The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

'ah Methodist Church, Ceatral RAILWAY
warehouses;. st. Patrick's school. Geor.
ga hussars armory. Henley Hall. civ
market. electric railway power housr
ale Royal mills. Conner. Hull & Co.'S
guaio factory. Commercial Guano Com
panys factory. Jones' Marine Railway.
ra"cett BROS. wholesale grocery build
ing. Henry solomon & Sons Wholesale
grocery. ana NJ. j. Doyle's retail grocery.
Iiuhdreds or residences are damaged and
me most beautiful trees in the city are
down. The loss to shipping will amount
to over $1,000
Reports from the coast are moo cor
The sea islands along the coast of Geor-
gia and South Carolina had almost a rem
etition Of the storm of 1882. Almost
every cottage and cabin in the wake of
'he storm was destroyed, but the water
was NOT piled upon them as in 1893. con-
sequentiy the suffering was not near so
severe. The number Of fatalities on the
sea islands is not known, but it is not he.
llcved it will 60 over 100.
Havoc in Pennsylvania.
II cast house Of the Temple furnace.
III Temple Station, five miles above Read
ing. Ia, was blown down by the wind
ana nearly a dozen workmen were buried
III the RUNS. Two were killed. Heavy
WaSnoutS are reported on the Pennsyl-
wanna railroad east of HUNTINGTON. The
greatest sin@l" loss is that of the Penn
sylvania Railroad bridge across the Sus-
q%uehanna at Columbia. nothing being left
of 1t but the piers. the iron span in the
middle and the first span at each end.
| The hriIUn IXus 81 n,iIn orI a., ,,,,ta. --
and was said to he the longest covered
bridge in the world. 1t is reported that
two men went down with the bridge. but
no trace of them can be found. The
bridge cost about 81 1000. geo. Columbia
apears to have suffered more than any
other sectioi of the county. The dam
age In the borough is estimated at $780,
200. The storm destroyed the coal break
er at Natalie, belonging to the Pennsyl-
vania Anthracite Coal Company. Six
tenement houses belonging to the camp
were destroyed by fire. and six children.
inmates. lost their lives. The fire orig
mated from Il stove oyerturning in one Of
the summer kitchens from the shaking
by the wind. The damage at Shamokin
will reach S35O,OOO. The Paterson break
err is almost Il total wreck. but the debris
was saved from the flames by the down
pour of rain that followed the wind.
Superintendent Vincent places the dam
| age to the colliery at $4,000. Fourteen
of the dwelling houses and twenty board
shanties occupied by the mine-workers
were also blown down, and five of the
former were consumed by flames. Two
of the tenants were killed. several injur-
| al apl alnyan .ottln u.arn. .r,cboJ 70 ,1o,t RI
beneath the dismantlcd barn.
The windStorm. though furious in New
York City and vicinity. as elsewhere in
the East, did but little damage ashore,
and thus far no disasters on the Long
Island, New Jersey or New England
coast have been reported. The greatest
damage sustained is by the prostratior
of telegraph and telephone wires. The
storm was severe throughout New Jer-
sey. In Buffalo the wind ragged at a
velocity of fifty-eight miles an hour, and
| at Syracuse thousands of dollars worth
of damage was done. The big grand
stand at Kirk Driving Park was COM
pletely demolished. The Yates Hotel
was badly damaged by a falling %cornice,
and the immense plate glass windows
forced outward by the suction of the air.
Storm Around Washington.
Reports received from the suburban
towns about Washington. ID. c., show
that great damage was done throughout
the surrounding country by the storm.
On the outskirts of the city few localities
| escaped. In Washington the Papal le-
cation was unroofed and the Chinese
legation was damaged about $1,000. Com
munication by telegraph and telephone
with the outside world was absolutely
! stopped. The White House was slightly
injured by the storm, a portion OF the
| copper roofing being stripped off and
| other damage done. The tall flagstaff,
from which the signal is given to the city
that the President is in town, disappeared
| completely. In the beautiful grounds sur
rounding the house twenty-five of the
splendid trees. elms. sycamores, walnuts
and maenolias, some Of great age and
of historical associations, were complete
" leveled, while fully fifty Of the surviv-
| ing trees suffered the loss of their tops
| and principal branches. and are perma'
nently defaced.
Crew browns at Milwaukee.
The barge Sumatra, cons0rt of the Is.
| W. fArllOlu, DOuilu doNH ChiN"So
foundered off the Government pier at
Milwaukee. -Four sailors We're drowned.
The captain. mate and cook We're rescued
bv the lifc-saving crew. The Sumatra
| was bound for Milwaukee loaded with
| ra abroad iron. The record of the winds
fury in Chicago harbor was that of Il
| storm almost equaling in fury the great
hurricane of 1894. Half a dozen vessels
| were sunk. and as many more badly dam
| aged. The schooner Seaman broke from
| her moorings and raced back and forth,
| pounding the docks and smashing the
| smaller craft on every side, while their
! crews were helpless. Capt. McCreary,
| of the Seaman, two of his men and sew
| eral men on board other boats moored in
the slip had narrow escapes. Three or
c-.. allan. u.orn thrnWu iuto the Muter.