Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-15

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stitious people dropped on the pavements
and prayed. Street-car windows were
blown out and cabs were overturned OF
twisted
In Printing House Square men and
women, blinded by sand, CROPPED for trees
or chung to the park fence or sank down
where they We're, unable to see and afraid
to move. Women and. children were car
RED forc1bly along against buildings or
cnrbs, where they fell. The tall Tribune
and Times buildings on one side of Park
Row were not visible from the other side
Superstitious persons were seen bowed to
the pavement praying.
Many of the wire-poles remaining are
down, signs and broken glass strew the
walks; in the harbor ferry boats were
blown about well-nigh helpless; a yawl was
upset but its two occupants were saved;
flag poles were hurled to the streets,
and the remains of the centen-
NAL decorations were blown down.
The ferry-boat Flushing was lust
approaching the slip on this side Of the river
when the whirlwind struck her and turned
her almost completely around and dashed
her against one Of the bulkheads num-
Der OF passengers, mostly ladies, were
thrown down with great force.
The area covered by the reports is South
ern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Delaware, Connecticut and Massachu-
setts No deaths are reported in this city,
but many painful casualties
On Long Island buildings were blown
down, huge piles of lumber scattered,
and awnings, signs, etc., carried
from their fastenings and hurled
through the streets. A coach contain
ing three ladies returning from Calvary
Cemetery was blown into the meadows
The occupants escaped uninjured, but the
coach was badly smashed and the horses
wounded A passenger train standing on
the track at Far Rockaway was started by
the wind, but the station agent Jumped
aboard and put on the brakes.
The Pennsylvania railroad engine house
| at Burlington, N. j., was blown down. At
Fair Haven, Conn, men were buried in the
wreckage of new house, while twenty
! three working outside were hurled through
the air with fatal results to some and Sc
we're injury to all At Point of Rocks
Md, twenty five men who were at work on
railroad trestlc over the river at that point
were swept off into the water sixty feet be-
low, and at Palmyra, Pa, many houses are
in ruins and the inmates homeless, if alive.
At Williamsport, Pa, Barnums show
was stampeded There was panic
OF fear lest the tent should fall Three
cages of animals were overturned, an
antelope was killed, and the trumpeting of
elephants caught under the falling canvas
caused intense fright and confusion MANY
of the performers-men and women-were
shockingly hurt
The storm interfered with the working
OF the telegraph wires radiating from the
city. There has been much delay, and re-
lays have been necessity on the long cir
cults
At Pittsburgh there was the heaviest
rain-storm since the memorable cloud
burst ut 1874, when nearly 200 people lost
their lives. The rain fell in torrents.
and in few minutes the streets
were converted into small rivers;
cellars were flooded in all parts of
the city, and the Fifth avenue cable
cars were stopped by the water getting
to the Washington street power-house.
Land-slides are reported on nearly all the
railroads leading into the city. The low
lands along the Ohio river were badly Hood
ed and numerous farms were completely
washed out The storm was accompanied
by remarkable electric display, and sew
eral houses were struck by lightning on
Mount Washington
dow-panes and blew down shade trees
u x.
County Treasurer James Reynolds was
struck by lightning, and Mrs. Reynolds and
a daughter were stunned by the shock.
They remained in an unconscious condition
for two hours, but they will recover. The
house was not damaged to any extent.
At Newport, Pa, the county fair exhibit
ton building was demolished and other
buildings damaged Charles Meyers. aged
8, was killed At Pottsville, Pa, the storm
damaged many buildings. A panic occurred
among the girls in the silk mill and Sallie
Reichart was thrown down a flight OF stairs
and seriously injured Work had to be sus-
pended for the day. A Polish miner was
killed by lightning. AtShamokin, Pa, many
buildings, including row of eight new
unoccupled tenements were wrecked At
Susquehanna, Pa, William Clapper, of Gulf
Summit, N. Y, was killed by lightning At
Easton, Pa, the tornado uprooted trees and
unroofed buildings Mrs David E. Ward
billboard which was blown down upon
them.
At Elmira, N. Y, m any buildings were
damaged. Several persons were hurt by
flying DEBRIS and Jacob Metzger, mer-
chant, severely injured by his carriage be-
ing blown over. At Geneseo, N. Y, a wind
storm blew three workmen from q church
building. They fell forty feet, and one
named Redd was killed and the others in
jured. At Rutland, Vt, lightning shattered
a building at the marble quarries where
Miss Emma Juch, the vocalist, and some
friends had taken refuge They were
stunned but not injured.
A1Epo, I'LL, May ia heavy storm swept
through this county about o'clock Friday
afternoon, doing considerable damage. A
party of school children, who had been pic
n1cking near Aledo, were caught in it, and
soue OF them blown nearly O hundred feet,
but none of them were seriously hurt
Trees and fences were blown down and
several houses and barns demolished
HIS MOTHER WILL PAY.
Colonel Fred Grants Answer to the Suit
to Recover Fees from Isadeau.