St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-20
GREAT OBSTRUCTION OF PROP
ERTY AND SEVERAL PEO-
PIE KILLFa,
PITTSBURG IN A HURRICANE.
THREE PERSONS DROWNED AND
HUNDREDS OF EXCURSION
lists IN DANGER,
DWELLINGS LAID IN RUINS
Families Buried in the Debris,
but Dug Out by Rescuers-A
New Elevator Wrecked.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 19.-Iast
night storm was the most terrific
and destructive that has visited this
city in many years. 1t came without
warning, and at a time when the
parks We're filled with people and the
rivers crowded with excursionists.
AS far as known at this time three
lives were lost, a score of persons
We're injured, two it is thought fatal
~, and property damaged to the ex-
tent of 100000. The dead are:
MILLLE LIMBAUGH, cook on
the steamer Lud Keefer. drowned.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, blown from
the Point bridge
ARCHIBALD SOPHIE.
Those probably fatally injured are:
Patrick Shea, fireman on the West
end electric railway power house;
John Adams, conductor on Second
avenue traction line. At least TWEEN
ty others were injured, more or less
seriously, by being hit by flying de-
bris, but their names have not been
obtained. The storm struck the city
about 10 O'Clock, and was over in
death and destruction were left in
its track. The rain came down in
torrents, and was accompanied by
vivid lightning and terrific wind.
Houses were unroofed, trees uproot-
ed and fences and outhouses demoI-
ished. So tremendous was the force
Of the tornado that the steamers Lud
Keefer, Little Bill and Arlington
were overturned, and many barges,
coal boats and small craft torn from
their mornings and sent adrift The
passenger barge Dakota was forCe.i
against the Smithfield street bridge
and the side crushed. She sank in
several feet of water When the
storm struck the Keefer Capt. Keef-
er, Mate Miller, Mile Limbaugh,
the cook, and two colored chamber
maids, were on board, but all reached
the shore in safety except Mile
Limbaugh, who became exhausted
and was drowned The steamer
Courier, with 400 passengers on
board, was swept by the water and
the passengers became panic strick-
en-, but Capt. Klein succeeded in
making a landing at Painters mills,
and all We're discharged from the
boat in safety. While the wind was
at its height an unknown woman at
tempted to cross the Point bridge.
She was caught in q whirlwind and
blown in the river and drowned.
CRUSHED UNDER WRECKAGE.
The day had been extremely hot and
thousands of people were at Schenley
Park. When the storm came on there
was a rush for shelter. The wind had
Frustrated the electric light wires and
several women We're seriously shocked
by coming in contact with them On
Second avenue, a feed wire was bro
ken and in attempting to repair it,
Conductor Adams was fatally shocked
He is still living, but has never re-
covered consciousness. On the South
side the large grain elevator of Hen
derson & Johnson, in course of con-
struction, was almost completely de-
molished. The heavy iron Orders fell
on row of tenemepts, and crushed
them, but fortunately the occupants
were away from home. Two freight
cars on the Pittsburg-Lake Erie road
were lifted from the tracks and blown
into the Monongahela river. Portions
Of the Monongahela and Castle Shan
non inclfnes were carried away by the
wind and demolished. On Arch street
new brick building was blown over.
? crushing a double frame building adj
joining, occupied by Mrs. DAILY with
one child, and Mrs. Prior with three
children. When the building went
down, Mrs. Prior and her Oldest child,
son, escaped, but the two smaller
children were buried in the debris. The
same fate caught Mrs. Daily and her
child. An alarm was sent in, but be-
fore the ffremen got there a number
of men had dug the people out and
found them all unhurt
PICNICKERS IN PERIL.
Picnic parties returning home by
way Of the Brownsville road had a
rough experience. The tornado broke
loose while nearly 500 persons were
scattered along the road. When the
storm came up everybody rushed to
the fences to hold on and keep from
being blown over. The wind tore IN
the fences and blew men and women
and children to and fro Everybody
got soaking wet and many were slight
ly injured. Great damage was also
done to the houses scattered along the
road, while giant trees were twisted
and hurled across the road. Archibald
Sophie was blown into the river and
drowned while trying to tighten the
lines of some coal barges in the west
end. He was married and had a large
family.