Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-01-16
STORM AND WRECK.
Terrible Devastation by the Great Storm
in the East 80 A Tornado's Bloody
Track-The City of Reading the PrIn
cipa1 Sufferer - Disaster at Other
Points.

POINTS,
| New YORK, Jan. 1O.--Nearly complete
returns from the track of the terrible
tornado which swept across portions o.
the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and
| West Virginia. late yesterday afternoon,
indicate that the financial loss there
! from will reach into the millions.
The loss of life is appalling. Nearly
| $50 persons were killed outright or re-
ceived injuries which will prove fatal,
| while the number whose hurts are less
serious is fully 200.
| The storm was in every way the most
! severe ever experienced in the East,
and it is possible the figures regarding
/ loss to property owners and fatalities
may be largely increased.
! The death list at Reading, where 400
girls were imprisoned in the ruins OF
silk mill, will reach 100, with as many
more badly mangled.
! Pittsburg mourns dozen dead and
: fully two score injured.
| AtSunbury, Pa, six men were crushed
to death and nine injured, some fatally.
In other towns the loss was less seri-
Gus.
1 The storm started from over Lake
/ Erie and then worked south over Penn
Eylvania with a cyclonic motion and the
tail end of it struck New York. It then
whipped out to sea having given Long
| Island small dose of it's force. New
York did not receive the full force of
the wind storm. In this state, while the
wind did considerable damage, the
heavy rain fall was the principal feature
, of the storm.
In New England the water in many
places fell in the form of snow. The
steamer George Appold, which went
ashore yesterday morning on Long Is
land, near Sag Harbor, was driven fur
Their on the rocks by the wind and sea,
and this morning not vestige of her
remains The crew was saved after
great exertions by the life crew.
At Carlisle, Pa, the government train
ing school for Indians, and a number of
other buildings, were unrooted. The
loss will exceed $4,000.
At York, Pa, a handsome new brick
Eastern market house, just outside of
the eastern boundary of the city, was
entirely demolished. Literally speak
ing, not one brick was left standing up
on another. The building cost $4,000
to erect.
WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 10.-The
storm yesterday did great amount of
NeNAAuSC ALA tIAo Nlbf anu
towns. All through the surrounding
country many buildings are unroofed or
| otherwise damaged, and telegraph COM
munication was seriously interfered with.
There was little rain here, but at Park
ersburg and points below water fell in
perfect deluge, and the streams are
| badly swollen. At Belleville one family
narrowly escaped death by falling
house. Reports continue to come IN
of great damage in West Virgi ala
counties, touching on the Ohio
aud In Eastern Ohio. No loss of life
has been reported, but buildings have
been unroofed or otherwise seriously
injured. In many cases houses were
carried away bodily. On the river sew
eral steam boats were blown ashore.
The force of the wind was so great in
this city that a train of loaded freight
Gays at the Bloch Tobacco Works were
run along the track for square. A long
flagstaff, coming from no one knows
where, leveled the fence surrounding
st. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal
Church. Such incidents were multiplied
. Indefinitely.
LocKPoRT, N Y, Jan. 1O.-The sus-
pension bridge situated near the Mag
ara Falls was carried away by the gale
about o'clock this morning and de-
posted in the river. The towers and
cables remain intact. The bridge
son and enlarged for double
track, the material BEING iron and steel.
It was owned by the Niagara Falls and
Clifton Suspension Bridge Companies.
The stock is held in Oswego and Can
ada, and always paid large dividends.
The loss is about $4,000. The bridge
will probably be rebuilt as soon as pos
sible.
All points of interest along the river
at the waters edge suffered more Or
less. The water was never known to be
so high. The International Hotel was
unroofed. Several buildings were
blown down in the vicinity. The gale
was the severest known here and lasted
from 4 P. NJ. yesterday until daylight
this morning.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 10.-A terrific
and destructive storm swept over this
city yesterday afternoon. It was of
short duration, but damaged property
to the amount of $4,000 Houses were
unrooied, awnings torn down, and
several buildings wrecked. The storm
came from the west. The wind had
velocity Of seventy-fve miles an hour,
and was accompanied by raw and
chilling rainfall. In several instances
wagons, the drivers Oh WHICH uau SOuguL
shelter, were turned and the animals at
tached completely ripped off. A wo-
man in attempting to cross Third Street
at Walnut was picked up and thrown Vi
olently against an iron fence and con-
siderably injured. AS far as can be as
certained no one was fatally injured,
though quite a number were hurt. The
most damaging result OF the storm was
to the Mt Pleasant school building. The
entire roofing, chimneys and cupola
were lifted off and carried several hum
dred feet, pieces of scantling being
driven through the weather. boarding of
houses on the opposite side of the
street. When the storm struck the
schoolhouse there were over 400 chill
dren busily engaged at their studies.
The edifce shook as if it would be
twisted to pieces. The cheeks of the
children grew pale. A panic resulted.
Fortunately all were gotten out without
serious injury, although many were
badly bruised.
SUNBURY, Pa, Jan. 10.-A rain and
wind storm came up suddenly at $3.50