A Fierce Windstorm Batters Tacoma

Tacoma, Feb. 10.—Since about 2 o'clock this morning a high wind has been blowing. It is an east-northeast wind, one that rarely blows in this part of the country. A few chimneys were blown down, but no damage to any great extent was done. At 10 o'clock this afternoon a tin extension of a chimney on the house No. 911 Eleventh street blew down. Some sparks in it set fire to the roof and the fire department was called out. The damage to the building was slight, nothing more than a portion of the roof being burned. The building is occupied by Mrs. S. F. Cooper as a residence and millinery store. Despite the heavy blow of the early morning, no damage of any consequence was done to shipping. The ship Berrier, which got in last night, dragged her anchor from the east shore of the harbor and was blown down to Old Town, where the anchor at last caught the ground and brought her to a standstill. The ship Persian dragged the buoy off the coal bunkers and drifted down to elevator B, where she was made fast. The Willie Rosenfield, moored off elevator B, for a time was in danger of starting on a little drifting expedition of her own, but quick work on the part of the crew in getting out anchors prevented. Houses on the bluff facing the harbor were shaken somewhat and a few windows broken. A chimney on the Northern Pacific headquarters building took a tumble and landed in Pacific avenue. The wind was a remarkably severe one. That no greater damage was done is considered a matter of surprise and congratulation.