The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-30
VIOLENT WIND STORM.
Great Havoc in the Eastern
States.
HENRY GEORGE GETS BOUNCED
Chinese-T he SICK Emperor
Killed the Sergeant, Etc.
The Big Storm.

| WELLsvILLE, N. Y, May 29.-Twenty
business blocks were unroofed and the
Baptist church badly damaged here
yesterday afternoon. Only two or
three persons were injured. The heavy
rains adds to the damage. Windows
were broken by hundreds. The storm
swept violently eastward through
southern New York, telling trees and
doing general damage. A church and
several buildings were wrecked at AL
lentown and many of the derricks in
Allegheny field were blown down.
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 29.-Ths storm
which swept over eastern Ohio, West
Virginia and western Pennsylvania,
yesterday afternoon, was of very de-
structive character, and the aggregate
loss to building crops and railroad and
telegraph lines will foot up many
thousand dollars. Several lives were
also sacrificed and a number of o. rsons
injured. About Point Pleasant and
Huntington, w. ". at Canton, Ohio,
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and
through the oil regions the storm was
particularly severe, the hail falling in
torrents with the wind was very
violent. Near RsvensWood. w. Va,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Powell were
killed by lightning while sitting in their
home. At Charleston, w. Va, Mrs.
Robert Shannon was killed by falling
tree. At Bridgeport, Ohio, q 6-year
old son of Joseph Powell was caught by
the rush of wafer in narrow ravine
and drowned. Two companions made
a narrow escape. At Bellaire, Ohio, a
railroad brakeman named Castelled
was killed while endeavoring to
a train during the
storm. At Canton, Ohio, houses
were lifted from their foundations, and |
the steeples of several churches were !
wrecked. The south wing of the new
Hamnden watch works, 200 feet in |
length and three stories high, was
blown down, and is total wreck, and |
the Deuber watch case works were |
badly damaged. At Oil City, Pennsyl-
vania, the roof of the Arlington Hotel
vas blown off and the guests rushed
rfcm the building panic-stricken. Ii
Pennsylvania, also suffered Sc
verely. Frank Burch6eld, of Pleasant |
Vile, crossing Pine Creek bridge in q |
buggy, was blown over into the water. |
The vehicle was reduced to splinter5, |
and the horse lifted bodily and carried |
100 yards away. About this city the !
storm was not 50 heavy but specials |
from many other points represent hail !
falling as large as hens eggs. Tele- |
graph lines are down badly, and in |
many places the railroad tracks are |
covered with debris from the hills. The |
damage to orchards has been particu
larlY heavy, many trees in the regions |
visited by hail being stripped of every |
leaf, and other crops suffered CORE
The total loss will proha-
bly, reach several hundred thousand
dollars.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Despatches re-
ceived this morning show that destrue-
tive transforms prevailed all through
Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota,
Dakota. Iowa and Nebraska, on Sunday
and yester ay. In illinois considerable
damage was done to crops, and a num-
Der of ca tie and horses were killed by
hail. In Iowa the rain descended in
torrents, and the hail was terrific. Hail
stones were as large as eggs, and were
piled upon The ground from two to four
feet deep in places. The damage to
crops and fruits was very heavy. In
Nebraska TWO children were drowned
while crossing little stream which had
crown into torrent by the heavy rains.
Near Sioux City, Iowa, the Missouri
River is again on the rampage, dong
great damage. Hail fell with great
force, tearing shingles off the houses
and cutting live stock till they were
covered with blood.