St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-14
EMPIRE STATE zEPHYRs.
A Fierce Wind Storm Does Great
Damage to PrODerty.

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OswEGo, n. Y, Jan. 13.-Shortly be-
fore noon to-day a fierce wind storm
prevailed here and considerable damage
was done. The velocity of the gale
during the four hours it prevailed
reached seventy miles an hour. Many
trees were blown down. and the streets
were strewn with branches. The steeple
of the Church of the Evangelist, 10 feet
from the ground, was toppled over by
the high wind, and fell to the ground
with reSounding crash. At the same
time the roof of nearby dwelling was
lifted by the gale and landed IN the
street. Part of the roof of the state
normal school was blown off and the
building suffered considerable damage.
Chimneys were blown down. lumber
piles overturned, and many windows
broken. The breakwater is damaged,
but to what extent cannot as yet be es-
timated. While the gale was at it's
height an alarm of fire was sounded
from the western part of the town.
Four dwellings and four barns were
burned, causing loss of $4,000. a
confiagratlon was narrowly ayerted.
The damage from the gale VIII be about
$4,000. There is no telegraphic COM
munication to points west of here.
DEATH IN THE GALE.
ROCHESTER,. n. Y, Jan. 1S.-The
storm in this city caused considerable
damage. George Welter, cabinet
maker. was struck on the head by
piece of stone coping blown from a
building and was almost Instantly
killed. The south wall of the Joslyn
block was blown down this morning.
The two-story frame structure adjoln-
ioCr Nxro, fI,n f,I
the occupants of both buildings escaped
uninjured. In various parts of the
country houses and barns were blown
down.
BURIED UNDEP FALLING WALLS.
SYRACUSE. n. Y, JAN. ia terrible
wind storm this afternoon about 2
O'Clock blew down the west wall of the
Rome, Watertown d Ogdensburg Rail-
road comDany's new brick freight
house here. which was all finished ex-
cept the roof, which was being put on
to-day. w. II. Willis, a carpenter. was
buried under the wall and was taken
out dead. A dozen people or more,
mostly carpenters, were injured more
or less seriously. The wind blew off all
the tin roof Of the north wing of the
Onondaga penitentiary, wrecked the
cement roof on the machine shop. and
blew into kindling wood fifty feet of
outer fence around the building.
UNRooFED A CHURCH.
UTICA, n. Y, Jan. 13.-A heavy
Wlndstorm passed over the northern
part of this county at noon to-day. In
the village of South Trenton the Bap-
fist church was unroofed, land the steeple
of the Union church was blown down.
A number of houses and barns were I'M
rooted, and trees were lifted in the air
and thrown on top of buildings. Fences
and small buildings were blown down,
and many orchards nearly ruined. The
path of the storm was about half mile
wide.
WORSE THAN ANY HURRICANE.
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Jan. ia
regular cyclone struck here at $3.50 this
morning, the wind reaching velocity
of ninety miles an hour. carving ey-
erything before it and destroying out
buildings, barns, trees, telegraph poles,
railway semaphores aud fences. The
wind struck the building Of the
Canadian Web company, tearing the
roof from the brick walls, tumbIing the
north and west walls in upon fifteen
girls who were employed in the upper
story. One girl, Alice Deckon, aged
badly bruised about the body. A to-
Bargaining slide and the fence around
the Athletic grounds were Ieveled.
About IL o'clock the guys of the foot
and carriage suspension bridge that has
recently been rebuilt, snapped and fell
into the river. The bridge was
closed to travel, but is still
standing. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down in all diree-
tons. 4 tree fell across the Rome,
Watertown & Ogdensburg track in front
of freight train, pilling the engine and
nineteen freight cars in the ditch. The
engineer was badly hurt The smoke
stack of the Niagara Falls brewery fell,
smashing through an adjoining barn
and killing horse. The water rose
several feet in the river, washing away
q portion of the promenade and build
ings of the Whirlpool Rapids park.
THE TEMPEST RACED TWO HOURS.
LooKPoRT, n. Y, Jan. 13.-A terrific
cyclone struck here shortly before 10
O'Clock this morning. The Grace Epis-
copal church steeple was blown down.
Weaver's arcade building and the Amer
lean District Steam company's roofs
were blown off. Chimneys,r trees and