TAKING THE TOP OFF
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Lifting off the roof of the frame bungalow of Roy D. Betnan, Oreo n street, just north of Edward street,
like the lid off a box, the cyclone shattered it into bits and scattered the m for blocks. The front porch was
partly demolished. Mrs. Hcnuie and her children were alone in the ho use at the time, but were not hurt.
In the background above are the houses in North Second street, where the wind loosened the roofs and tore
off porches.
NEARBY TOWNS
UNSCATHED BY
HEAVY STORM
Crossed Wires Responsible
For Display That Lighted
Up the Heavens
Sweeping ncross the Susquehanna
and picking out one particular section
on the east shore of the river to do its
damage, the severe storm last night,
one of the worst experienced in this
vicinity this year, seemed to concen
trate all its force upon Riverside.
By a peculiar freak the storm caus
ed little damage anywhere except at
Riverside. While much havoc and
damage to property was caused in
this particular section and along the
oast bank of the river, scarcely any
damage is reported from towns along
the west shore of the Susquehanna.
It was reported from Enola this
morning that no darpage had resulted
from the storm. The downpour was
terrific it was said, and things looked
threatening when the storm was at
its height, but no serious damage re
sulted.
By the same peculiar freak of the
storm no damage was done at Mary**
ville. Here too reports say that the
storm was extremely severe. While
the storm was at its height in this
city, crossed wires at Briggs and East
streets caused flames to shoot into
the air whose reflection was seen by
persons all over the city. As the
city lights were out, due to the storm,
the flames caused by these crossed
wires lighted up the sky at short
intervals. Many persons thought that
a great fire was burning and the Fire
department responded to a call.
However, no damage resulted.
RESUME WORK ON HIGHWAY
AUcntown, Pa., Nov. 18. After
the Highway Department had or
dered a cessation of work on the
William Penn highway between
Bethlehem and Allentown, on ac
count of the lateness of the season,
Highway Commissioner O'Xeil, com
ing here on a trip of inspection and
noting the tine weather that pre
vails, directed Contractor George JI.
Hardner to continue work and finish
the job this season, if possible. The
contract is a continuation of the
William Penn highway from Easton
and is designed to connect up
stretches of good road from Allen
town westward to Reading and Har
risburg.
MARRIED 15 YEARS
Marietta. Pa., Nov. 18.—Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph M. Stafford, of Marietta,
yesterday were married forty-five
years. Mr. Stafford is the oldest bar
oer in Marietta, and for thirty-two
rears was state secretary of the Odd
Fellows.
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MONDAY EVENING,
SCGRESOFHOMESWRECKED
BY HIGH MIDNIGHT WINDS
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worked from midnight until early this morning to .determine
whether anyone was buried in the wrecked houses and only at a
late hour were sure that no one was dead or critically injured.
City fire apparatus* was kept on the scne all the time, but for
tunately the lightning and crossed electrical wires did not start
a blaze although for many minutes the sky was lighted with the
broad flashes, which were followed by deafening thunder.
Homes Dropped Into Cellar
I The worst damage was done to the double dwelling owned by A. W.
| Harrow and M. E. Ossman, at 3205-07 North Fourth street. Here the
! wind lifted the building off its foundations and dropped it into the cellar.
! Both homes are a total wreck.
Harrow's six-year-old son. Franklin Harrow, was buried under a pile of
lumber and debris. He was pulled out shortly after virtually unharmed.
| Other members of the family escaped with minor bruises and scratches.
This morning they were suffering from shook.
Wind Topples Over Dwelling
j In Sixth street another house was wrecked beyond repair. Here the
; wind lifted the home of Charles Dunlap, 2312 North Sixth, off its founda
i tions and toppled it over against that occupied by William Conrad.
Dunlap bad gotten out of bed when he heard the storm and gotten
!to the window when his home fell over on its side. The Dunlaps crawled
I out of the windows and were taken in by neighbors. They have three
; sons in the nation's service. The Conrad home was badly scratched up
I by contact with that of the Dunlaps.
Every Home Damaged
I Apparently the storm came in from the river and the wind worked its
j way diagonally across the Fourteenth ward towards the northeast. The
! path was very narrow.
! The dwelling—most of them double dwellings—damaged most by the
I high winds follow:
1 3103 Second street —John J. Hargest, roof partly ripped off, windows
blown in. trees down and porches torn apart.
1 3105-3107 Second street —Mrs. Mary Gottschall and George W. Hill Jr.;
1 porch pillars ripped off and windows blown in.
3109-3111 Second street —Harry Webert and D. H. Itineard; roofs blown
partly loose, trees down, garage blown to bits.
3113-3115 Second street—Mrs. Jacob Burkholder and H. E. Martz; back
roofs off, porches down and chimneys gone. These dwellings were partly
wrecked last year in.a heavy storm.
