Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-15
QUITE A STORM.
'HE Low BAROMETER OF FRIDAY NIGHT
BROUGHT MUCH WIND, YESTERDAY.
Day Of Rain Squalls and Stormy Gusts, Which
Inisrtsrsd With Retail Business and Did
Considerable Damage TO Properly.

The extremely low barometer-2S.55
inches-of Friday night was not &C
compsnied by much wind, greatly to
the astonlshment OF those who pay
some attention to the vGgaries OF the
weather, and when, about midnight
Friday night the rain showed some
,lgns Of ceasing and the barometer
showed a disposition to rise again, these
observers shook their heads sagely, and
predicted that the storm was not over,
by good deal, and that heavy gale
was liable to break over this locality at
any moment.
About half-past two yesterday morn
ing the wind came, and for the succeed
ing few hours it blew very strong,
shaking houses in exposed situations,
blowing down chimneys, and damaging
roofs, fences, shade trees, etc. During
the middle OF the day there was COM
parative lull, but about half-past two
yesterday afternoon the wind got up
again, aud a succession of heavy gusts
eliminated, about half-past four,
in q gale much more violent than
anything which had gone before,
and which threatened, for half an hour
or so TO do great damage to property.
Fortunately, however, nothing serious
resulted, although here and there marks
Of the fury of the wind were left. Con-
siderable rain fell during the day and
last evening, in isolated showers, and
the total rainfall for the thirty hours
the storm continued probably amounted
to three inches. The most serious cases
OF damage by the wind are as follows:-
One OF the fine new FIVE roomed
houses at McMeChen being erected by
Wood Bros, was badly damaged by the
wind Friday night. The structure
was partially weather boarded and was
nearly blown down. 1t is said the
structure will have to DO taken apart
and rebuilt
Yesterday afternoon the high wind
blew part of the tin roof and a chin
ney from the three story LANCE
flats on South Eoff street. The tin
ners were on hand few minutes
later and the damage done was re-
paired.
The wind blew the canvas from the
merry-go-round on Twenty-ninth street
yesterday afternoon. Other damage
was done to the rig.
The force Of the wind yesterday blew
in one Of the large windows at Baer's
new block and smashed 1t.
About a dozen chimneys on Thirty
third street were blown down or dam
aged by the wind last evening.
A Polander was coming down Chap
line street, near Thirty-third, last even
ing with duck. The wind turned his
umbrella and mashed it. The duck es-
capped. In trying to catch the duck he
ran over a store box and got badly
skinned up.
On the hill sides and also upon the
Island shade trees were badly damaged
In some instances, but the loss in this
direction was lighter than 1t would have
been earlier in the season, when all the
leaves were on the trees.
The effects Of the rainfall were very
noticeable at the river. The volume OF
water in the channel jumped from TWO
and one-half feet at midnight Friday
night TO five feet nine inches at six
o'clock last evening, and there were
river men enthusiastic enough to be-
lieve some coal would get out Of Pitts
burg on the rise. The creeks only ran
out moderately strong during the day.
The day was so disagreeabe as TO
very seriously interfere with retail
business, there being few ladies out in
the shopping district in the afternoon
and not many more last evening. AS a
result the volume OF business transact
ed along Main, Market ana the cross
streets in the retail district was very
small for a Saturday, and there was
considerable grum0ling in a good HUI
mored way as a result.
The storm Of Friday afternoon and
evening was the fag end of the South
ern disturbance, while that OF early
Yesterday morning and yesterday after
noon was probably the remnants OF the
blow which came down from the North
west, II is probably just as well the
two conflicting currents Of air did mo-
meet in this vicinity.