Arizona republican., 1896-10-01
DEATH DESTRUCTION Terrific Stosms Through
 the Es,t,' Many Million D|olLese Nf Proper ty Defrqsss1.
 
Steamers Driven Ashore and Large Houses and Bridges Blown
 Down.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 36.-Fer over an hour last night this city and vicinity were subjected to the most se- were wind storm ever known here. It is impossible to estimate the number of buildings wholly or partially de- molished or the monetary extent of the damage. The greatest single loss is that of the Pennsylvania railroad bridge across the Susquehana at Co., lumbus, nothing being left of it but the piers. The span in the middle and the first span at each end of the bridge was a mile and quarter long and was said to bye the largest railroad bridge in the world. It cost million dol lars. In this city a large number of buildings were partly demolished and unroofed and the streets Uttered with the debris. Telegraph and telephone wires through the country are down and badly tangled, but from the meager accounts received outside sections must have suffered more severely than this city. From reports received the tobacco crop, school houses and churches were destroyed or badly dam aged, and private residences unroofed.. Columbus appears fito have suffered more than any other section of the country The damage in that borough is estimated at half 8 million dollars. The streets are filled with portions of wrecked buildings. Not one of the big manufacturing plants along the river escaped injury.
 | CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Great damage to property and many accidents re- suited from the furious gale on the | lake last night. The most serious ac- cident in the port of Chicago occurred l this morning when the schooner Sea- man broke from he moorings at the | foot of Randolph Street while being | blown about by the storm wrecked and damaged a number of smaller craft A number of men had marrow escapes, among them being Captain McCreary, of the Seaman. Three or four sailors were thrown into the water and forced ito battle for their lives.
 The wind reached velocity of forty two miles an hour Not since the big storm of May, 1892- has Lake Michigan
 been so rough. Spray from the waves dashed over the breakwaiter and on to the tracks of the Illinois Central rail- road. The steamer City of Milwaukee
 from St. Joe, Mich, laden with pas sengers, had great difficulty in making the lharbor, but finally succeeded after three attempts, though she lost the topmast.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-Last nights
 wind storm, though furious in this
 city and vicinity as elsewhere did but
 little damage ashore No disasters or
 Long Island, New Jersey or the New
 England coasts have been reported
 The greatest damage is the prostratior
 of the telegraph and telephone wires
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The wint
 storm last night gave Washington tn,
 worst shaking up it ever had. Tn,
 Wlnd blew In a rotary manner, reach
 ing a velocity of seventy-five miles al
 hour Rain was driven in torrents
 Lightning pierced and lit up the blacl
 clouds and sharp claps of thunder con
 trlbuted to make nature a weird cal
 dron. The new brick building of iv,
 stories at 1213 Pennsylvania avenue
 was demolished, the ruins crushin, Beauties restaurant and Kelly's dair, lunch adjoining and imprisoning si, } men. Immense damage was done il this city and county.
 MILWAUKEE, Sept. 30.-Last nigh the wind reached velocity of thirt, 3 miles an hour in Milwaukee. blowin, 3 straight from the north. During th
 night the barometer dropped to 29 3S . At clock this morning the wind wa 5 blowing from the northwest twent, l miles an hour and the barometer stoo+ l at 29.46. The barge Sumatra. consor of 5. w. Arnold, from Chicago, with load of railroad iron, foundered off th f government pier here this mornine Four sailors were drowned. The can
 tam, mate and cook were rescued h
 the life saving crew. The lost wer
 Arthur Burns, Charles Hemmer. Pat
 TICK Peterson, Peter Anderson. all q
 Bay City, Mich
 BALTIMORE, Sept 3O.-A sever
 hurricane struck this city at midnigh- 0 Houses were unroofed. wires nros 2 trated and windows smashed Th = high wind forced the water in the haT = DOT anbo the streets. Almost the eu : olfe northern water front is submerged : Several schooners tied up at the Prat : street wharf dock were torn from thei g moorlngs and are resting in the mid e dle or Pratt street. The lower floor e of warehouses are flooded. The stnrr s was accompanied by a heavy down e pour of rain.
 e SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 3O.-Th e West Indian cyclone that swept owe Y this city yesterday has hardly bee
 equalled for intensity and destructio