San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-30
TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
BROKE THE WIND GAUGE AT SIX
TY-SIX MILES.
Savannah Devastated and the Coast Is
lands Will Show Tremendous Dam
age-Storms in Other Places.

wind and rain storm broke over this
section about . o'clock this morning
and ragged with ferocity for nearly
three hours The wind attained
velocity of thirty miles per hour pros
trating telegraph and telephone wires
and entirely cutting off cOmmunica-
ton with the east, but otherwise so
| far as known at this time, doing no
serious damage. Heavy washouts
are reported. on the Pennsylvania
road east of Huntington aud all trains
are from four to six hours late.
Large forces have been sent out to
clear the tracks of the Pennsylvania
and the officials expect to have trains
running as usual in a few hours.
New York. Sept. 30.-Last nights
wind storm, though furious in this
city and vicinity as elsewhere in the
east, did but little damage ashore and
thus far no disasters on the Long Is
land, New Jersey or New England
coasts have been reported. Great
damage was sustained by the pros
tration of telephone and telegraph
wires.
Buffalo. n. Y, Sept. 3O.-The wind
ragged here at velocity of 50 miles
per hour this morning, doing cOnsid-
cradle damage to wires, roofs, CHM
neys and small buildings.
Philadelphia. Pa. September 30
Last nights storm did great dam
age in this state, but wires are down
in every direction and it is difficult to
obtain reliable information. The
storm swept through Lebanon valley
and did great damage north of Read
ing. No trains are arriving and con-
sequently definite news is not obtain
able. The wires of the Western I'm
ion and Postal Telegraph company
and along. distance phone are down in
all directions. The Western Union
sent forty linemen from this city on
the early trains through the state
and on the main lines south. Trees
are blown across the wires in dozen
places and poles are broken off and
wires strewn along the ground. Be
tween this city and Baltimore, out of
100 wires only five are working
South of Baltimore there is not a sin
gle wire of any sort. In this city
there was heavy downpour of rain
lasting until this morning, accompa-
MED by high wind.
Chicago, Illinois, September 3d.
city experienced last night the worst
wind and rain storm of the season. The
wind reached a velocity of AZ miles per
hour. Not since the big storm of May
1898, has Lake Michigan been so rough.
Sprays from the gigantic waves dashed
far over the breakwater and on to the
tracks of the Illinois Central railroad
and deluged the windows of surbuban
trains. Steamer City of Milwaukee
from st. Joe Mich, laden with passen-
gers, had great difficulty in making the
harbor but finally succeeded after three
attempts although with a loss of her
topmast. The total rainfall was LA
inches. Great damage to property and
many accidents resulted from the gale
The most serious accident in the port
Of Chicago occurred this a. m. when the
Schooner Selma broke from her moor
ings in the slip at the foot of Randolph
street and while being hurled about by
the storm wrecked and sunk half
dozen smaller Clsfts.
Reading Pa, Sept. 3O.-At 2 o'clock |
this morning the casthouse of the Tenn |
pie furnace at Temple station, five
miles above Reading was blown down |
by wind and nearly a dozen workmen |
were buried in the ruins. The men
were pinned down by the heavy tim |
bers and 1t was some time before they
could be reached. The killed were
Edward Risemeyer and Samuel Troud. |
Injured: William Collar, Jos. Rosen- |
berger, Harry Becker, VIM. Schadler |
William Mertz. 1t is believed some of |
the latter will die.
Lancaster, Pa, Sept. 30.-For over
an hour last night this city was sub |
jected to the severest windstorm ever
known. 1t is impossible to make any |
estimate of the buildings wholly or par |
TALLY demolished, nor the monetary ex-
tent of the damage. The greatest sin |
gle loss was that of the Pennsylvania |
railroad bridge across the Susque- |
hama river at Columbia, nothing being |
left but the piers, an iron span in the |
middle and the first span at each end. |
The bridge was a mile and quarter |
long and was said to be the largest |
covered bridge in the world. In this /
CITY a large number of buildings were /
partly demolished and unroofed and
the streets were Uttered with debris. /
Telegraph and telephone wires were /
torn down and tangled up. Only mea-
gre accounts thus received. From ev-
cry part comes reports of tobacco sheds