Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-24
GREAT HAVOC AT PlTTssuRG.

GREAT HAVOC AT PlTTSSURG.
| Woman killid and Much Property Dam
| aSed-Lisht Tower Wrecked.
PITTSBURG, Nov 24-The greatest storm
seen here since that Of 1889, when nearly
two score lives were lost. began at 1879
yesterday morning and lasted for nearly
one hour First "a little rain fell; then
wind and rain beat down and struck high
buildings with such force as, in some in
stances, to demolish windows and destroy
whatever protection they may have had
All the telephone wires Of Pittsburg and
Allegheny were torn down. and as yet the
trouble has not been remedied. Last night
| there was no communication to be had
between the various parts of the two
cities. Telegraph wires were also blown
down in every direction, cutting the city
| of from the east
Blew Down . Brick Building.
The most serious accident Of the day
| was in the West End, where Joseph
Grimm. saloon keeper, WAS building a
four-story brick hotel next the frame
building used by Henry Peterson as a
grocery and dwelling. A violent gust of
wind came up the river and blew off the
weights holding the boards on the roof,
scattering them over the streets. In an
instant the force Of the wind became SO
violent that the side wall gave away and
toppled over on the grocery store, crush
ing in the roof Of the second story at the
front and the onestory kitchen in the
rear.
Death of Mrs. Margaret Peoples.
Mrs. Margaret Peoples, tie mother-in-
Law of Peterson. was the only person in
the building. and she was caught aud
fatally injured by the falling walls Her
head and face were crushed in and both
arms and both legs were broken. She
died before night. It was nearly an hour
before she was rescued from the ruins,
both buildings being total wrecks, al
though nearly 10; people were trying to
get her out.
Laid a Light Tower Low.
In Allegheny the storm had full swing,
but fortunately infiic ed no injury on a1y
one. The electric light tower at Ann and
School streets, 200 feet high, was blown
down, and, although grazing and tearing
the cornices off houses. did no other dam
age. The celebrated Westinghouse cleo
trio light tower in the Allegheny park,
the first one erected in either city, was
also blown down, and both towers are
now total wreck. The loss to the city
for the towers will be at least "a, 600. In
addition to this there was an incalcula-
BILE amount of damage done By the de-
struction Of show windows and frame
buildings.
Close Call for a Workman.
Just at the time the storm was at its
q eatest force one of the employees work
ing on the new Sixth street bridge across
the Allegheny river was standing on the
edge of the stream. A heavy gust struck
him, and before he could get away he was
| swept into the middle of the current. The
people on the bridge and the banks were
sbuddering with horror at what his fate
would be, but luckily he was swept
against some of the timber supports
against the new piers and was easily res
cued
DeIuge of Water
At Shady Side, in tie Twentieth ward.
the water came down from the hills, COW
| ering the street several feet deep with
| mud aud water and bursting the sewers in
several instances. At Soho the water
rushed down second avenue in such vol
| umes as to stop the elestric cars, aud in
the lower part Of the city, near the point,
business was entirely Suspended.
Buffalo Ca ches the Tornado.
BUFFALO, Nov. "a The worst storm
that Buffalo and vicinity have expert.
enced since the suspension bridge at Nj
agara Falls was blown down ragged here
last night. Telegraph and telephone
wires were blown down In all directions.
Great damage has been done to shipping
in the harbor and to many buildings and
residences. The wind at $50 jumped to q
velocity a sixty miles an hour and at
lI:S0 it reached sixty-five. Telegraphic
Communication is cut of in many direc-
tions and information is hard to obtain.
a Case OF Loving Desperation.
CHICAGO. Nov Alt has transpired
that Miss Carrie Smith. whose body was
found in the lake last week was q suicide
She died for love Of young man who
after having been engaged to her, quar-
relied and engaged to marry another girl.
Failure of q Wire Firm.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24-The Standard Wire
and Iron works property was placed in
the hands Of an assignee yesterday, The
assets are said to slightly exceed the liza.