Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-14


by the demolition of the village and
number of deaths. Twenty-seven
houses, nearly the entire number in the
village, were wrecked. The cyclone
made a clean path through the center
of the place, carrying everything be-
fore it. Houses were unroofed and
thrown down. Trees were uprooted.
Five We're killed and the injured are
numbered by scores, many Of them, it
is believed, fatally. The dead are:
Conrad Friedman, hotel keeper.
Three unknown Polish laborers.
A child of William Ahrens.
The storm came from the northwest,
heralded by great banks of clouds and
a stirring breeze. The atmosphere was
warm for a time and then cold, and
then, after a second rush of warmth,
came the cyclone, carrying death and
destruction in its course. The storm
centre was about 300 feet in width, and
the strip over which it passed is mass
of ruin. Not a building in its path
was spared; those that were not COM
pletely demolished were unroOfed or
moved from their foundations. Great
masses of wreckage were carried
through the air, adding to the de-
struction. The depot was demolished.
The wind first tore the roof from the
building; then the wall fell The sta
ton agent was taken from the ruins
later, badly injured. The freight depot
was wrecked and the big platform car
Tied away
Opposite the depot was a hotel kept
by Conrad Friedman. In the hotel, be
sides the proprietor, were his wife and
three children. He hurried them into
the street, and returned for some money
and had reached the door when the
whirlwind struck him. He was hurled
twenty feet to the ground. AS he lay
there the building topDled over upon
him, crushing out his life. One of his
boys was injured.
The infant Of the Ahrens family was
lying in a crib. A flying stick tore off
one ear as Clearly as a surgeons knife.
causing death. When the husband,
who is a New York business man, re-
turned, the sun was shining brightly
and his wife was sitting amid the ruins.
with the dead body in her arms.
TIE Polish labOrers killed had sought
shelter in a barn which was carried
away. Hardly a person in the track Of
the storm escaped injury, many fatal
ly.
Alexander Jones, the village black
smith. was buried beneath his shop
He will not recover. His house went to
pieces.
Edward Chinook was fatally injured
by the fall of his barn. Ten minutes
after the first gust of wind the sun waa
shining over a desolate waste.
At Fairmont six houses were blown
down and a dozen injured. No fatality
has been reported. The storm did no
great damage in Hackensack. Cover
nor Werts has been asked to send tents
to the homeless.
The storm swept from Cherry Hill to
Andercliffe There its effects were not
so disastrous, for it merely graZed the
village, but houses were unroOfed and
trees were uprooted.
Sommervile felt a corner Of it and
the storm swept through the Rockaway
valley. stripping the fruit trees. No one
can yet estimate the damage done in
that section. In Somerset county, the
grain crop is fattened, and will prob
ably prove a total loss.
Plainhed caught a portion of the
storm at 3:15. Skylights, conservatOr-
les and greenhouses were battered in by
the hailstones. The damage in Plain
field will amount to thousands of dol
lars.
THE STORM IN NEW YORK.
New York. July 13.-The first cyclone
in many years struck New York this
afternoon and resulted in one fatality,
besides wrecking much valuable prop
erty.
The cyclone descended upon the upper
part of East New York, known as
cypress Hills, at half-past four o'clock
continued on its way to the lower plains
district and from there travelled to
Woodhaven.
The cloud was funnel-shaped and
hung very low. At the upper end was a
red spot. that appeared like an mean
desnt light.
Trees were torn down, and telephone
and telegraph and trolley wires demol-
ished.
Right in the middle of the wreckage
six cars were caught. They belonged
TO the Brooklyn and Suburban railroad
and were struck when in front of the
Stewart Home. The cars were filed
with passengers and there was great ex-
element Half a dozen persons were
slightly injured.
Mrs. Louisa Ketrequin, Of Third ave
nue.. near ROckaway. was killed. She
stood in the doorway Of her house
when a flying beam struck her on the
head. crushing in her skull and killing
her instantly.
The cable and trolly cars north Of
the Harlem River we're blocked for
hours by fallen trees and telegraph
noles Several Of the big thorough
fares were impossible for traffic. The
florists on the West Side were great suf-
ferers by hail as large rs walnuts.
The skylight over the dining room OF
the Hotel Warthrop was blown IN and
the dining room was deluged.
Thirty panes of glass in the residence
of Jordan L. Mott were smashed and
the rain soaked and ruined everything.
AT WOODHAVEN, L. I.
Woodhaven. L. l., July 13.-Wood-
haven and Union Course suffered al
most as much as did Cherry Hill, \. =
Houses we're unroofed and blown down,