The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-17

cucd sooner and he was kept alive By
feeding beef tea a.d whisky 70 him
through rubber tube. 4 number Of
narrow escapes were reported. Seven
men were thrown from tho seventh
story TO the ground and escaped with
slight injuries. Adolph Herman caught
on the telegraph wires and was rescued
uninjured.
Ali kinds Of theories have been ad.
vanced for the collapse Of the building. In
some instances the responsibility IL placed
on the contractors, while In others the
building inspectors arc blamed. Nothing
definite can be known, however, until an
investigation is made.
| A nut factory owned by Bontreger & Co.
in tho Seventeenth ward was blown down
during the st rm and a man named Hines
killed. The loss was $13,O
The cyclone wrought terrible dcstruc-
tion in other parts OF the city and out along
/ the railroads centcring here. A portion Of
the foundry OF Mcintosh, Hemphill 4 Co
on Thirteenth street was wrecked, as was
also q house in Allegheny. At Wallis
station, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. large brick building, owned
by the Westinghouse Air Brake Com
pany was partially demolished. and at
Wilmcrding, Pa, coal tipple was
wrecked. At McKeesport houses were
unroofed, trees blown down and windows
smashed. Three houses in course Of cree
tion were blown to pieces. On the rivers
! o number OF boats were torn from their
moorings and cast about like corks, but
| was done.
/ A DISASTER At sUSBrRY, PA.
EUSBURY, Pa, Jan. 10-A rain and
I wind-storm came up suddenly Wednesday
evening and blew over two Of the stacks
of the Sunbury nail MILL The mill il situ-
ated between tho 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 werc
bruised in the debris. The flrc alarm was
sounded and soon hundreds surrounded
the mill. Men were carried out half
naked, and men are at work yet. AZ It Il
supposed several others are in the ruins.
G. e. Showers, Of Milton, and an unkno wn
tramp were killed The wounded number
nine. There arc four persons missing
AT WILLIAMsPoRT. IA
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa. Jan. 10.-The storm
was very violent here. A large number
OF buildings were damaged and . portion
Of the new Demorest sowing -machice
factory was blown down and the re-
mainder partially unroofed. Several
building were blown down and others
were damaged. The loss ct the Dcmorest
works is over SO COO
IN ONO.
~ vursv1 lctr
ragged here all day Wednesday with terrific
violence. blowing down trees and signs,
partially unrooting some dwellings ind
breaking good deal Of glass. About LIS
a m. tremendous gust Of wind, apprt II
mat ng the violence Of cyclone, swept
from the lake t. tho city, passing In Z
southeasterly direction. The violence oil
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 wroug ht by thu
wind. At Ravcnna p. Dorgs' brick kiln
blew in completely wreck ng it with val
liable molds. At Akron trees were pros
tratcd, bulletin boards demolished ane
dozens Of w ndows smashed. In Carol
County number Of houses werc unroofct
aud a very heavy, dark storm-cloud swep,
to the southeast about noon The tele
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crippled in this section Of Ohio.
At Columbus the wind blew for coupl,
of hours, and ut one time reached We
locity of forty-cight miles an hour. !
huge chimney at the penitcntiary wa
blown down and, crashing through I'll,
roof Of the secretary's Office, dem0iishc.
the desk which E I. Harper but momen
before left to look at the havoc being don,
by the storm in the penitentiary yard.
At Portsmouth the storm ragged dur;n,
the forenoon. The roof OF Nichols furni
ture works was bio wn OF. At Belaire tn
most destructive rain and wind-storn
for years passed over that section Rbou
II o'clock. Houses. stables. cutbuilding
and orchards were blown down A larg
number of horses and cattle were killet
md injured.
IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-Chicago experienced
!, queer weather yesterday. Starting in witt
q steady rain all of Tuesday night. it begal
showing carly in tho morning and con
tinued through the day. A veritablc bliz
zard prevailed, the wind increasing Il
velocity during the day from eight :
! forty miles an hour. The thermomete
. fell from 35 to e5 degrees, and the baron
eter reached aS.96, the lowest point eve
known here. From all points In the Stat
} come reports Of heavy snowfall, in som
! localities traffic being almost entirely sus
, pended. Trains on all roads are delayed
d spatches from the Signal Service ot
servator.cs in Montana aud Dakota indi
cate that o bowling blizzard Is tearing
: things up there and sweeping across tn
country toward Iowa. At many Of the sts
ons the thermometer registers fror
! IL 10 IS degrees below scro, it being a
the former figure at Fort Bufor
: and at Is below at points not far distant
J Telegraphic communication has been il
, terf.red with, tho wires tcing down on
great many lines. Should the storm cor
t tinuc the trans In the extreme Northwes
! on the Northern Pacific line will be snowe
: up
l IN INDIANA.
{ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. lO.-Yestcrda
provcl to be the stormiest, coldest day (
l the winter. Snow began falling at dal
break and q heavy wind prevailed. Ih
! snowfall amounts to abb ut three inche,
, but is drifted. The cold weather is IL
first severe test Of the natural gus plant.
, but thus far the new fuel proves NOR
, than equal to the emergency.
4 VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. lO.-A sev.l
0 blizzard set in hero tuesday night nm
. ragel with violence. A mail train on th
: Fort Wayne road was thrown from th
r track at Wheeling owing to the presence {
!. snow in the switch, and the engine al
! mail car were badly damaged. The pa
: sengers escaped injury but were We
shaken up The wreck delayed all train
: for several hours.
IT BLEW SOMEBODY GOOD.
9 MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. l0--Snow ha
: been falling since sunset Tuesday night o
) this peninsula. aud il it turns cold enoug
. to freeze the swamps the great lumberin
. industries OF the State, which have bee
paralyzed by the open weather, will /
! saved.
. MILWAUKEE, Jan. "a great snow
storm prevailed throughout tho Sta,
. Wednesday,. In the'lumbcring district tt
: blizzard is hailed with delight.
THE SUGAR TRUST DEFEATED.
Decision In the New York Supren
Court FOrfeits . Charter.
. New YORK, Jan. l0-Judge Barret
in tho Supreme Court rendered d
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