Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-02

Cincinnati. O.. August -Four rain
and hail storms with the wind at sixty
miles per hour, accompanied by ter
rife thunder and lightning, visited this
city this afternoon. The first came at
1880. when the clouds made the city
as dark as night. The other storms
followed with in,erm.ssions averaging
a half hour. The rain continued till TO-
night. The storms extended many
miles north. Numerous barns were
destroyed by lightning or blown down.
Trees were blown across railroad
tracks and there was much damage
from the wind, as well as from wash
outs. The sewers in this city were in
ADEQUATE. In this city nearly all the
buildings n process OF construction
suffered and many others were un-
roofsd. chimneys were blown down ana
otner damages sustained. The Irwin
In clS works was demolished. Near the
Irwin brick works a horse and buggy
was carried from the street into an au-
Joining ward. The occupants were on
iv s.gbtlv hurt. The suburbs OF Mad
isonviEe Oakley. Norwood, Hyde Park,
Clifton and MorningtOn suffered most
Numerous houses in process OF con-
struction in these suburbs were blown
down. and many houses which are oc,
Gu led were damaged The grahu
stand. club house and other buildings
at the Oakley race track were bauly
damaged. Forest trees in some local
ties were cut down Ike grass.
AZ Clifton. Andrew KunZe and f. \.
B;ckenberger. carpenters, fell from the
second story to the cellar O. Frank Hell
ler's house. Neither is seriously hurt.
At Clifton the family Of David E. Fletch-
or had a narrow escape when their house
w9S unrcofed. The families OF VIM.
Harscher and Edward KrOetch had SIM
liar experiences at Oakley The E.wo0d
Ne,boG05 Church was badly damaged
The steeple was b,own off. Nunlists
livery stable, HesshOl's Bros. shoe store
and Fred Manthes lumber sheds IN the
same locality were blown down. Al
Anderon's ferry, Wm. Lewis was blown
off a bridge and afteIward taken 10 his
home en- Dorsey street by the patrol.
The Cincinnati. base ball park fence went
down with other fences. y large band
WAGON drawn by SIX horses was blown
over. None Of the musicians was ser
lousy hur,- The sc folding CT St.
Francis de Sales Church blew down
Just after a dozen workmen had aband-
nned IT, Engineer Franklin states that
when his train stopped at Oakley they
thought the engine and tran would be
blown from the track. They started as
quick as possible and made no more
Steps till they were cut Of the storm.
AT Camp Washington and along
Spring Grove avenue the hurricane was
very destructive. It unro5fed the
Eighteenth district school house at
Camp Washington. blew the roofs off
the Cincinnati aba;tO.r. the Davis Pack
ing Co., and Speciality Carriage Co.
buildings On Spring Grove avenue. The
third story Of the two three story houses
one belonging to James Zacharl2s, the
other 10 Henry Schneider, were blown
eff near Spring Grove avenue Many
dwellings on this avenue were unroOsed.
one hundred feet of the new Hyde HcIse
Of McCa3- K Mor.enthal. on Popular
street, west Of John street. was b.own
down. -Four dwellings in this immediate
vicinity were unroofed. on Main avenue.
In Avond3,e. all telephone wires and poles
are down. on Walnut HI Henry Stasger-
A5r's large carpenter shop was unroofed.
Cooks carriage works in Mil Creek val
Icy. HCffrer's tlnrery at En- street and
C-.erain avenue were unrccfsd and part
of the rocf cf the Cincinnati Hospital on
Tenth street was blown off Edward
Se.z and Johr Ho'inger were in a wagon
together at Columbia when both Were
kaockd off unconscious by a fash Of light
Ming. Their conC.t!cn is serious. Charles
Bauhe was killed by attempting TO throw
telegraph wire out of his dooryard The
wire was crossed with trolley wire and
Was deadly.
Reports from up the Ohio river are Of
heavy rains ~ Point Peasant. ". Va,
there was rainfall tonight OF les inches
in thirty minutes
Newtowu hls had six floods this season
and is reported completely subm 5rged to-
-ight. Farmers in that vicinity lost horses
and ether i've stock.
SHOT DEAD