Damages Green Street
3100 block Green street —Roy D. Beman's home lost entire roof; bits
of the wreckage were carried as far as the railroad.
Child Has Narrow Escape
Green street—Double brick dwelling occupied by Mrs. Sweigert and
Samuel Sloane withstood the wind, but heavy rafters from a nearby place
were driven through the roofs. They are sticking up like telegraph poles.
303-305—Lewis street —D. E. Lucas and C. E. Welsh. Here the little
daughter of Mr. Lucas got out of her bed to run to her mother a minute
before a great mass of plaster and rafters fell into the bed. Mrs. Lucas
1 was struck on the head with flying bits of wood but was not badly hurt,
j 307-309 Lewis street —J. H. Constantine and Ellis Lotz; back side roofs
' torn off, concrete pillar torn from porch.
j 311-313 Lewis street —Livingston Jones and J. Celver; roof blown off.
i A piece of tin roofing from another dwelling was wrapped around a porch
'pillar on the Jones dwelling much as painting marks a barber pole.
Slate Roofs Are Sealed
: At this point the wind got under the slate on roofs and lipped it off as
!a sharp knife takes the scales off a fish.
315-317 Lewis street—Abraham Bryam and William Lutz; rofsoff.
319-321 Lewis street. —Joseph Bennett and M. G. Shaffner; roofs dam
| aged.
323-325-327 Lewis street —A row of frame dwellings occupied by L. R.
Collier. Nelson Collier and A. C. Mummert suffered many broken windows.
3116-3118 Fourth street —C. L. Rhodes and Thomas Fortney; roof split
in two parts, half being carried away. Rhodes has a few chickens and
one of the coops was picked up and set down by the wind on the other
side of the yard.
Dtinlap Dwelling Is Overturned
3205-3207 Fourth street —A double frame house occupied by A. W. Has
row and M. E. Osman. was lifted from its foundation and moved ove!
eight feet, dropping into the cellar.
3210 Sixth btrcct —The residence of Charles Dunlap was completely
HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
ONE OF THE WRECKED HOMES
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At 3105 and 3107 North v Secon d street, occupied by Mrs. Mary Got tschall and Prof. George W. Hill Jr.,
he storm tore off part of the roof and ripped off the front porch, turning it on end and hurling It against
he front wall of the dwellings, which are shown above.
overturned, furniture piled up along side of house and' crashed through
window.
3208-3206 Sixth street —William Conrad and family occupy the house
at No. 3208. The entire side on the first floor was demolished in the
center of the building when the Dunlap dwelling fell against it. At No.
5206 Mrs. Catherine Umbcrger and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lebo reside. Porches
and the roof were damaged.
c 3211-3113 North Sixth —F. W. Johnson and P. L. Gebhard have much
damaged furniture because the roof was loosened and the rain flooded
the second floor. Home of Norman Lenker, next door, damaged almost
as much. Tubs and washing machine owned by Dunlaps carried to
Johnson's front porch.
3215-3217 North Sixth—C. E. Keys and J. R. Lang occupy these houses.
The roof at the back was torn off and carried oVer into a lield. The Keys
family intended to move this week. Much of the furniture was damaged
by water and falling plaster.
3223-3225 North Sixth —D. V. Smith and G. A. Mitchell, residing in
these dwellings, suffered less damage than others at the south end of the
row. The roof was torn loose.
3227-29 North Sixth—Charles Craig and Robert Turnbaugh occupy these
properties. The roof was loosened by the wind.
Wind Plays Curious Tricks
The storm played curious tricks. At the Rineard home the automobile
was standing in the garage. The. garage was ripped off just as an epicure
lakes tne sh 11 oft a nut, leaving the car practically unhurt with the excep
tion of a broken top and windshield. At the home of Roy D. Beman, a
member of Brown and Company, and grand master of the State Grand
. age of udu Fei ows, the beautiful bungalow was torn apart like a strip
of paper. The wind simply lifted the roof off and parts of it are .strewn
over the entire landscape. A part of the roof was picked up a block and a
half away. Mrs. Bchman and her two children were alone In the house
but were not hurt.
The residents of the district who were practically made homeless by
the storm, were-busy to-day in the work of reconstruction. At one home
there was not enough cardboard to go around for all the windows broken.
The residents saw a way out of the difficulty. They took old blankets to
cover some of the windows and thus saved much of the furniture from the
driving rain.
Although the small grocery store run by Harry A. Weaver at 327 Lewis
street was slightly damaged, it was kept open for business.
