The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-01

traction company. The tree fell
upon the telephone wires and
forced them down upon the electric
light wire; which was carrying
500 volts. a horse Of Harrison Ewing. a
farmer. stepped upon broken telephone
wire and was instantly killed and the res
licences of W. H. EversOn, E. p. Town.
send and Harry Barker, located II dider'
ent sections Of the town, were set sn hre
by the telephone lines, but the flames were
extinguished.
AT Butler, Pa, the frame store buildings
Of w. Ii Goerhing, wholesale commission
merchant, L. Arras, harness, and Mrs.
Fay's boarding house was blown down
and completely demolished. The occu-
pants were buried in the ruins, but Joseph
NANNY, ir, was the only one injured. The
ruins took fire,sout were quickly extin-
guished by the nre department.
The storm struck Meadyille with terrific
force about noon. The roof was blown
from the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio freight house and the roof partly
torn from the passenger depot shade
trees and chimueys were blown down All
over town. Telephone reports from neigh
boring towns tell of serious damage. NO
lives were lost.
At Ashtabula. O., brick school house
collapsed a, o'clock the children were
taken out by the teachers when they saw
the storm coming and none were hurt.
Many roofs were blown OF ana other dam
age done.
| At Akron, O., the wind blew in the front
of John PrinEle's brick livery stable and
played havoc with signs and shade trees.
Tne rain turned 10 snow about noon, ana
the fall was very heavy, seriously inter-
| fering with telegrapi.ic communication.
The storm had rather a disastrous effect
upon the derricks il the oil fields. OId as
well rs new were blown down, and nearly
all the districts within fifty miles OF PITS
burg, suffered TO greater or less extent
In all but few instances 10 part OF the
rig except the derrick was destroyed Be-
tween Oakdale and Noblestown twelve
derricks were blown down, and reports
from the McCurdy, Moon, Washington,
Butler, Green and other oil districts are
that they all suffered. The losses to tho
oil men are roughly estimated At $4,000.
WHEELING, W. Va, Nov. PA blizzard
passed over this city yesterday, but no
damage was done though telegraphic wires
were somewhat interfered with. From
points outside of the city, however, some
reports of considerable damage.
At Moundsville, II miles east, the car
riage works were completely wrecked, and
several men on the second hoor were seri-
ously, but not fatally injured. The wesi
gable end Of the glass works was blown In
and considerable damage done.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 2L-The storm
here yesterday was the worst IN
long time. Rain fell continually since
yesterday forenoon. About noon
it was so dark that lamps and
gas were lighted all over the city.
The darkness lasted half an hour,
when the wind shifted to the west and the
rain came down in torrents. The wind
was blowing gale at. shutdown, but 1t has
subsidized somewhat since and it is growing
colder.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 24-Shortly after
o'clock yesterday afternoon wind and
rain storm Of unusual intensity struck
this city from the southwest, blowing down
signs and flag poles and doing other dam
age. The roof Of the oyster packing house
of c. S. Maltby was blown Of and mum
Der of persons working in the top story
were injured but none seriously.
NEWTON, Miss, Nov. ga cyclone
from the Southwest swept over Lawrence
four miles west of here, Sunday evening
about 4 o'clock. All houses in its tract
} were lifted bodily from the ground AMI
carried away, many pieces Of timber fall
ing several miles away.
The residence Of Mr.. Tom Dennis, il
which were his family and himself wa
DESTROYED. Mrs. Dennis was severel!
bruised about the head and had one shoul
der dislocated while one Of her children
mute girl-had her brains knocked out BY
falling joist and died yesterday.
Anumber Of cabins were blown away
leaving the occupants with bruised ant
broken limbs The Methodist church wa
almost entirely destroyed, as was the resi-
dence of MIR. Clay whose family chances
to be absent
The cyclone was moving in the same di
rection as that travelled by the one which
passed through here several years ago an,
which destroyed the towns Of Besuregar
and Wedson.