The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-10
TEE WORK OF THE WIND.
Cyclones and Wind Storms
Make General Havoc.
THE DAMAGE At CLEVELAND.
tuesday Nights Storm Worse than
First Representatives. Lost on
Lake Champlain Cool Wave
Follows tho Excessive Heat,

CLEvsLASp, O., July 8.--rhe win,
storm which swept this city last eyenin,
was perhaps the most severe as rcga,dl
destruction to property ever experierc
ed hero. The advance Of thestorm seemed
to be a number Of sharp, quick gust.
OF wind that wrecked chimneys, blew
down trees and sent everything movable
through the air. ltscoming was shown
by cloud OF dust fully hundred feet
high which obscurcd the sun and made
the streets as dark as at midnight. Not
q single object could be diecerned at a
distance Of 90 feet. The fine dus. filled
the eyes and silted into the clothing, aud
breathing was impossible without
handkerchief pressed 10 the nostri|s.
Then came the rain In rushing, whirling
sheets that beat down many plants and
caused a. an exceedingly heavy loss to
crops. The rain fall measured but three.
tenths Of an inch, however, and the
precipitation was therefore insufficient
to cause heavy floods. The storm prob.
ably destroyed more trees than any that
has occurred here in years. In every
part Of the city large trees wore uproot-
ed as though they had hten pulled from
The ground by the force OF q whirlwiud.
ana the streets everywhere were Uttered
with broken BRANCHES. and there was no !
lack Of EVIDENCE TINT the storm was OF |
the most unusual violence. The cournp
OF the wind was UNCERTAIN aud it shiited |
IN eddies aud whirlins currents In the
manner best calculated to cause a heavy
loss OF property.
A TERRIBLE FALL.
During the storm the electric light
mast at the corner OF Bank and Lake
streets fell with deafening crash. The
hight which it formerly supported could
be seen almost fifteen miles further on
me lake than the government beacon.
W hen the masts struck the heavy stone
tagging the report sounded like that OF
Il cannon. It bounded ten feet in the
air and rolled uear to Foote, Read
and Co.'S building. The force with
which it fell was 80 great that the stones
on the sidewalk were split and mashed.
The brick in the northeast corner of
Foote, Read and Co.'s building which
The mast struck were Ioos.ned for 80 |
Ieet below the root and rendered the
unsaie. The rain had driven
people of the streets, but an electric
motor was within eighteen feet OF the
spot on which the mast lay. The motor
men saw the first sign Of the fall and
stopped the car. THE mast was 1856 feet
llgh and kept in position by steel guy
.opes. 1t was made Of forty steel cylin-
iers, held together by rivets an inch
n diameter. The guy ropes too, were
OF an inch in diameter. The greatest
Iamage, however, was on the ore docks
along the old river bed and will amount.
% at least $50 900, perhaps more. Three
u the immense machines used in uu.
oading ores from boats that look as
.hough they could stand the hardest
wind that ever came over the water fell
o earth and were SO badly damaged
hat they will have to be replaced by
lev ones They were valued ut $50 600
piece, SOC. 900 in all.
OTHER DAMAGE BONE.
Thetelegraph aud telephone companies
ost a number OF wires, while the service
u the are and police departments we're
learly wrecked. Half dozen yachts
inside the brakewatcr that were not se.
:urely anchored, were blown adriit.
The large two.story building at the cor.
les Of Orange aud Jackson streets, form-
;;rly used as steam laundry, was badly
lamsced.
a new boiler shop being erected by
smith 4 Teach, out between the Erie
md Nickle Plate tracks, and the build
ng, which was to cost s. 500, was nearly
completed. When the storm had passed
single corner post was left to mark the
place where the building had been, and
he boards and roof we're scattered about
II u promlGcuous manner. The work Of
destruction WAS done as thoroughly az
,hough force Of men had been engaged
o make complete wreck OF the building
Other minor damages caused by the
wind arc visible all over the city, and it
will take many days to efiace the evi-
lences left OF the Cyclone"