Connecticut western news., 1889-05-15
TERRIFIC GALES,
Death and Destruction in the
 Storms Tracks.

Death and Destruction in the
 Storms Tracks.
 Dispatches from all over the States bring line
 Patrick Murray's frame dwelling house at New Haven, Conn.,, was instantly. demol. ished by a cyclone, and sixteen workmen that were near the top of the building went down with it. Six of the men were seriously injured, and two of them may die. They are F. H .Sher- idan, of Springfield, Mass, and A. Slater. John B. Smith had six ribs broken, Henry Leigh received injury t, the spine, Michael Foley had both bones of the right ankle fractured, William o O'Brien had deep gash on the head, and James O'Brien had finger crushed and received some painful bruises MT. Sheridan is a son-in-aw of ex-Judge Charles A. Bray, of New Haven. The building was covered in on all sides, but the north end was struck by the wind from the northwest. William O'Brien, the mason contractor, was completing the chimney when the storm ap- peared. He was reminded by the dark clouds of the Walingford tornado, which he wit messed in 1879, and directed the men to quit work They got down into the attic just as the attic went down. The others in the building were only slightly injured. Fire men aided in the work of rescuing the victims. It was necessary to cut huge tim bers in two before some could be released. During the storm the wind blew at the rate of forty miles an hour, and nearly half an inch of rain fell in thirty minutes. In Wallingford Mrs. Henry Connors was rendered unconscious by stroke of light ming, but recovered.
 A tornado, followed by rain, swept over Philadelphia. The principal damage done was at the State fair grounds, in the north western section. Floral Hall, a large frame structure, was demolished and other smaller buildings were damaged, the loss being esti. mated at $2O.0OO A man with his horse and cart was buried under the ruins of Floral Hall, but he was gotten out without serious injury. This is the only case of personal injury reported. A great number of houses were unroofed, and some in course of con etruction were blown down.
 Reports from the outlying districts show that great amount of damage was done by the tornado. In Camden about twenty five houses were unroofed, and the scafolding around big Catholic church in course of erection was blown down, doing considerable damage to surrounding property.
 A most terrific hail. wind. and rain storm visited Belvidere, III. Hailstones as large as walnuts fell for 80 minutes. The fruit trees are in full bloom and much damage will be done to cherries and late applies. Corn planting was about completed, but much
 
 being literally washed out of the ground The florists will be the worst sufferers, hun dreds of lights of glass being broken and the plants being cut to pieces. Stock which was out in open fields and unable to get under shelter suffered badly.
 dispatch from Frederick, Maryland, says A small cyclone is reported from the Potomac Valley, near the Point of Rocks, seventy miles above Washington. Twenty-Five men who were at work on a railroad trestle over hr, hot N,,,f kf,4 ,r,fS the water, sixty feet below, and the wreck oi the bridge fellupon some of them and several were killed. The others succeeded in swim ming ashore. Wires are down in nll directions in Western Maryland.
 The storm was very severe in Sunbury, Pa. Trees were blown down, houses unroofed, and the Clement House, one of the princip pal hotels was unroofed, and the brick end of the build. ing fell into the street. Several persons nar- rowly escaped injury.
 The most beneficial rain of the season fell at Sioux Falls, Dak. The ground is now we'll soaked, and fears of a setback to the crops are allayed. Every crop is now especially promising, as all the conditions are favor able and the season IS from two to three weeks earlier than last year.
 During q severe thunderstorm at Fox borough, Mass, a barn in South Foxbor- ough was struck by lightning and burned with a house and large shop, all owned by John Grumbull. Loss sS.000; partly insured
 Terrible storms passed over New York State doing enormous damage. At Geneset three men were engaged on a church building in course of erection when sudden gust o wind struck them with great force, knocking them to the ground, a distance of forty feet Two of the men escaped serious injury, but the third, named Reed, was crushed and died shortly afterward- The storm nlso visited NanasquaB, Elmira, New York, Brooklyn ptsesb1rE Aondout and other plarUs; build < " WN booe1 eevn, tsSU tosa up, asd