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TffllPBST AREA LIKE
EGG WITH TWO YOLKS,
MR. BLISS EXPLAINS
Storm Gathered Head in
South Carolina, Swung
Up Coast and Reached
Reading, Hitting Phila
delphia on Flank.
Th heaviest storm of the iwwirtr,"
tslrt Oeorge 8 Bliss. Philadelphia weather
Mrrcaster, today, "was this to the migra
tion of a great egg-shaped storm area
with two point of low pressure at the
extremities rojembllng a double yolk.
tflne of the yolks was situated over
South rarbllna latt night and the other
over Indiana The egg-shape of the
storm area was maintained during Its
progress The southern 'yolk' turned a
If on a plvJt during the night until It
settled this morning over IteadlnB ana
the western 'yolk moved slightly north
ward over Michigan
The great storm at Erie, according to
Mr, Bliss, was a local condition entirely.
ttniio It was extremely damp all day
vtsterdAy the storm did not actually np
jHjir such until It began to rain about
0 e'etock last night The temperature- at
he same time began to drop and the
t Ind velotlly to Increase
The drop In temperature reached the
r aximum at midnight, when the mercury
r glatercd 64 degrees. The Intensity of
ie rain precipitation and the wind ye
i "ity contlnutd on tho Increase until
r m., when the rain came down In great
lots driven by a 40-mile-an-hour gale
no wind veered In dlroctlon from north
t t to southeast, the general direction
r' aractorlzcd by tho weather ofllelala as
,iterly The average wind velocity for
tre 12 hours between 8 p. m. last night
er 1 tho samo hour this morning was 2o
n en an hour At tho later time It was
i wing from the south at a. velocity of
4 -nlles an hour.
"he precipitation for the 13-hour period
er crcd by the storm, totaled 2 75 Inches.
An precipitation for 12 hours that
mounts to more than 2 GO Inches Is char
pr'Titad by the weather officials as ex
tr live. The record 12-hour fall la 5.4S
In nes occurring August 3, 1ES8, 17 years
- almost to tho day. At that time the
u Td fall actually occurred In two hours.
The ruin an part of the great storm Is
ov" according to Mr. Bliss. Probable
Bhi ivera Is tho forecast for today with
Ultl change In temperature.
PHILADELPHIA LOSES
HEAVILY IN BIG STORM
C'ntlnned from rage One
Ctvatnut Hill line was blocked for ono
ho r because of a break In tho wire at
W n nut lane and Germantawn avenue,
nl'o the frankofrd crdss-town lino als
i blocked for a similar period.
r bps and Darby Creeks have not been
f "igh In 10 years, For nearly their en
tt length they are above the banks,
. Market street ' Cobbs Creek has
fl ed the Pennsylvania Railroad freight
t k and a lumber yard along the bank.
IV o kmen were culled out of bed early
tir'-y by the lumber company to salvage
thr utands. of feet .of, timber that waa be
in swept away
JEWER RELOCATION HELD UP
V orti on the new aower helng , con
is Med In connection with the subway
loo i was temporarily 'checked at ,flth
aivl Walnut streets when the, excavation
wit Hooded by the heavy rains. The
flrw 1 made the passage of cars Impossi
ble -due to the weakening of the street,
nn t the 8th otreet lines were diverted
eve 4th. street from Falrmount avenue
to "ine street
1 n old trees In fashionable -RItten-he-
Co Square were torn up by the roots.
Th squirrels who made their homes In
lh branches scampered among the
ttr ekagS today, forlorn and homeless
Thu famous Rlttenhouse Square owl Is
riuslng It Is thought that perhaps It
.a j blown away by tho tempest when
lb- tree on which It perched went crash
In to the ground.
COHOCKglNta SEWEn! BREAKS,
r-ter Cohocksink sewer, atways trouble
tome In flood times, sprung a leak at
Cth and Thompson streets about dawn
enl surrounding cellars wero flooded.
STREET CAVES IN.
A t 6th and Wood streets a serious cave
In occurred
Ftcavatlons had been made there In
th" relocating of the sewers in connec
ting with the new subway system.
rte temporary sewer collapsed under
th strain df thousands of gallons of wa
ter and flooded the section.
Hundreds pf workmen were rushed to
the scene and are gradually restoring the
ne ghborhood to Its normal appearance.
V short time later another leak was
d (covered at 6th And Vine streets, flood
In cellars of adjacent dwellings. The wa.
te rose so rapidly In the neighborhood of
hotn breaks that occupants of the flooded
hnms started to pack up the household
fod preparatory to moving out. At each
p ;lnt there was a cave-In In the street.
v 'oh was roped off by policemen, Foun
d tions of houses were endangered by tho
a tlon of the waters.
LEAGUE ISLAND DAMAGED.
