The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-25
Houses UnrOOfed, Barns Torn Down
and Thousands Of Dollars Damages
Done In City and County BY Storm
Thursday Night.

More damage was done by the storm |
which visited this section about IL |
o'clock Thursday night than has been |
done by any storm in half century. |
The city OF Maysville and the Rector
vile, Plumville and Bridgeport sec
tons of the county appear to have
been damaged more than any other
sections although tobacco and corn
has been laid low in all sections with
in limit of fifteen miles of the Ohio
Valley.
Scores OF silos in all parts of the
, county were torn down and roofs were
torn from residences stables and
barns over the path of the twister.
The storm which was attended by vio-
lent thunder and lightning was real
twister and hundreds of trees were
twisted of in the city and county.
Maysville's streets were rivers and
parts of trees were deposited in all
parts OF the city. Traffic was blocked
in several sections until the debris was
cleared away. Lawn swings and
porch chairs we're carried into the
streets, broken up and swept away.
Buildings Damaged.
Serious property damage was done
in the city. The big r. ]. Reynolds
Tobacco plant was torn up badly, the
third floor being torn off and the
brick dumped on and against the
Planters warehouse. One large timber
from the Reynolds building was
thrown through the roof of the Plant
ers' warehouse.
Coughlin Sisters building was un-
rooted and q part of the roof on the
Omar Dodson Wholesale grocery was
torn off. A part of the slate roof on
the Masonic Temple was torn off and
carried some distance. Pieces of this
slate were dumped on the Redmond
building at Third and Limestone
streets tearing a large hole in the
roof of this building.
The residence of DR.. Edwin Mat
thews in Third street was very badly
damaged, the east wall being torn out
from the gable to several feet down,
the brick being dumped against the
} Christian church. 1t is thought that
lightning caused this damage, which
is considerable. The tip of the cupola
on the Thomas NJ. Russell residence
was torn of.
Probably the most remarkable
wreck in the city was that of the old
Hunter mill property which is being
used as a stable and garage. There
were two horses and a pony in the
stable. The bricks were crumbled in
the building and one horse was killed
The other horse was dug out, although
covered with brick, and will complete
ly recover. A small pony escaped al
injury although brick and timber was
piled all about him. The pony wa:
between two large timbers and unhurt
An automobile belonging to Mr.
Martin brennan in another part Of thi
building was crushed.
. Bricks from chimneys on tn
Clerks office building were throw
through the windows in Squire Fre
w. Bauer's court room, tearing eve
the sash out OF two windows an
scattering debris all over the cour
room.
The west wall of the James H. Hal
plow factory was torn out and muc
damage DONE
At the residence Of Mr.. Charles Diet
- erich, Just east Of the city, the beauti
D full new trees planted threre a fey
years ago, were torn down and ye
only two panes of glass were broke
out of the hot houses which are prac
tically all glass.
One of the windows Of the Churc
of the Nativity was torn completed
out crushing the sash.
Scores of chimneys were torn dow
in all parts of the city.
BeechwOOd Badly Torn Up.
A Beechwod Park was very badly dam
u aged by the wind. Many of the beaut
= full trees in this park were torn III
The moving picture screen was upse
and torn up. None of the building
!. were damaged, however, and workme
began early Friday morning cleanin
up and removing the debris and put
ting things back in order so as not I
interfere with the operation Of tn
O park.
Damage In East End OF County.
y Although reports are reaching tn
Q offices of the Mason County Mutut
y Insurance Company Of damages in a
parts OF the county, the greatest los
Q appears to have been in the easter
q section.
Timers on Thurbday Afternoon con
v pleted roofing the new orangebur
High School building but the storI
Thursday night makes II necessar
that this work bo done again as III
D entire building was unroofed.
An old residence formerly occupie
by Mr.. Ell Frame. near plumyille. b.
vacant for several months. was tor