The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-13
MlD-WlNTER CYCLONE.

"A MID-WINTER CYCLONE.
q Causes Two Deaths and Destroys Much
Property in Pennsylvania-A Biizzard
Raging in the West-Great Suffering tn
Kansas.
RlTTsBuReH, Pa, Feb. s.-The worst
Storm in years has been raging through
ont Western Pennsylvania since noon
Mtday. Snow, hail, rain and wind have
been playing havoc. In this city no
dtmage was done by the wind, but snow
and slush has blockaded many of the
streets and stopped street-car traffic,
while telegraph and telephone lines are
bF9aking down under the heavy weight
ofsfce with which they are coated. In
mountains the storm is raging with
terrific fury, and reports are coming in
'ofserious damage to property. -
At Blairsville, Pa, the large glass
factory was demolished by the wind
Tie roof was blown off and the two side
Mthlls facing east fell in Charles E.
Barr, general manager, and Mr.. Burney,
o4e OF the firm, were instantly killed,
ada workman, whose name could not
~ learned, injured. Mr.. Burney's
bo1ty was Immediately taken: from the
3reck. 1t was amangled almost beyond
recognition. Mr.. Bars remains were
recovered two hours later. The loss is
about $4,000 The storm at Blairsville
is subsiding. There was no further
damage.
At Uniontown, Pa, the roof was
blown off the Methodist Episcopal
church, part of it alighting on the
house of John Brown, just north of the
church. The tower of the church it is
feared is so badly shattered that
it will have to be torn down.
The roof of the large new build
ing lately erected by the Pennsyl-
vania Construction Company below town
was also blown off.
None of the coke works are rum
ming south of Uniontown. The Red
Stone coke offices at Brownfield were
blown down and entirely demolished.
The end was blown out OF the engine
house at Leith and the Warren glass
works wrecked. The roof of the Lu-
theran church was also blown off. The
loss at Uniontown will reach $40, 900.
At Connellsville the storm began in
the morning and did not subside until
late in the evening. In this section the
loss will reach over $4,000. j. NJ. Her.
peck's store and house in this place
were completely wrecked, the inmates
having narrow escape from death.
At Scottdale, in the Connellsville coke
region, the gale blew with great fury.
The tipple of the Gist coke works was
wrecked, and in the surrounding
country and along the mountains
many roofs of houses and barns were
blown off. While Pittsburgh people
are wading about in slush in the
midst of heavy rain snow is falling
briskly in the Allegheny mountains.
At Johnstown it is eleven inches deep
and still coming. The weather there il
bitter cold. but fortunately the supply
of natural gas just now is ample and
there is not likely to be much suffering.
A report from Leisenring says all the
large shafts of the II. c. Frick Coke
Company are down. No fatalities have
so far been reported in that region, but
several persons were hurt.
WINNIPEG, Man., Feb. S.-The worst
snow-storm known in Manitoba for
many years has been raging for the last
thirty-six hours. The main streets OF
the city are piled with drifts three
feet high, schools are closed and
business practically suspended.
ST. STEPHEN, Mimi, Feb. s.-The
worst blizzard within the recollection
of the Oldest inhabitant is raging. The
wind is from the north and the air is
cloud of snow. The mercury registers
10 below zero, and it is growing colder.
MASON CITY, Ia, Feb. S.-A special
IN from Algona and Spencer and
sy4nts farther west says that blizzard
q raging. Here it is growing cold ray
idly and there is but little snow on the
ground.
MONTICELLO Ill, Feb. S.-The most
severe snow-storm of the year began
here early Friday morning and contin-
ued the most of the day. All mails
were sever al hours late. 1t has been a
general storm throughout Central Illi-
nois.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. S.-The first
snow OF the season fell here Friday, and
there is four inches of snow on the
ground. The storm is general over
Northern Indiana.
GREAT SUFFERING IN KANSAS.
WICHITA, Kan, Feb. S.-The blizzard
reports from the southwestern part Of
the State are slowly coming in, but it
has been learned that the snow
in the extreme southwest is
from one foot to twenty inches
deep and badly drifted. The ther-
mometer Thursday night reached
degrees below zero, and there is no
change for the better. There are great
fears of suffering among the poor set
tiers, and should the cold continue
there is no doubt that there will be
loss of human life exceeding that in
the blizzard of five weeks ago. In
Clarke County 100 miles southwest
Thursday night Ira Savin, teamster,
was caught in the blizzard and frozen to
death. A cowboy in Comanche County
before daylight Friday morning reached
a ranchman's house and was so badly
frozen that he died within a few hours.
In the counties of Stevens, Nor
ton and Hodgeman, in the ex-
treme southwest, the storm has
been most severe, but SO far there
has been no reliable information as to
loss of life. A few days of this weather
will result in the loss of thousands of
cattle. The present blizzard finds many
thousand head of cattle with little feed
and some with none at all. Cattlemen
here are greatly alarmed over their in
terests.
Death at Havana OF General Salamanca.
- HAVANA, Feb. 7.-General Salamanca,
Captain General of the Island of Cuba,
go died at Q o'clock
N> Thursday even
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&eN Vh~ I'M afternoon to the
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