League Island lost many of Its finest
trees Some of the newly planted sap
l gs at the Navy Yard were torn up by
the- roots by the force of the gale, and
rwept Into the river. Considerable dam
ago, was done along the river front by
the battering of tons of debris swept
down the stream
Instruments at the Philadelphia Hydro..
Elertrio Company reported a rise of three
feet six Inches In the Schuylkill River at
H o'clock this rooming.
The rain fall reported wos JJJ Inches.
The crest of Flat Rock Dam waa jo
pnr'ed risen 19 Inches, and Wlssahlekotf
rreek was two feet above normal.
The Schuylkill Navigation Company
Canal broke In twp pi sees, one at Con
ghohotken. and tho other at Oreen Jane.
Mansyunk Tho banks gave away before
the onruahlng waters and the released
water washed out a large section of tho
fetntankmentg at both places.
on Main street, near Dawson, Mana
junk a sewer brok$, flooding the streets
to a, dspth of nearly three test
Cellars were flooded and all trafflo waa
etswed tor vrl h4R!
Five motorboats, swept away from
boathnuses at ShaWroopt or. the Schuyl-t-iii
TMvar were eausht when they came
near shore at Falls of Schuylkill Alt
wr damaged Several others are pe
Meved to nay; b 'en swamped Ia th river.
SQATHOUSES HIT JIARD.
ns 6theue oslonM of Gadn w4
OMHetter went under wtM dJrins 'U
mm t tW DeUware Btvec t4a? aod the
falU, who, tn saanr es. are sn4
!ft th summer In tftsss fwa'l bablta,
tions. e- forced ou and hd tej make
qutck time getting Wy At 5W PoW
h boathous deftd. and sa
of thr to emd dSttiMi t be swept
aa Ths y er wn o Wg T1msr
Creek. aitr at. w UMwise nm
uoasls. sad Kins of tteera wm Urey
submAi-fsd
lit- ar uelle bridge ( 91$ TtW
be reek below Oloucesttr. was lavtsl
t, (Uuf tt under the eacked-up water.
e-V iiit,e trail- to Woodbury MSBtue.
i-eilMll6 od & PUI i lt 4Uf0-tt-jy.
&U ojf, The wetwr bek4 up
tb'es of fcw Btoeto to Gleueeeter. aU tbs
wy tw rerteji stjree
CA.it VXfi WIRES DOW.
I !'idi s-! le4 wle
j r Sriae Oor poUn t Ultione
l sk ta4 SJ ttaw il N sd
bffore nightfall Many trees were blown
down or dismantled by the high wind.
Th big tent of th Tarkslde Methodist
nplseopal Church, nt Princeis and Kalghn
avenues, wr blown down. It held 1000
persons The rhuroh hod been holding
revival services there. Th Patkslde
Lutheran Church hss offered the use of
Its building to help handle the crowds
attending the Methodists' revival
DELAWARE SHirPlNG ESCAPES
Bo far as Is known n6 serious damsge
was done to ships on the Delaware
River by the storm Boats gblng up and
down the river ahchored, nnd will re
main anchored until the high wind whh
Is sweeping the river subsides Ship
hers declare that unless the Wind sub
sides the water will bo backed up
against the plern when the high tide
which prevails now will be In evidence
again at 9 o'clock tonight.
PHONES OUT OF SERVICE
Th Bell Telephone Company was a
heavy loser through the storm. In
PhllSdelphla only 12 out of 165,000 tele
phones were put out of service, but In
the outlying districts the number was
much greater. In the Atlantic C"lt-Wllmlngton-Norrlstown
district n total
of 8100 telephones was put out of com
mission, and In the Camden-Chester-Ogonts
district tho total was 3T68.
MEDIA CROPS RUINED,
The storm In Media was tho worst seen
there In 12 years Crops were badly
damaged, telephone and telegraph wires
were blown down Trains and trollc
are not running according to schedule,
nnd several mills on Chester Creek have
stopped work temporarily.
Farmers who depended on their corn
crops will suffer a heavy loss The onts
Crop, also, suffered badly The damage
to crops was sold to be nil the moro
Bcvere on account of a sudden shifting of
the wind during the night.
The Yorkshire Mills and Brown's Mills,
nt Lennl, have closed on account of tho
high water In Cheater Creek. Chester
Creek Is reported to bo still rising To
day. Incidentally, Is the anniversary of
tho groat storm of 1843 which swept that
section of the country.
Birds of all kinds died by the thousands
In the storm Every squaro in tho city
wan littered with their bodies today Even
the hardy English sparrows fell victims
to the high wind and driving rain The
havoo was even greater among the song
birds In the country regions surrounding
this city
CHESTER AND DELAWARE
COUNTIES HIT BY TEMPEST
Number of Boats Sunk nnd Damaged
by Storm.
