Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-27
FURIOUS GALES
Do Great Damage and Cause Much
Inconvenience
THROUGHOUT THE EAST YESTERDAY
Wires and Poles Obstructing the Streets---
SteepIes Blown Down and
Houses UnroOfed,

! New YORK, February 26.-Ihe western
blizzard" has reached New York. Ihe
mercury has fallen over twenty degrees IN
the past few hours, and the streets that
were deluged by the rain yesterday are Gov
cred with ice to day. The wind is blowing
a gale, and it is with the greatest dithcnitY
that telegrsphic connection can be main
tanned with either the East, West or South.
The sea in the bay is unusually high, and
. it is feared that the gale will prove almost
as disastrous to shipping as the great storm
OF January 9th last.
The wind increased in velocity and
/ fences, signs and awnings are blown down
everywhere. A stable in Brooklyn, owned
by Thomas Murphy, was blown down, but
no one was seriously injured.
Travel on the elevated roads is greatly
delayed. The signal service officers say
that the velocity of the wind since o'clock
this morning has been
EIGHrY.FOUR NILES PER HOUR.
The temperature has fallen greatly and at
noon was seventeen degrees. The Signal
Service here say that the storm in point OF
the velocity of the wind was the seVerest IN
ii f,een years.
HOUSES USROoFED AT BALTIMORE.
BALrIxoKE, February 26.-After a fear.
tul rain storm last night, Baltimore and
vicinity was visited by hurricane more
severe than for several years. In The
western section Of the city houses were un'
rooted, and ia several instances not only
the tin was blown from the roofs but the
shesthing was torn off and hurled entirely
across the streets The damage is consid.
erable. Today the wind is still very high,
with Eequent gusts OF snow.
4 COLLISION DURING TIE STORM.
CHICAGO, February 26.-About midnight
last night freight 0gine had been side
tracked at New Carlisle, Ind, started East,
the engineer believing the fast mail bad
passed. There was binding snow storm
raging and the engine met the fast mail
about one and half miles east, the er'
gires coming together with terrific force.
Throwing the hight engine from the track
There was no one hurt. The mail was de-
lsyed several hours.
AT PITTsBURG.
PlrrsBuRu, February 2t.-The wind
storm which struck here last night in ad-
vance of the western blizzard did no ser
ious damage in this vicinity. In the east
ern portion of the State, however, the tele-
graph wires were blown down and com.
munication almost entirely interrupted.
The gale continued all night and was &C.
compsnied by slight fall OF snow. Within
twenty-tour hours the mercury fell 43 de-
grees.
AT HARRISBURG. %
HARRISBURG, p February pa wind
snd snow storm Of disastrous character
has prevailed in this neighborhood for the
past twenty four hours and still continues.
This afternoon one of the large stand pipes
of the L.och:el Iron Works were toppled
over, one of which crashed into the works.
Fortunately no person was, injured. The
damage throughout the county will be con.
siderable. 80
IN NEW ENGLAND.
BosToN, February 26.-At 3 o'clock
this morning huge telegraph pole at the
corner of Msrylsud and Alabama streets,
was broken short of by high winds Other
poles in the neighborhood were broken or
pulled down in quick succession and sew
ersl streets were soon blocked with fallen
poles and an ixextricsble snare of wires.
Many horses we're entaugled and panic
was narrowly sveTted. Streets were at
once rOped of and large gangs OF men set
10 work clearing the wreck. No injury to
life or limbs has been reported, but there
hare been many narrow escapes.
A furious bli-zsrd prevailed during the
night in this vicinity and Tor long dis
tsnce down the Eastern coast.
At Portland twenty inches Of snow has
fallen and ii i. still showing.
Business is at a stGndstill. Tne Grand
Trunk railway is blocked at Bethel. aud
Oetweou there and South Paris is in bad
condition
At St. John, n. B., the snow ia the hesv.
lest OF the season and the wind is blowing
sixty miles an hour.
! At West6eld the steeples Of the First
Congregational Church was turned com.
pletely over and thrust through the root OF
the Sril1inC into the audience room.
IN CANADA
I QUEBEC, February 26.-Cold weather
again prevails throug "a Canada. The heav'
lest snow storm of the season has been IN
progress since last night.