The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-04
BOREAs LET LOOSE.
A Furious Wind Storm Creates
Havoc in Several States.
The Gale Blows at the Rate of Seventy
four Miles an HOur-Thousands of
Dollars Worth of Property
Destroyed and Business
Interrupted.

CHICAGO, Nov. GA blizzard de-
scended upon Chicago Monday evening.
1t rained, it showed and between times
sleet pelted down pitilessly. When
night came the downpour of the MKT
ure of snow and rain and sleet came
heavier and the wind, which was
gusty, rose to gale The streets, the
pavements and sidewalks were flooded
with slush. The storm made the pave
ments almost impossible, street car
traffic was seriously interfered with;
trolley lines were broken with the
weight of the snow; telephone and tel
egraph wires were borne down, broken
and crossed until half the wires in the
city were made useless. By midnight
all communication with the outside
world was entirely cut off. Yesterday
matters were almost as bad. Telegraph
and telephone communication was not
resumed until late in the afternoon.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 27.-One of the
most furious wind storms of recent
years ragged yesterday over the eastern
portion of Lake Erie. AS far as the
eye could reach the lake was dashed
into an unbroken succession of white
caps and the tumbling waves dashed
high over the piers here. The warn
ings which were sent out Monday,
however, kept many vessels in port and
doubtless prevented number OF
wrecks. Telegraph wires suffered bad
ly and communication with the west
was for time cut off in the morning.
More than 100 feet Of the westbound
track of the Buffalo Creek railroad and
over 200 feet of the eastbound track
near the Hamburg turnpike has been
washed away by the waves from the
lake.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 27.-A terrific wind
storm swept over this section Monday
night, doing considerable damage to
property. Trees were uprooted, build
ings unroofed or wrecked, telegraph
poles and wires blown down, and sew
eral boats in the river were torn from
their moorings and set adrift. The
crews of packets and tow boats were
all aboard and CONSERVATION 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 boat were moored the
steamers T. ]. O'Connell, Rob Roy and
Lee Brooks. The shore lines of all
three were snapped and when the wind
subsidized they were all in a bunch at
Browns coal feet, distance of fully
half a mile A $4,000 barge was sunk
at the marine dry dock. Nearly a
hundred empty barges were set adrift
from the Queen City landing. The
damage in the river here will amount
to $1,000
CLEVELAND, Nov. 27.-The winds held
high carnival in this city for some time
Monday evening and Tuesday morn
ing. At 10 o'clock Monday night the
wind blew great guns, "and continued
to increase until at 4:3O o'clock Tues
day morning it had attained it's maxi
mum velocity. At.that time the instru-
ment on top of the Western Reserve
building registered seventy-four miles
per hour, the highest rate in the TWEEN.
ty-three years history of the loca,
weather bureau. 1t was south wind
Thousands of dollars of damage have
been done by the wind in the city O.
Cleveland alone All night the wint
whistled in its fury around the resi-
dences, making it impossible in many
instances for the inmates to sleep
Perhaps the greatest loss in the city
was caused by the damage done t.
Music hall. The entire cornice on the
front of the building fell, crashing
through the wooden entrance to th
sidewalk. The brick fell in a mass
and the sidewalk is covered with de
bris to the depth of two feet The los
is estimated at $500.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 27,-A Sc
we're wind storm prevailed in Indian
apolis Monday night, doing mucl
damage. Heavy loss is reported fror
the country districts. At Elwood tn
casting hall and one furnace of tn
Pittsburg plate glass plant was demo-
ished, nearly killing two men. Los
500 Many buildings were demo
ished and all telegraph and telephon
communications were cut off.
At Frankton the new window glas
factory was unroofed, two bushes
houses demolished and the pumpin
station of the Indianapolis Gas Con
pany demolished. The loss will e1
ceed S25, 900. At Alexandria the roc
of the sheet mill was lifted off and th
: main part of the machine shops d,
stroyed. The post Office square we
unroofed and the American plate glas
plant partially destroyed.
At Anderson the new church of tn
United Brethren on College hill wa
demolished, a bridge was blown dow
J and part of the rubber works d
| stroyed. The Panhandle passengC
+ train at midnight was delayed tw
hours by tree falling on the bride
apd smashing part of it. At Frankli
: the storm blew down shade trees an
small buildings all over the city, b'
e the greatest damage was done to IL
. new city hall building, being bull
, The best part of the structure WI
blown in, and the south wall is lev
: with the ground. The loss will be $1(
y 900.
Gold Coming in.