The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-16
VERY Lively STORM
Damages Buildings and Destroys
other. Property.
MAYBE THE TAIL ENDOF ACYCLONE.
Chlnncys aud Walls. Blown Down,
Roofs Lifted and Trees Broken of:
Heavy Rain aud Thunder, but no
very Grave Damage Reported In the
Immediate Vicinlty..-A Peculiar
Kind off Blow II WINS.


l~iyoliest storm scon here since the me.
mortal over.thc.riyer cyclones sported
over tho city and vicinity. 1t had
many Of tho characteristics OF n cyclone,
starting in q small but densely black
cloud which spread till it covered tho
sky south Of tho zenith and made the
day ominously dark. Very heavy rain
fell, the drops striking almost with the
torcc OF hail stones, and there was some
lightning and more thunder in proper
ton than usual.
A high wind continued Tor nearly IN
hour. 1t seemed TO DO Of q circular
course, like tho typical cyclone. trees in
one part Of tho town being undisturbed,
while q square distant they were blown
down. On the head OF Thirteenth street
several trees were broken of, and IN
many parts OF town large. branches were
torn from tho trees and fairly covered
tho ground. .
A HOUSE DAMAGED.
A chimney on tho brick, one-story
kitchen in the rear Of a house on the
southwest corner OF jacob and Thir-
tecntfl streets was blown down and took
with il 4 portion of tho wall. The house
is occupied by Mr.. Jones. Nobody was
hurt, and 500 will repair the damage.
The awning on the south side OF the
Hub clothing store was down. 1t was
blown up, and falling again, two heavy
iron pieces struck the largo plate glass
window, . very fino one, breaking it
badly.
A large portion OF Shallcross,s bill
board on Sixteenth street, opposite the
postofice, was blown down.
The electric light mast arm ut tho cor
ner OF Twentieth and Market streets
was snapped of by the force Of the
wind. In East Wheeling several cleo
iric light globes were blown of. Cir
cult No. l was grounded by the storm,
but all damage was repaired by last
night, except to onelight on Fourteenth
street, which would not burn. An en-
ploye OF tho works undertook to rap it
into order with a lead pencil. but re-
ceived a shock which knocked him
silly for a moment, and when he got
over ii he lot the lamp alone.
OTHER DAMAGE.
A large section OF the roof Of the
Spears axle factory, at Main and Twenty
sixth streets, was blown off,
Several windows OF Mrs. Mauer's
house, on Twelfth street, were blown in.
The shingle roof OF Lacy & %Schafer's
saloon, at the corne OF Sixteenth and
Woods streets, was badly used up,
shingles being scattered around in all
directions. Had the storm lasted a fow
minutes longer the entire roof would
have been torn off. Most.of it did 70.
At the City Hospital the lights in
seven or eight windows were broken,
besides n OF the heavy glasses in a
front window. To save tho windows
two of the attendant. attempted to close
the shutters, but the wind beat so
strongly that they were unable to pull
them from the wall, and gave up the at
tempt as 4 bad job.
On McColloch street a larcestree was
blown across the sidewalk. Awnings,
roofs and fences. signs and chimneys
suffered severely everywhere.
NARROW ESCAPE.
There was one narrow escape from
death. Two young men had the Mark
Twain clubs new sailboat out onnthe
river, when a squat struck it in the
deep water just below the west end OF
the Suspension bridge, and it quickly
capsized. The men were left struggling
in the water, but there were a number
otskltis inthe vicinity and theyhastened
tothe rescue. One ofthem saved the two
men, and the sailboat was righted and
towed over to the wharfboat.
Navigation was seriously interfered
with while the storm ragged.
II was thought from tho appearance
Of the sky that the storm was central
IN the hills west of Bellaire, and that
me greatest damage would be reported
from there, but nothing was heard of
any. Perhaps the cyclone, Of which
!mis was the expiring effort, wrought
"S worst havoc farther south than that.
AT MoUNDsvILLE.
This superstition is borne out by the
lac. that at Moundsyille the wind was
iully as high as here. and as the sur
ioMndIngs are not 80 hemmed in BY
mis-, the damage was even severer,
.ees being broken of or torn up in all
parts OF town.
Inc stack OF tho Moundsville electric
ieht plant was blown down, and a Sec
uoh OF the roof OF the packing house of
.ho astoria glass works was barred Of
w. ms was about all the damage to
III m the city those abominable little
uiil boards which arc set about on tho
ueNaIk with circus pictures on them,
T ny ABOUT at tho sport OF the wynd.n
aley were lying bare and wet on tho
n "s : ana apparently people in the
tn SnoorhGod were too much opposed
" ~ labor 10 pick them up.
=, Inc heavy rain did not wash as much
VI sle substance OF tho side hills down
Spoa ING streets as usual, for some rea-
tOn, Altogether tho city got Oft very
I%,.uhatHly, butthc enjoyment of Sum
WIZ. ~ the park, or on other outings,
mas eltectually dampened. 1t was a
, miserable day, showery throughout, and
into the night.
WEST OF TIE RIVER.
PERSONS who were out in Ohio driving
yesterday report that about St. Glars.
m'io and between Wheeling. and Mt.
raeasant the havoc by the storm was
NLy severe. Trees were in many cases
NM across tho road, and progress in
y! sort OF u vehicle was difficult and
wooi not to say hazardous, In the
"oous many trees Yera nr~ostratn and