CHESTER, Pa.. Aug. 4 The storm
early this morning caused thousands of
dollars of damago throughout Chester
and Delaware Counties Trees were
beaten down In Chester and traffic de
layed. In the county, cornfields wero
laid flat, fruit and branches blown from
trees and some trees uprooted Trolleys
wero held up, the longest delay occurring
nt Brookhaven, where It required nearly
three hours to reopen traffic
Many small craft and several fine
pleasure boats were sunk along tho
Delaware River front The Alpha, West
End and other boat clubs were sufferers
Many of these boats were swamped and
while their fittings are badly damaged
they can be raised
City Solicitor A. A Cochran's fine aux
iliary yacht, the Dorothy G.. sank off
Welsh street and later the Myra, a boat
of the same type, owned by City Com
missioner C. H. Mould, was swamped.
Tho Myra Is lying on top of Cochran's
boat, which is thought to bo badly dam
aged. Efforts are being made now to
save both.
$100,000 DAMAGE WROUGHT
IN LANCASTER COUNTY
Crops Ruined, Traffic Crippled by Vio
lent Tempest.
LANCASTER, Pa.. Aug. 4 A storm of
great violence swept Lancaster County
between 12 o'clock and 5 this morning,
the wind attaining almost the violence
of a tornado. Trees were blown over,
fruit trees Buffering most. Great damago
was done to telegraph and electric car
wires, the Mount Joy and Coatesvllle
lines being put out of service for some
time. The damago to the corn and to
bacoo crops Is enormous. From nil partn
of the county came reports that the corn
is beaten flat to the ground, and every
where tobacco crops have been damaged
by the snapping off of the brittle leavo.
Rough estimates place the county's toss
In the storm et more than 1100,000.
TEMPEST DESTROYS CROPS
ON CHESTER COUNTY FARMS
Peaches and, Corn Yield Suffer Moat
From Storm.
WEST CHESTER, Pa , Aug. 4 A ter
rifln. storm of wind and rain approaching
cyclonic proportions swept over this sec
tion of Chester County early today and
caused Immense damage to the farmers.
Slight damage was also caused to trea
on the streeta or xne town.
All about the adjoining country orchard
men suffered damage estimated nt many
thousands of dollars. Thousands of peach,
pear and apple trees were uprooted and
fruit stripped from others. Peaches were
ripening, and tne grouna unuemeum .
covered with them. .... ..
Corn was also so badly battered that
much of It will not recover for the har
vest. A large amount of oats. Just cut
and lying In the neias, was naiiorca uu
the ground and destroyed. The corn crop
promised to be one of the largest for
many years and la one upon which most
farmers depended.
CROPS DAMAGED TWENTY
PER CENT. IN BERKS COUNTY
State Road Near Kutztown Will Hava
to Be Rebuilt.
READING, Pa., Aug 4. - Dm,ase
amounting to many thousands of do lara
was suffered by farmers of Berks County
In the storm last night and, early today.
Acres of corn, oats and other crops were
leveled and In most Instances are a total
loss. Oats which had been cut but left
in sheaves In the fields have begun to
sprout or are water soaked.
From reports received from various
parts of the county, Lawson O. Diet
rich. State crop observer, stated that
whereas he ha estimated, the yield at
110 per cent. above the average at the
beginning of the month, his next report
Will be about W per cent
Potatoes h.aY begun to rot In the
p-roimd and thousands of bushels of un
ripe fruit have been stripped from the
trees, the apple and plum crops belnir
the greatest suffererf. Hundreds of
chickens perished In the cold, drenchlns
rain and mny tartness report savins
their flocks by drying them In ovens after
tbey had drepp4 over tn the storm.
The damage to the peach crop Is not
believed te be great Many fruit and
shkde trees, however, were snapped off
at their roots. Roads in many sections
were washed out a ad the State read In
tk vWaity of KuVtvsw was so badjy
damaged that It will have to be re-
CAPTAIN AND SAILOR LOST
IN SANDY HOOK SHIPWRECK
Lifeboat Smashed to Pieces When
Tbey Attempt Launching.
PORT HAMC&GK. af J . Aug -C-uln
Tvttt. el the AHeaj steamship
M V $ CfcaM. Md K Martin a mj
fcfkr el the crew, were on toda. when
& blv (curved b3 , atarm o fU4y
Book Th rest af tbs crew took to the
Utafemtsj sjw UndeJ Hltiy. CpU4
EVENING TffinflTCTl-lfalCADEtiPHtA. WEDNESDAY. ATTflUBT
FLOOD KNEE-DEEP
Tho picture shows tho yards of tho
1
Tuttle's boat was wrecked when a land
ing was attempted Coast guards res
cued one of the boats.
The steamer was11 bound for Norfolk
from Nova Scotia with a cargo of plaster.
