Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1952-06-13
Freak Storms Cause
Heavy Damage liz
LOIUer Part Of State
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still out between the town itself
and the surrounding area.
A large tree was uprooted in the
center of the town on Main street
between South street and Frazer
street in front of the home of DR..
r. S. COrley. 1t was kept from
topping to the ground by a power
line and came to rest at an eerie
angle.
In the same block in the center
of Smyrna trees were blown into a
2,3OO-vOlt electric line. Fire flashed
and the line broke.
Phones Are Put Out
Two crews from the Diamond
State Telephone Company were
called into the area. One. was put to
work on construction, placing the
telephone lines back in operation,
and second crew went to work
on splicing the broken cables.
Northwest of Smyrna at the home
of Charles Reed, his 14-year-old
son, Robert, was blown across a
road in a brOOder house. Robert
had entered the house before the
storm came and so quickly did it
strike that he was unable to get
out. He was not injured. Other
children, playing in the yard near
by, were not hurt. A silO was blown
down on the farm and new shut
ters were blown off the house.
Two Narrowly Miss Death
William E. Foard of near Black
bird, a retired printer of the News
Journal Company, who is in his
early eighties and his wife, mar
rowly missed death or serious in
juries when their house was
bracketed in the fall of two silver
maple trees at opposite ends of the
dwelling.
Mrs. Foard was on the second
floor of the home when the twister
struck. She called to her husband
for help and he stepped in from
the kitchen attached to the house
just at the moment one tree crush
ed the kitchen in its fall.
At about the same time another
tree fell across the other part of
the house demOlishing most of the
dwelling, leaving Mr.. and Mrs.
FOard in the small island that re-
manned untouched.
The barn on the S7-acre farm
was blown over in the same twist
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The storm cut a swath six miles
wide from Greenwood on through
to Glendale, according to George
town police. Hail stones the size of
half dollars fell and did damage to
trees. The storm hit the area at 2
o'clock
Tomatoes and corn were also
damaged Windows in the home of
Paul Smith of Glendale were brOk-
en-. A large plate glass picture win
dow in the home of Calvin Jones
was also shattered, and the wind
shield of Ford Jones car was
smashed. Limbs of trees were
strewn on the streets of Glendale.
The storm lasted about twenty
minutes.
RehObOth had one of the most
spectacular storms in recent years
at about 2:15 when a hail storm
followed a short electrical storm
there. Hail stones as large as golf
balls fell widely completely COW
ering the ground in places. Some
! hail stones were reported to be the
size of baseballs. The storm lasted
fer Is minutes, and by the time
/ the worst was over it looked like
! the resort town had been struck by
a blizzard. according to residents.
RehObOth Windows Broken
The storm, which came on high
westerly winds, broke windows in
! homes, denied car tenders and
broke plate glass display windows
in stores.
Hail stones were not yet melted
a full hour after the storm had
ended and the sun was out again.
At RehObOth Airport, operated
by Aircrafters, Inc, Daniel NJ
Cochran, manager, reported that
the hail stones damaged seven
planes. Most of the damage was to
the fabric covering the planes. Four
planes used in the mosquito control
program had been repaired by eve
ming. Other planes included two
transit planes and another private
plane owned by John w. Rollins of
Lewes.
Other damage in RehObOth was
chiefly to trees. Residents were still
cleaning up debris from fallen
branches and dOwned trees Tues
day night.
Hail which fell at Lewes was
described as being the size Of