Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-07-27
EARLIER REPORTS.
The Cyclones Path Dotted With the
Ruins of Houses.

Ruins of Houses.
LAWRENCE. Mass. July 26-A cyclone
of GREAT power struck South Lawrence,
ahout two miles from here, at TO o'clock
rhi, morning The storm FIRST struck
Springfield street. and Travelled thence TO
salem street. devastating a section twenty
rods wide. 10 is estimated that 100 build
iucs have been lcyeled by the cyclone.
one man is known 70 have been killed out
right by a falling building, and the injured
thus far rcpOr-ed number between nifty
and sixty. Fire has broken out IN num-
Der of places in the ruins, and the entire
fire department is now az work eNrngulsn-
iug the flames The injured are being re-
moved and cared for as quickly as pos
sible.
HOSPITAL PILED WITH INJURED.
The cyclone rut a swath over q mile in
eugth and 500 feet in width. The hospital
S filled with injured, while homes spared
rom the wreck are shelCering the homeless
mes. The devasted section IS included by
south Broadway and Temple streets. Mar
,at and Salem streets
AtQ. ~ the awful visitation came. The
wind was east The rain was falling heav-
rv when suddenly the heavens became
s-lov, with q bright white light In mo-
mont thewind veered 20 the west. Heavy
bar- ta-is shot from behind the western
tff, "a into the sky, and then the thick
--.,, parted Down shot black streazS
M he murky mass, and in a moment
aecrlsh came Buildings were crushed
Ike e-r shells. whole houses were lifted
tUu the cellars. and terror seized their oc-
.upants. The buildings in the vicinity
were all of wood, pretty, coy homes Of
tolers in the mills. In trice their ruin
was complete
Commuu.ca-i on with the outside world
was instantly clt off. The immense tele-
graph poles were snapped as though they
were pipe stems, and the wires, which
were whrled into a cloud of tangled skeinS,
settled down mass of junk.
SOME 0F THG SUFFERERS.
Following is a partial list Of the houses
DESTROYED On Springfield street, house Of
Vim T. Cutter, occupied by Mr.. Cutler and
John N00rehouse. Mrs. W +. Outlet and
two daughters who were in the house suf-
tered INJURIES about the head and back.
Large wooden block owned by John Cor
den. consisting Of four houses, numbered
g. 6 and $. and occupied by the families of
Henry Reed. JOS. Pippin, Mrs. Ludwig
and Mrs. Scott. Twenty people We're IN
the black. of whom fifteen were injured by
Ilt ltUrlS Nll~S m every WlAAuM was
blown out and blinds blown off. A double
house. Nos lOaud l2. owned by John VII
kiusou and occupied by Albert Ferguson
and Samuel Ferguson. were also demol-
ished
The fremont block, occupied by Patrick
Quinn. John Hughes. Robert Hennessey,
audJohn Harrigan, was badly shaken up.
Below Springfield street 90 Union street,
every building was badly shaken and more
or less damaged. The House of John RYAN,
Ou Market street. and of Lander Riddle,
ou south Union street. were partly blown
down The ruins took fire and were de-
Stroyed The greatest destruction was on
Springfield, Salem aed Portland streets.
The cyclone is described as having arrived
without warning, accompanied by heavy
black cloud md q severe rain.
THE SECOND GREAT CALAMITY.
lawrence is situated on both sides of the
Neulmac river, and was Incorporated In
->ic This is the second great calamity
here the first having been on January 10.
$50. when the main building of the Penn
leron Company mill fell, and fire broke
QUO .u 'hc ruins Ofthe 200 persons in the
nA g were killed and 1874 injured of
Nlom IA died soon after Lawrence is
.i-t on territory taken from the towns of
North Antover and Methuem.