The vessel was an old one, built In Balti
more, and was ownod by Pendleton
Brothers. She had a tonnage of 457.
GREAT HAVOC IS PLAYED
ON FARMS NEAR HARRISBURG
Acres of Corn Leveled and
Blown From Trees.
Fruit
HARRISBURG, Aug. 4. Thousands of
dollars' worth of damage to farmB wos
done by a heavy rain and wind storm
which swept Harrlsburg nnd surrounding
country last night nnd early today. Hun
dreds of ncres of corn were leveled and
bushels of peaches and apples blown
from the trees, especially In the Cumber
land Valley district.
Farmers who had their oats still In
the fields lost heavily, as tho sheavcB
were scattered, and In some Instances
wnshed away. Thousands of young
chickens were drowned, and In eomo
places small bridges were carried away
In Harrlsburg hundreds of telephone nnd
electric light wires were blown down,
and John Plank, a huckster, driving to
market, was perhaps fatally shocked
when a live wire struck him on the head
He was found unconscious in his wagon.
In Capitol Park nnd tho city parks, as
well as the streets, scores of big trees
were Uprooted Overflowing sewers filled
so many cellars that the fire department
has been asked to assist In pumping them
out In low sections nnd Councllmen
already have taken measures looking to
ward permanent relief In theso quarters
No very Berlous property damago was
done In the city aside from that suffered
by the electrical companies
FRUIT TREES AT NORRISTOWN
STRIPPED PF THEIR BEARING
Tents Erected by Carnival Company
Are Blown Down.
NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 4 A terrific
rain and wind storm visited Norrlstown
last night, and this morning the streets
were strewn with branches of trees.
While some damage was done, there were
no serious results. The Btorm broke gent
ly over the town about 6 o'clock laBt night
and Increased n fury. It was not until
7 o'clock this morning that the wind died
out and the rain stopped falling Window
panes were blown out In stores In the
business section and shade and fruit trees
suffered greatly
Fruit trues In and around Norrlstown
were almost robbed of their bearing. The
condition of the track of the Norrlstown
Driving Club, near Jeffereonvllle, was
such that the races billed for today were
postponed until tomorrow. Many tents
erected by a carnival company at the
park to provide amusements for tho
horsemen were blown down and the car
nival Is a wreck.
POWDER PLANT FLOODED
AT CARNEY'S POINT
Wilmingtonians Marooned on Fenton's
Beach When Pier Goes.
WILMINGTON, Del.. A"ff- The
storm of last night did Immense damage
in this section. Reports from the lower
part of the State show that corn was
leveled and In many cases ruined and
peaches and apples were damaged. Thero
was some damage to buildings.
A portion of the du Pont Powder Plant
at Carney's Point, opposite this city. Is
flooded and It has been necessary to stop
work for the day In some departments.
At Fenton's Beach Just below the powder
plant, the pier was washed away ana the
boat that runs thero was unable to mako
a landing.
A number of Wilmingtonians are ma
rooned there. It Is Impossible to learn If
any other damage was done, as the tele
phone lines to the place are down.
Damage to telephone and other wires
was done In this city. On the river small
boats were torn from their moorings and
several have been seen floating bottom
upwards
At New Castle the telephone exchange
was disabled for a. time. One thousand
telephones are out of Bervlce In rural
Delaware
Pennsgrove appears to hava suffered
the most. There was four feet of water
at one time In the barroom of French's
Hotel. The camp of the du Pont Powder
Company was overflowed and the men
lodged there were compelled to get out
The clothing of the most of thern was
soaked and they were, compelled to leave
nil but what tfiey had on at the tune.
Cabin's were wrecked and scattered about,
but there was no serloua damage to prop
erty Immediately In town.
The tracks pf the Pennsylvania Rail
road from Pennsgrove to the powder
plant were waybed put and trains could
pot be run The top surface was washed
off the roadway Of the ferry pier at
Pennsgrove. but beats continued to rtin
an usual Thsre wss also eontldefabje
damage done to rosds in that msUor.
At Newark there was damage t$ tele
phone wises and orops tn that station suf.
fared. The same slate of affaire pre
vailed In Wilmington
Several ear flotts of the railroad eom
patile doing business here overturned In
the river and jlha ears they carried are
believed to have been lest. They WK
tied at piers when the storm oeeurred,
but no one was on board.
Conshqhocken Houses Unroofed
NORRISTOWN. Pa.. Aug i-RooXs of
five anm on Sswtac Mtjl s.V4aua Oea
sfeeheokM, tore oft by the gt4e thL
morning The fcaiues h swaged ia WlT
Uasa Miller. Timothy Ford. WutUaa Ben
nett. WUUimb Sera sd Ohrl Her-
roes oanaze i between Wm and UGH.
Wret&ige of roofs waa deposited lsOa tbe
tree, eompwuiy ioctn .
