Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-08
INCLEMENT ELEMENTS.
Terrific Storms of Snow and
Wind.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Much Damage in the Keystone State.
A Blizzard Raging in the
Northwest.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
CHICAGO, February 7.-snow has been
falling all day in Western Pennsylvania.
The snow is heavy and fierce winds are
blowing. In Minnesota the worst biz
zard is raging in many years. The mer-
curry is ten degrees below zero and still
falling.
THE STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBURG, February THE worst
storm in years has been raging through
out Pennsylvania since noon today.
Snow, hail, rain and wind have been
playing havoc. In this city snow and
slush blockaded many of the streets and
stopped street.car traffic, while telegraph
and telephone wires are breaking down
under the heavy weight of ice with
which they are coated. In the noun
tains the storm is raging with terrific
fury, and reports are coming in Of seri-
GUS damage to property.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
AT Blairsville, Pa, large glass factory
was demolished by the wind. The roof
was blown off and two of the side walls
fell in. Charles E. Barr, general man
ager, and Mr.. Burney, one of the firm,
were instantly killed, and workmen were
badly injured.
At Uniontown the roof was blown off
the Methodist Episcopal church, part of
it alighting on the house of John Brown,
crushing it in like an egg-shell. The
tower of the church, it is feared, is SO
badly shattered that it will have to be
torn down. The roof of large new
building lately erected by the Pennsyl-
vania Construction Company below town
was also blown off. Postmaster Bakers
new house was nearly demolished; also
James Fremkenberry' house, and John
Wringer's house were leveled to the
ground. Telephone and other electric
wires are all down. None of the coke
works are running south Of Uniontown.
The Redstone coke offices at Browns
field were blown down and demolished.
At Leith the Warren glassworks were
wrecked. The roof of the Lutheran
church was also blown off. AT Dunbar
the Knights OF Labor hall was entirely
blown away. A report from Leisenripg
says all the large shafts of the H. G.
Frick Coke Company are down. No
fatalities are so far reported in this
region.
Dispatches from Johnstown, Tyrone,
Greensburg and other points report q
severe wind and snow storm, but no ser.
ious damage. The snowfall is from to
10 inches in depth. z
TRAIN DISASTER.
CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, February The
through mail train on the Baltimore and
| Ohio ran into snow bank three miles
east of Ohio Pyle this evening. The
engine and combination postal and bag.
gage Car went into the river. The smok-
ing car followed half way. The engineer
and fireman were badly burned, but
probably not fatally injured. Baggage:
master Ingels was burned by the car
stove. A passenger named John Lind
say, master carpenter of the road, was
injured internally and will probably die.
sNowsToRM IN MANITOBA.
WINNIPEG, February THE worst
snowstorn in Manitoba for many years
has been raging for the past twentyfour
hours. The main streets of the city are
piled with drifts thres feet high. The
schools are closed and business is prac.
tically suspended. Trains from the east
west and south are all late. The wind is
blowing fearful gale, but no fatalities
are feared. as the thermometer is high.
COLD WAVE IN NEBRASKA.
U. 8. SIGNAL SERVICE, Los ANGELES,
CAL, February 7.-[Special Bulletinl,-
A special telegram received from the
Chief Signal Officer states that cold
wave is indicated for Nebraska. The
temperature will fall 30 degrees by morn
ing of February Sth.
THE MINNESOTA BLIZZARD,
ST. PAUL, February THE blizzard
OF tonight seems, from specials to the
Pioneer Press, to be confined chiefly to
the river valley, and is raging furiously
at Fargo, Penn bina and other points in
that district. The wind was fifty miles
an hour at Pembina, and similar reports
come from other points.