The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-01-19

on the telegraph wires ana was rescued
uninjured.
Ali kinds of theories have been nd
vanced for the collapse of the building. In
some instances the responsibility Is placed
on the contractors, while in others the
building inspectors are blamed. Nothing
| definite can be known, however, until an
| investigation Is made
nut factory owned by Bontreger e. Co.
in the Seventeenth ward was blown down
during the storm and man named Hines
killed. The loss was Sl3, 900.
The cyclone wrought terrible destruc-
tion in other parts of the city and out along
the railroads centering here. A portion OF
| the foundry of Mcintosh, Hemphill az Co.
on Thirteenth street was wrecked, as was
also house in Allegheny. At Wallis
station, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. a large brick building, owned
by the Westinghouse Air Brake Com
pany was partially demolished, and ut
| Wilmording, Pa, coal tipple was
wrecked. At McKecsport houses wera
unroofed, trees blown down and windows
smashed. Three houses in course of erec-
tion were blown to pieces. On the rivers
a number OF boats were torn from their
moorings and cast about like corks, but
they were secured before much damage
was done.
| DISASTER AT sUNBuRY, PA.
SUSBURY, Pa, Jan. 10-A rain and
wind-storm came up suddenly Wednesday
| evening and blew over two of the stacks
| of the Sunbury nail mill. The mill is situ-
ated between the Reading and Pennsyl-
vania railroads on the outskirts of the
city. The first is the pudding mill with
six furnaces. Stack No. was thrown
over on the roof. carrying with.it stack No.
3 They crashed through the roof and
demolished the pudding department OF
| the mill. Thirty five men were employed
| in this department, and half of them were
bruised in the debris. The hre alarm was
sounded and soon hundreds surrounded
| the mill. Men were carried out half
| naked, and men are at work yet. as 1t is
| supposed several others are in tho ruins.
G. g. Showers, of Milton, and an unknown
tramp were killed. The wounded number
nine. There are four persons missing
AT wILLIAMsPoRT, PA
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. 10.-The storm:
was very violent here. A large number
of buildings were damaged and portion
of the new Demorest sewing g-machice
factory was blown down and the re-
mander partially unroofed. Several
building were blown down and others
were damaged The loss at the Demorest
works is over Sl0,0OO
IN OHIO
CLEVELAND, o.. Jan. 10.-A wind storm
ragged here all day Wednesday with terrific
violence, blowing down trees and signs,
partially unroofing some dwellings and
breaking good deal of glass. About 1l:30
a IN. z tremendous gust of wind, approxi-
mating the violence of u cyclone, swept
from the lake to the city, passing in q
southeastery 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 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 III Carroll
County a number of houses were unroofed
and 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 q couple
of hours, and ut one time reached Te-
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 L T. Harper but a moment
before left to look at the havoc being done
At Portsmouth the storm ragged during
the forenoon. The roof of Nichols furni-
ture works was bio wn off. At Bellaire the
most destructive rain and wind-storm
for years passed over that section about
IL O'Clock. Houses, stables, outbuildings
and orchards were blown down. A largo
number of horses and cattle were killed
Ind injured.
IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Jan. l0.-Chicago experienced
queer weather yesterday Starting in with
steady rain all of Tuesday night, it began
showing early in the morning and con-
tiuued through the day. A veritable bliz-
zard prevailed, the wind increasing in
velocity during the day from eight to
forty miles an hour Tho thermometer
fell from 35 to % degrees, and the barom-
eter reached 2S.S6, 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
servatories in Montana and Dakota indi-
cate that bowling blizzard is tearing
things up there and sweeping across the
country toward Iowa At many of the sta
tions the thermometer registers from
l2 TO IS degrees below zero, it being at
the former figure at Fort Buford
ana at IS below at points not Tar distant
Telegraphic communication has been in
terfered with, the wires being down on q
great many lines Should the storm con-
tinue the trans in the extreme Northwest
on the Northern Pacific liue will be showed
up.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 10-Yesterday
proved to be the stormiest, coldest day OF
the winter. Snow began falling at day
break and a heavy wind prevailed. The
snowfall amounts to abr 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. l0.-A severe
blizzard set in here Tuesday night anc
ragged with violence. A mail train on 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 well
shaken up. The wreck delayed all trains
for several hours.
1T BLEW SOMEBODY GOOD.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. i0.-Sn ow has
been falling since sunset Tuesday night on
this peninsula and il 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. GA great snow
storm prevailed throughout the State