The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-24

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-A heavy wind
6nd rain storm, amounting almost to a
hurricane, passed over this city about
1890 o'clock, doing great damage TO
property. The walls of the new Metzerett
music ball, in course of construction were
blown down, and several persons were
killed and many injured. George White,
a lady tailor, and one of his sewing
women were taken out dead from the
building adjoining the Metzerett hall and
two others were badly hurt. One of the
reservoirs of the Washington Gas COM
psny was struck by lightning and burned.
The loss is $4,000 The total loss in this
vicinity will aggregate more than 800.
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a section of the stone balustrade around
the roof of the White House was blown
down during the storm and crushed
through the roof of the portico at the
eastern entrance Of the basement. A large
number Of telegraph and telephone wires
were naturally carried down with the
mass of stone, completely shutting off all
communication with the house by wire.
The section destroyed was about thirty
feet long, composed of free stone in blocks
and pillars, and, in falling carried with it
large portion of the portico.
AT PITTsBURG.
PTTTsBURG. Pa, Nov, pa terrific
storm passed over this city about noon to-
day. Several houses were unroofed out
houses were blown over, and other consid-
cradle damage was done. On the Alleghe-
ny river the Star Sand company's hosting
boat and engine were capsized and sunk
The crews escaped injury The storm was
severe east and west Of here, and a great
deal of damage was done. At Aspinwall
a railway station house was lifted by the
wind and carried quite distance along
the track. There were sixteen men in
the station, who, however, were not hurt
Crest damage is reported along the line of
the Baltimore and Ohio west of Cornells-
vile Trees and out houses were reported
blown down, and the coal tipple at Alps
vile is almost a complete wreck.
At New Brighton, Pa, on the Erie and
Pittsburg railroad large tree was blown
down ut the intersection of Main and
Harmony streets where the telephone
wires cross the trolly wire of the Beaver
Valley Traction company, which was
carrying 500 volts. A teamster was driv-
ing across the first street, when one OF the
horses stepped upon a broken telephone
wire and was instantly killed. The resi-
dences of w. II. Everson, E. 2. Townsend
and Harry Barkey, located in different
sections of the town were set on fire by
telephone lines but the flames were ex-
tinguished
At Butler, Pa, a frame store building.
occupied by W. H. Georghing, a wholesale
commission merchant, L. Arras, a harness
dealer. aud Mrs. Fay, keeper of a boarding
house. was blown down and complet ly de- |
molished. The OCCUPANTS were buried in |
the ruins but Joseph Nanny, Jr, was the |
only one injured. The ruins took fire but |
the flames were quickly extinguished by |
the fire department
This evening the wind was very high in |
Pittsburg and the rain turned to snow.
About dark the steamer Coal City, while |
attempting to land at the wharf at the !
foot of Market street crashed into Char
tiers packet line wharf boat and sank it.
The crew escaped. The storm had a dis
astrous. effect upon derricks in the oil |
fields. The derricks were blown down in
nearly all the districts within fifty miles
Pittsburg suffered to greater or less ex.
tent from the storm. The losses to the oil
men are roughly estimated at SIS, 900. At
midnight high wind still prevailed here.
and 1t was alternately raining and snow
ing. Communication by telegraph was
still cut of from the east. All the wires
of the Western Union and Postal compa-
nies are Frustrated between Pittsburk and
Philadelphia. Baltimore Washington and
New York. The same condition of affairs
prevails north, while the west and south
wires are working but very poorly.