Telegram-herald., 1890-02-09
THE STORM KING.
FURIOUS GALES II PENNSYLVANIA
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Friday SaoS, hall. rain ans sind asve
besa playing sayec- Ia his city no
damage xes done h- the slad. bat snow
and slush hAs blsexaded many Of the
streets aud stopped stsess-car traf-tc.
while telegraph and telephone lines are
hreaxing down under the heavy weight
Of ice with which they are coated an
the mountains the storm Is Faglng with
terrific fury, and reports are coming In
OF serious damage 20 property.
At Blairssiils, Pa, the large glass
factory was demolished BY The wind.
The roof vas blown OF and the Two side
walls facing east fell In. Charles e
barr. general manager, and Mr.. Burney,
one Of the firm. we're instantly killed.
and . workman, whose name could not
he learned, injured Mr.. Burney's
body sas Immediately taken from the
wreck. it vas msngled almost beyond
recognition. Mr.. Barr's remains were
recovered two hours later. The loss is
about SEQ, ,0o0 The storm az Blairsyille
Is sabstding. There was no further
, damsge.
Al Unioptown, Pa, the roof was
blown on the Methodist Episcopal
church. part of IL alighting on the
house OF John Brown, just north OF the
church. The tower Of the church IL is
feared is so badly shattered that
10 will have 10 be torn down.
The end vas blown out of the engine
house at Leith ard the Warren glass
works wrecked. The roof OF the Lu-
theran church WAS also blown of. The
loss AZ Uniontown will reach sl0,00
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 $40, 900. !. NJ. Her
peck's store and house in this place
we're completely wrecked, the inmates
having a narrow escape from death.
The Catholic church Is in dangerous
condition and a number of other houses
in the town are wrecked. The old Ma
tional Locomotive works, once an i'm
portant plant was blown down. Fortu-
nately the building was vacant and no.
body was injured. The loss will be
elO. 600.
At Dunbar, Fayette County, the storm
was the severest ever known in that
section. and did much damage to small
buildings and farm properties. The big
stock house of the Dunbar Furnace Com
parry, which rested upon trestle used
for unloading ore, was blown down and
completely demolished. The Knights
of Labor hall was blown down. The
loss is several thousand dollars
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 were
blown off While Pittsburgh people
are wadins about in slush in the
midst OF a heavy rain snow is falling
briskly in the Allegheny mountains.
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
largo shafts of the II. c. Frick Coke
Company are down. No fatalities have
so far been reported in that region, but
several persons were hurt.
Dispatchae from Tyrone, Greensburg
and other points report severe wind and
snow-storr but no serious damage
The snowfall is i-0m six 70 ten inchos
in depth.
PITTsBUR0H Pa Feo. S.-The storm
in the East continues With undated
fury. Ii is quite extensive. but is Sc
verest in Pcnnsyl rania and especially
in the mounta!u regions The snow con-
tinues 20 fa.l and j. driven BY a strong
wind until tne drifts are several feetdeep
Sleet has also fallen. covering the wires
and causing them 20 fal Dy reason OF
the great weight. Telegra phic com
munication Is almost entirely ended.
The railroads fn1 tns greatest difficulty
In operating tew trains it Is known
that many houses 81 no mountain re-
giops as~e been destroyed and many
lives have Sesn los. The - norts, how
ever. are very mesger owing 10 the fact
that the wires are 1own.
BLIZZARD ~ TVS ~oBrHwEsr.
wfxSrPEe, Man. Feb = fhe worst
suow-storm known in Manitoba for
many years has been aging 'or the last
thirty-six hours. TIE r'1in streets Of
the city arc piled with drifts three
feet high. school, ere closed and
business practically sss0aed.
1 monticello. Ill, ESQ s.-The most
severe snow-storm OF he year began
here easly Friday morning and contin-
ued the most Of the day All mails
we're several hours late. IL has been a
I general storm throughout Central ILL.,
Nnois
FoRr VkEvE. Ind. Feb. s-The first
snow ot the season fell here Friday and
there "a fear inches of snow on the
ground. The storm Is general over
Northern Indiana
CovTxGTov. Ind. Feb a-A snow
storm ragged here Friday forenoon. Snow
/ IL about five inches deep Sleighs were
/ out FOR the first time this winter
HoIIASp, Mich. Feb. Six inches
- snow fell here Friday. with which
farmers are much pleased, ss il viii be
cover - the growing wheat
GREAT SUFFERING IN KANSAS
7 WICHITA. Kan, Feb. s-The blizzard
reports from the southwestern part Of
Z she State are slowlv coming IN. but u
has been learned tha. the snow
IN The extreme southwest i
from ore foot - twenty inches
deep and badly drifted- The sher-