The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-03
A SPRING \ OPENING
OF The MOST DISASTROUS KING.
Tho Saddta Cyclone which Swept Down on Fits
bursh and Created Great ila,oe--An ladlssA
Tomn Destroyed With q GreAt Lo.s "
Of Lhfs-The Track Of tbs storm.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April "a terrific
wind storm, accompanied with thunder
lightning and hail, passed over this city q,
10 o'clock this morning, doing, consider
able damsgs to property and iniuring q
number Of persons. Oliver & Roberto
new wire mill, q large sheet iron structure,
on Ninth street, South Side, was blown
down, and two sworkmen, William Lacy
and James Donahue seriously Injured.
Lacy was hurt internally and will probably
die. A,irame house at Twenty.eighth street,
not yet completed, was also demolished,
but no one hurt. "A CARPENTER named Rob-
inson, erecting 'scatf I'D upon which
George Jones was to be exs cuted tomorrow,
was struck by a beam and quite seriouely
hurt. A number Of other persons wero In.
jured by falling chimneys and signs.
Specials from Petrolia, Pa, reports great
damage from the storm which passed over
the town about 1880 o'clock in the morn
ing. q 's7' p, ~ .''','' 1850
at Homestead, eight miles from this city,
on the Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston
Railroad,i u frame house in the course OF
erection belonging 10 Patrick O'Neil waa
demolished and six men ut work ip jured;
one OF them. Robert. Irwin, very seriously.
A carpenter shop adjoining was crushed
by the falling timbera. Five men barely
escaped with their lives. The house owned
by John Randolph on the hill side WAS also
wrecked, but nobody hurt. The damage
amounts 10 several thousand dollars 4
u. I. fuRTIIEH PARTICULARS va
z A later dispatch says: By tho cyclone
which passed over the Monongahela val
ley this morning property was damaged to
the extent Of several thousand dollars,
and twenty.one, persons were Injured, md
four probably fatal. The eun was aiming
brightly ut hali.past niue; isw minute,
later the eky became overcast, hail COM
menced. falling and thero were vivid
flashes Of lightning and loud peals Of thun-
der. Ed '-Haa5S
A terrific gale followed, which leyeled
lences, wrenched signs from their fssten.
ings and demolished several bouses. On
Twe1th.eigh,h' street frame house was
completely demolished and ono on Willie
avenue. q The roof OF the reaidence Of WIN.
Rosenberg was blown cf and brick psr.
tition overthrown, burying Mrs. Rosen-
berry, Fanny s. ksulkin and baby, and
iujuring them. 80 severely that it is doubt
lul il they will recover: IL.
: A large sign was blown from building
on Filth Avenue, and struck boy named
Par,zel and slightly injured him. Several
other persons were hit by flying debris, but
none seriously hurt. AZ So 'i5;
The most serious damage in the city was
to Oliver 4 Roberts wire mill on the South
Side, which was completely wrecked. The
building was 200 feet square, and almost
entirely iron in construction. 1t had not
yet been placed under roof. About 100
men were engaged inside putting in en-
gtnes when the storm rent the building in
twain. Il TB heavy iron girders fell with
crash and the men scattered pell-me.l,
seeking places Of safety. = - :. n :
CRUSHED DY a GlRDER.
All but Six escaped uninjnred, and only
one Of these, William Lacy, was seriously
hurt. He was caught and crushed down
by an iron pillar and will hardly recover.
The storm continued its course along the
south side Of tho Monongahelat river,
sweeping small outhouseg and fences from
its path until Homestead, Pa, was reached
where it seemed TO gather new force. A
frame house awned by Evan Jones WAS
blown down and six men working on the
building were more or lees injured. A
carpenter shop and shoe shop sdjoining
were crushed ( aud, two cobblers
hurt slightly. In another part OF town II
frame house owned by John Randolph was
lifted from its foundation and carried some
distance, but, miraculous as it may seem,
the family escaped unipjured. The dwell.
ing Of Mrs. EcCles was next struck BY the
gale and badly damaged, and the storm
passed up the valley, but so far no other