Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-19
Wind, Snow and lightning.

Wind, Smow and lightning
Wednesday rain storm set in at Cham
bersburg, Pa, and continued all day, the
rain descending in torrents. Al night the
wind commenced blowing in gales, and by
morning a regular tornado struck the town
| The clouds, Of /: purple color, hung oyer the
| place and in al instant the storm burst
forth. Houses rocked 10 and fro, and sev.
eral were lifted from their foundations. Il
is impossible now TO tell the extent 0! the
damage, which wss greater in the rural
districts than in the town. IN the latter little
damage, with the exception Of carrying
ava shutters, knocking down chinneys,
upsetting outbuildings, etc., hes occurred.
The gable end of the foundry Sc the TAYLOR
| Engine Works was blown away, and scat
| tered around fer q considerable distance.
In the country the ends Of houses were
blown in, barns leveled with the around,
school-houses upset, trees torn cut by the
roots, and fences carried aWay. Much fear
| and excitement prevailed, and tho lives of
many, at various times. were liz emiaent
danger. No loss Of life nag been reported.
During q very heavy wind storm at
Moorestown, \. j.. accompanied By light
| ming, yesterday morning, the Chronicle
building was struck, and the upper wall
shattered. The wind lifted off the roof and
destroyed the walls above the second story,
wrecking tho building considerably. A
number of minor casualties are reported
elsewhere in the neighborhood
A severe wind storm that swept over
Lockhaven, Pa, at siE o'clock il the II norn-
| ing did much damage 10 property At the
| Pennsylvania Paper Mills Co.'s works, lwo
large iron smoke stacks, seventy-fye feet
| high, we're blown down. One Of them fe!!
ou the eVaporating building, completely de-
| moiishiDg it. snd iDjuring four taen, who
were buried i'll the ruins. The ether stack
| fell across the boiler house aud crushed it.
| The fireman was badly injured. Many
buildings in the city were damaged, anu a
| large tobacco aheG. owned by Proctor NV.
ers, was totally demolished. The roof Of
| the new nail mill building was slightly cam.
aged Reports from the country are TO tho
effect that the farmers have suffered eoVcra.
| ly by the damages to fences and fruit trees
| and outGuilcings.
The vitrol works oftDe John l.. Thompson
Chemical Co., near West Troy, n. Y, wers
demolished by . cyclone yesterday MORN
ing. Six men were badly hurneG by Yitrol
|
| 000 A canal beat captain WAS blown iuio
the cacal and drowned.
| The storm forced up tbs heaviest tide at
| Port Deposit, MG.,. this season. The steam
er BsningrG, which plies between Port De-
posit and LspidUm, was forced from he.
| moorinss and dashed against the wharf with
such force as to completely disable her. The
| Western Union snd railroad wires leading
from the place were blown down.
| 4 terrific thunder shower b; oke over New
| York shortly before noon, and the rain ieli
! in torrents. Over two Inches fell Tho
| wind attained a velocity 0? forty miles an
hour. The big statue showed no effect from
the heavy wind, men working on Bedlocs
Island not noticing anything but = ircrnor Of
| the interior longitudinal braces.
The storm created sad havoc in Oley
township, near Reading, Pa. For half
mile,in the track of the storm fences, trees
and small out-buildinss wete destroyed.
Spohn & Gresemer's large tobacco ware
house was wrecked and its contents scat
tered in al directions. The church at
SWartzwald was partially unroofed, and
many small buildings were wrecked.
During the storm ct Towanda, Pa, fire
broke out in the Daily RerieIv building. In
8 few minutes the high wind spread the
flames to the adjoining buildings in The
block, and before they could be suhdued
Mrs. Maddern's millinery store and Holmes
s. Passages muec depot were burned to the
ground The fire originated in the press
room Of the Rcrie'c office, and deatroyea
that building and its contents. The less is
estimated at 900. The roofs ofhouses il
various parts Of the city were torn of, te!e-
graph and telephone wires 10 all parts were
greatly damaged and trees were snapped
in two while the storm lasted.
At Kingston, ono mile from Wilkesharre,
a new Catholic Church, the dimensions of
which were 20by 60 feet, with II inch walls,
was blown down and totally wrecked.
At Parsons, three miles from Wilkesbarre,
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
are putting up new No. ? shaft, and dur
inc the gale tho timbers and plsnks were
tossed about promiscuously. Robert john
son. q carpenter at work at the time, was
struck by flying plank and instantly kill.
ed. The .steeple of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, one of tho highest in the section,
was blown down and completely demolish-
, cd. At Mill Creek the head house Of No:
sb, ,>tt and the roof Of No. 2 shaft OF the Della
ware and Hudson Company, were blown
down ind destroyed. The damage done at
these two collieries has caused suspension
of work for the present.