The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
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A BALEFUL BLAST.

4 Furious storm ~ Wind and Rain Visits
New York and Other Eastern Cities and
1owns--A Panic Ensmes 1t Barnum's
Circus in wiilinm.port. Pa. and several
People Are Injured Lightning Kills
number 0f Persons.
NV YORK. May ia terrible thunder
and d-Storm visited his city and the
Atlantic coast Friday evening, doing much
damage and causing considerable loss Of
life The day had been hot, the thernoin-
etcr registering =. degrees in the shade
The storm came mp about 5lJ p
IN. and Tor half an hour every thing
was i'm darkness and the air was filled
with dust and sand Hardly breath
of air ha.l i,cen stirring before. and
the sudden rush of wind blowing ut the
rate Of fifty miles an honr was awful IN the
extreme, while the black darkness that
oyerhnng every thing struck terror to the
heart OF the tilnid Ignorant and super
stitions people dropped on the pavements
aud PRAYED Street-car windows were
blown ont and cabs were overturned or
twisted
In Printing Hons. square men and
women blinded by sand, groped for trees
or clung to the park fence or sank down
wher. they were. unable to see and afraid
10 move. Women and children we're car
ried forcibly along against buildings or
cnrbs, where they fell The tall Tribune
and Times buildings on one side OF Park
Row We're not visible from the other side.
Superstitions persons were seen bowed to
the pavement praying
Many Of the wire-p poles remaining are
down. signs and broken glass strew the
walk: in the harbor ferry boats were
irv1, hnlS
upset bnt its two occupants were saved:
flag poles were hurled to the streets,
and the remains OF the centen-
nial decorations were blown down.
The ferry-boat Flushing was Just
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 81 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.
aud awnings. signs. etc. carried
from their fastenings and hurled
through the streets coach contain
ing three ladies returning from Calvary
Cemetery was blown into the meadows
The occupants escaped unininred. but the
coach was badly smashed and the horses
wounded 4 passenger train standing on
the track ut Far eockaway was started by
the wind. but the station agent jumped
aboard and put on the brakes.
The Pennsylvania railroad engine house
Rur1iusrtpn Il sr..S h1nu.n do1rn ~
Fair Haven, Conn, men were buried in the
wreckagc 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,
Nd, twenty five men who were at work on
a railroad trestlc over the river at that point
We're swept off into the water sixty feet he
low. and at Palmyra Pa. many houses are
In ruins and the inmates homeless, il alive.
At Wiliiamsport, Pa, Barnum's show
was stampcded There was a panic
OF fear lest the tent should fall Three
cages OF animals were overturned. an
ante elope 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 ratliating 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 OF 1874, when nearly aN people lost
their lives. The rain fell in torrents,
aud in "A 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
10 the Washington street power-house.
Land-slides are reported on nearly all tho
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
bv remarkable electric display, and sew
eral houses were struck by lightning on
Mount Washington
At Newcastle, Pa. the storm broke win
dow -panes and blew down shade trees
During the storm the residence OF ex-
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, bat 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
!. was killed At Pottsville, Pa. the storm
damaged many buildings panic occurred
among the girls in the silk mill, and Sallie
Reichart was thrown down flight Of stairs
aud seriously injured. Work had to be sns-
pended for the day. 4 Polish miner was
killed by lightning. At Shamokin. Pa, many
buildings. including a row OF eight new
unoccupled tenements were wrecked At
Susunehanna, Pa, William clapler. OF Gulf
Summit y. u, was killed by lightning At
Easton, Pa, the tornado uprooted trees and
unrOOfed buildings. Mrs David f. Ward
ing and her son We're badly injured by q
bill board which was blown down upon
them
At Elmira. \. L.. IN any buildings were
damaged. Several persons were hurt by
flying debris. and Jacob Metzger, q mer-
chant, severely injured by his carriage be-
ing blown over. At Geneseo, N. ", wind
storm blew three workmen from church
building They fell forty feet. and one
named Redd was killed and the others In
jured. At Rutland, VT, lightning shattered
building ut the marble quarries where
Miss Emma Juch the vocalist, and some
friends had taken refuge. They were
summed but not injured
ALFDo. ILL.,, May IA heavy storm swept
through this county about ) o'clock Friday
afternoon, doing considerable damage
party OF school children. who had been pic
nicking near Aledo, We're caught in it, and
some Of them blown nearly 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.