Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-10
YESTERDAYS BIG STORM.
Wind Gains a Velocity Of Thirty Mile. Per
Hour-City Contra ctors Will Lose n
Quarter of a MiIlfon-Johnsrown People
Pnnlc Stricken.

Wind Gains a Velocity Of Thirty Miles Per
Hour-City Contra ctors Will Lose n
Quarter of MiIIion-Johnsrown People
Pnnic Stricken.
The weather possibility this season is too
heavy contract for any human agency to
handle. No one expected yesterday morn
ing's storm. The atmospheric disturbance
was great, and at the Signal Service Office,
where the cold-wave flag was hoisted, fall
in temperature to about freezing point was
expected. The wind was blowing a
pretty stiff gale in the afternoon.
At o'clock the velocity attained
80 miles an hour, varying southwesterly to
northwesterly. AtDetroit the thermometer
stood at $50 at 10 o'clock A. M. yesterday,
while it was 600 at Cleveland. The rain
fall was quite general, extending over sew
eral degrees of latitude, and 18, probably20,
feet OF water is expected here, the greater
part of it coming out OF the Allegheny.
The Johnstown people were almost panic
stricken, the Conemaugh being higher than at
any time since the last springs flood.
Patrick Mullen and John Whalen, wagon
and two horses were dumped into sewer by
The horses were drowned. They were valued
at $500.
The sewer on Thirty-third street choked,
and many cellars were flooded. A cable car on
the conduit being flooded and the car ran into
the vault in the East End power house. 1t was
worse than bull in china store.
,oa,In a horse belonging to John Hitler, milk
DEALER was struck by lightning on Walnut
street and almost instantly killed.
large number of trees were struck on
Squirrel Hill and in the East End.
The partly built foundation of house on
aVeQu6
number of families were driven out of
their houses on Negley's run.
Robert H Harmony's house, on Sidney street,
near South Twenty-third street, was struck by
Lightning, and James Gearing and a daughter
OF Rev. Dr. Holloway. who were passing at the
time, were shocked. but not seriously. The
cnlmney oa OF darmonys house was demolished.
Southside.
The tracks of the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charieston Railway, at south Twelfth, Eigh-
were covered with mud to the depth of
several feet. One of the Panhandle railway
tracks, between the Smithfeld street bridge
and Sawmill run was also flooded with mud.
Ihe P1ttsDurg and Lake Erie Railway was not
impeded.
People living along Spring Garden run.
Allegheny, spent night of terror. The lower
Koehler attempted to cross the road in front of
MS mouse. he fell into the current and was
carried nearly third of a mile down the run.
ne passed under two bridges with but foot
space between body and bridge and was severely
bruised. He secured a footing within few
feet OF the place the run goes into big cul-
vert
Out Butchers run a landslide carried away
the surface of 30 lots belonging to a man named
Gallagher; damage $1,000. A landslide also
carried away part of Mr.. Beilstein's place,
and the steps leading from Butchers run to
city view were wrecked.
The cars on the East street line of the Pleas
ant Valley Railway were stopped for hour.
landslide at Agnew station, on the Fit. Wayne
Railway. delayed trains for half an hour. 1t
was estimated that contractors on city work
lost S25O00O.
The Beaver river was on big high, but no
damage was reported.
In the lower part of the city proper glass was
blown out of windows, and the storm played
havoc with chimneys, signs and awnings.