The herald., 1896-07-28
N THE LAND OF
THE STORM KING
Pittsburg People Suffer
Sudden Death
CHURCHES AND HOUSES WRECKED
Travel Impeded by Masses of
Debris
OTHER TOWNS ARE VISITED
Scores Of People Meet Death by Light.
ming Stroke
Tremendous Loss Suffered by the Farmers
of Iowa
States from the Rocky Mountains to the At.
iantic Coast Visited by Wind Rain
and Terrific Electric Dis
turbances
OTHER TOWNS ARE VISITED
Scores of People Meet Death by Light.
ming Stroke
Tremendous Loss Suffered by the Farmers
of Iowa
States from the Rocky Mountains to the At.
iantic Coast Visited by Wind, Rain
and Terrific Electric Dis
turbances
Associated Press Special Wire.


PITTSBURG, July pa wind and
rain storm of unusual fierceness visited
this city at 4:30 o'clock. causing the loss
of at least three lives and doing immense
damage to property.
Several dwellings were completely de-
molished and others partially wrecked,
Eight or ten churches had their roofs
blown off and were otherwise damaged.
Telegraph, telephone and electric poles
are lying in an intricate mass, making
travel in some sections of the city i'm
possible. Fierce lightning and high
winds accompanied the storm.
The rivers are now rising and another
food is expected.
Among the casualties reported is an
accident to the camp Of the Eighth Ward
Hunting and Fishing club of Allegheny,
about four miles up the Allegheny river
large sycamore, thirty feet in diam
eter was snapped off near the ground
and fell upon the tent of the campers,
killing almost instantly John Figus,
breaking the back of George Miller, who
viii die. and seriously injuring Thomas
O'Connell, Charles Vossick, Jacob Metz.
Frank OFT and Harry Haddlew.
On Greenfield avenue in the East End,
Joe Ashfelder was killed by sign being
blown down. striking him on the head.
In Sharpsburg, W. L. Norr was killed
by the roof of house being blown on top
of him.
At McKee's Rock, where Prof Co.
dette, curator of Carnegie museum, had
a gang Of men at work digging an old
Indian mound, lightning struck the shed
under which the party had taken refuge,
shocking one Of the laborers. an old man,
into unconsciousness; also man by the
name of Poll. son of a. college professor.
both of whom will probably die.
The result Of the storm in property
damage has not all been gathered in at
midnight, but it is known that all
through Allegheny the South Side and
the East. many houses were unroofed
and signs blown down and windows
broken.
In Allegheny twelve people were
struck by lightning. They are in the
hospital and considered by the physi-
clans to be in critical condition. Thein
names are:
Abner Hay, freight receiver Of the Ft.
Wayne railroad
A. NJ Bennett and threechildren.
August Snedez, his wife and their foun
children.
Mr.. Hay was sitting in the house door,
way when a bolt of lightning struck tho
building, knocking him unconscious.
Mr.. Bennett and his children were
standing on their porch, on st. Clair ter
race, when a flash was conducted from
a trolley wire in front of the house to the
porch, prostrating the entire family. The
Snedez family were eating supper when
lightning struck the residence, follow
ing the chimney flue to the dining room.
About half an hour later a neighbor dis
covered the whole family lying on the
floor in an unconscious condition. They
may recover, but it is improbable
In Pittsburg reports of damage to
property are still coming in. On WASH
ington street two houses, machine-
shop and the Fifth United Presbyterian
church were blown down and completely
ruined, but fortunately, no one was In
jured.
The Centenary NJ E. church on
Kirkpatrick street had it's roof and
steeple carried away by the wind, the
bells from the tower being thrown to
the ground and broken. The roof of the
John Wesley chapel, A. M. E.. was torn
away and carried o0N feot r-,'o --itts-
burg High school and Holy Iio., lui-
lege suffered somewhat, but are not bad
ly damaged
Returns from the different sections Of
the two cities show twenty five or thir-
ty people injured more or less, by fall
ing trees, roofs, signs, etc., but their
names cannot be given tonight.
COLUMBUS, o., July 27.-At 7:30 this
evening a severe wind, followed by
heavy rain storm, struck this section,
attaining a velocity of forty-f five miles
an hour Half of the roof OF the Brown
Manufacturing company's building was
carried across the town.
IN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE, Md, July 27.-The
storm here this evening lasted about fif-
| ty minutes, and was accompanied by
incessant thunder and lightning. Much
damage of a minor nature is reported.
! IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July pa storm swept
over this city this evening, accompanied
by heavy thunder and a brilliant dis
] play Of lightning. The maximum vet