The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-25
THE GREAT STORM.
reports Of Damage Coming in From
Hundreds of Towns

IifrsBrRG, Nov. 2i-Reports of damage done
W yesterdays storm are coming in from all di-
lections In the Cumberland valley the
oamage done by the storm will reach thousands
oi dollars. The damage at Carlisle is not so
great, but in the surrounding counties il was
severe The roof of the Graham
school building was blown into field and
number OF pupils were seriously injured.
Inc sunnyside schoolhouse, near Carlisle, was
uloWn down and number of pupils injured,
the teacher having her leg broken. At Coulters-
s1lle' a lew miles above McKeesport farmer
iau named Bailey, about l5 years old, was
crushed 70 death under falling building. At
H!nakaan, Pa, on the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
Ioaa' NIL and a church were demolished by
1ne vino, but as far as can be learned
no one was injured. Great damage
was aone st Braddock to manufacturing
concerns, Sharon, Pa, reports the worst bIiz-
1aro III years six inches of snow, badly drlfted,
prevented regular trains from getting through
last night In this city high winds continue
and clouds threaten. No further damage Is re-
ported To-Day. The telegraphic service is still
paraiyzed. The Western Union and Postal Com
panies are almost completely cut off from the
East and North, with Western wires work.
Ing poorly. Business is badly DELAYED
ana IL Will be several days before
communication Is entirely restored. In West
moreiand county the storm was the worst ever
known. Down the Southwest road, at Munker's
station, the sheds of new brick works were ie-
molished and eight workmen injured but none
OF them fatally. AtUnited, on the Youupwood
branch, an engine house was blown down and
SIX employees hurt badly, one of them having
both arms and both legs broken, besides sus-
tanning other injuries which will prove fatal
At Lairobe 'bus-driver was badly injured.
Near Connellsville several Italian laborers took
shelter in stable, when il was blown
down and the men buried under the
debris Contartino Larocle was fatally crushed,
but the others were not seriously hurt At
Cumberland several roofs were lifted from
houses and a number OF people reported
injured. At Hecia church was blown down on
number OF children who had sought refuge.
Two were fatally injured aud several Others
seriously hurt.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24-Reports from num-
erous points in Eastern Pennsylvania tell of
more or less severe damage by yesterdays Storm
Al Harrisburg a section OF rooms at the state in
sane asylum was carried away, and much minor
damage was done to light buildings. Wilkes
barre, Lancaster, Williamsport and other points
reportthe storm very severe.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 24-During the storm yes
terday vessels in the harbor had hard time,
and number OF them were slightly damaged.
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. A.-The windstorm
and cioudDurst yesterday lasted only ten miu-
utes but lett a track of awful destruction. The
was demolished and colored hodcarrer is sup
posed to be buried in the debris. George white,
q ladies' tailor, in adjoining building, was
crushed to death, and OF his
workmen killed Several people were painfully
injured. The damage to the White House was
confined, as reported last night, to blowing off
OF about two tons OF stone coping, which crushed
the porch on the east side.
NEW YORK, Nov. A.-Telegraphic communi-
cation with this city from the South and West
is still seriously interrupted. Other points are
working slowly.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 24.-It is said that an
emigrant train consisting OF six wagons and
thirty-three people on the way west met with
snow blockade in the Chilhowie mountains.
The men, women and children, with the excep-
ton Of a farmer named George Akers, who was
somewhat intoxicated, went into camp on Sun
day. Akers persisted in going through the
storm, and said he would not stop until he
reached the mountain top. On Monday moru-
ing when the other members started from Knox
vile, they traced Akers and his wagon few
miles, and then lost all track OF him. The sup
position is that the foolhardy man and his fam.
lily lost their way and rolled into the river or
fell into some deep ravine and were frozen to
death