The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

ated between tho Reading and Pennsyl
vanis railroads on tho outskirts Of the
city. The first IL the pudding. mill with
nix furnaces. Stack No. 3 was thrown
over on the roof. carrying with.it stack No.
& They crashed through the roof and
demolished the pudding department Of
the mill Thirty-6ve men were employed
In this department, and half Of them wero
bruised in the debris. The hre alarm was
sounded and soon hundreds surrounded
the mill. Men were carried ont half
naked, and men are at work yet ~ it IL
supposed several others are in the ruins.
G. G. Showers, Of Milton, and an unknown
tramp were killed. The wounded number
nine. There are four persons missing
AT w1LL1ANsPoRT, PA
W1LL1AMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. lO.-The storm
was very violent here. A large number
Of buildings were damaged and portion
of the new Demorest sewing-machico
mainder partially unroofed. Several
building were blown down and others
were damaged. The loss ct the Demorest
works is over $4,000.
IN OHIO.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 10.-A wind-storIn
ragged here all day Wedn esday with terrific
violence, blowing down trees and signs,
partially unroofing some dwellings and
breaking good deal Of glass. About IL 40
q m. tremendous gust Of wind, approx
mating the violence Of cyclone, swept
from the lake to the city, passing in q
southeasterly direction. The violence of
the gale was such that buildings rocked
and great alarm was felt for their safety.
From all over Northern Ohio come re-
ports Of great damage wrong bit by the
wind. At Ravenna p. Dorgs' brick kiln
blew in completely wrecking it with val
liable molds. At Akron trees were pros
trated, bulletin boards demolished and
dozens of windows smashed. In Carroll
County q number OF houses were unroofed
and a very heavy, dark storm-cloud swept
to the southeast about noon. The tele-
phone and telegraph service is badly
crippled in this section Of Ohio.
At Columbus the wind blew for couple
of hours, and at one time reached We
locity of forty.eight miles an hour. A
huge chimney at the penitentiary was
blown down and, crashing through the
roof of the secretary's Office, demolished
the desk which E T. Harper but moment
before left to look at the havoc being done
by the storm in the penitentiary yard.
At Portsmouth the storm ragged during
the forenoon. The roof of Nichols furni-
ture works was bio Wn OF. At Bellaire the
most destructive rain and wind-st0rm
for years passed over that section about
II o. CLOCK. Houses. stables, outbuildings
and orchards were blown down. A large
number of horses and cattle were killed
Ind injured.
IN IIL1Nors
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Chicago experienced
queer weather yesterday. Starting in with
a steady rain all Of Tuesday night. it began
showing early in the morning and con-
tinued through the day. A veritable bliz'
zard prevailed, the wind increasing il
velocity during the day from eight to
forty miles an hour. The thermometer
fell from IS to IS degrees, and the baron.
eter reached 1885, the lowest point ever
known here. From all points In the State
come reports of heavy snowfall, in some
localities traffic being almost entirely sus-
pended. Trains on all roads are delayed.
Dispatches from the Signal Service OBJ
servatorles in Montana and Dakota indi.
cate that a bowling blizzard 10 tearing
things up there and sweeping across the
country toward Iowa. At many of the sta
ons the thermometer registers from
IL to 10 degrees below zero, it being at
the former figure at Fort Buford
and at 10 below at points not far distant
Telegraphic communication has been in.
terfered with, the wires being down on a
great many lines. Should the storm con.
tinue the trains in the extreme Northwest
on the Northern Pacific line will be. showed
up.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Jan. 1O.-Yesterday
proved to be the stormiest, coolest day OF
the winter. Snow began falling at day:
break and heavy wind prevailed. The
snowfall amounts to abe ut three inches,
but is drifted. The cold weather IS the
first severe test of the natural-gas plants,
but thus far the new fuel proves more
than equal to the emergency.
VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. lO.-A severe
blizzard set in here Tuesday night and
ragged with violence. A mail train on the
Fort Wayne road was thrown from the
track at Wheeling owing to the presence OF
snow in the switch, and the engine and
mail car were badly damaged. The pas
sengers escaped injury but were wei;
shaken up. The wreck delayed all trains
for several hours.
1T BLEW SOMEBODY GOOD.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. N-Sn ow has
been falling since sunset Tuesday night or
this peninsula, and if it turns cold enough
to freeze the swamps the great numbering
industries OF the State, which have been
paralyzed by the open weather, will be
saved
MILWAUKEE, Jan. "a great snow
storm prevailed throughout the State
Wednesday. In the numbering district the
blizzard is hailed with delight.