The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-17
DUMESIlC NEWS.
The Lynn Trunk Mystery
Solved,
And the Perpetrators Of the
Crime Jailed.
The Democratic Convention at Har-
burg, Yesterday.
D. 0. Barr, Of Pittsburgh, Nominated
for State Treasurer.
An Eastern Cyclone Plays Havoc In
Massachusetts.
Great Destruction of Property
and Loss Of Life.
AN EASTERN rEMpEsT.

AN EASTERN TEMPEST.
Loss of Life and Property at Boston
Lively Gale Mt FIichbHrg-Other Towns
Severely Visited.
BosroN, July lB.-one Of the severest
tempests ever experienced here swept
over the city this afternoon. The dura.
ton Of the storm was about twenty-five
minutes, and in that period great damage
was done to life and property. Reports
from various points down the harbor con.
tain accounts Of serious damage and dis.
tressing accidents. Many small yachts
aud other boats were capsized.
The most serious disaster yet reported
Is that Of the small schooner Myrtle, OF
Charlestown, having on board six persons
consisting OF four women and man and
boy. The schooner was capsized of Bird
Island, and all except the man, Thomas
Dunham, who clung to the top mast,
drowned. The women were Margaret
Dunham, vile OF Thomas, Mary Ann and
Susan Durham, his sisters, Lizzie Dun
ham, his niece, and a boy named Arthur
Ryan. A boy named Walter Hittenham
was also drowned by the capsizing of a
boat of Hull.
The damage throughout the city can
hardly be ascertained at present, but will
probably amount to many thousand dol
lars. In the southwestern part OF the town
it was particularly severe. Hail fell in
large quantities, and large number OF
windows were broken, many trees blown
down and some houses unroofed, Chin
neys toppled over, and the food in some
of the streets formed river several inches
deep.
Along the wharves are many anxious
people inquiring about the fate OF friends
who left the city to-day on excursions Of
various kinds.
One man was killed by falling chimney.
The amount OF damage by the storm
cannot be ascertained at this time. The
loss in glass alone will amount to several
thousand dollars. Many fine trees on Bos-
ton Common and in the Public Garden
were felled by the wind. The hurricane
struck Vantasket Beach about half past
five. The Albian House, a large hotel, and
two large barns belonging TO the hotel,
were completely wrecked burying
0glesby, cook, beneath the ruins. The
former was badly bruised and the latter
had her shoulder dslocated and was
otherwise injured. Thompson's photo.
graph car was blown to splinters and
Charles Ackert, the artist, received in
juries which will probably prove fatal. A
coach was overturned and a three.year old
child OF W. H. Jay, oil South Weymouth,
killed.
AT PITTsFIELD.
PlrTsFrELD, Mass, July 16.-This after
noon q tornado from the West struck the
southern suburbs, and two persons were
killed and or 4 wounded, some fatally.
Buildings were unroofed and blown down,
hundreds Of trees leyelled to the ground
and fully SIS, 900 to so, 900 damage done. A
black cloud springing up suddenly in the
west while the thermometer was S60, was
the first warning OF the approach Of the
storm, For fifteen minutes the sky was
SO black that the gas had to be lighted in
the stores; rain mingled with hail, rush.
ing wind mingled with almost inCessant
lightning and thunder, made the storm
memorable even il it had not been so
disastrous.
In the village there was little or no
damage done, the tornado taking It course
from west to southeast, half mils from
the business portion. 1t first struck Kel-
logg place, occupied by Thomas Payne.
The wall OF the kitchen part oil the house
was blown in and the barn demolished,
wagons smashed and hay blown away.
Following along tho valley to the south
nn5k 20 1aHya1ad hnnF1kad nf tHoa1
Bridget Tate's house, next in course,
was unroofed and the balR demolished,
but the inmates escaped uHhuFt.
Pomeroy's factory was unroofed, the
surrounding tenem0nts damaged and the
building known as Tanuery, was blown to
pieces. In the building were Matthew
Collins, aged ten years, who was crushed
beneath the debris, and John Collins, his
brother, had both arms and jaw broken,
and an old man named Marthern severely
injured. g.s,,
From the factory village the wind swept
across the fields leveling fences, orchards,
and crops, and next struck South street.
The Radfeld House foundation was turn
ed round and carried two rods, and other
houses IN the vicinity lost chimneys,
piazzas, &c. The Taylor place, occupied by
Samuel Payne, a fine brick house, sur-
rounded by stately trees, was completely
unrooied, the trees all broken or torn up
by the roots, and tho place presents a
scene Of ruin and wreck.
The residence OF Hon. ]. A. Dunham
was unrooied, the conservatory ruined
and the barns prostrated, but none Of the
people hurt. His son.in.law's residence,
next south, vas badly damaged.
A falling tree struck the horse OF Mrs.
Beckwith, Of Stockbridge. The horse
SI!nug around, overturning the wagon up
on Mrs. BecSSSi;th, killing her instantly.
The storm then passed over the open
fields. No damage was done for a mile
or more, when it Ieypled Rn orchard on
Mills place, tore up trees around KengeF..
haus summer residence and demolished
the iron bridge crossing the Housatonic
river and reached the building Of John W.
Noble, where two barns were blown to
pieces. Gleason's slaughter house was
also tumbled into ruins.
From Mobiles the storm rushed across
the valley, levelling all in Its way, and
struck at last on the west side OF Wash.
ington mountain, where SIX barns wer0
destroyed, two houses partly blown down
and all the fences levelled. The track ol
the tornado was not over sixty yards
wide.
AT SPRINGFIELD.
SPRISarIELD, MASS, July 16.-A terrible
storm this afternoon entered the Con
necticut Valley from the northwest a
Wheatley, uprootng trees and prostratinl
the crops. Happily caused no deaths 6
den. The base ball stand in Hampton
Park was blown. .topieces, ,butthe audience
Ratheredto see the game between thI
Springfelds and New Bedfords miraculous
Ily escaped serious injury, though severa
we're badly ;bfuised. ~, 7 !, q. !.