Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-01-19

atsd between the Reading and Pennsyl-
vania railroads on the outskirts OF the
city. The first is the pudding mill with
siy furnaces Stack No. , was thrown
over on the roof. carrying with.lt stack NO.
4 They crashed through the roof and
Demolished the pudding department OF
the mill. Thirty-ive men we're employed
in this department, aud half Of them were
bruised in the debris. The hre alarm was
sounded and soon hundreds surrounded
the mill. Men were carried out halt
naked. and men are at work yet, as IL Is
supposed several others are IN the runs
C. q. showers, Of Milton, and an
tramp were killed. The wounded lumber
nine. There are four persons missing.
AT wuLLGAMSPoRr, PA.
WuLIANsroRr Pa, Jan. l0.-The storm
was very violent here. A large number
of buildings were damaged and a portion
of the new Demorest sewing-machice
factory was blown down ana tue re,
mainder partially unrooted' several
building were blown down and others
were damaged. The loss at the Dcmorest
works is over $40, 0O0.
IN ONO.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. l0.-A wlnd-storm
ragged here all day Wednesday with terrific
violence, blowing down trees and signs,
partially unrooting some dwellings ana
breaking a good deal of glass. About ll;D
a. m, a tremendous gust of wind, approx
mating the violence of a cyclone, swept
from the lake to the city, passing in a
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 ht by the
wind. At Ravenna 7. 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. III Carroll
County a 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 Il couple
of hours, and at one time reached a We
locity of ~forty-eight miles al hour, A
huge chimney at the penitentiary was
blown down and, crashing through the
roof OF the secretary's once, demolished
the desk which H. 1. harper Dut a moment
before left to Hook at the havoc beng done
by the storm in the penitcntiary yard.
At Portsmouth the storm ragged during
the forenoon. The roof Of Nichols furni-
ture works was bio wn of, AT Bellalre the
most destructive rain and wlnd-storm
for years passed over that section ABOUT
II o'clock, Houses, stables, outoulidlllgs
and orchards were blown down. A large
of horses and cattle were killed
md injured.
IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Jan. O.-Chlcago experienced
queer weather yesterday. Starting IN with
a steady rain all OF Tuesday night,I 1t began
showing early in the morning and con-
tinued through the day. A veritable bll1-
zard prevailed, the wind increasing in
velocity during the day from eight TO
forty miles an hour. The thermometer
fell from 80 to 20 degrees, and the barom-
eter reached 2S,9t, the lowest point ever
known here From all points in the State
reports OF heavy snowfall, in some
traiflc beng almost entirely sus-
pended. Trains on all roads are delayed.
Dispatches from the Signal Service OBJ
servatories in Montana and Dakota indi-
that a bowling blizzard is tearing
things up there and sweeping across the
country toward Iowa. At many of the sta
tons the thermometer registers from
II TO Is degrees below zero, it being at
inc former llgure at Fort Butord
and at Is below at points not far distant.
Ielegraphic communication has been in
t%erfered with, the wires being down on a
great many lines. Should the storm con-
tlnue the trans in the extreme Northwest
on the Northern Pacific line will be showed
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 10-Yesterday
proved to be the stormiest, coolest day of
the winter. Snow began falling at dav-