Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-25

PITTsBURG, PA, Nov 2-1he reports of
damage done by yesterdays storm are com
ing in from all directions. In the Cumber-
land valley the damage done by the storm
will reach many thousands of dollars. The
damage at Carlisle was not so great, but III
the surrounding country it was very severe.
The roof of the Graham school building
was blown eighty feet into field ana a
number of pupils received serious injuries.
The following are the injured as far as can
be ascertained:
Miss Bertha Rudy, teacher. right leg
broken in two places by falling timbers.
Sallie Fisher, injured on the left side of
her face by falling glass.
Lewis Wilson, nose broken by falling
bricks and timber.
Jonas ellis, face cut.
Another pupil, whose name is unknown,
had his arm injured, while seven or eight
others were slightly hurt During the
storm Sunny Side school house, near Car
lisle, WAS blown down and a number of pu-
pills injured, the teacher having her leg
broken. Medical aid was Immediately sum-
moned to the scene of the disaster.
At Coultersville a few mites above Nc
Keesport, a farmer lad named Barley
about fifteen years old, was pushed under a
falling building, and when taken from the
ruins was dead.
AT Hyndman, Pa, on the Baltimore and
Ohio railway a mill and church were de-
molished by the wind, but as far as can be
learned no one was injured.
At Cumberland, Md, several roofs were
lifted from the houses, and number of
people were reported as injured.
At Braddocll there was great damage to
manufacturing concerns. The Pittsburg
wire company will lose several thousand
dollars by the blowing down of part of its
three walls. The mills would have been
ready for operation in fortnight, but will
be delayed two months. The team mill of
Carnegie's Homestead steel works was en-
tirely unroofed and much damage done to
the machinery.
Several unfinished buildings north of
Copeland were blown over.
Sharon, Penn, reports the worst blizzard
in years. Six inches of show, badly drifted,
prevented regular trains from getting
through last night.
In this city the high winds continue and
the clouds are threatening. No further
damage is reported to-day. Telegraphic
service is still paralyzed. The Western
Union and Postal companies are almost
completely cut off from the east and north,
with Western wires working poorly. Bush
ness is badly delayed, and it will be several
days before communication is entirely re-
stored.
In Westmoreland county the snow was
the worst ever known. Down the South
west road at Munker's station the sheds of
the new brick works were demolished and
eight men injured, but none of them IA
tally
At United on the Youngwood branch,
the end of the engine house was blown in
and six of the employees badly hurt, one of
them having both arms and both legs
broken, besides sustaining other injuries
which, will prove fatal.
At Latrobe monastery bus driver was
badly injured while on the way to Beatty
station for load of passengers. A COW
cred wagon was carried for considerable
distance by the storm and then torn 10
shreds, and the driver, Alex. McAteer,
hurled down over steep embankment and
seriously hurt.
Near Connellsville several Italian labor
ers took shelter in stable, when it was
blown down and the men buried under the
debris. Constantine Larocte was fatally
crushed, but the others were not seriously
hurt.