The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-26


through the water The strangers
reported that when they left Clear
water, trucks were being sent to
Clearwater Beach to bring the stu
dents to the mainland, and that doubt
less this haG been safely accomplish
cd. DR.. Lemasters and Rev. Bell
stayed in Tampa all night hoping to
get definite word from Clearwater to-
day, A report from Tampa. from
another source, states that Clear
water Beach was washed away.
NJ e. Waring was leaving this fore
noon to inspect his grove at Lake
Hancock At his home on the San
gully road, the loss in fruit is not
over five per cent, mostly in grape
truit, according to Mr.. Warnings es-
innate.
A washout on the Seaboard Airline
tracks between Plant City and
Tampa is reported unofficially.
At Haskell station damage, estl-
mated at $1,000 by II. d. Mendenha1l,
architect for the building, was done
to the packing house of the Lake
land Highlands Fruit Growers Asso-
citation Two walls of hollow tile,
where the roof had not yet been put
on, were blown down. Similar, but
smaller damage, was inflicted in the
900 block North Florida Avenue on Il
building of concrete, the property of
A. w. Gordon colored. The roof has
rot been put on here, and the walls of
the upper story were considerably
damaged.
Train crews on the Charlotte Har
Ior branch report four feet of water
in the streets of Punta Gorda at noon
Tuesday.
R. M. Marler, of the Orange Belt
Realty Company, estimates the loss of
the fruit crop generally as being
twenty-five per cent. 1t has been
pointed out that the loss will come
hardest on those who have already
sold their fruit at so much a box ON
the trees, as those who have yet to
sell their crop will doubtless get
higher prices on account of the wide
spread damage.
Three extra policemen were put on
by Chief Williams Tuesday night, on
account of the darkened condition of
the town, but no crime increase was
noted
DR.. Sarah Wheeler reports the loss
of tall seeding orange tree at her
home on South Tennessee Avenue.
When live wire went down above
the Bryant building Tuesday after
noon at 2:30, a ball of fire startled
! the onlookers and the fire alarm was
turned in. No fire resulted, but the
electricity did queer stunts in all
electrically operated machines in the
Eeighborhood. The dentists had to
discard their electric drilling ma
chimes, and the linotype machines of
the Evening Telegram spat flames for
a few seconds. 1t was at about this
time that the number of live wires
down caused the shutting off of the
power at the municipal plant.
NJ. G. Waring, who visited the Lake
Hancock region this forenoon, came
back with very reassuring report,
/ stating that ten per cent loss of
fruit in that section is his estimate.
j. T. Marshall and ]. A. Jackson,
who compose the firm of Marshall
and jackson, contractors, were in
Fort Myers Tuesday, leaving there at
1880, at which time the storm had not
struck that city with any violence.
BY the time they reached Barlow the
Lotto IN, f,.n Iii frira nd
when they arrived at Haskell, they
found the packing house of the Lake
land Highland Citrus Growers Asso-
citation, of which they are contrac-
tors, in a serious condition. Part OF
the walls had fallen and other walls
were swaying. Mr.. Marshall and Mr.
Jackson sprang from their car and
propped the swaying walls, prevent
ing bad loss from getting any worse
Mr.. Jackson believes the loss will be
between $500 and 800.
The Lusk Advertising Company is
loser by the storm to the extent oi
| about $500, that being the amount Of
| damage to the billboards, as .esti
' mated by e. E. Lusk the proprietor
Mr.. Lusk's big boards along the
1 Coastline tracks are down as well a:
those on West Lemon Street.
2 W. j. Rivers, newcomer to thu
community abandoned his temporar.
tent home on the Kathleen road Tues
e day afternoon and he and Mrs. Rivers
/ and their children, William Jones, jr.
!. and Christine, are at the Elks Hote
4 for a few days.
: Oscar Robbins lost his auto top oil
{ Lake Morton Drive Tuesday after