The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-11-26
THE CYCLONE

| OF damage done III ulurrPhJ lOcdutles'
CuAMBERsBURG, PA.
A small sized cyclone struck this
county in this vicinity early in the
morning Buildings swayeJ to and
fro and the people were afraid to re-
main in bed. The gable end of a
house on Mr. Plaster's farm, east of the
town, was blown in and the building is
almost an entire loss. The building
owned by Mr.. Jere Rhoadarmer, on
the Washington street extension, was
completely wrecked. There is some
machinery stored in the building which
is ruined. The roof on the barn oe
| Mr. Samuel DIsert was blown from the
building and much damage done to the
contents of the barn by the rain. Fit.
teen feet of the slate roof over the
Taylor works was blown off and
large portion of the cornice demolished.
A Fayetteville dispatch says: "The
brick school house at New Guilford
was blown down and scattered in all
directions. In that place straw and
fodder stacks were fearfully demolished.
Houses rocked like cradles all night.
The people were terribly frightened.
The wind came from the southeast and
never has such tornado visited that
section. The rain also descended in
torrents
IN THE wYCoMING VALLEY.
A brief, but destructive cyclone, ac.
companied by rain-storm, prevailed
in the Wyoming Valley, causing in
tense exciterent while il lasted. Roofs
of houses in various parts were torn
off, telegraph aud telephone wires TO
all parts were greatly damaged and
trees were snapped in two while the
storm lasted At Kingston the new
Catholic church was blown down and
totally wrecked The loss, which falls
upon the contractor, Wm. OMslley, is
estimated at $4,000. At Parsons,
where the Delaware and Hudson Ca
nal Co. are putting up shaft, during
the gale, tilnbers aud planks were
tossed abouc promiscuously. Robert
johnson, a carpenter, who was at work
at the time, was struck by a flying
plank and instantly killed. The stee-
pie of the Methodist Epi,copal church,
one of the highest in that section, was
: blown do IN and completely demolished.
At Mill Creek the head house of No. 3
shaft and the roof of No. . shalt of
the Delaware aud Hudson Co., were
blown down and destroyed. The dar2-
, age done at these two collieries caused
b. the suspension of work for the present.
r LOCK HAVEN, PA.
r A severe wind storm that swept over
H. a'oIonl, Il,
r done much damage to property. AT
r the Penusyl ylvauia paper mills company's
works, two large iron smoke stacks. 10
y feet high, were blown down. One of
t them fill on the evaporaling buildii G,
n completely demolishing it, and injurng
i four men who were buried in the ru ms.
The other stack fell acro's the boiler
o house and crushed it. The fireman,
l. H. Bennett, was badly injured. Many
t. buildings in the city are damaged, and
large tobacco shed, owned by Proc.
tor Myers, was totally demolished.
, The roof Of the new nail mill building
!, was slightly damaged. Reports from
u the country are to the effect that the
y farmers have suffered severely by the
u damages to fruit trees and outbuildings
READING, PA.
) Considerable damage was done ir
q q Reading by the severe storm OF Wed
~ ~ nesday night of last week. The wind
70 blew a perfect gale and there was 6
ie heavy fall of rain. A large tree wa.
a blown upon the Washington stree
u u bridge Thursday morning and severa
~ persons narrowly escaped being struck
es On Court street below Third, a dwell
" " ing had to be vacated hurriedly on ac
le count of the dangerous condition of
u telegraph pole. Telegraph communi
V cation has been much Interrupted. A
y. $50 a. M. the wind shifted from tn
~ South 80 Northwest and no furthe
to trouble is feared.
oy rIrTsBURG, PA.
o., or The heavy rains of Wednesday nigh
nc caused a most disastrous landslide fr0r
nc Mt. Washington, on the south side @
z the Monougahela river the sides @
90 which are almost perpendicular, an
~, along the base of which the Pau lIaudl
iu Railroad is constructed. The Ljmite
ee es Express on the Pan Handle Road, du
-, IN Pittsburg at 6;40, hai reached
Oh place Just beyond the Point Bridge
~ one mile from Union Station, when
eo mass of rock came craShir down til
~ hillside The train consisted of thrC
..ar Pullman cars, in addition 10 sewers
n ne mail cars The first sleeper was IL
~, ,n Cinclnuati, and the second and Il
az an third from Indianapolis The fir
m n'- mass struck the Cincinnati sleepe
", vs. crushing through the roof near Il
ne centre. This Car had very few passe
s as gers in, and nearly all Of them were 1
se' and in the lavatories ID. Arnheim,
~ ~ Pittsburg, was standing in the isle AT
PuuO was crushed beneath huge rock. NJ
en' A. S. Bennett, of New York, was st
yea, ia his berth and a mass crushed throul
VI the upper berth, carried il down upt
'a'' him, and pinned him beneath it. 4
second car was srIck in the cent
one huge rock going through frc
one side to the other, and tearing Q
for nearly the entire side OF the car L
of other car was also badly crush,
any Nearly the entire mass remained on ,
ule, cars. and as the track was nut v,
rms, little obstructed the conductor order
ter. the engineer to pull out for the I'm
the station as rapidly as possible. A Il
and phone message had been sent Civ
etter information OF the accident. BY
orer time the train pulled into the stat
CHER the entire force of employees was re'
us, to assist in removing the injured fl
one. the cars, stretchers and all other
,able quirements as well as force of phi
they clans being on hand. Two per'
the were badly injured, and may not
g. all cover. Six others received slight br
Ire es, but none serious.
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