Cliihi Buried Under Debris
A freak of the disaster was the lifting of a house at 3205-3207 North
Fourth street and dropping it back i ito the cellar. "I thought the world
was coming to an end," said Mrs. A. W Harrow, who, with her husband and
small son, was in the house at the tme of the storm. 'lt seemed to us
the house was sinking down. Suddenly the house slanted over like the
deck of a ship in a storm, and when we managed to climb out we saw
wha had happened." The six-year-old son was sleeping when the accident
occurred. He was buried under a pile of debris His anxious mother saw
his feet sticking out, and, managing to clear away a part of the rummage,
rescued him. He was unhurt save for a few minor scratches. M. E.
Osman lived on the other side of the house.
At the Dunlap homo in Sixth street, the house which was virtually
turned upside down, a service flag carrying three stars was still floating,
unharmed. A line piano was lying on its side in the livingroom. When
the house fell over a large bookcase crashed through the window. This
morning it was crammed through the side of the house and a set of
Harvard Classics was lying on the ground at the side. The case was
practically struck through the window.
Linemen Repair Damage
A woman across the way from this house prepared last night to do lior
Monday morning wash. The washing machine, tubs tun! necessary utensils
were placed on the back porch last night ready for work. This morning
the washing machine was in a cabbage patch nearby and the woman is still
searching for the rest of her equipment.
Repairmen of the Bell Telephone Company, the Cumberland Valley Tele
phone Company and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company were
on the Job early in the morning. Employes of the Harrisburg Light, Heat
and Power Company came, too. with equipment, to get into shape the
great tangle of wires. At many places the linemen were forced to cut
down the entire mass of wires and put up new lines. A street car was
caught in the storm and it is still standing on the Rockville tracks, minus
feed wires for power.
Thousands of sightseers and scores of telegraph, telephone and ratlyawys
company repairmen hurried to the scene this morning, and the streets
and roads were crowded with automobiles and trucks. Families who had
been made homeless wandered about among the ruined houses consoling
each other and offering prayers of thanks that no one had been killed.
A great community spirit was evident, every one trying to help his
neighbor.
Mayor D. L. Kelster spent almost the entire night after midnight on the
scent, talking to the residents. "It was a pitiful sight to, see them coming
out of the houses, thinly clad, into a drenching rain. Many of them
were unable to speak for minutes about the disaster.'
Members of City Council visited the ward this morning, making a com
plete tour of the "devastated district.
Debris Scattered For Rlocks
In Second street, at the double house occupied by Mrs. Gottsehall on
one side and the family of Professor Hill on the other, the roof of the
Gottsehall property was torn off and corried away. At the next double
house the roof of the front porch was torn from the pillars and the wind
propped it against the front wall. The last double houso on that side of
the street is occupied by the Burkholder and Martz families.
Posts, hsingles, slate, rafters, weatherboarding. tin roofs and porches—
shattered and ripped to bits—lay scatered for Siocks. Boards from the
side of one of the houses were carried by the higli wind and driven into
mud in a swamp about eight feet. Other heavy timbers weie hurled
through roofs, bricks from chimneys and walls, cement pillars nnd chim
neys were carried many feet. The high wind also caused many broken
windows, and in some houses only a few panes were not broken. Papers,
rugs, blankets, sheets and other articles were used to close the openings
and keep out the rain.
Public Buildings Escape
The Riverside Methodist Church and the public school are Just north
of the narrow strip over which the storm caused its damage. The buildings
were not damaged, although houses just east of them and on the same side
of the street had many windows broken.
Wires on the telegraph and telephone poles were ripped loose and
twisted Into a mass, much like tangled yarn. "Trouble shooters' found
that It was impossible to use much of the wire and brought large rolls of
new wire to replace the lines which had been torn down. One of the
Harrisburg Railways cars In North Sixth street, near Lewis street, could
not get though because of the wires and the poles across the tracks.
In Lewis street between Second and Fourth streets, poles were down at
some places also. A number of trees were either uprooted or snapped
off and must be removed. Some of these are across the car tracks in
North Second street, and Riverside cars could not get through to Lewis
street.
Scattered over some streets were parts of porch swings, backs and logs
of chairs, a wringer, baby coaches, spouting and tin twisted and bent.
Foe Is Surrendering
Huge Lines of Guns
Washington, Noy, 18. —The claus
es of the armistice terms are being
carried out under normal conditions,
according to nn official telegram
from Paris, The evacuation of
French territory Is considered as
complete, It quotes the Petit Faris
len as saying;
"In their forward movement on
the heels of the Invader our soldiers
are gathering un important amount
of material of all kinds, but what
seems to them more remarkable is
the considerable number of Ger
man soldiers who have not follow
ed their retreating armies and who
for reasons easy to guess, have pre
ferred to be captured rather than
go back to Germany,
"The execution of the armistice
terms is being carried out without
interruption Rnd under normal con
ditions, Conferences have been held
between French and German officers
to arrange for the return home of
civilian prisoners, Switzerland has
been requested to allow the pas
sage of French prisoners' trains, and
a tike request has been made to
Holland, it Is the wish of the Pre
mier that the return of our coun
trymen should not be delayed a mo
ment, So It may be hoped that when
the armistice period ends nearly
ull tlio French prisoners will be
back,
"The same may be said regard
ing the execution of the fourth term
of the armistice, Accord ng to this
condition, the Germans are to give
up to us 5,000, guns 25,000 machine
guns, 800 minenwerfer and 1,700
airplanes, the whole in good condi
tion, The delivery of this material
has already begun, andjtwo days ago
long flies of guns of all sizes began
to flow to the places appointed to
receive them, In the American,.
