New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-18
.-,r ~ THE STORM AT PITTSBU re.

e,.,.ry,r. HORSES KILLED AND HUMAN LIVES IN
prctr. Prom FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES
,,...,uu Damn Dec. Il (Spccian.-Probahly never
49,. .,,,orr has Pittsburg been more completely IN
,rc grin Of storm than it was t"ueN as '''c icSu'
of a continuous snOw-t)rm loi owl '"" '"' i -
ali Railroad traffic is interrupted cIc'"' S'''c' ran
v aro s,onucd electric lights are cut on commune
cation bv telegraph with the ou'sdc ""'l" Is a,'"'
o,iro, hr,,cn Off several persons have been injured
.. nth electric wires and half a dozen horses
, ho rillcd in their tracks by the same deadly
,,, snow BEGAN falling lightly yesterday morn
irc and last night became heavy re'0nns toual "
denth of twelve inches. THIS Is the hcd'Ios' i'''
sic ranuorv 1886 when eight inches fell mere IN TWO
hours From the start yesterday the Sho" was VI
heavy damp character, ana th'' a'cr"o'" IT ''''o'
., drizzInc rain. which weighted wires and roofs 10
.,, ,,ost and added 10 The interruptions and dangers
..,oid Toricht thc temperature became colder and
the snow set in again mrl"usN
The most startling feature Of the storm was us el-
foot upon the electric wires. MI over iI"Npurs anu
Allegheny the telephone, telegraph electric lFht ana
.,roct railway wires down. The first itahN
occurred before daylight. Two black stations owhc"
hv George Bichl were being driven mp ThidaVc"
,hon suddenly an electric light wire parted. crossed
street railway wire and then dropped over the hcao'
~ the two stations The animal, fell in their tracks
&c Joe" Ildc.fcr the driver, and hi' companion WIZ
thrown headlong ont into 4 Nrovhank hv the sho'N'
The horse, were not instantly killed they Inv "i'H
iur in agony Then their flesh began s!zzng and 'h'H
inc and from the forchoofs OF ca'h animal mum
str,aks Of fire shot in bright GI-hc while from every
bucAc and bit Of metal on the harness th" park new
For FIT cn minute, the brute struggled and moihed
and kicked IL get loose lldc-icr call u one ~
name and with last desperate effort the stallion
struggled 10 reach his mater but the current s'II
crcpt toward nj, viinl. Finally. with m'an' TIC
animal sank back. pm, hi, head over toward that 81
sfrfr. ara and H.
stations gave a convul-ivc struggle and were dead
Two men were badly shocked los the same wires, bat
not severely hurt.
In the forenoon another electric wire foll on team
Of hor-c-. burning the animal, % badly that thew had
t. bc shot. Two other hor-", met similar late i"F
in the day There were HUNDREDS # "ir'~ down al
over the city. Pedestrian, had narrow escapes At
several place. II Tiihavc q maa went f. pick up
fallen Nlrc. and AZ that instant another pedestrian
io,tlcd him. Both got % shock which II took them
several hours H. recover from.
There wa, considerable damage - buildings nv the
storm. The thrcr,jo frame dwelling 81 Herman
Docr-hc.ucr on Mount oliver. collapsed. cntalling
l,~, Of 5000 The family barely escaped death The
twenty c shth Ward .titiou had to be evacuated iu
hr,;. Ct, the roof hid cracked and threatened 10 fan
~. st Shire Oahs two frame dwelling, were crushed
in and their occupants turned out 10 the snow. In
the Eat Ind Csrl, Pools livery stable cav'd in.
buryn. ten hor-"- -,ycril Of which we're taken ou'
badly Injured. NJ N" East Liberty stock yaTd- large
section, of the shedding were wrecked.
The newspaper, and tclrr.'ph companies were
Almo.t entirely cut OF from tint points. There we've
no uuotatlou, received ~ the stock Exchange. and
low papers seeking Ia secure Eastern d.
patchc, tonight wcrc told they might possibly
g., them around by way q 'anadr. tn. The
and could 80 nothing outside the civ. In this clt'
me police p'tr,. ara IRE alarm ,'sirins wore ano.!
elc,. The switchboard, a headquarters being burned
early ~" NaN. l' Nt4l dDl'A "Pfll4- r'f'T''