The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-11
PARIS CYCLONE SWEPT.
People Carried Into the Seine
from Bridges and Quays.
MANY CASUALTIES REPORTED.

The storm Lasted Only Minute, but in
That short Time There Was Great Dam
nge to Persons and Property, Though but
Three Deaths Are Reported.
PARIS, sept. ia violent tornado
swept over parts of this city yesterday
afternoon. Omnibuses, cabs and stalls in
the streets We're overturned, trees blown
down, shop windows broken and barges
sunk in the River Seine, The lremeu had
10 be called out Many persons were in
iured on the RJle Turhigo, Place de In Re-
publique, the Place Ste Sulpice and the
Boulevard St Martin.
The greatest damage was done at the
Palnis de Justice All the windows on
the Rue de Harlay We're smashed, part of
the roof was blown away and the cOrri-
dors were filled with clouds of dust and
branches of trees. The sittings of the
court had TO be suspended.
The number of minor casualties and in
iures to persons is large, and further re-
ports are constantly beng received Over
fifty injured have thus far been reported
TO one fire station alone, and five badly in
iured were brought in. Several men and wo-
men had their skulls fractured by the fall
ing Of some gates behind which they had
sought shelter from the storm. a cab
driver who had taken refuge in his cab
was killed and the cab demolished. His
horses were also killed. Nine members of
the staff of La France, who were leaving
the Tribunal de Commerce when the
storm suddenly broke, were all seriously
injured, one having his skull fractured.
At least a dozen persons were carried
bodily into the Seine from the bridges and
quays. and were rescued with great ditli-
Guilty, several being injured and left in a
critical condition, so that they had to be
taken to the hospitals.
The breaking of the storm was accom-
| panied by many demonstrations of fright
/ by individuals and crowds the panic of
/ one spreading to Others the lowering sky
! and the bowling of the tempest filling the
air with flying debris frightening the
| crowds in the streets out of self control
| Every body started to run, without much
regard to obstacles, personal or otherwise,
! that might come in their way, and there
was shouting and screaming to add to the
confusion.
The damage to property was widespread
and serious The first tempest of wind,
! which did most of the damage was imme-
diately succeeded by torrents of rain, and
cellars all over Paris are flooded.
At Clichy, the roadway of the Boule-
ward National, sudsided several yards as "a
result of the washing away of the rOadbed.
The Quai des Orfevres shows striking
scene Of desolation, buildings being dam
aged, things overturned, and all looking
as though swept by torrent of rushing
water
From the Quai St Michael to beyond
the Pont Nucf every tree was uprooted,
many barges were sunk and number Of
small boats We're swamped. The crews Of
the barges, however, succeeded in escap-
ing. One of the laundry boats of the Seine,
where thirty laundresses were at work,
was sunk and the women were saved with
the greatest di.4fculty.
The scaffolding of the court yard of the
Saipte Cbapelle was blown away and every
! pane of glass in the side of the palace OF
Justice facing the river was smashed by
uprooted trees etc
All the omnibuses struck by the cyclone
were upset and their passengers more OF
less injured
The cyclone lasted only about a minutQ
but in addition to the damage already
mentioned considerable, destruction was
caused on and about the Pont Nuef, the
Place du Chatelet, the Observatoire the
Tour St Jacque and elsewhere in the
neighborhood.
Numerous newspaper kiosks We're over
turned and the inmates injured The roof
of the Opera Comique was blown in. The
Ambigu- gu-Comique and the Folies Dramati-
ques theaters We're both damaged Twenty
nine horses were killed. Eight beer houses
We're wrecked.
A large ward in the Hotel Dieu is full
of the victims, two Of whom died last
night, and several there and in the other
hospitals are in pTecariOus condition.
With the cab driver above reported, this
makes the death list only three thus far
1t is curious fact that the cyclone
chiefly affected the small area lying around
the Palais de Justice and the Hotel de
Vile The cycle appeared to be caused by
two strong currents, from the northwest
and the southeast. The clouds rushed to-
gether, and whirled around as they met
just over this area. There was no thunder
md no simultaneous movement at the
central observatory. The barometer in
the Tour st. Jacques fell suddenly 1000
millOmetres.
The superstitious are finding much to
dwell upon in the fact that Mile Conesdon,
the self styled seeress, who claims to be
inspired by the Angel Gabriel, and who
has been the talk of Paris on account of
her supposed gifts of prophecy, for many
months, predicted a storm such as this
last July. Mile Conesdon has many fol
lowers who are devout believers in her
gift one of her prophecies is that uni
versal war will come within a year, re-
sulting i'm the destruction of England ;
| power and accompanied by a revolution