Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-12
THE ELEMENTS.
TERRIFIC STORMS EAST AND WEST.
Buildings 0amaged-crOps Severely In
jured-Telegraph Wires 0o~n-fulI
Extent Of the Damage Not
Yet Ascertained.
In Canada.


SARSIA, OSr., July IA terrific
storm, which lasted fifteen minutes.
passed over here to-day, doing consid-
erable damage to buildings Among
others, the Bank of Commerce, roof
blown of; X. McKenzie's furniture
store, roof blown across the street,
knocking in the front portion Of Charles
Mckenzie & Co.'S hardware store. The
crops in this section suffered severely,
being leveled with the ground.
Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG. Suly ll.-About five
o'clock this afternoon storm of un-
usual severity swept over Miitiin, Ju-
niata county. The Presbyterian and
Methodist churches were unroofed. and
the Lutheran church was slightly dam
aged. 4 row of ten buildings on Main
street, occupied principally as stores.
were unroofed, the gable ends blown in.
and the contents badly damaged. The
carriage factory Of Showers x Schoat
was badly damaged, and a number ol
carriages destroyed. The roof of the
public school was blown of and nine
other buildings were more or less dam
aged. Loss estimated NJ $4,000. 4
lady named Criswell. aged 10, was in.
stantly killed by the rooi uf the Pres.
byterian church crushing into her resi-
dencc. At Lcwistown, Miiilin county,
several houses were unrootcd and one
entirely destroyed. Great destruction
of property has occurred in other local.
ties OF Juniata and Miiliin counties.
Michigan.
DETROIT, July ll.-Pontiac and ~.
Clair, in this state, were visited to-day
by destructive storm OF wind and rain.
whicn might be called tornado. II
struck Pontiac about IL 80 O'Clock, and
damaged the spires of the Congrcga.
tional and Episcopal churches, the jail,
Dencps livery stable and unroofed
number of dwellings. The damage tn
the crops and orchards ia the vicinity ui
Pontiac IL reported to be very great. No
person injured.
Port Huron advices state that the
storm passed over that city little after
IL O'Clock, flooding the G, untry and city
with rain. The force ol the wind blew
down the new VI. T.. Church. inhicting
a loss Of $4,000. II also blew the side
out OF T.. II. Taylor's planning mill blew
down the Pine Grove brewery; entirely
demolished Baron's photograph gallery.
the Grand Trunk freight de
pots at Fort Gratist and Point Edwards
and many houses and barns i'm different
parts OF the city. 4 boy named lIon-
1.t 4.
barn falling on him. \ street
car driver named Barnes WIS seriously
hurt in the head by flying brick. Store
fronts were smashed aud the goods
therein greatly damaged. No estimate
Df the damage can yet be- arrived 1T.
At IT. Clair many trees were blown
down and several buildings unroofcd.
Mr.. Johnson, a farmer near town. Mas
seriously injured by the terrifying wind,
rain and lightning. The storm which
set in here at $50 O'Clock last evening,
aud prevailed at intervals I'LL this morn
ing. The rain, which is said to be- the
heaviest that ever fell here, flooded the
cellars and damaged the goods stored
therein 10 large extent. The lightning
several places in aud around the city,
but with no serious results. To-day'S
storm interrupted for n time tclcgraphic
on nearly every route
leading from the city. by Il y. NJ, com
was completely restOrl a.
all points, North, South, East and West.
The damage 10 crops IN the surround.
ing country from the storm is reported
To be- very serious and will inilict scri-
ous losses on farmers