The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-27
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NEw YoRR, Feb. 26-The Western
"bIizzGrd" has reached New York, The
mercury has fallen over twenty degrees
in the past few hours, and the streets thai
were deIuged by the rain yesterday art
covered with Ice to-day. The wind Il
blowing u gale, and it is with the greatest
difficulty that telegraphic connection car
be maintained with either the East, Webt
or South. The sea in the bay Ia unusually
high, and II is feared that the gale will
prove almost MS disastrous tn shipping Of
the great storm OF January 9th last.
Iue signal servlve observer mere said
10 night that u local storm aud q Mountail
storm had Collided Just west OF this city
and had bulged eastward, The storm
center was 80 near this city thatthe fullel'
feet was felt here. The wind Wassteady from
the northwest, at an average velocity ol
fifty miles per hour. The maximum
velocity was At II A, NJ, to-day, when II
was eighty.iour miles p5r hour, the high
est speed since tho New York station was
established, the highest previously being
seventy.two mileR per hour, in 1876.
Az midnight the Thermometer marked
l24 degrees. The gale is passing easterly
along the coast, but as it IL blowing OFT the
coast about the only trouble to shipping
will bs TO be blown cut to sea.
BALTlMoRR, Feb. 20.-Aiter a fearful
rain storm last night, Baltimore and viCin.
ity was visited by hurricane more severe
than for several years. In the western
section OF the city houses were unrooled,
and In several instances not only the tin
was blown from the roofs, but the sheat'
ing was torn of and hurled entirely across
the streets. The damsge was Considers,
ble. To-day the wind is very high, will
frequent gusts Of snow.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2G.-About midnight
last night freight engine had bsen side
tracked at New Carlisle, Ind, started East
the engineer belivieng the last mai had
passed. There was binding snow storm
raging and the engine met the fast mai
about one and q half miles, east, the en-
gines coming together with terrific force
throwing the light engine from the track
There was no one hurt, The mail Wal
delayed several hours.
HARRspuRG, Pa, Feb. 2G.-A wind
storm Of disastrous character has pre-
vailed in this neighborhood for the pas
twenty.iuur hours and still continues
Houses have been unrooted anC
Chlmneys blown down. This Afternoon
two Of the large stand pipeS OF the LoChie
Iron Works toppled over, one Of which
crashed into ths works. Fortunately nc
person was injured. The damsge through
out the county will bs considerable.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2G.-The wine
played havoc with the house tops al, ovel
The city to-day. Shingles were blown IL
the dir and tin roofs were tori
from their iastenings and hurled to the
ground. A three story house opposite III,
public buildings in Juniper street was ul
rooted aud the mass OF TIN was suspended
above the yard in the rear. The spire o
the Arch Street NJ. b. church swayec
ominously this morning, aud those wht
passed that way gave the building wide
berth, but II still remains in position.