The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-27

age amounting to over $4,000 was done
TO oil property by the storm Of last night T
ing, and boiler houses and engines were I
This city suffered less from the storm /
than was expected The only ser Dus dam !
age, so far reported, is the unIoOhng Of /
the Franklin school on the east side.
The wires to the south of Toledo are /
all down, and nothing can be heard from
points where II is said the wind wrought
great havoc.
\ telephone message from Fremont
says that not a derrick is standing in the
Sandusky county oil field.
Chicago. Nov. 26.-Three large vessels .
are ashore eff Glencoe, having been driven
upon the beach BY the storm OF last night.
They are the steamer John Emory owen
and her two consorts, the schooner
barges Michigan and Elizabeth A. Nichol-
son. All are loaded with coal and bound
from Buffalo to Chicago. This was in
tended to be their last trip up the lakes
this year. The Evanston life saving crew
took OF in safety, all on board, after a
hard struggle.
Detroit, Mich, Nov ga hurricane
struck this city this morning. but beyond
carrying down telephone and telegraph
wires and couple Of electric light tow
efs, ana destroying numberiess shade
trees, little damage was inflicted. The
wind storm started in about 2:25 O'Clock.
blowing torty-eight miles an hour from
the northwest, which increased steadily
in violence until a 1880 o'clock. when q
velocity of seventy-siX miles an hour was
reached. Since that hour, however the
wind has gradually decreased in violence
The gale has lowered the water in the
river more than Two feet, and at II o clock
there We're but l3 feet inches of water
over the bar at Crosse Pointe, which IL
the lowest on record this season. Down
the river the same conditions prevail, the
channel bank being visible for the first
time in many years all the way along.
Business on the board of trade this
morning was at a standstil. because of
the loss of all the Chicago wires.
Reports from thes tate show that the
storm was general and in many places
Vas accompanied by a heavy fall of
snow. Adrian reports that much damage
was done by the hurricane in that region
Monroe reports miles of fences blown
down, trees uprooted and outbuildings
blown over. A frame photograph gallery
on Front street was completely demol-
lsned ana tin roofs and chimneys on sew
eral large buildings were blown off. Tugs
IN the river and canal are lying on their
sides owing to the low water. The dam
age cannot be estimated, but it is heavy
Grand Haven, Mich, Nov. 26-Only in
one previous year has winter set in rs
early as this year. 1t showed furiOuSly
all last night and there are drifts six feet
high in the main streets to-day. Trains
on all the railroads are in bad shape and
country roads are completely barrlcad-
ed. Already there is slush ice in the main
channel of Grand river, record unprece-
dented.
AIuskegon, Mich, Nov. 26.-The heaviest
November snow storm that has visited
this section in many years ragged last
Street car traffic is suspended and railroad
trains are from six to twelve hours late.
Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 26.-One of the
most furious wind storms OF recent years
is raging to-day over the eastern portion
| of Lake Erie. As far as the eye can
reach, the lake is lashed into an unbrok-
en- succession of white caps and the
! tumbling waves are dashing high over
| the piers here. The warnings which
were sent out yesterday. however, kept
many vessels in port and doubtless pre-
vented a number
Telegraph wires suffered badly and
communication with the west was for
| time cut off this morning.
More than 100 feet of the west bound
track of the Buffalo Greek railroad, and
! over zoe feet Of the east track near the
/ Hamburg turnpike has been washed away
/ by the waves from the lake.
Near the same point about 400 feet Of
/ the Erie track has also gone and 200 feet
/ from each of the double tracks.
| A dozen or more cars of the Erie line in
| the same vicinity are wrecked.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. PA severe
wind storm prevailed in Indianapolis last
night, doing great damage Its path was
due north and south, and a heavy loss
is reported from the country districts.
At ElWood the casting hall and one
! furnace of the Pittsburg plate glass plant
was demolished. nearly killing two men,
I The loss is $4,000. Many buildings were
demolished, and all telephone and tele-
/ graph communication was cut off for
/ twelve hours.
At Frankton, the new window glass fac
| were demolished, and the pumping sta
tion of the indianapolis Gas Company was
4 demolished. The loss will exceed $4,000.
At Alexandra, the roof of the sheet
mill was lifted off and the main part of
the machine shops destroyed. The post
office square was unroofed and the Amer
lean plate glass plant partially destroyed.
At Anderson the new church of the
United Brethren, on College Hiu was de-
molished. a bridge was blown down and
part of the rubber works was destroyed.
The Pan Handle passenger train. at mid
night was delayed two hours by a tree
falling on the bridge and smashing part
of il.
At Franklin the storm blew down shade
trees and small buildings all over the
city, but the greatest damage was done
to the new city hall building, now being
built. The west part of the structure was
blown in, and the south wall is level with
the ground. The loss is $4,000
Reports from all directions Indicate that
the storm in Northern Indiana was very
severe and did considerable damage, es-
pecially to telephone and telegraph wires.
The Lake Shore tracks near Durham were
blocked by falling wires, and it was only
after several hours work that traffic could
/ be resumed.
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