The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-27
GREAT DAMAGE BY STORMS
HOUSES WERE UNROOFED AND
 WALLS BLOWN DOWN.

One Man in Cincinnati Was so Badly
 Frightened That He Died-Vessels Parted
 From lheir Hawsers-A Passenger Sta tlon Lifted From Its Foundation-All
 Trains Into Chicago Are Late.
 Cincinnati, Nov. 26.-A terrific wind storm swept over this section last night, doing considerable damage to property Trees were uprooted, buildings unroof- ed or wrecked, telegraph poles and wires blown down, and several boats swere. torn from their moorings and set adrift. The watchmen and crews of packets and towboats were all aboard and consternation reigned among them. None of the boats had steam up and &they were therefore left to the mercy of the gale after the lines had parted. Just above the Big Sandy Wharf were moor ed the steamers T. J. O'Connell, Roby Roy and Lee Brooks. The shore lines Sof all three were snapped and when the wind subsided they were all in bunch < at Browns coal fleet, a distance of fully half mile. A $4,000 barge was sunk at the marine dry dock. Nearly hun dred empty barges were set adrift from X the Queen City landing at the foot of Washington street. The damage in the river here will amount to $1O,0O0. Gottlied Lautenschalger, aged fifty six, was frightened to death by the storm. He was awakened by the heavy wind, and 1eeling the house shake left X his bed and walked the floor constantly during the storm, wringing his hands and praying for deliverance. After the < storm Lautenschlager became some what calmed, but a reaction set in and he was prostrated. He sank rapidly and was a corpse in short time.
 At Delaware fences, trees and small buildings were blown down and the peo- ple were terrorized by the swaying of X their houses. A side of the city hall \ tower was blown in. At Blanchester < walls that were left standing after the recent confiagration were levelled to the ground. One of them crashed through Snyder & Anderson's new hardware E building The roof of the Cranahan block was blown off. At Middletowr the Miami Bicycle company's building X was damaged.
 At Oxford the C., H. & D. depot was x nearly demolished. The roofs of the Methodist church and town hall were < damaged. At Springfield part of the roof of the Superior Drill company's building was blown away. Windows in the city hall were broken. The pas. senger station at Terra Alta on the Gin. < cinnati, Lebanon and Northern roa6 was lifted from its foundation and car ried some distance away and wrecked
 At Lawrenceburg, Ind, the Cerea x Distilling and Cooperage company; 4 plant was unroofed. Chimneys wer' knocked down all over town. At Ian caster, Paintsville and other towns il < Kentucky the storm was severe ant V considerable property was destroyed.
 Buffalo, Noe. 26-One of the most fu rious wind storms of recent years raget to-day over the eastern portion of Lax N Erie. More than 100 feet of the west % bound track of the Buffalo Creek rail N road and over 200 feet of the east-boun' # track near the junction of South Mich & igan street this city, have been Washe' x away by the waves from the lake. Nea
 tme same point about 400 feet of tn N Erie track has also gone and 200 fee V from each of the double tracks.
 A dozen or more cars of the Erie lin in the same vicinity are wrecked. A the Erie coal docks, too, the damag # has been considerable and many coa
 cars have been wrecked.
 Niagara Falls, Nov. 26.-Telephont
 telegraph and trolley poles have bee
 the prey of the gale in this vicinity Z The long train shed of the Erie roa T t1ere was blown down and the employe { barely escaped with their livess
 Several large plate glass window
 were blown out The wind played hay < oc with the river and the water is ris
 ing rapidly. The suspension bridge 8 to.s and twist making it ft1cult cross to the Canadian side. On tn state reservation the gale has move down a number of trees and done othe
 damage.
 Chicago, Nov. 26-A blizzard descend < ed upon Chicago yesterday. It rainef < showed and between times sleet pelte
 down pitilessly. By midnight all con anunication with the outside world wa cu. off. Tod " matters are almost q
 ha! Telegraph and teleph ,B' commit nication have not ban I' sumed. Trair
 are late on all the roads and the mai
 are delayed. No ship has venture
 out.
 Port Huron, Mich, Nov. 26.-The win reached a seventy-mile velocity tn
 morning. Several houses were unroo
 ed and telephone and telegraph wire
 carried down. Snow is foot deep an
 street car and railroad service is grea
 ly delayed
 Columbus, O., Nov. 26.-The win
 reached the highest velocity here la'
 night that has ever been recorded |
 the local weather bureau-thirty-e
 miles an hour. The walls and roofs
 half a dozen houses in process of col
 struction were badly damaged. Tre'
 were blown and awnings demolishe
 To-day the temperature fell steadil
 and this afternoon snow storm set i
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