AT 63d AND MARKET STREETS
Derr Lumber Company, whero operations wero soriously interfered with
by a small sea of surging water.
ATLANTIC CITY EXPERIENCES
40-MILE GALE ON BOARDWALK
Shore Guests Never Will Forget Rngo
of Stout Northeaster.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug 4 Thousands
of visitors from inland cities who had
never experienced tho violence of n full
grown northeaster on the Atlantlo shore
probably never will forget last night,
when the violent wind kept the big shore
rlty In a turmoil
Between midnight and morning the
gale, which grew In violence as night
progressed, attained a velocity of 35
miles an hour, according to official wind
gunges, which spells from 40 to CO miles
an hour on the Boardwalk.
A deluge of rain fell for hours, while
tho tcrrlflo wind gusts shook the smaller
hotels, played havoc with wires, smashed
trees and did other damage throughout
the city.
From hotel windows the big waves
tolling seaward appeared to be literally
breaking over the boardwalk, and this
was no Illusion at points along the beach
whero failure of city officials to carry out
promised Jetty plans for defense have
laid tho famous promenade' open to at
tack. Parties on their way to hotels from tho
cafes after 2 o'clock this morning had
terrifying experiences, for the terrific
wind gusts whipped rolling chairs out of
tho grip of attendants and sent them
careening drunkenly along the planks.
Some were hurled against the board
walk railings with a smashing of glass
windows, while others were overturned
to tho consternation of feminine occu
pants.' Thero Is no record of personal In
juries Buffered, but handsome costumes
were ruined
Before noon the sun mode Its appear
ance after an absence of 43 hours, and
thousands of visitors appeared on the
Boardwalk.
The tide was particularly high on the
Ventnor beach, where the waves broke
over the bulkhead. Here the tide washed
up the avenue ends and In places flooded
lawns. On the meadow side of the city
the marshes were transformed Into n
flve-mlle wide lake.tsnhmerelng the trol
ley lines nnd tearing loose many private
yachts as well as Inundating boathouses
In the city proper It appears as If the
great resort has pulled out of the blow
thus far with Its accustomed good for
tune. Tho wind, however, Is still doing
30 miles an hour and will hold that pace
throughout the day, In the opinion of
Weather Observer Judklns Thousands
who had never seen the ocean looking
like anything but a big placid lake were
out early on tho Boardwalk, reveltmr In
tho splendid spectacle spread before their
eyes.
ONE DEAD, MUCH DAMAGE
IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
Pottsville Suffers Much From Storm
and Rain.
POTTSVILLE, Pa, Aug. 4.-A wind
traveling at 60 miles an hour from the
east raged all night In this region, caus
ing damage to oat and corn fields and
DIAGRAMS SHOW
Weather Forecaster Bliss' reference to the double-yolk egg construc
tion of the storm area can readily be understood from if glance t
tne two
shows
Indiana
another "yelk" there. The map
shews the oowiitioiw this morning.
is fMU spani, mi m UfMP
la etol sMMMBt. bt tk uejw
north over HcBigen, while the
ir HicBigen, wnue as
wept up the coast wad
.Miy.,, Jim llgJJ UUWtlll llll IIM" T.'.iyMIMif
to fruit trees which will run Into many
thousands of dollars Many streams have
left their bankB. Silver Creek, n moun
tain stream, carried away a. dwelling In
tho course of construction near New
Philadelphia,
A sewer on Mlnersvlllo street, this city,
being too small to carry away the In
creased volUmo of water, undermined tho
rear wall of the brick resldenco of Mrs.
Cyrus Schcll, and the building is gradu
ally crumbling away. Adjoining dwell
ings aro threatened
Railway and trolley traffic has been
crippled.
Tho collieries aro Idle, In accordance
with an order to stop last evening and
to resumo Thursday. Little damage was
done to them.
Telephone service was badly damaged.
Reuben Meyer, of Shenandoah, stepped
upon a llvo wlro at the rear of his home
early this morning nnd woo killed.
YORK COUNTY IN GRIP
OF GALE AND RAIN
Tempest So Strong That Roof
House Is Carried Away.
of
YORK, Pn , Aug. 4 High winds, light
ning and rain caused heavy loss to prop
erty and growing crops In this section
last night and early today. Tho tin roof
over the store of L P. Gross, a statiorf
ery dealer near Centre Square, was car
ried away and his stock ruined to tho ex
tent of several thousand dollars Tho
Cororus Creek swelled so rapidly that
campers noar Hoke's mill were awakened
from their sleep by tho water which had
surrounded their tents and they had to
wade to safety leaving their equipment
behind.
