The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-20
BY tho Sudden Visitation Of a
Disastrous Cyclone, Which
Deals Death and
Destruction.
OyerTwo Hundred Buildings are
Blown Down, Unroofed, or
arc Otherwise Damaged
by the Wind.
PRlGHTRuL LOSS or LIRE OCCURS.
Many Persons are Crashed 10 Death by
Falling Houses and Flying Debris.
The Military Called Ont 10 Aid
tho Police In Guarding to
Rnins-TllS Details,

WiLEEsnAERE, .pA5 August 10.-At
o'clocS-AAs afternoon the most terrible
cyclone that WAS ever experienced in
this locality, struck this city. 1t came
up the river with awful Buddenness.
The heavens were as black rs night, and
The wind blow with most frightful We.
lociiy. Whole rowsof trees were blown
down, hundreds of houses were un.
rooted, partially blown down or com.
pletely demolished; and worse than all,
tue visitation Of death was sent upon a
number Of people.
Large districts in several ports Of the
city arc in absolute ruin and the women
and children nre in the streets CRYING
and wriDging their hands in absolute
dismsy. Tho damsge will reach hund-
reds of thousands OF dollars. Passenger
trains and locomotives u. the depot were
blown over, and every wire in the city
Is down. The total death loss 30 far us
.sccrtained is twelve. Four men are
known 10 have been killed in the Haz.
ard rope works.
CRUSHED Di FALLING BUILDINGS.
A house on Scott street, occupied by
miners, fell in, and three Of the inmates
were killed. The huge stack Of the
kytle planning mill fell on man and two
horses, and aii were killed.
A little colored girl was killed by a
falling building on South Main street.
Two men suffered death by the falling
Of q portion oi Stegmief's brewery, and
third incurred the same late through
the almost complete demolition Of S. l..
Browns handsome brick business block
on East Market street. There are un.
doubtedly fifteen or sixteen others
killed. Reports are coming in constant.
ly to that effect.
One hundred tin roofers have been
telegraphed for, and building mechanics
of all kinds can find employment here
for weeks 10 come, as it is already known
that fully two hundred buildings have
been blown down or otherwise dam.
aged.
Among those who suffered the most
loss are the following: Hazard Wire
Rope Works. S25 900; S. l.. Brown block,
$4,000; St. Mary's Catholic Church,
$4,000; Malinkrodt convent, $1,000;
Murray shaft, $4,000. A number of
other buildings will sustain losses from
$1,000 10 5000.
The Murray shaft fan houae was
blown down, and the fan stopped.
There arc q men in tho mine, but it is
hoped they can be got out safely.
REPORTS FROM OTHER FONTS.
Reports come from Sugar Notch, a
mining town, three miles from here,
that the destruction Of property is ter
rible and that fifteen persons were
killed.
ct Parsons and Mill Creek four miles
from here, coal breakers in all direc.
tions have been more or less damaged,
aud number killed.
The names OF some OF those killed as
far IS known at S o'clock arc: Eva Mar.
tin, baker; John Fritza, laborer; Burrem
BeDdepmeyer, salesman; Samuel Bouae,
mschinist; Peter Bit,cnmever, guest in
Jacobs hotel: Joseph Kern; Adam
Frartz, Of the firm OF Jones and Frantz /;
George Hamilton, employe OF the brew.
cry; Mamie Thompson.
Mayor Sytton tonight issued pro-
clamalion calling Gu the members OF the
Ninth regiment TO .assemble at the
armory early tomorrow morning to aid
in the police supervision OF tho city. He
also requested all IDLE workmen to 70.
port to him for labor in clearing the
debris.