The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-03
WIND, RAIN AND o
Terrific Storm in the Northwest-Creat
Destruction of Property--Buildings
Wrecked-5avoc in the Oil
Regions.

! cane struck this city this morning, but
beyond carrying down telephone and
telegraph wires and a couple of electric
light towers, and destroy ing number
less shade trees, little damage was in
ficted.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich Nov 26.-Only
In one previous year has winter set in
as early al this year. 1t showed furi
ously 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
0arrlcaded. Already there is slush ice
IN the main channel of Grand river, a
record unprecedented.
MCsKEGON, Mich, Nov. 26.-The
heaviest November snow storm that
has visited this section in many years
ragged last night. Twelve inches fell in
eight hours. Street car traffic is sus-
pended and railroad trains are from
six to twelve hours late.
TOLEDO, o, Nov. 26 Reports from
the OIL fields south Of this city say that
damage amounting to over 800, 900
was done to oil property by the storm
last night and this morning. Not a
derrick is standing and boiler houses
n engines we're dismantled. This
city suffered less from the storm than
was expected. The only serious dam
age 30 far reported is the unroofing of
Franklin school on the east side. The
wires to the south of Toledo are all
down and nothing be heard from
points where it is said the wind wrought
great havoc. A telephone message
from Fremont says that not a derrick
is left standing in the Sandusky county
oil fields.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. ga special
to the Press from Lorain, o, says: A
second accident occurred at the new
st. Mary's Catholic Church here dur
ing the wind storm this morning. 1t
was at this church that the temporary
floor fell during the ceremonies of lay
ing the corner stone 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
members OF the church are disheart-
ened by the disaster.
All the siding was blown off one side
Of the Barrow mill.
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. ga terrific
wind storm swept over this section last
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
Watchmen and crews of packets and
toWboats were All aboard and cOnster
nation reigned among them. None of
the boats had steam up and they were
therefore left to the mercy of the waves
after the lines had parted. A 81. 900
barge was sunk at the marine dry dock.
Nearly q hundred empty barges were
set adrift from the Queen City landing
at the foot of Washington street. The
damage in the river here will amount
to $4,000.
Gotleib Lunschlager, aged So. mar
ried, living at 1042 Pulte street, was
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 during
the storm, wringing his hands and
praying for deliverance. After the
storm, LunschlRger became somewhat
Uuietbut every nerve in his body quiv-
cred from the effectO f the awful fright.
Shortly after daylight reaction had
fully set in and he was &c Frustrated
that he was forced to lie down. From
that moment he sank rapidly and vas
q CORDS IN q o Glm9.
CLEVELAND, Onio, Nov 26.-One of
the worst wind storms that Cleveland
has ever known began in the very
early hours this morning, and increased
in severity until about 5 o'clock, when
the greatest. velocity of wind in the
history of the Cleveland weather
bureau was attained; this at least was
the estimate of the weather man. At
5 o'clock the wind blew at the rate of
fully seventy-four miles an hour, and
probably at a higher rate. Violent
gusts were frequently above the steady
under current, and they had a tendency
to tear roofs, chimneys, etc from
their fastenings. The rainfall yester-
day was something over an inch. 1t
did not stop till past midnight, and
almost with it's cessation the wind be
gan to blow.
The wind seemed to have attained it's
most remarkable velocity in the vicinity
OF Erie and Superior streets. When
day dawned the entire neighborhOOd
presented a scene of wreckage. Music
Hall, on Vincent street, presented a
broad front for the gale. A gable about
eight feet high and fifty feet from the
ground, extending across the entire
| Vincent street front, was blown to the
street. The frame steps leading to the
auditorium entrance yer completely
demolished by the falling stone and
brick. At the northeast corner of
Superior and Erie streets, q few hun
dred yards from the Vincent street
front OF Music Hall, is ST. Johns
| Cathedral, the tower of which is one
of the highest in the city. 1t showed
the effect Of the storm. The top was
fully five feet out of line, the steeple
leaning toward the northeast. Reports
from various parts of the city indicate
that the damage to property will reach