The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-28
SPREAD DEATH.
HEAVY RAIN AND WINDsToRM AT
PETTSBURG.
Twelve People Struck by Lightning
in AiIeGheny-Proper Damage
Large, But Facts Arc Hard 20 Get.

P1IISBURG, Pa, july IA Wind
and rain storm of unusual fierceness
visited this city at 4:30 o'clock, caus-
ing 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 dam
aged. Telegraph, telephone and cleo
trio light poles are lying in an intri-
cate mass, making travel in some sec
tons of the city impossible.
FIERCE LIGHTNING AND HIGH
WINDS
accompanied the storm. The rivers
are now rising, and another food is ex-
pected.
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 AL
legheny river A large sycamore,
thirty feet in circumference, 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 will die,
and seriously injuring Thomas O'Con-
nell, Charles Vossick, Jacob Metz,
Frank OFT and Harry Haddle
On Greenfield avenue. in the east
end, Joe Ashfelder was killed by a sign
being blown down, striking him on
the head
In Sharpsburg, w. L. Norr was
killed by the roof Of a house being
blown onto him.
AIT McKee's Rock, where Prof. Ger
odette, 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 Inconsistencies; also
a 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, signs blown down and
windows broken.
In Allegheny twelve people were
struck by lightning. They are in the
hospital and considered by the ply
sicians to be in a critical condition. The
names are:
Fort Wayne railroad; A NJ. Bennett
and three children: August Snedez, his
wife and their four children.
Mr.. Hay was sitting in the house
doorway when a bolt of lightning
struck the building, knocking him
unconscious. Mr. Bennett and his
children were standing on II ir
porch, on St. Clair terrace,
when a flash was conducted from
a trolley wire in front of the house to
the porch, prostrating the entire fam
lily. The Snedez family were eating
supper when lightning struck the resi-
dence. following the chimney flue to
the dining room. About half an hour
family lying on the floor in an uncon-
scious condition. They may recover,
but it is improbable.
In Pittsburg reports of damage to
property is still coming. On Washing
ton street two houses, a machine shop
and the Fifth United Presbyterian
church were
BLOWN DOWN AND COMPLETELY
RUINED,
but fortunately no one was injured.
The Centenary NJ. E. church on Kirk
patrick street had its roof and steeple
carried away by the wind, the bells
from the tower were thrown to the
John Wesley chapel, A. M E., was
torn away and carried 200 feet. The
Pittsburg high school and Holy Ghost
college suffered somewhat, but are not
badly damaged.
Returns from the different sections of
the two cities show twenty-five or>ttir-
ty people injured more or less by fall-
ing trees, roofs, signs, etc, but their
names cannot be given tonight.
Swept Over New York.
NEW YORK, July ga storm swept
over this city this evening accompan-
led by heavy thunder and brilliant
display of lightning. The maximum We
locity of the wind was fifty miles.
A house on the Harlem river in which
was the switchboard for the Western
Union company's wires which run I'M
der the Harlem river, was struck by
lightning and all wires east and west
were rendered useless. The storm be-
tween here and Philadelphia cut off
many of the southern wires, and for d
short time communication with the
outside world was much hampered
Charles F. Siegel, a clerk. was killed
in Eleventh street by tree blowing
down and crushing his skull.
BAD at Columbus.
COLUMBUS, o., July 27.--At 7:3O this
evening severe wind, followed by a
heavy rain struck this section, attaining
velocity of forty-fiye miles Half of the
roof of the Brown Manufacturing COM
pany's building was carried across the
town.
Much Damage.
BALTIMORE. Nd, July 27.-The storm
here this evening lasted about fifty
minutes and WAS accompanied by inces-
SAINT thunder and lightning. Much dam
age of a minor nature is reported
Like Il Cyclone.
PHILADELPHIA, July ga heavy
rain storm having many of fl,e feo f,,ree