Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-10
VAGARIES OF THE STORM.
The Odd Accidents and Incidents Gathered
Up in Its Ugly Wake.

The Odd Accidents and Incidents Gathered
Up in Its Ugly Wake.
Two oil derricks at Glenfeld were blown
down.
THE tin roofing on Zug & Co.'s ten-inch mill
was carried away about noon yesterday.
The skyights in the Rush House, Liberty
street, were blown down about the same time.
THE end and side of the U. P. Church at
Ingram were blown out, with loss of about
IT is said the accident was the worst that has
happened here since the fearful Arsenal ex-
plosion.
THE large fence near Amends jewelry store,
on West Carson street, was slammed to the
ground.
THE wires of the Penn avenue patrol system
also could not be used yesterday afternoon
from the effects of the wind.
ABOUT o oclock last night the long bill board
In front of the new Government buildings on
Smithfeld Street was blown down.
THE first to appear from the dust and horror
of the ruins in Weldin's was frightened young
girl, who was received with cheers.
MEN employed in Singer, Nimicks & Co.'s
mill were badly frightened by large pieces of
sheetiron being blown off the roof.
TIMBERs were hurled through Taft's dental
rooms, and lady having her teeth filed there,
thought she was killed for moment.
A POLICE patrol box on Collins avenue, East
End, was blown down and rolled along the
street for a long distance during the storm.
AL SoANDRETT, of the Registers office, had
just passed the building when the walls fell,
and says it was the narrowest escape he ever
had.
MANY signs and awnings on the Southside
were torn from their fastenings and blown
freely about the streets, to the great terror of
all good citizens.
A TREE blew over at the Wilmot street
bridge, in the East End, breaking down the
pol .ce and fire alarm wires, and injuring the
bridge somewhat
A NUMBER of chimneys were blown from
buildings on the bluff. The Mercy Hospital
had part of the tin roof blown off and part Of
chimney blown away.
DURING the storm yesterday a smokestack
at the Keystone Salt Works, in the West End,
was blown down, and the fire alarm and tele-
graph wires were broken down.
ROOFS and chimneys suffered in every d.
rection, and section of wall on Stevenson
street, weighing 1,5OO pounds, was torn from
building and dropped into an alley.
THE packet Katie Stockdale was blown
ashore at Glenfield and was grounded. No
serious damage was done and she continued on
her way down the river later in the afternoon.
JOHN CAMPBELL. of the Postal, was on the
Sixth street bridge, and said the wind drove the
waves into a fine foam, whirling the water
through the air like veritable snow storm.
AT the height of the storm a colored man on
Grant street made a grab at lamp post for
support, missed it, and was blown fat in the
mud, where he lay groaning with fear until the
worst had passed.
A PORTION of the tin roof on Carnegie,
Phipps & Co.'s Twenty-ninth street mill, was
blown off yesterday, striking man named
Smith on the head. He was taken to his home
on Lacock street, Allegheny.
A DOZEN school children were running about
the Shadyside school, each with an umbrella or
parasol, and when that cyclone lad finished a
doors, with not enough umbrella among them
to protect a doll baby.
MURRAY'S sign board, which was bound with
iron to the wall of Piatt's saloon, at the corner
of Diamond and Smithfeld, was torn from its
fastenings, whirled up in the air and slammed
down on the street, nearly knocking fright
ened man into next week.
Two well-known citizens, ]. B. Williams and
Al. Scandrett, came within sixteenth of an
inch of furnishing work for the Coroner. They
were passing as the big building fell and had
their hair artist cally powdered as they scooted
followed by horizontal coat-tails
THE stack al the salt works on Wabash
avenue Thirt y-sixth ward, fell during the
storm and tors down telegraph lines A dead
tree fell on W ilmot street with the same re-
suit and patrol box was torn from its moor
ings and demolished, at the corner of Negley
and Stanton avenues.
]. B. WILLIAMS, a well-known citizen of this
city, and the first Health Officer of Allegheny,
had a narrow escape. He was about to enter
Weldin's store to buy lead pencil, but de-
cided to take drink first and entered Refine
mans saloon in the Chamber of Commerce
building While in the saloon the walls caved
in, and Mr.. Williams says that drink saved his
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