South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-11-27
A Terrible Wind Storm.

wind storm prevailed small tenement in the
course OF erection in the suburbs OF orr town
was blown down. We ale not advised Of nny
other damage. bu, presume a good deal OF fem
cling Throughout, our couu,y was blown down.
AtKeyser, formerly New Creek. the wind storm
was quite destructive. Itappesrs from the Cum
btrland Neus Of Tuesday, ''that at half past two
o'clock, p. NJ, Monday last the round-house,
or repair-shop for locomotives was being built
br contract By Mcssrs. s u. T. Adams. OF
Baltimore, who erected the Carrollion hotel and
several other notable buildings II was OF cir
chlar form, three HUNDRED and Eve feet in diam
e'er, aud consequently over nine hundred feet in
circumference. The walls were of brick. and
were twenty-five inches in thickness, and TWEEN
one feet in height. They were completed and the
work of putting OF The roof was in progress -
The raiters were Of iron, supported at the walls
by a wheeled frame, and at the apex OF the roof
uy huge iron ring, which was held in place by
iron columns in the interior Of the rouud-house.
About half the taiters were in position yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Charles Adams son of one Of
The hrm OF contractors, and a namter OF sborers
were IN the rour d-housc, while several carpeu-
tiers were at work en- top the walls The wind
h"d been blowing considerably all day but there
were no indications OF the terrible blast tina,
worked go much destruction in IA few moments
Az about half past two O clock sudden rush Of
wind. described 10y some as a whirlwind, and bv
others as a terrific gale blowing in a straigh,
line, WAS felt. Four cars in the railroad switch
wete started and run some distance 10y the force
OF the wind : a large quantity of fencing was
blown down, and numbers Of pieces Of portable
ftY ~. 4 =.
DIRECTIONS. Houses th.t have never LeeH known
10 shake before any storm, uembled as if moved
by an earthquake. Among these Was the court
house, where court was in eession, and some u
l'rm was felt by those within the building.
About halt a nile from the railroad station a
terrible tragedy WAS being enacted in which the
resiSuess wind wns Chief actor. The iron raiters
we've showed Of 'he wall, the wheels on which
they rested facilitating tho operation, and the
whole structure ra.iers, purlius, Orders, ring
aud all, /" isied up aud crashed down into tue
building, breaking down the iron columns az il
went. few seconds after tue heavy BRICK wnli
commented totetiug, and in fash about one
hundred "ud fuy feet Of it Tell into the bulldog
upon the wreck oi the rouf William IT, tet.l.
OF Cumberland, and William lead OF Kcys.r
were at work Gu ldis wall and just before II lei
they le"ged 10 lie ground, distance Of over
twenty live feet and probably escaped death
MIR. feasa was not il jared in the least but Mir.
Head was badly jiuvd aud much UtLiseI lie
was "lle 10 walk about last evening though
with sume difficulty. INSIDE IL wa!is, however
the men were not 90 iOrtdutt.. Mr.. CAtaes A.
dams was struck on the head by pi.ce OF Tim
Der nud knocked sense.ess, lie was confined to
has led last evening, though lis injuries u,e not
! thought serious. George kInsey, George Sener,
. & Alexander Forbes. acarpenier called Buck,
who name our reporter was uuaUle to leain aud
Harmon Ccrdiug, foreman, al! of Baltimore.
we're injured by The falling tiu.Lers and bricks,
but their wounds v i'll not be fatal john Kemp.
ct Baltimore received dreadful wound from nm
IRON rod, which penetrated his oody. lie as IL
i've last evening, but no hopes are entertained Of
his recovery. John Connolly tt laborer who re-
sided Ia Baltimore county, was horribly crushed
by he falling debris, aud diea shortly after be-
i"a conveyed TO his boarding -house. lie did no.
'peAk after receiving bis iujuies aud was probu-
bly, not conscious Of his injuries The wounded
were attended by Or Gerst ill., of Keyser
The casualties rs enumerated al eve were ore
man killed and ooe fatally and ten severely ia
jured, which. though not ~ bad as at first re-
ported is efficiently terrible. The nccidep, east
gloom oyer the community in which it occur
I'd. though the injured men were not resileats
OF tie town"
Tie new Freight Depot, near the Round House,
was also slightly iojnred-about 20 feet OF the
wall in Southern end blew down
Mr. Adams, one Of the contractors informs The
editor Ct the Trijuns that $40 600 will cover ac-
tual damage to Round House aud Freight Depot
The condition of the w unded men was very
favorable on Tuesday last and il is thought that
oil wall recover. John Kemp of Paper Mills,
EhHnore county, c,rpeuier, who was thought
to have been fatally injured is improving rapid
iy and will recover, though he may be pcrma-
uenty disabled.
Considerable injury was done on the sumo day
by TIE high wind That prevailed in Baltimore,
philadelphia, Tren ION aud Camden, New Jc-
sey, &c, sc.
RouSrY, Nov q, 1874.
Mason HARPER Il just witnessed the follow
ing conversation lctween q citizen ard one of
ibe inmates Of The Deaf Dumb and Blind lnsH- /
tut,1 40 this place As it interested me very
much ] suppose it. will others of your readers
Question 10 writing ty CiUzeu-"AU things .
a-e moving right With YOU. sio~e YOU have
men.--i mean Covc'l lat ibo 1csd gentleman
"Na Hr Williams as Steward. md business
mnn I'ac Nr Nesln 60 watch over you 40 ike
h.s own children
The Nu'e turned az once and wrote on ibe
same paper This reply
'les Sir Dr. ro.o.I is an old acquaintance