Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-17
THE STORM KING.
RETURN OF WINTER.


MILWAUKEE, April 16.-The severest storm of
the season visited this State this morning. In
northern sections several inches of snow fell,
i'm peding trains in the vicinity of Oshkosh. No
serious disasters are yet reported on the lakes,
but it is feared the gale was severe on vessel
property, and reports of disasters are expected.
The tug Caroline Williams reached port this
evening, and reports having abandoned tue
schooner Walter B. Allen, after rescuing the
crew. The schooner sunk soon after between
Manitowoc and Sheboygan.
DAMAGE BY WIND IN OHIO.
CINCINNATI, April 16.-An unusually heavy
rain early this morning was followed by high
winds all day here. A number of houses were
unroofed and some weak buildings blown
down. The wind extended widely through
the central and southern portion of the State.
At Newark frame barn was blown down; the
iron roof blown off of Scott d Co.'s furniture
store the iron and slate roof of the gas works
blown off, buggies overturned and fences and
trees blown down. At New Philadelphia and
Doverthe storm was destructive. At the latter
place the roof of the rolling mill was blown
off At Melford Centre the postoffice and sew
eral other buildings were unroofed. At Le-
hauon the roofing of the Lebanon house was
blown off.
ROUGH WEATHER ON THE SLOPE.
San Francisco, April 16.-The storm which
has prevailed throughout the State for several
days has been the severest ever known. On
the line of the Central Pacific through .he
mountains the snow sheds were broken down
between Emigrant Gap and Cisco yesterday.
The eastern bound express has got only as far
as Alta and Virginia. The Lightning ex-
press stopping at the same
points. The snow plow train
with eight engines, which left Summit this
morning to effect connection with plow
from Emigrant Gap, when half mile west
from Summit jumped the track and dashed
through the snow sheds for hundred feet.
The westbound emigrant and freight trains due
at Sacramento last night were stopped by a
slide two miles from any station, where it still
remains. Every effort is being made to clear
the track.
CYCLONE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
WHEELING, W. Va, April 16.-A high wind
which prevailed in this city all day eliminated
this afternoon at o clock in a cyclone of some
force sweeping over the city blowing. due east.
The main force of the wind seemed to be con-
centrated on the freight depot of the P. @. Il
s. L. railroad, as the river side of that build
ing was completely torn off. One ten inch
rafter was driven through the roof of the
freight depot of the Baltimore & Ohio adjoining
and through en- eight inch brick partition wall.
Two other rafters of the same size were blown
through the roof of the same building, doing
considerable damage, but luckily injuring no
one. The damage to both depcts will aggre-
gate 81, 600. No other serious damage to prop
erty in the city reported. The wind was fol-
lowed by thunder storm.
Further accounts of to-day's wind storm
state that the steeple of the Zion Street Meth'
od;zt church WAS materially dam
aged. Also that a portion of the roof of the
blacksmith shop Of Sweeny & Sons machine
shop was torn off by the violence of the wind.
The neighboring towns of Bellaire, Bridgeport
and Martins Ferry, Ohio, also suffered to some
extent, trees being uprooted and fences
| prestrated and loose property being whirled
about in discriminate manner. The most Sc
| rious damage reported from the suburbs is the
unroofng of the casting room of the Martins
Ferry blast furnace. Windows in this city
were broken and number of trees, smoke
stacks and outbuildings prostrated.