Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-11

son streets. Walnut. between Eleventh.
and Twelfth; Poplar, between sixth
and Seventh: 6hipiey, above Eiehth;
Lincoln. between Eighth and Ninth; Il
Twelfth. between Market and King;
at Taylor and Pine; at III West
Eleventh; between McCauiIey and
Lombard: ut Delaware avenue and
Franklin; at Nineteenth and WASH
ington; on Walnut, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth; NJ Seventh and West
and on Lombard. between sixth and
Seventh.
10 the Street and Sewer Department
patched 10 the scenes 10 remove the
obstructions.J Another gang Will be
| put to work this afternoon.
A large sign In front OF the United
Hat store, on Market below Seventh
street, was blown down. and the police
found It necessary to rope on the side
walk At that point for some time, A
telegraph pole was sent crashing
across Orange street. between Flew
erth and Twelfth, by the gale.
Several women who ventured TO
brave the wind by walking west on
Tenth street were swept along to
ShipIey, where they bumped into a
wa ste paper receptacle at the corner.
Hats went flying in every direction.
and when recovered. were pretty bad
ly damaged II they were adorned with
gay trappings.
The glass In automobile doors WAS
great prey for the wind at this corner,
, and the doors OF several machines
that halted there in order TO allow the
owner 70 alight. were slammed back
again with such force that the glass
was broken.
The tall Delaware Trust Building
, at Ninth and Market streets, also az
, forded another opportunity for the
, wind to play pranks with pedestrians
Rushing down the northern side, be-
tween the First and Central Presby-
, terrain Church, IL struck persons with
such force as TO almost knock then
down.
John O.. Wilson, Sc years old. 81
East Third street, while walking alon,
a street In Elsrnere this morning, wa
blown against a building with sucl
i force that his right shoulder blade wa
dislocated. He was taken to the Del
aware Hospital.
Ellwood II. Wilson, a policeman o
\ this city, had a similar experienc
: during the storm, but escaped unhur-
: He was standing on the southwes
y corner Of Eleventh and Orange street,
If when, taken by surprise, he was blow
I through the window Of an. unoccupie
z building at that point.
4 wagon OF the Danforth Drug c,
e was overturned at Ninth and Kin
e streets by the wind. The driver es
IT capped without injury.
n Little Damage In Brandywine Hundre
: Outside OF impaired telephone &c,
a vice, no serious damage In BRANDY
% wine hundred had come to the after
q ton OF prominent citizens there &
noon. The telephone wires are out
- order, however, at many plac.
m throughout the state
It. The storm was at its height In u
OF Smyrna section OF Kent county
ct noon. but. while rain was coming dow
OF in torrents and the roads had be-
ri put in bad condition. no serious dan
m age had been done by tho wind.
o. At Milford. on the boundary OF Ke
II. and Sussex counties, the storm HI
practically subsidized at noon and lit
ct Il any damage was done there.
0 Rehoboth Beach was affected ve
ne lightly by the storm, IT was learn,
D. at noon today. With tho exception
AZ a gale, which blew for a short VIII.
!. early this morning and made Il
"a ocean rough for brief period. the
"A was only slight rainfall, and no dar
a, age was done.
The storm was not severe in Midi
town and that section OF the count
" either.