Throughout tho county well-developed
cornstalks wero leveled to the ground nnd
a considerable part of the ruined crop will
have to be replanted Lightning rendered
one person unconscious and Btunned three
others In tho hotel at the Summit Grove
Camp '
A bolt destroyed tho large barn, wagon
shed and hog stables on the farm of
Jonas Miller, In North Cordorus town
Bhlp, together with crops and eight head
of live stock One cow was burned bo
badly that It had to bo killed, and a large
quantity of grain waa consumed when
lightning struck the barn on tho farm of
Robert' Selbel, near Shrewsbury.
In every section of the county the.roads
have been washed out and It will require
some time for the necessary repairs to be
made.
Storm Hits Delaware City
DELAWARE CITY. Del., Aug. 4 The
heaviest storm In years struck this city
early this morning The wind reached
hurricane proportions. Trees were up
rooted, barns blown down nnd houses
damaged by falling trees. Two smalt
yachts sank In the harbor, but the crews
escaped. Corn, tomatoes and fruit crops
were ruined. The United States mine
planting boat No, 17 sank at Fort du
Pont wharf. Fort Mott wharf was par
tially washed away. Telephone lines were
torn down, high tide blocking roads and
doing much damage on river front, Tho
loss Is estimated at about $20,000.
STORM PROGRESS
below li the one for today tw&
The ?ff sape af the stwm ar4&
"yolk" of low tefHr U iny4
yew ox w PffMW
lower yoOt of low pnuewre
tower yew w ww iirewwr jm
centred vwr JMMEmg.
t
. Igl
inn UVES DEHEVED
LOST IN ERIE FLOOD
Contlnned from Tne One
rescuers, firemen and policemen were all
"ut fo e as the debris, floating on the
K-mlle current, made even a venture Into
the edge of the water fatal
The waters rose with Incredible ewlft
M -tie? last night's downpour, and n.
Btream was soon racing down Frenen
street at the rate of 20 miles an hour.
Barrels, boxes, pieces of porch furni
ture and great trunks of trees were be
ing roll "d along before the current, carry-.
Ing everything before them The water
poured Into cellars, tore away Rreat sec
tions from the banks of the creek and be
ean Its work of undermining the struc
tures built closest to Its banks.
EFFECTIVE RESCUE WORK.
Every fireman and every a6"'6 Pn
llceman was doing duty In the triektn
districts Men, women and children were
taken from endangered buildings by
means of ropes, ladders and p eces or
lumber hastily pressed Into i- ,A'
ono corner three women, caught In tho
great sweep of water, were thrown off
their feet, but wero finally rescued b
strenuous efforts of tho pedestrians. .
The body of Mrs. John Hlgglns, with
tho body of her 13-month-old Infant
clasped In her arms, was found this
morning by the rescuers. Previously tho
body of her husband was found on a
lawn near Mill Creek.
Fireman John Schweitzer had his legs
crushed while trying to turn heavy
wreckage so thtft the flood would not rush
higher than three feot In Stato street, tho
main business thoroughfare. As ho got
Into the water a mass made by two
bridges coming down the torrent ongulfod
him. He was dragged out with ropes.
Six bridges on the lino of the flood were
carried awoy and wreckage of brick
buildings was piled SO feet high In places.
DIES TRYING TO SAVD CHIEF.
When the flood was raging at Its height
many herolo rescues were made by fire
men, policemen and civilians. Three times
Fire Chief McMahon was himself res
cued, after having carried women or chil
dren to safety. It was by a man's breadth,
on the last occasion, that ho and three
other firemen escaped with their lives.
It was here that Donovan was killed.
They were carrying p6ople from a houso
In the south end when it toppled over.
The Jarcckl Iron plant has been turned
Into a temporary morgue, as It Is near
tho heart of tho flooded district.
Whole families are missing In the flood
zone, which Is 200 yards wide through tho
residence nnd business district.
The eastern portion of the city was cut
off nearly all night, but early today com
munication was established with that sec
tion. A five-foot wall of water Bur
rounded the flood zone during the night.
The flood was worst In tho Mill Creek
Valley. The stream runs through tho
centre of tho city. Four Mile Creek olso
ran wild.
SUMMER PARK DESTROYED.
At the mouth of Four Mile Creek Is
tho summer park of that name. All
buildings there theatre, refreshment hall
and several amusement places-were
swept over the high bluff into the lake.
A company of 12 vaudovllle artists lost
everything and narrowly escaped with
their lives.
On East 10th street, one and a half
blocks from State street, debris was plied
20 feet high It consisted of parts of
broken frame dwellings. On Esst 11th
street a house wos deposited squarely on
the street railway tracks. Almost tho
same conditions prevailed on other cross
streets for a distance of two miles.
A public dining room to feed the home
less nas opened at noon bv the Mayor In
tho building of the Erie Herald.
RAILROADS TIED UP.
