Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13
A WINTER CYCLONE.
It Sweeps with Great Fury Over
Western Pennsylv ania.
A Large Amount Of Property Destroyed
and Two Lives Heavy snow
storms and High Winds
In the Northwest.
A GREAT GALE.


PITTsRrRGH, Pa, Feb. sThe worst
storm in yearshas been raging through
out Western Pennsylvania since noon
Friday. Snow, hail, rain and Wind have
been playing havoc. In this city nc
damage 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
breaking down under the heavy weight
OF ice with which they are coated. In
the mountains the storm is raging with
terrific fury, and reports are coming in
OF serious damage TO property.
At Blairsville, Pa, the large glass
factory was demolished by the wind.
The roof was blown of and the two side
walls facing east fell in. Charles Il.
Barr, general manager, and Mr.. Burney,
one of the firm were instantly killed,
and workman, whose name could not
he learned, injured. Mr.. Burney's
body was Immediately taken from the
wreck. 1t was mangled almost beyond
recognition. Mr. Bars remains were
recovered two hours later. The loss is
about $50, The storm at Blairsyille
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 II is
feared is so badly shattered that
1t 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.
Postmaster Bakers new house was
nearly demolished, also James Frank
enberry's house, and John Wringers
house was leveled TO the ground. The
telephone and electric-light wires are all
down. None OF the coke works are rum
ming south of Uniontown. The Red
Stone coke offices at Brownfleld 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 Luz
theran church was also blown off. The
loss at uniontown will reach $4,000.
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.
The Catholic church is in a dangerous
condition and number OF other houses
in the town are wrecked. The old Ma
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portant plant. was blown down. Fortu-
nately the building was vacant and no
body was injured. The loss viii be
$40, 900.
At Dunbar Fayette County, the storm
was the seyerest ever known in that
section, and did much damage 10 small
buildings and farm properties. The big
stock house of the Dunbar Furnace Com
pany. which rested upon trestle used
for unloading ore, was blown down and
completely demolished The Knights
of Labor hall vas blown down The
loss is several thousand dollars
A report from Leisenring says all the
large shafts of the II. G.. Frick Coke
Company are down. No fatalities have
SO far been reported in that region. but
several persons acre hurt.
Dispatches from Tyrone. Greensburg
and other points report severe wind and
snow-storm. but no serious damage.
The snowfall is from six 10 ten inches
in depth.
HEAVY SHOWS AND HIGH WINDS.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Feb. s. Late adj
vices received at the railway Offices tell
of terrible blizzard now raging in the
Northwest and coming in this direction
The wires are down everywhere south
of Winnipeg and the weather reports
from Winnipeg, Minnedosa, Qu'Ap-
pelle, Edmonton. Prince Albert and
Medicine Hat did not reach here on ac-
count Of the storm. Fargo dispatches
say that the blizzard is by far the worst
experienced since 1882.