The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-07-01

McCauley said, when it dawnec
on me that l was actually took.
ing at the sky"
The falling tree tore a huge
hole in the roof of the home
which has since been repaired
Noble Products
The tin roof on the Noble Pro
ducts building, West street, was
partially torn off building ano
the rain damaged much of the
plastic material which owner
Robert Mcconnell had stored on
the second floor.
The roof was torn from about
half the building and temporary
replaced by early Sunday morn
ing.
The damage to the various
homes and property would run
into thousands Of dollars, said
local insurance agent, Saturday
evening.
A large tree fell on the home
of Mrs. o. r. Croy, Main street,
and completely knocked out a
French Door inside the home.
Another large tree fell on the
porch of the Orville Still home,
Spruce street. Mrs. Still was
standing on the porch but was
not injured.
Another large tree was torn
down at the Clair Upton home
on Spruce street, partially block
ing traffic.
A large tree at the postoffice
building was torn off by the
strong winds but no damage was
reported
Playhouse Wrecked
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin P. Wood
had a small tile building in the
rear of their home which has
been used by the neighborhood
children as a play house. Both
sides of this building were COM
pletely swept away by the wind
but the roof and two ends were
left untouched.
Mrs. Wood said the children
had been playing there but left
only a few minutes before, due
to the approaching storm.
Mrs. Wood has just opened the
back door in her kitchen, when
part of the porch collapsed but
she was uninjured.
Antennas Bend
1t would be impossible to
estimate the number of television
antennas that were damaged by
the tornado, Saturday afternoon.
1t was freakish in the respect
that at one home, the antenna
would be completely blown over |
the home and at the next, it re-
mained untouched.
Many television sets were
knocked out of commission Sat |
urday and the damage was re-
ported heavy.
Home Damaged
Just a year ago, George Rice
had completely remodeled his
home on North street, complete
to newly laid carpet from wall
to wall. Part of the roof was torn
from the home Saturday with the
resultant rain damaging the
walls and carpeting
Little Forest
1t looked little a little forest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Ball, East street
Trees were blown down, snap
ped off at their base and the
huge lawn was completely litter
ed with large and small branch
es.
Garage Moved
The garage at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Rucker was
moved several feet off its foun-
dation but otherwise, unharmed.
A large building, owned by
Bernard Crum of the Crum
Ridge community, is said to have
been moved over 200 feet by the
strong winds but otherwise not
damaged a single bit.
The state highway crews were
called out to remove trees from
the state highways where they
We're partially blocking through
traffic but most of the damage
centered in Caldwell proper.
Just In Time
Mrs. Malcolm Parks had put
her small son out on the porch
of their home on East street in
his baby pen. Since he was rath-
er fond of storms, Mrs. Parks
thought nothing about it until
the wind started rising to torn
ado proportions.
She picked up the baby and
had just re-entered the home,
when the wind picked up the
baby pen and chairs and tossed
them out into the lawn, which
is dotted with markers and
stones.
Back in 1896
Until last Saturday, the worst
tornado which had ever hit Cald-
we'll was in the summer of 1896
according to Jess S. Harris, retir-
ed publisher and former owner
of the Noble County Leader.
1t severely damaged the First
Presbyterian church on North