Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-24
Many Sections Visited by Heavy
Winds Yesterday.
FOUR MEN KILLED At CLEVELAND.
A Scafold Blown from the Top of
a Six-Story Building-The Roof
Of an Iron Mill Blown Of-A
Roundhouse Unrooffed at Louis
ville-Detroit Streets Block
AIDED with Debris - Heavy
Winds in Indiana.

CLEVELAND. o., May ga terrific
wind storm struck this city at O'Clock
this morning. -Four men were instantly
killed and many injured in the numer-
Gus casualties.
A scaffold blown from its fastenipgs
by the high wind seriously and In one
case fatally injured four men employed
by the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke
Company. They are: Miles johnson,
Is years old, of Hamilton, compound
fracture of left shoulder blade. VIM.
0'Malley, 80 years old, ia Ontario
street, fracture Of fifth rib, internal In
iuries, will die. Michael Murphy, aged
"a years, West River street, left shoul.
der blade broken, internal injuries and
scalp wound. Michael Hughes, Oregon
street, rib fractured, internal injuries.
1t had been found necessary 10 ele-
vate a brick chimney on top OF the
Bradley block at the corner OF Superior
and Erie streets, and for this purpose
scaffold had been built up 20 feet above
the six-story building. Seeing the
storm coming the men employed on II
ran TO shelter. The wind was soon upon
1t, and with tearing OF tlmoers the
whole mass broke loose. IL dropped
straight down the side OF the building
till the second floor was reached. Here
1t was caught by another gust OF wind
and hurled with terrific force toward
the gutter, where il landed with crash
that could be heard for blocks around.
Twenty men under the direction OF
Jack Fleming, OF the gas company,
were at work in the gutter. They were
working hard TO get the ditch they had
just dug covered up so as not to block
the sewer when the rain fell. The huge
mass Of heavy timbers fell right In
their midst. They were all thrown of
their feet by the concussion. but all but
four OF their number Immediately
sprang up. The men whose names
have been mentioned could not arise, as
they were pinned down by heavy tim
bers.
A general hurrican call was sent In
to all the ambulances in the city. They
responded promptly, and the work OF
rescue began. As soon as the men
were extricated the were hustled away
to Lakeside Hospital.
A portion Of the plate department OF
the Cleveland Rolling MIL Company
undergoing construction gave way to
the storm with fatal results. Two men
were killed instantly, another received
injuries which will doubtless prove
fatal, and several more were badly In
jured.
Another casulty caused by the sever
ity OF the storm was the destruction OF
two-story frame house at the corner
of Dean and Superior streets. 1t was
blown down. and John Cole was buried
beneath the debris. When taken ont
the man was in terrible condition, and
death soon followed after Intense sur
fering.
Late dispatches indicate that the entire
northwestern portion Of the State was
swept by the storm.
AT Findlav, the brick building OF the
Bell Pottery Company was partially
wrecked Two hundred employees had
narrow escape The Model glass factory
and the Salem wire nail works were nn.
rooted. The houses Of w. II. Howard and
Herberl Broome were wrecked, the wife
and children of Broome being rescued
were blown down. The loss Will reach
$4,000.
At Hume Station, Allen county, two
churches wers destroyed and fifteen houses
blown from their foundations, causing q
loss of $4,000.
In Lima. the gas works was unroofed
and the smoke stacks Of several factories
blown down.
In Mercer county. great damage was
done 10 farm buildings, fences and for
eSts.
In East Akron the new works OF the
City Boiler Company, were wrecked caus-
ing a loss ofSS, 900. Chimneys were blown
over and trees broken IN ali parts OF town
but nobody was injured.
AT Fletcher, Miami county, the roof OF
the Methodist church was torn of by the
wind and carried 200 feet.
AT Defiance the carriage works OF the
Linthium-C Chlosser Company were wreck
ed. and the buildings Of the Erie Milling
Company, the Kuhn Lumber Company,
and Aids Hub Company, were badly dam.
aged. Several residences were unroofed
and many trees uprooted. The loss Will
be heavy.