The tracks of the Now York 'Central
Railway and tho Nickel Plato Railway
were washed awoy at Wesleyvllle, three
miles east of Erie. Crews of 400 men
worked for 15 hours restoring ono of tho
four tracks of that road, and transcon
tinental trains were moving shortly be
fore 10 o'clock this morning; By that
time 20 through trains were congfsted on
either side of Four-Mile Creek, near Wes
leyvllle The east and westbound Twentieth Cen
tury trains were in the number.
Trafflo cannot be resumed on the Nickel
Plate under 10 days. In places the track
If washed away and overturnta for u
quarter nf a mile Nickel Plate trains
will-use New York Central tracks.
Health Officer Wright this afternoon
Issued a public warning against possible
epidemics,
E. M. HOPKINS SPEAKS
ON EMPLOYMENT WORK
'Bad Business to Hire and Dis
charge Employes in Large
Numbers," He Tells Rotary
Club.
E. M. Hopkins, employment manager
of the Curtis Publishing Company, was
the speaker at the weekly luncheon of
the Rotary Club, at the St, James Hotel,
todaq. David B. Provan, manager of, the
Adelphla, Hotel, presided.
Mr, Hopkins spoke on "Present Em
ployment Work as a. Factor In Industrial
Efficiency." He said that managers of
big business concerns In Philadelphia
have almost perfected 'the mechanical
ends of their work and were coming more
and more to recognize the personal equa
tion, that Is, the hiring and discharging
of men,
"It is bad business to hire and discharge
employes In large numbers." he said, "be
cause it Involves a loss of time and money
and hampers the efficiency of the plants.
The thing to do Is to find the proper man
for the proper place and promote him
along the lines with which he is most
familiar,"
Mr. Hopkins said that next fall an as
sociation would be formed by the mana
gers of large plants In this city for the
Study of employment problems. He pre
dicted great changes In employment sys
tems, declaring the practice of allowing
foremen and subforemen to hire and dis
charge at will would be discontinued.
SHIPS CRASn IN STORM
Barge and Steamboat Collide Near
Reedy Island,
The Norwegian steamship Tabor and
the barge Tottenvllle, crashed Into each
other during the storm early today below
Reedy Island, In the Delaware Bay. A,
large dent waa made n the steamer's
plate afts and the barge was slightly
damaged. JJueh exoltement was caused
by the collision, wbih came when the
storm was at its height.
The fottenvljle and another barge, the
Northeast, were being towed by the tug
Wellington, bound for JapksenvUle, Flo.,
when the tempest forced them to anebpr
below the island The heavy wash caused
the TetteavUle to drift Through the dark
ys Into the Tabor, also at aiwhqr The
steamship will probably put ioto Norfolk
for repair.
I Delaware Orchards Suffer
DOVER. Dei , Aug 4 -The worst wind
bjwJ rain storm of the season swept over
Wiftetatt of Kent Cemty last night,
Uafteg; ruk in Us wek in the rural
MeliftM, Tree were blawn down, roofs
blown elf, tms and coraOeld itttte
as ibeuefe iieam roller hXpd7vIr
MftAee we peua wt blown he&ti
W by the fruit trovwe es tm -
PENNSY'S LOSS GREAT;
READING LITTLE HURI
. ..
Erie and Jackson Washou!
Isolate Pennsylvania Trdln
Many Wires Down.
Tho storm probably will cost the p
sylvanta Railroad thousands of dolUn
but tho Philadelphia and Reading ft
why escaped with llttlo damage
cording to the report of tho general
perlntendent of the Pennsylvania, ImJj
nt noOn, one train Is cut Off from all td
munlcatlon by two washouts betJl
- .. -. l H . I,
jacKson nnu cmc, tro., uun uuzeni
washouts have been reported.
Fifty-five passengers are on the IjoIii
train The conductor rea6hed Belle V
ley nt dawn today and made a repo
Later n washout In the valley cut do'
the remaining Wires and since then
flelals of tho road have riot been able
get Into communication with the trail
The conductor reponea mat me paMj
gers are txlng fed with broad that hi
pened to be -in tno express car
train, a local, carried no aining car. e
All wires to Erie woro lost at 2 o'clM
this morning, the general 8upcrlntendera
report says, xno irejgiii yurui inereji
under many xeei oi woicr. xnere nji
20-foot wasnout ai o-muo curvo, eatlft
r-rl. nnrl another 2000 feet Wide esl!
Jackson. At eomo points tho washosJ
are 25 feet deep.
Two cars of a freight train were t
rled away for a dlstanco of 200 fett t
flood waters near Jackson. For rn!Ij
tho Pennsylvania, tracks are intered witi
debris. At some points the rails atui
hang over gullies wnshed out by the fl5j
waters, but tho tics have been rlppii
away,
Twenty-flvo carB of material from II
Northern division nnd 38 from tho E&itS
em division wore sent out with alt avitia
nble workmen to make repairs this pioraa
lng. Tho offlclals hope to havo all Until
reopened iaie nut uncuvuu.
