The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
TERRIBLE STORMS IN CINCINNATI
TREMENDOUS BATTLE OF THE
ELEM ENTS.
a Scene OF Terror Spread Over the
City and LIS Numerous Suburbs
Wind, Hail, Rain and Lightning
Create Havoc in the Afternoon-Sev-
eral People Killed and Much Damage
Done to Property.

Cincinnati, Ohio, August -Four rain
and hail storms with the wind at sixty
miles an hour, accompanied by terrific
thunder and lightning, visited this city
l2:30, when the clouds made the city
dark rs night. The other storms fol-
lowed with intermissions averaging "A
half hour. The..rain continued until to-
night. Photographic and telephone COM
munications were cut off for some time
Reports from the railroads Indicate that
the storm extended many miles north
Numerous barns were destroyed 10y
lightning or blown down. Trees were
blown across the racks, and there was
much damage from the wind rs well as
from washouts. The sewers in this city
were Inadequate. At some street corners
the..water was deep, and at most of these
intersections pedestrians could not cross
In this city nearly --all the buildings in
process of construction suffered and
many others were unroofcd Chimneys
were blown down and other damages sus-
tanned. The Irwin Brick Works was de
molis he'd.
Near the Irwin Brick Works a horse
and buggy was carried from the street
into an adjoining yard The occupants
were only slightly hurt The suburbs of
Madisonville,. Oakley, Norwood Hyde
Park, Clifton and MorDngton suffered
most. Numerous houses in process of
construction in these suburbs were blown
down, and many houses which ARE occu-
pied we're damaged. The storm along
the course of these northern suburbs
were. in the line of hurricanes
The grandstand, club house and other
buildings ut the Oakley race track were
badly damaged Forest trees in some
localities Were cut down like grass
AT Clifton, Andrew Kunz 'and f. y.
Bickinberger, two carpenters, fell from
the second story to the cellar of Frank
Heller's new house. Neither is seriously
hurt. The family of David f. Fletcher
had narrow escape, when their house
was unrOofed.
The families of William Harschcr and
Edward kroetzsch had similar exper-
fences ut Oakley.
The Elmwood Methodist Church was
badly damaged. The steeple was blown
OIL. Nunlists's livery stable, Hesshol
Brothers shoe store and Fred Manthe's
lumber sheds, in the same locality, were
blown down. lD a@
At Anderson's Ferry William Lewis
was blown off "a bridge and afterwards
taken to his home on Dorsey street by
the patrol.
The Cincinnati baseball park fence
went down with other fences A large
band wagon, drawn by six horses was
blown over. None of the musicians were
seriously hurt The sca,Tolding of ST.
Francis de Sale Church blew down lust
after dozen workmen had abandoned il.
Engineer Franklin states that when his
train stopped at Oakley he brought the
engine and train To II stop rs he thought
the train would be blown from the track.
He started as quick as possible, and made
no more stops until they were out of
that storm.
Eat Camp Washington ~rssand ..ealong
Spring Grove avenue the hurricane was
very destructive. 1t unroofed the Eigh-
teenth district school house at Camp
Washington, and blew the roofs off the
Cincinnati ..Abattoir, the Davis Packing
Company and the.Specialty Carriage Com
pany buildings OH Spring Grove avenue.
The third story of two three story
houses, one belonging to James Zacharias.
the other to Henry Schmitzler were
blown off on or near Spring Grove ave
nue.. Many dwellings on this avenue were
unroofed.
H-One hundred feet of the new hide house
of McBae " Marienthal on Popular
street, west of John street, We're blown
down. Four dwellings on this immc
diate vicinity were unrOofcd
On Main avenue, in Avondale, all tele-
phone wires and poles are down. On
Walnut Hill, Henry Stagcrlier's large
carpenter shop was unroofed. Books
carriage works in Mill Creek valley.
Hoffner's tannery at Elm street and
Colrain avenue We're unroofed, and part
OF the roof of the Cincinnati Hospital, on
Twelfth street, was blown Off
Egward .Seisur and John Hollinger
were in a wagon together at Columbia
when both were knocked off unconscious
by flash of lightning Their condition
is serious.
Charles Bauhe was kilIel by ATTEMPT
M to throw "a Telegraph wire out of his
door yard. The wire wNs crossed with
trolley wire and was deadly. The greatest
waterfall was near this city, where the
railroads detour TO other tracks, so that
they are..able to get into the city with their
trains, although all suffered.
The worst washouu was reported on the
Pennsylvania Mt ..Redcomb, only seven
miles out, and the trains are detoured
around.i it Ali the tracks wabe repaired
tomorrow The damage 20 property in
Oakley is over $40, 900 1t is about the
same in adjoining suburbs. and much
greater damage is reported in Elmwood
and Norwood
Newtown has had six floods this sea-
son, and is reported completely sub
merged tonight. Farmers in that vicin-
ity lost horses and other live stock
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