The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-10-08

( middle and the first spnn at each end.
The bridge was q mile and a quarter long,
and was said to he the longest covered
bridge i'll 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 S1,000,O0O Columbia
apears to have suffered more than any
| other section of the county. The, dam
age in the borough is estimated at $780,
600. The storm destroyed the coal break
er at Natalie, belonging to the Pennsyl-
vania Anthracite Coal Company. Six
tenement houses belo aging to the camp
were destroyed by fire. and six children,
inmates. lost their lives. The fire orig
mated from Il stove ovcrturning in one of
the summer Kitchens from the shaking
by the wind. The damage ut Shamokin
will reach 500, 900. The Paterson break
CT 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 collery 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 tie tenants were killed. several injur-
ed and eleven cattle were crushed TO death
beneath the dismanted 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 prostration
of telegraph and telephone wires. The
storm was severe throughout New .Jer-
scy. In Buffalo the wind ragged Mt a
velocity of fifty-eight miles an hour, and
ut 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 Il 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, d. 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 81 800. Com
munication by telegraph and telephone
with the outside world was absolutely
stopped. The White House was slightly
injured by the storm, portion of the
copper roofing being stripped off and
other damage done. The tall flagstaff,
from which the signal is given to the city
fbat tba proc;Iar,t i..i tn,x- Il r,l
completely. In the beautiful grounds sur
rounding the house twenty-five of the
splendid trees, elms, sycamores, walnuts
and magnolias. some Of great age and
of historical associations. were complete
iy leveled, while fully fifty of the surviv-
ing trees suffered the loss of their tops
and principal branches, and are perma.
nently defaced.
The vast pile occupied by the State,
War ard Navy Departments was touched
on the southern side by the storm, and
lost portions of its roofing and many states,
while a structure erected by the signal
service for the study of clouds was par
italy demolished. The new naval OBJ
servatory building suffered in the same
fashion. to the extent of about 81 200. AT
the Washington navy yard the big ship
house was partially unrOofed. and the
gun shops were damaged slightly by the
stripping of the roof. 4 special bulletin
issued by the weather bureau states that
for one minute the wind reached eighty
miles an hour. The storms damage is
to run from $3.50, 900 to $780,
900.
The weather bureau gives this official
history of the storm:
1.-THE storm which passed over Wash
ington last night was reported on Sept. |
26 as tropical cyclone moving north |
west from the Caribbean Sea. it being |
then southeast of Cuba. During the |
9th it passed northwestward into the |
part of the Gulf Of Mexico, |
md on the 2Sth moved northward west |
If Florida. On the morning of the 29th
t was central over Southern Georgia,
md by p. m. of the 29th had advanced
% Southwestern Virginia. The center
passed over Washington about II 80
tuesday night the lowest barometer read
ng 29.30. During the first three days
he storm appeared TO have very little
mercy. but on the 29th developed force
apidly as it moved northward."
Crew browns at Milwaukee.
The barge Sumatra, consort of the B.
". Arnold, bound down from Chicago,
oundered off the Government pier at
Four sailors were drowned.
The captain, mate and cook were rescued
" the life-saving crew. The Sumatra
vas bound for Milwaukee loaded with
abroad iron. The record of the winds
ury in Chicago harbor was that of a
torn almost equaling in fury the great
hurricane of 1894. Half dozen vessels
vere sunk, and as many more badly dam
ged. The schooner Seaman broke from
er moorings and raced back and forth,
oundng the docks and smashing the
mailer craft on every side, while their
rews were helpless. Capt. McCreary,
f the Seaman, two of his men and sew
raj men on board other boats moored in
he slip had narrow escapes. Three or
our sailors were thrown into the water,
nd were forced to battle for their lives
The Funnel Trick.
Jerry Lynch has finally learned the
unnel trick. He took it in two doses
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