Virtually the only damage suffered kg
tho Reading was at Valley Forge, htrf
workmen had been repairing after T
wftshout that occurred several days ttSI
When the flood waters strhek this pWnjl
all tho work done was swept away, lews
ing conamona worae mun uciuic. a itw
poles wero mown aown, dui mo loiai ion
to the railway is ram to ne iruung.
BRITISH NOT ABLE TO USEj
ARMY UNTIL NEXT 'YEAR
rnnllnnrct from Tnae One
French fears that a depletion of hlj siS
m.lnltlnn In B flltllA rlrlVn mllTht lfltPr ftdW
mlt th. Oormans to get through the Brit'l
lu lu.fl r1ata Vlrfttftllv nil th"Sw
husbanded for defensive use on this agl
count. 41
.mmiintnn thA r!t117llRtl TinSSefiS IHlUSt M
ntJT.v fiOfl.flOO IN FIELD. W
The United Press learns that no men
than 600,tW aritisn iroopa uro a.i mo iren
i n.t,fn T.iirfMt. nn thft nnlllnoll Pen
Insula and in Egypt. Loss than 600,000 it
these are in active service In France sm
-nAii.m t win hA ImnnRnlble even f&
UlDlUIUi fc ..... ww ..... . .-, -.j
this comparatively email force under Sl
John French's command to be effectively
jsea unm ungiana " wuiB,u uvv
vanM.flfsce Tnfrlnnd la not SO bllSV nOl
IOJJIH-4HHIB1 -..Q. .. - -- n
MHlflnM etui rYiitrU.nnerifr1 cliriR AS finfe- U
In turning out the machinery with whlrt
the guns must later oe manuiaciureu.
Whether England ever can manufi
,.... ...rtn milnlHAna nrnnnrtl nnntft to t
IUH3 not n,uiitt,v,.u .. v, ...-,. ---ua
German output Is beginning to be doubtiUl
The lack, of organizing capacity J.ngiiua-
.... a shnwlni, ta nmnlnir. Even nOWHil
turn w d,iw.....o ... ... --
........I.. ..,.. nffAr th niltrtrf.ft.lC Of t
.qi- WnnlwlrVi AriAnn.1. London's grai
war' munitions factory. Is not running ttl
,.- vIm..m. nannnltV SriTYlA nf ttlfl R1QU
employed there are stock exchange wm
kers who work In an nmateurlsh-way darm
lng Saturday nau-nonciaya nnu uh u,
casual occasions.
OUTPUT SMALL
v. j St -. mahamI. aaHrnfllAll till
Germany nnd Austria-Hungary are mj
Ins 250.000 shells per day. Tho UnltfJ
t'ress learns hiul mo "inm" """-
experts estimate 250,000 shells per montSJ
torles of Lancashire even under conjj
llnn. n nrDP.tlnlA rtrA&KllrA. LanCathull
Is England's leading manufacturing ceuln
ty. -m
TImIAa mnVlnfr fiTYirtl, inl Hfin for lull
army, shells must also bo produced fjU;
me uniun navy in Hugo uuwi""" 7 -fa
many does not have to divert the output
. , , ili- ..A- anvil
oi ner nrsenais in inp inimm .
thing like the same extent as does Enl;
1.. rrv,A TlrlHcVi flAPt hna flrAfl on CDOf;
mous quantity of shells during the,D3
danellet, operation alono which have Wl
be replaced, and since the war "8l
ungianas newiy-ouuv nuiJc.uici.u"'-n--3A
have made great demands for ,ar8e:f41,9
bre shells, the most aimcuit ot u
..., -a rtnA nt that rpnnons W
the British army Is so short of shells H,
the vital necessity for England to "eJ
her fleet lavishly supplied with ammu-j
nltton, as the first principle of her seie
preservation.
COST 115.000.000 A DAY.
. ,. .. ir.nl.n tHIYfl.OM
day. Each month of the war adds jsa
000.000 In Interest charges that must J
raised annually hereafter by lncreMe
taxation- If tne national aeui cuiin-a
to pile up, and If, after montns or wj
lng. the accumulated shells fall to onj
the Germans more than a few miles bH
toward their own territory, will the e!W
have been worth tne cosir m
n-ul. .n.v.A, a,a VtAfflnnlnCT tO fttI
urinal, pvvcoi. .., ww .-. - j
themselves this question without nnaiHB
a satisiactory answer io ' -irf
tlon probably will soon be raised enjTO
tne people at isree much, ww '1 "Sm
publlo opinion begins to suspect B
douottu) vatue or an inierminnuio '"'"a
OOO-a-day war, a compromise pec .
delayed only U tne uriusn arm .-
more time to regain tne worm !
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