The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-24
SEVERE STORMS.
Damage by Wind in Various South-
ern and astarn CItlea

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CHICAGO, Srccial-Tl,e rain storm of YES
tcr'lay afternoon gave place to u gale which
ragcl with great force and velocity all last
night, and which has only diminished with
the advent of colder weather. While dur
I'M, part of ycster,lay the thermometer was
80 and CD above zero, it began falling rap
idly late last night, and early this morning
marked only Is above. The signal service
bureau reports the storm general, and telo.
graphic advices from the West, Northwe est,
and Southwest fully corroboratc this re-
port. The wind played sad havoc
with the electric wires all over the West,
During the height Of the storm here the
wind reached II velocity of forty miles an
hour. Reports from Wisconsin. Iowa
Nebraska and Kansas Indicate about the
same weather in those states, the only vari-
a,iun being that the blizzard is more in
tense and the snow much deeper in the
north. Dispatches from points in Kansas
and Missouri state that the storm has
ceased. No human lives were lost in tho
blizzard so far US reported. nor was any live
stock frozen to death. This morning the
considerable damage was done but no build.
ings were destroyed and no accidents re-
ported. Wires are prostrated in every dircc-
ton around fttsburg. A local train on
the Grand Trunk road was blown from
the track near St. IIilaire, Can. The COM
ductnr, brakeman. mail clerk and three
passengers were seriously injured, and scy.
Buffalo. n. y, the wind reached u velocity
OF ninety miles All hour. A good deal OF
damage was done about town, but nothing
of a serious nature is thus far reported. To-
night the hurricane passed over the State of
New York: Al Rochester many buildings
were partially demolished. two laborcrs
jlred by falling debris. stccplcs of several
churches were blown down and the Normal
school badly damaged At Syracuse. The
roofs of several dwellings were carried
away. The wall ofthe Rome, Watertown
& Os.lensburg freight house ut Syracuse was
blown down. w. II. Willis, a carpenter,
was buried under the wall and was taken
ont dead. A dozen people or more, mostly
carpenters. were injured more or less scri-
ously.
IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.
The storm did u vast amount of damage
throughout Illinois. At Macsburg, a little
hamlet near oIney, several residences and
barns, together with the parsonage oftllc
NJ. T.. church, were blown down. In the
lily. They aii escaped viii, more a.'o or I irss
bruises. except Mrs. Nicholson, who was
Cooksvillc, near Bloomington, a drug store.
II general store building and another build
ing. were completely demolished, and sew
cral were unrOofed and otherwise damaged
Several people had narrow escapes, but no
one was badly injured. At Brooklyn and
Venice, ILL.,, across the river from st. Louis,
ten houses were blown down and a dozen
people hurt; but no one was fatally injured.
A great deal OF damage was also done in
Southern Indiana, many houses being un-
rooted, and barns and fences levelcd in the
tornado's path.
NINETY MILES AN HOUR.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. u, Specialize wind
here reached velocity of ninety miles all
hour, carrying everything before 1t and
destroying outbuildings, barns trees, telc-
graph poles, railway senaphores and
icncrs. The wind struck the
building of the Canadian Web
company tearing the roof from the brick
walls, tumbling the north aud west wallis in
upon fifteen girls who were employed In