The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-27
done to oil property by the storm.
Not derrick is standing and boiler
hOlispk:

all down and nothing can be heard from
points where It is said the wind wrought
great havoc. A telephone message from
Fremont says that not derrick is
standing In the Sandusliy county oil
field.
CATHOLIC CHURCH WRECKED.
Cleveland. O., Nov. 26..A special TO
the Press from Lorain. o.. says:
y second accident occurred at the
new st. Mary's Catholic Church here
1t was at this church that the tempo
rary moor fell during the ceremonies OF
laying the cornerstone two months ago
and forty people were injured. The
walls had been completed and the truss
put up for the roof. When the storm
struck the church the north wall was
blown out and the other walls were
wrecked with the roof truss. The men,
bcrs of the church are dishcartened
by the disaster All the siding was
blown off one side of the barrow mill
AT THE MERCY OF THE GALE.
Cincinnati. %. Nov ga terrific
wind storm swept over this section last
night, doing considerable damage.
Trees were uprooted, buildings unruof-
ed or wrecked, telegraph poles and wires
river, were torn from their moorings
and set adrft. The watchmcn and
crews of packets and tow boats were
all aboard and CONSERVATION reigncd
uihohS tnen none Oh Ihe boats had
steam up and they were. therefore.
left TO the mercy of the gales. after the
lines had parted. Just above the big
Sandy wharf bont were moored the
steamers 7. ]. O'Connell. Rob Roy and
Lee Brooks. The shore lines of all
three were snapped and when the wind
subsded they We're all In IL bunch at
Browns coal fleet. II distance of fully
half mile. y $1,000 barge was sunk
at the Marine dry-dock. Nearly u hun
the Queen City landing at the foot OF
Washington street The damage in the
river here will amount TO $4,000
HE WAS FRIGHTENED TO DEATH
Gotlieb Luatenschlager. aged SIS. mar
frightened to death by the storm. He
was awakened by the heavy wind and
feeling the house shake, left his bed
and walked the floor constantly dur
praying for deliverance. After the
storm he became somewhat Gained.
but every nerve in his body quivered
from the effect of the awful fright
shortly after daylight reaction had
fully set In and he WAS SO prostrated
that he was forced to lie down. From
that moment he sank rapidly and was
corpse in a short time.
1T REACHES CHICAGO IN GOOD
ORDER.
Chicago. Nov. Pa blizzard de-
scended upon Chicago yesterday after
noon. II rained. It showed. and be-
tween times Slcet pelted down pitilcss-
ly. When night came the downpour OF
the mixture of snow and rain and
sleet came heavier, and the wind, which
was susty, in the afternoon, rose to a
gale. The streets, the pavements. and
sidewalks were flooded with slush. The
storm made the pavements almost inn
- no ~ f,,,f Iir ,in,,e
ly intcrfered with; trolley lines were
broken with the weight of the snow:
telephone and telegraph wires WIRE
borne down, broken and crossed. until
half the wires In the town were made
useless. BY midnight all communion
tion with the outside world was en-
tirc!y cut off. To-day matters are al
most as bad. Telegraph and telephone
communication has not been resumed
the street railways are scarcely able
TO run even at long intervals, and the
streets themselves are in a worse con-
dition than ever.
Trains are late on all the railroads
MI the morning long suburban trains
shared in the delays which have befall-
en- trains from long distance. Mail
trains are behind hand, and no busi-
ness man can guess when he will get
his letters from out of town or when
he will be able to send any. Every
where the trains are late. the mails are
delayed. and the telegraph wires are
down Out on Lake Michigan no ship
ventures to-day. The sea is running
high. and the wind still blows across
the water too sturdily for safety. 4
strict quarantine could not keep steam
ers and sailing vessels in port more
swept by the waves or blown upon the
coast by the half gale that still RACES
there.
NEW YORK GETS A GOOD TASTE.
Buffalo, y. Y. Nov. 2G.-Onc of the
most furious windstorms of recent years
is raging to-day over the eastern por-
tion of Lake Erie. AS far as the eve
can reach the lake Is lashed into an
unbroken succession of white CAPS
and the tumbling waves are dashinE
high over the piers here.
The warnings which werc sent out
yesterday. however. kept many vessels
I'm port and doubtless prevented a
number of wrecks.
Telegraph wires suffered badly and
communication with the West was for
IL time cut off.
More than 100 feet of the West bound
track of the Buffalo Creek railroad and
over 200 feet of the East bound 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