby grocery stores was SO,
d out early. ''' DO DO
i've houses at Thirty-third and N n
'shlngton streets, were pariically nm bas
fed during the storm. 30.
ter supply Cut or. No
ne water main along the river hant fan,
n Eleventh street bridge sunnIvine Ies,
or That section of the cilv easi ~ end
bridge, broke this morning due N resr
Undermining OF the pipe by the over. lhe
', necessilating the shutting of OF Al
Y be made P''' cir
pc large sign OF the Non-Partlssn The
que ana the sign Of the Pickyvlck stro
'a.re' IN the same building on Mar foo,
sueet, above Fifth. were torn loose the
the wind and hurled to the street VIII
ne large plate glass window of Com
,re ana Hawke, In the Odd Fellows the
laing, at Tenth and King streets was dark
vn IN last night. one window In IN
Law Building, at Ninth and Market TO I
cts, also was blown in the
ne nome of Manager William Ken At
Of the Rockland plant. of The les riser
ana Moore Paper Company. was o'clo
iy Hooded by the water about sta
IN O'Clock last night At the belebl pass
the Hood, there was two feel os betw
ef on the first floor, and the occn- Bran
Is were forced to fee TO the Sec norm
loor for safety. '' Tr
"0 other houses near tho -, lects
e also flooded. the d,yolia., ~ Sleeh the
ed to take 10 tbe.u,no. oo,, Deihg wine
he greatest dam,es =, Hvo'S us sevel
'ever. was "a me Tia,, 'ycAishd' ~, SUI
and Moore psner r-,... 800 u .lie Jes- wine
vas he basoraen, -'ipauy' 20 Dad for s
that a nSa, 80 ~, machinery dam ful
e work at the plant for. more tban ,bo :,
eeh 70 come. The carpenter shon . tbo
.e building. WINS narfinll,. i' w