The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-26
WIND STORM
PLAYS HAVOC


by the worst windstorm in years,
yesterday afternoon, when trees
were uprooted, roads blocked, tele-
phone, telegraph and electric wires
blown down, and at least one house
unroofed. Several persons had mar
row escapes from injury.
North Union and North Main
streets were blocked by fallen trees
and broken limbs, and Lilly and Del
evan streets were closed to traffic
until today, at points where trees
fell.
When large tree on the Moose
Home grounds, at the corner of
Lilly and Franklin streets, fell into
the former thoroughfare, woman
and two small children narrowly es-
capped with their lives, the branches
of the tree swishing their clothes.
The large tree in the rear of the
yard of the canal company, on Fer
ry street, adjoining the towpath,
fell, reaching across the yard in the
rear of the Masonic Building and
crashing into the home of Walter
T Scott, breaking the roof and doing
considerable other damage.
A large tree in front of the prop
erty owned by Mrs. Howard Pidcock,
on Delevan street, fell across the
street, and covered several of back
yards of the houses facing on North
Union street.
The tin roof covering the brick
part of the house belonging to the
Skillman Estate, and occupied by
Joseph Patterson and family, at Del
evan and George streets, was blown
off and into a neighboring yard on
the south side of the street.
A tree broke off in the trunk and
smashed into the front of the house
of Joseph N. Hazen, on North Union
street, damaging the windows and
roof somewhat.
A huge tree along the towpath at
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down the fence, broke through the
roof and sideswiped part of the
kitchen chimney at the home of
Charles +. Smith, who recently re-
moved from Union street to this To-
cation. The roof and chimney had
just been repaired, the work being
completed the day before. Now it
will have to be done over.
A tree in front of the home of
Watson Dudbridge, on Buttonwood
street, crashed into the front of his
house, breaking window lights and
roof.
The Carnival equipment on the
baseball grounds was sight. One
tent was completely blown down;
another tent was torn to shreds on
one side, and other structures were
in various states of dilapidation.
One of the fire boys" early on the
scene, said that it might do for
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be in operating shape again tonight,
however.
Telephone lines generally were out
of commission outside the city, but
service is being rapidly restored this
morning. Electric power went on
again shortly after daylight.
New Hope was hit only lightly by
the storm, and the only serious dam
age between New Hope and Doyles-
town was at Mechanics Valley,
where a number of trees were blown
down. From Hightstown comes
report of very similar conditions to
those in Lambertville.
The storm of yesterday was prob
ably the severest that has struck
this city since July Is, 1890, when
many barns and outbuildings were
destroyed in the country north of
this city; orchards were levelled,
and one man lost 1,500 chickens
without getting trace of them. An
onlooker said that when that funnel
shaped cloud hit the Delaware River
it lifted the water clear of the bed
at that point, for few seconds.
Yesterdays storm was more of the
whirlwind variety than of cyclonic
or tornado character. All the
broken trees and the tin roof showed
evidences of twisting forces.