Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-28

snapped off near The ground aD' q
upon the tenr of campers klllir ~ 81
instantly John F.gus, broke ~
George Miller, who will 6\ -
ly injured Thomas O'Co\ larles
Kosaick, Jacob Metz, FRAN Ott and
Harry Haddle
On Greenfield avenue, in the East
End, Joseph Ashfelder was killed by
sign being blown down, striking him on
the head.
In Sharspsburg, w. L. .Norr was kill
cd by the roc. OF a house being blown
onto him.
At McKees Rocks, where Prof. Gero-
dette, curator of Carnegie Museum, had
gang Of men at work digging in an
old Indian mound in the interest of sci-
ence, lightning struck the shed under
which the parties had taken refuge,
ShCckingOne of the laborers, an old man,
into unc0nsciousness also a young man
by the name Of Pool, son of a college
professor, both Of whom will probably
die.
The result Of the storm in property
damage has not all been gathered N at
midnight but it is known that all
through Allegheny, the South Side and
the East End, many houses were unGOcf-
cd and signs blown down and windows
broken. Along Penn toward Home
wood, where many fine suburban man
sicns are located, the splendid lawns are
completely destroyed and the beautiful
shade and ornamental trees ruined.
I5is estimated that 100000 will nard-
ly cover the loss in tbs locality alone.
Reports from outlying towns tell of
much damage to houses and other prop
erty, but no lives lost 50 far q s. known.
In Allegheny twelve people were
struck by lightning They are in the
hospital and considered by the physi-
clans to be in a critical condition. Their
names are:
Abner Hayes, freight receiver Of the
Fort Wayne railroad.
A. NJ. Bennett and three children.
August Snedtz, his wife and their
four children.
Mr.. Hayes was standing in the freight
house door when a bolt of lightning
struck the building, knocking Mr..
Hayes unconscious.
Mr.. Bennett and his children were
standing on their porch on ST. Clair
Terrace. when a flash was coDducredi
from a trolley wire in front of the house
TO the porch, prostrating the entire
party.
The Sned,z family were eating supper
when lightning struck the residence.
following the chimney fue to the dining
room.
About half an hour later a neighbor
discovered the whole family lying on the
floor in an unconscious condition. They
may recover. hut il is doubtful
In PitJsburg, reports Of damage to
property are st,n coming in. On Wash
ingtOn street, ten houses. a machine
shop and the Fifth United Presbyte-
rian church were blown down and com
pletely ruined, but fortunately no one
was injured. The row of houses be-
longed 10 the Denny estate and had
been condemned and the tenants re-
moved from them. The Cemetery NJ.
Z. Church. on Kirkpatrick street, had
its roof and steeple carried away by the
wind. and the bells from the tower
were thrown to the ground and broken.
The roof Of the John Wesley Chapel
A. VI. E. was torn away and carried geo
feet The Pittsburg High School and
Holy Ghost College suffered somewhat,
but are not badly damaged.
Returns from the different sections
of the two towns show twenty-five
or thirty people injured more or less by
falling trees, roofs, signs, etc. but Their
names cannot be given tonight
West Newton Pa. a station on the
Baltimore and Ohio. about thirty miles
east of here, reports the rain there very
heavy. Tbs telegram says:
L a ma landslide 200 feet long
aad several feet deep, is just reported
here on the B. and o. tracks at Osceola.
The New York express, which left Pitts
burg at nine o'clock, is stranded some
where west of here. Both tracks are re-
ported covered with trees and rocks be-
twsen here and Griffin Station, Two
miles eas,.
The watchman of the Pemickey road
at Cedar Creek. two miles east of here,
reached town at one O'Clock and reports
eigh- big landslides there. He says the
water came off the hills like rivers.
bringing everything with it. He could
not get around the slides and had TO
cross the river TO get here"