The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-31
AHasyy Wind Storm.

CADIz JUNCTION, Ohio, May GA
terrible wind storm swept over Cadiz
early last evening. It was heralded by
a roaring sound like heavy artillery
and black clouds, capped by rolling
white ones. which leaped high in the
air and Whirled with terrible velocity.
Few minutes after it swept downward
near the roofs and spires of the higher
buildings. The Presbyterian church
was rocked to its foundation. The
spire was swept of its abutments and
hurled into the street below. the point
of the spire entered the law Office of
Mr.. Stuart Shotwell, diagonally oppo-
site. and crashed through it. AT the
time Mr.. Shotwell was Standing at the
window, not over a foot distant. It
knocked the heavy iron safe over in the
room, but did no other damage. Part
of the roof of the church was blown off.
The church building is valued at
$50, 600 and the damage done is pro-
badly S6, 900 to 10000. The United
Presbyterian church has part of its
front walls blown down. John Giles
pies furniture store has part of the
roof and end walls blown in. The tin
roof of the Odd Fellows building was
wrapped up as a scroll and torn
asunder, delugiDg the hall and the
wall paper and news stand of N. T.
Hanna, occupying the first story. A
number of private dwellings were
seriously damaged. Falling chimneys,
trees and fences and debris were
scattered promiscuously. No deaths
from the storm are reported in the
city, but several narrow escapes Oc-
CURED and several people were badly
bruised by flying bricks, chimneys,
etc. The telegraph wires are down,
pno0oonoc hauiTop fn no xriro6 from this
point eight miles away. Noreport has
come in from the country, but it is
feared great damage has been done
east and northeast of this city in the
country.
OF A VERY DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTER.
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 29.-The storm
which swept over Eastern Ohio, West
Virginia and Western Pennsylvania
yesterday afternoon was of very de.
structive character, and the aggregate
loss to buildings, crops and railroad
thousands of dollars. Several lives
were also sacrificed and a number of
persons were injured. About Point
Pleasant and Huntington, West Vir
ginia, and Canton, Ohio, Beaver coun
| ty, Pennsylvania, and through the OF
regions, the storm was particularly Sc
we're, the rain falling in torrents, while
the wind was very violent. Near Ra
venswood, West Virginia, Mr.. anC
Mrs. VIM. Powell were killed by light
ming, while sitting in their home. A
ert Shannon was killed by falling
tree. At Bridgeport, Ohio, a six
year-Old son of Joseph Howell
was caught by rush of water il
a narrow ravine and drowned and tw,
compaL ions made a narrow escape
at Bellaire, Ohio, a railroad brakeman
named Castelle, was killed while en-
deavoring to manage a train durini
the storm. At Canton, Ohio, house
were lifted from their foundations ant
the steeples of several churches wer
wrecked. The south wing of the NeI
Hampden watch works, 200 feet il
length and three stories high wa
blown down and is a total wreck
The Dueber Watch Case works wer
badly damaged. There were NAM
narrow escapes from death by tn
fall of the HampGen building.
workman named Miller was probabl
fatally hurt and Joseph Myers, anothe
emplOye was seriously injured. The los
is estimated at $40, goo. In Beaver couI
ty, Pennsylvania fully sc, 600 worth c
damage was done to property by tn
storm, but as far as known no one wa
injured. AT Oil City the roof of tn
Arlington hotel was blown off and tn
guests rushed from the building panic
, tricken. Titusville also suffered 81
verely. Frank Burchfield of Pleasant
vile, while crossing Pine creek bridg
in a buggy, was blown over into tn
water and the vehicle was reduced t
, kindling wood. Mr.. Barber and fam
! ly, who were out driving, were ais
thrown from their carriage and slight
ly injured. Through the oil region
: derricks were blown down and niue
damage done. About this city til
storm was not SO heavy, but specia
J from many other points represent ha
= falling as large as hens eggs. Tel
) graph lines are down badly and
} many places railroad tracks are CO.
! cred with debris. The damage to o
) chards has been particularly heav
} many trees in the regions visited /
hail being stripped of every leaf ar
l other crops suffered in correspondiI
l degree. The total loss will probab
reach several hundred thousand dc
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