The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-01

wrecked. Senator Quay had just COM
pleted the erection of large tobacco
shed on his farm and the roof of II was
blown of and carried a great distance.
A large tobacco barn belonging to j.
Hay Brown was blown from its foun-
dations to the public road and the en-
tire crop Of tobacco was ruined. These
are but q few. OF the hundreds Of SINH
lar losses.
Shamokin, Pa, Sept. 30.-A terrific
wind storm visited this section OF the
county at l o'clock this morning. last
ing for more than an hour. Buildings
We're destroyed and property of every
description laid waste for miles. The
heaviest LOSSES are the Patterson Coal
Natalie, mining village six miles east
of this city. The breaker and fourteen
houses We're totally destroyed, seven by
fire and seven by the storm. The
stables connected with the coll!ery were
blown down and thirty mules killed
outright. The breaker was almost en-
tirely demolished, causing u loss of
over $4,000 to the Patterson Coal COM
pany alone. John Chalmers was fatal
ly injured and Mrs. Savineski had her
limb fractured trying to rescue her
baby, which was fatally injured and
has since died. In this city houses
were unroofed. church spires damaged
and widespread destruction resulted.
At Deibler's station the United Breth-
rem church was totally destroyed by
the storm.
AT PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg. Sept. 30.-The heavy rains
and high winds which are general over
the western part of the state last night
and early this morning played havoc
with the running schedules of nearly
every railway entering Pittsburg. The
heaviest damage seems to have been
east of the Allengheny mountains and
from the meagre reports received great
damage has been done. Through
trains on the railways are greatly de-
layed. The storm practically paralyzed
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sys-
tenn, east, west. north and south.
Wires are down and reports are far
from satisfactory. 1t IS known. how
ever. that road beds have been washed
away, there are landslitIs innumerable
and tracks are obstructed by fallen
trees. In the vicinity Of Sand Patch.
where train No. 3. the New York and
Chicago express, due in Pittsburg at
Ga o'clock this morning, is supposed
to be storm bound, the rain fell In tor
rents for several hours and mountain
ravineS We're transferred into rivers.
The freight cars on sidings and dwell
ings We're unroOfed and overturned. 1t
is not yet known whether any fatali-
ties occurred. At Sand Patch several
washouts occurred near Akron, Ohio,
on the Pittsburg and Western railroad
and telegraph wires We're Frustrated.
Train No. g. Chicago express. is hemmed
in by landslide near Bakerstown. The
Cannon Ball express Is also delayed
somewhere on the Ohio division, and
the time of it's arrival here cannot be
guessed.
IN LEBANON VALLEY.
Lebanon, Pa, Sept. 30.-Later reports
show that the damage by the storm
last night was far greater than at first
supposed. In addition to the round
house of the Lebanon and Cornwall
Railroad company being demolished
a similar fate. The losses sustained by
these two companies will run into the
thousands of dollars. The United
Brethren church at Annville was
wrecked, the Sunnyside mills were un-
rooted. part of the roof of the Unit
ed Brethren church in West Lebanon
was carried away as well as those of
| the dwellings, of Joseph Strohman and
Frederick Fertig.
At the Iron City brewery the boiler
and engine houses were leveled to the
ground. The top of the steeple or
Salem Lutheran church was broken off.
At EbeneZer the barn of Benjamin
Blouch was unroofed as we'll as several
| new dwellings belonging to Daniel
| Ziegler. The old brick furnace at North
Lebanon. used for storage purposes. IS
| q mass of ruins. Hundreds of trees OF
| a III aartS were UnrOOteu,
Wilson Christman and his family, re-
| siding near Copps rolling mill, had
! most thrilling escape. They had just
| left the house when one of the walls
collapsed. filling their sleeping apart
| ments with a mass of brick and mortar.
| The barn and house of d. D. Long. on
| the Jonestown road, were badly dam
| aged. A portion of the steeple OF the
| Reformed church at Jamestown was
| blown away and the steeple of the
| Suedburg church was twisted out or
shape and must be taken down. The
! round house at fremont was wrecked
and several engines damaged. AS far
as can be learned no one was seriously
injured, but the oldest people say they
never experienced anything like 1t. 1t
was a night of terror and many OF the
residents sought shelter In their cellars
until the storm subSded.
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