The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-12
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HARRISBURG, July 11.-About s O'Clock
this afternoon q storm Of unusual severity
swept over Mitflin, Juniata county. The
Presbyterian and Methodist Churches
were unroofed and the Lutheran Church
slightly damaged. A row OF buildings on
Main street, occupied principally as stores,
were unroofed, gable ends blown In and
the contents badly damaged. The carriage
factory Of Showers & Schoot was badly
damaged and number OF carriages de.
stroyed.
The roof Of the public school building
was blown of, and nine other buildings
more or less damaged. The loss Is esti.
mated at S6,50O.
A lady named Criswell aged 10, was in.
stantly killed by the roof Of the Presby.
terian Church crushing into her residence,
At Limestone, Mifllin county, several
houses were unroofed, and one entirely
destroyed. 1t is feared that great destruc.
tion to property has occurred in other 10.
calities Of Juniata and Mifiiin counties.
DISASTERS IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, July ll.-Pontiac and ST. Clair,
in this State, were visited to-day by de.
struCtive storm Of wind and rain which
might be called tornado. Itstruck Pom.
tiac about 1850 7. NJ, and damaged the
spires Of the Congregational and Episcopal
Churches, the jail, Deyell's livery stable,
and unroofed number OF dwellings. The
damage to crops and orchards in the vi
cinity Of Pontiac is reported to be very
great. No persons were injured.
Port Huron advices state that the storm
passed over that city little after eleven
o'clock, flooding tho country and city with
rain. The force OF the wind blew down
the new NJ. E. Church, innicting a loss ol
Sis, 900. It also blew the side out OF L, B.
Taylor's planning mill, blew down the
Pine Grove Brewery, entirely demolish.
ed Bacon's Photograph Gallery, unrooied
Grand Trunk freight houses at Fort Ora.
tiot and Point Edwards, and the Minnie 4
Graham block and many houses and barns
in different parts Of the city were upset or
unroofed. A boy named Hoffman had
both legs broken by a barn falling on him.
A street car driver named Barnes was
seriously hurt in the head by a falling
brick. Store fronts were smashed and the
goods therein greatly damaged. No esti-
mate OF the damage can yet be arrived at.
At St. Clair many trees were blown
down and several buildings unrooied. Mr..
johnson, farmer near town, was se-
riously injured by a falling barn. So far
tits not known Of any one being seriously
injured by the terrifying wind, rain and
lightning storm which set in here at O:SO
last evening and prevailed at intervals
until this morning. The rain, which Is
said to be the heaviest that ever fell here,
flooded cellars and damaged the goods
stored therein to a large extent.
The lightning struck several places in
and around the city, but with no serious
results. ..-
To-day's storm interrupted, for time,
telegraphic communication on nearly
every route leading from the city, but BY
8 o'clock this evening communication was
completely restored to all points north,
south, east and west. The damage TO the
crops in the surrounding country from
the storm is reported to be serious, and
will inflict serious losses on the farmers.