Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-01
PENNSYLVANIA TOWNS HARD HIT.
Miliion-Doilnr bridge mt Lancaster
wrecked by the storm.

Miltion-DolInr Bridge mt Lancaster
Wrecked by the storm.
LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 30.-Late this
evening telegraphc and telephone COM
munication had been established with the
surrounding counties and the later reports
confirmed the earlier advices Of the wide
extent OF this mornings cyclonic storm.
Every section of the country has been heard
from, and the story is that ruin rode in the
wake OF the gale. While an estimate OF the
total loss is necessarily speculative, there
does not seem to be any doubt that 1t will
easily reach 100000, and may largely eX-
ceed that amount. In this city the indi-
vidual losses are, as a rule, comparatively
small. but there are hundreds OF them which
will make the aggregate great. The wind
roared through the streets with a noise like
thunder. and houses literally rocked upon
their foundations. During the two hours
of the terror, which kept a large part of the
population awake, the air was filled with
bricks, stones, slate, timbers and roofs Of
heavy sheet iron and tin, while gigantic
trees were ripped up by the roots and tossed
almost like toys. The storm outside the
city was scarcely less severe, and, Of course,
bridge across the Susquehanna at Columbia
ovorshadowed all else In relative Importance.
The bridge, which comprised twenty-seven
spans. was completely demolished. II was
insured for 5000, 900 and everything was car
ried away except the stone piers, the single
iron span and one of the short spans. The
bridge proper was crushed to splnters. 1t
was lifted bodily off the piers and deposited
Just above the water, portion resting on
the piers. Not timber was left standing.
1t Is settled now that there no loss of
life, as search of the bridge has failed to
reveal the bodies of two men who, 1t was
feared, were on the bridge when 1t was
swept away by the hurricane.
LEBANON, Pa, Sept. 30.-The storm
throughout the Lebanon valley was severe.
Buildings were unroofed, trees were up
rooted and outbuidings demolished. At
Bismarck the Reformed church was blown
down. The total damage in this county will
foot up 100000
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Sept. 30.-A terrific
storm passed over this section last night
and caused thousands of dollars worth of
damage. All the, telegraph and telephone
wires and hundreds of trees were blown
down in every direction, and it is impossible
to learn the particulars in the surrounding
towns. dozen or more houses were either
blown down or unroofed. Railway trains
are all delayed. A block of eight new
houses, erected by DR.. F. ID. Baker at
Springfield were leveled to the ground
Barns and hundreds of outbuildings were
overturned. The Windsor hotel. the Burney
block, the Wolverton building. the Pennsyl-
vania round house and many other build
ings in Shamokin were unroofed.
The damage caused by the cyclone that
passed over this section is greater than sup
posed 1t is now thought the total loss will
reach $780, 600. The Paterson breaker is
almost total wreck, but the debris was
saved from the flames by the downpour of
rain that followed the wind. Superintendent
Vincent places the damage to the col
lery at $40 900. Fourteen of the dwelling
houses and twenty board shanties, occupied
by the mine workers, were also blown down
and five OF the former were burned. Two
Of the tenants were killed, several injured
and eleven cattle were crushed to death by
the dismantled barn. The killed and in
jured are:
JAMES HANLoN. crushed by debris OF his
house; died in few hours.
MINNIE KLINE, fractured skull, jumping
from second-story window to escape the fire;
died from injuries.
Mrs. Brobinski leg fractured.
Mrs: Spielka, head badly crlasi-,@-'-----r--T
James Kopola and wife, severe contuslons
of body.
Infant of John Dummkie, badly cut by be-
ing thrown through window.
Charles Klitchie, leg broken.
Shamokin, Mount Carmel, Locust Gap
and other surrounding towns suffered heaV-
ily Reports from the farming districts IN
dicate that barns were demolished py nun
dreds. At the Colbert mine the fan and en-
CINE house, both boiler houses and smoke
stacks were demolished throwing 400 men
and boys out of employment.
READING, Pa, Sept S0-At o'clock TINS
morning the cast house of the Temple
furnace, at Temple station, five miles abov:
Reading, was blown down by the wind and
nearly dozen workmen were buried in the
ruins The men we're pinned down by the
heavy timbers and it was some time before
they could be reached. Killed:
EDWARD RISMILER-
SAMUEL TROUT.
Injured:
william Collar.
Joseph Weinbergers
Harry Becker.
william Schadler.
William Mertzer
All are badly hurt, and 1t is believed some
of them will die.
PITTSBURG, Sept 30.-A terrible wind
and rain storm broke over this section
about o'clock this morning and ragged with
fierce intensity for nearly three hours The
wind attained velocity of thirty miles
an hour, prostrating telegraph and tele.
phone wires and entirely cutting off com
munication with the east, but otherwise
so far as known at this time, doing no serious
damage. Heavy washcuts are reported Oh
the Pennsylvania railroad east of Hunting
ton and all trains are from four to six
hours late. Lare forces have been sent out
to clear the tracks and the officials EXPECT