French, British and Belgian sec
tors. v
RAZE GERMAN MONUMENT
Peking, Nov. 18.—The von Kette
ler monument, erected under com
pulsion of the German government,
is being removed. The monument
cost approximately $500,000. The
monument consists of a great mar
ble arch, spanning Hatamen street,
one of the chief thoroughfares in the
Tartar or inner city. Baron von Ket
teler, German minister, tn whose
memory it was erected, was killed
while trying to mediate with the
Chinese before the Boxer outbreak
in 1900.
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is "all there" in materials, exactly as it was before ||
the war—nothing to dilute or cheapen or in any || J|
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im H its full name and demand the genuine. Your palate §= )j|
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NOVEMBER 18, 1918.
POLICE FIND PEOPLE
STUNNED BY STORM
Patrol Driver Tells How People Huddled on Porches Whenjt
Wind Blew Honies to Bits
Some curious sidelights on the
storm which late last night swept
Riverside and nearly wiped out the
residential section between Second
and Sixth from Lewis to Edwards
streets, were recounted by "Pat"
Hylan, 2436 Reel street, the police
patrol driver who was sent to the
scene soon after the region was de
vastated.
When Hylan, with Lieutenant Page,
Patrolman Romlg and McFarland, ar
rived at the scene, he was forced to
stop his patrol and proceed on foot,
as the streets were so littered with
sputtering electric wires, telephone
poles, trees, pillars and posts from
the homes which were demolished,
that the streets were Impassable.
Very few people were on the
streets, "Pat" said, and the scene was
one of utter desolation and ruin.
"An automobile stood undisturbed
on a concrete floor, while the garage
was nowhere to be seen, and hasn't
been found yet," he said this morn
ing. "Two homes in Second street
were crushed in and bound together
by treeß which were whipped across
them.
Stunned By Shock
"It is a miracle," he added, "how
the people ever got out of there alive.
Whole houses were crushed In, hard
ly a window remained unbroken,
while perfect showers of debris were
blown through the open windows and
Into rooms which had been uncovered
when the wind blew the roofs oft the
houses. In one house a girl was
asleep when the crashing houses near
by wakened her. She Jumped up and
ran out Into her room, and Just as she
did so. the top of the house was rip
ped oft with an awful crash, and her
bed was deluged in a shower of de
bris. Her mother also was sleeping
In the house."
Mr. Hylan said the people seemed
to be stunned by the shock. When
the party of policemen first arrived,
the entire sky was lit up by blaz
ing electric wires and sputtering
fuses, while there was a measured
roaring as the twisted and torn wires
sputtered all over the stricken dis
trict.
People were huddled together
their porches, all seeking the com*
fort of one another's
Through broken windows, mothers
were to be seen rocking their bableg
by the light of flickering oil lamps.
The gathering crowds were veryi
quiet, he said. Railroaders who live
In the district hurried home troni
their work, and when they found
their families safe, counted the ruilg
of their houses as only of secondary
Importance.
Thankful For I.lvca
"The people seemed thankful thafl
God left them live," Hylan said*
"They didn't seem to care what hap*
pened next. The whole neighborhood
was a pitiful sight, the Interiors of
homes banged as though by a hams
mer, with bricks and stones that/wera
blown Into the deroofed houses. Th
peoplo were standing quietly around,
contemplating the damage, and there
seemed to be a fright bolt driven
Into them which they will not get
over for a long while,
"One man said he was closing *
window to keep out the rain, when
the destruction seemed to sweep over
the place as quick as a thunderbolt.
He said right in front of him, a great
ball of Are suddenly loomed up, and
In a flash the houses around him
were crashing to the earth, huge
heaps of debris, lattice works, brick,
furniture, pictures, roofs, were hurl*
lng through the air, bombarding
houses In the paths of the storm.
"In one place, a double-brick house
was wrenched off Its foundation and
moved back three feet- The floors
telescoped Into each other, the front
of the house settled into the cellar,
leaving the back part at a crazy
angle, tilted into the air with the
porch several feet off the ground."
Hylan made two trips to River*
side. The first was at 12 o'clock when
he remained for two hours, giving
assistance to the unfortunate victims.
The second time was at four o'clock,
when he took a detachment of police*
men to preserve order and protect
the ruined homes and the property
of the householders.
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