The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-09
TIE STORM IN ONO.

til they may be able to sustain
themselves.
THE STORM IN OHIO.
At Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio
town of about 800 inhabitants
the Christian Church was unroofed
Several barns and outhOuses wers
removed from their foundations anC
some were carried "A great distance
The FARM house Of Philip Wolf, wa:
completely demolished. The Iami
" was caught in the ruins. but were
afterward rescued, with slight inju.
ries. A considerable amount o.
stock was killed by falling barns,
but no estimate of the damage can
be made.
New Jaysville, twelve barns were
destroyed, four horses were killed
and three persons were badly hurt.
At Mechanicsburg. OHIO, many
trees were blown down and several
buildings were unroOfed. From
Urbana, Ohio, 1t is reported that tn,
storm did the greatest damage In
the vicinity Mutual and Bowlster.
vile, the track being a third of a
mile wide. The destruction OF tim
Der was heavy. Large trees We're
torn from the ground by the roots.
No lives are reported lost.
PITTSBURGH, April BY a cy.
clone which passed over the Monon-
gahela Valley this morning property
was damaged to the amount of sew
oral thousand dollars and twenty
one persons were injured, four prob
ably fatally. The sun was shining
brightly at half-past nine, but few
minutes later the sky became over
cast, hail commenced falling and
there were vivid flashes of iightnin :
and loud peals of thunder A ter
rife gale followed, which leveled
fences, wrenched signs from their
fastenings and demolished several
houses on Twenty-eighth street
some frame houses were completely
demolished and on Wylie avenue
the roof of the residence of William
Rosenberg was blown off and the
brick partition was overthrOwn,
burying Mrs. Rosen burg, Fanny
Skoulkin and baby and inluring
them 50 severely that it is doubtful
whether they will recover.
a large sign was blown from a
building on Fifth avenue, struck a
boy named Portzell and slightly
injured him. Several other persons
were hit by Aving debris, but none
seriously hurt The most serious
damage in the city was done to the
Oliver d Roberts wire mill, on the
South Side This was completely
wrecked, although the building was
two hundred feet square and was
almost entirely iron Ia It's construc-
ton. 1t had not yet been placed
under roof. About one hundred
men were engaged inside ,tting in
an engine where the storm rent the
building in twain. The heavy iron
girders fell with a crash and the
men scattered pell mell, seeking
places of safety. All but six esca-
ped uninjured and only one of these
William Lacey, was seriously hurt.
He was caught and crushed down
by an iron pillar and can hardly
recover.
The storm continued in It's course
along the south side of the Monon-
gahela river, sweeping small out
houses and fences from its path, un-
til Homestead. was reached. when it
seemed to gather new force A
frame house, owned by Evan Jones,
was blown down and six men work
ing on the building We're more or
less injured. A carpenter shop and
shoe shop adjoining were crushed by
falling timbels and two cobblers were
hurt slightly. In another part of
he town a frame house, owned by
John Randolph. was lifted from
is foundations and carried some
distance, but, miraculous as it seems
he family escaped uninjured. The
lwelling of Mrs. Eccles was next
struck by the gale and badly dam.
Iged and the storm passed up the