Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-26

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swept this city shortly after noon to day.
and left in its wake one corpse. two
bruised and bleeding young women, I'M
roofed buildings and panic in the White
House, caused by the destruction of the
stone ballstrade around the roof of the
Presidents mansion.
IT The e. most sp serious damage to property
was the blowing down of the walls of the
new .Metzerott Music Hall, which was
building at Twelfth street, NJ W., just
below street. Fire started in the ruins,
and for time it seemed as if destructive
confiagration would ensue The fire was
soon conquered by the streams of water
poured upon 1t, and then attention was
given 70 the wreck of two stores in the
rear of the big hall: One was occupied by
George White, ladies' tailor, and the
other by Guide 4 Brother, florists. They
were complete ruins,
ltThe firemen and policemen set upon the
debris, and in few minutes they brought
to light young woman, one Of Whites
sewing-giris. She was near the front, and
was soon taken out into the open air. She
was not seriously hurt Her name she
gave as Clara Greenberg, and she said that
her employer and two girls were still in
After more vigorous digging the men
round ida White, another young sewing
girl. She was badly bruised.
AT O'Clock the dead body of Mr.. White
was removed from the wrecked building.
A section of the stone balustrade around
the roof of the White House was blown
down and crashed through the roof of the
poriico at the eastern entrance Of the base
ment. The section destroyed was about
20 feet long. composed of freestone in
blocks and pillars, and in falling carried
with IT Q large portion of the cornice. 1t
struck the roof of the east portico with q
terrific crash and wrecked it completely.
The noise caused quite a commoton in
the Presidents household for a few min
utes, but a speedy investigation showed
that nc. one had been injured.
The flag at the front of the building was
cut IN half as neatly as though done with
knife.
1.-The President was receiving the Mime
sofa delegation at the time, and was APP
prised of the storm by rush of water
under the south windows and the crash of
the ballustrade, He fastened to the pri
vate part of the house and treasured the
ladies of his family.
hbWinder's building, on Seventeenth street
opposite the war department, was partially
unroofed. Lightning struck the large gas
reservoir at the corner of Twenty sixth
The gas simply blazed at the openings ms
II they were huge burners, and In this way
100000 feet of gas spent itself in illuminai-
ing the day.
BALTIMORE IN THE TRAcK-BUILDINGs DE-
MoLisHED AND MANY PEOPLE INJURED.
baltimore, Nov. 23-The struggling
edge of the terrific storm which struck the
capital, and ran northward with cyclonic
fury, gave Baltimore taste of It's
destructive force, little after o'clock,
Mis- afternoon. One big building was de-
nolished, and number of dwellings
we're unroofed, but the damage done is not
heavy
Maltby's fcur-story oyster packing house
It the foot of West Falls avenue caught
the full force of the gale, and the roof and
upper floor wen. flying through the air
clouds of mortar dust.
There were ID men in the building, but
those on the fourth floor. which IS used as
sail-loft, sent up warning cry at the
first crash that gave their fellows a chance
to escape.
ably saved all the others were not so for
tunate, however.
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
Lambert and Mitchell were caught in
the clouds Of flying debris and cut and
bruised, while Yearly had a unique ey-
perience. He scrambled through an open-
ing in the side of the building next the
bay, but was suddenly knocked into the
water the blow and fall stunning him.
lay close to. The engineer spied Yearly as
he fell and steamed to his rescue, picking
him up with no more serious injury than
cut head.
The heavy roof in its flight struck Den
meals malt house opposite and cut off
corner of it.
The loss here is estimated at about
$4,000; A number of dwellings on the
bay side were unroofed. No damage was
done to shipping in the harbor.
IN PENNsYLvANIA-PANIc IN CARLISLE
SCHOOL HousE-TEAcHERs AND PUPILS
BURNED IN DEBRIS.
CARLISLE. Pa, Nov. GA violent wind
storm, accompanied by rain and thunder,
created CONSERVATION here at l. 20 o'clock
this afternoon. The Graham school house,
one mile west of here. was demolished.
The eighteen school children, with their
teacher, Miss Bertha Ruby, were panic
stricken when the wind ripped the roof
from the building and carried it 80 feet.
In her efforts to escape Miss Ruby was
struck by a falling shutter and one of her
legs was broken. She rushed back into
she school-room to rescue her pupils, some
Of whom were buried in the debris, Sallie
Fisher, James ellis, Lewis Wilson and
Thomas Hertzler were quite seriously in
jured, and eight others slightly.
The Sunnyside school-house one mile
west of the Graham school, was also
Souders, the teacher, fell and broke her
right arm in getting out her pupils.
FATAL CRASH OF A BUILDING.
HANOVER, Pa, Nov. 23.-A cyclone
passed over this section this afternoon
totally demolishing the large wagon works
of Charles T. Ketterer, No. 1870 South Fifth
avenue, New York city, killing one man
tNriously injuring nine others. Howard
w Carbaugh,. aged %, was killed.
no tnil ro1
torn of; William Lansinger, Jacob Rusher,
William Weist, Joseph Ranaut, Jr., David
Althoff, Robert Althoff, Adam Rebling,
"a. Fryman. All sustained severe cuts,
Commissions and fractures. Mr.. Ketterer's
loss to stock, machinery and building will
probably reach $4,000.
The wrecked building was erected about
one year ago. 1t was three-story brick, I
90 by 100 feet, and gave employment to 80
men.
The cyclone did not confine itself to this
building, but destroyed a frame building
for Charles Smith, McSherrystown; a large
hay shed for Holtz Brothers, New Chester;
Western Maryland railroad station at
Hendrix, besides unrooiing quite num-
Der of other buildings, uprooting trees and
blowing down fences.
AN ENGINEER BURIED IN THE DEBRIS.
ALTOONA, PA, Nov pa rain and wind
storm which passed over this city to-day
burst many sewers, blew in the gable Of
Emerald Hall. unroofed W. L. Shellen-
berger's storage building and dismanteled
the stack, and destroyed brick side wall
Of the City Railway Companys electric
plant. The engineer, Mayberry Hileman,
was seriously injured by falling debris.
The cars will not be run for several days.
SCORE OF HOUSES UYRooFED.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. pa terrific
wind, rain and thunder storm passed over
the city at I.3D O'clock this afternoon and