River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-02-13
A MID-WINTER CYCLONE.

IL Causes Two Deaths and Destroys Much
Property In Pennsylvania-A Blizzard
Raging In the west-Great Suffering in
Kansas.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. s.-The worst
storm in years has been raging through
out Western Pennsylvania since noon
Friday. Snow, hail, rain and wind have
been playing havoc. In this city no
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 off and the two side
walls facing east fell in. Charles F.
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
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recovered twoahours 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 run
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 $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.
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 we're
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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 is
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 H. G. Prick 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
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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 a
cloud of snow. The mercury registers
10 below zero, and it is growing colder.
MASON CITY, Ia, Feb. S.-A special
report from Algona and Spencer and
points farther west says that blizzard
is raging. Here it is growing cold rap
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 several 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 Their
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 a
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-
IRENE 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.