Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-10-03
blowing straight from the north. Dur
ing the night the barometar d,onpad 4,

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wind was blowing from the north west
at 20 miles an hour, and the barometer
stood at 70 46. The large Sumatra, con-
sort OF b. w. Arnold, from Chicago, with
a load OF railroad iron, foundere off the
government pier here this morning.
Four sailors were drowned. The CAP
tain, mate and cook were rescued by the
life saving crew. The lost were Arthur
Burns, Charles Hemner, Patrick Peter
son, Peter Anderson, all of Bay City,
Michigan.
BALTIMoxE, Md, Sept. 3O-A sc, ere
hurricane struck this city at midnight.
Houses were unroofed, wires prostrsted
and windows smashed. A high wind
forced the water IN the hsruor into the
street Almost the entire northern wa
ter front is 81 bmerged. Several scnoon-
ers tied upat the Pratt wharf broke from
their moorings and are resting 10 the mid
die or Pratt street. The lower floors of
the warehouses are flooded. The storm
was accompanied by heavy dowppour
of rain.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 30--The West
Indian cy clone that swept over the CITY
yesterday has hardly been equalled for
intensity and destruction within the
| memory OF those living here. The wind
reached its highest velocity shortly after
l2 O'Clock. The instrument at the
weather bureau registered &c miles an
hour, and then went to pieces. The
barometer went to % go 1t would have
gone even below the record of 1881 of
1893 had the storm continued longer.
The blow was practically over within
| two and half hours, out for that time
1t ragged With an intensity heretofore un-
known. Tin roofs were rolled up every
where as IL OF tissue paper. There must
| be a hundred tons OF tin rolled off the
roofs OF Savannah. Bricks aud wires
fell every where, and hundreds OF roofs
are demolished. 1t is impossible to emu
! mefate the buildings unroofed or partial
ly destroyed. Shattered trees covered
every street and these with hundreds of
fallen wires made the etrests impossible
for hours. The total damage is estimat-
ed at 100000 to 81 100000 IN Savanbsh
and Ohstam county. The list of known
fatalities is about nine or ten near the
city. There has been DO way of reach
ing the island near the coast, where it
is likely the fatalities number hundreds.
READING, Pa, Sept, 30-At o'clock
this morning the tower of the Temple
Furnace, at Temple station, four miles
above Reading, was blown down by wind
and nearly dozen work men were cover
ed in the ruins under the tim bers. 1t was
some time before they could be reached
Two are killed and others will probably
die.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 30-A terrible
rain and wind storm broke over THE city
about 2 o'clock this morning and ragged
with fierce intensity nearly three hours
The wind attained a velocity of 60 miles
an hour, prostratlng telegraph and tele-
phone wires and entirely cutting off
Communications with the east, but other
wise, 90 far as known now, doing no seri- !
GUS damage.
LEADvILLE, COL, Sept. 30-No action |
OF concilstory nature is expected from |
the meeting OF the miners union this |
evening, and mine operators are prepar-
ing for the worst. Fences are being |
built around the principal mines preps- |
rstory to resuming work with poD-upIon |
miners. The stOckade to inclose the !
Ioex group OF gold mines, including the |
Little Johnny, the construction of which |
was begun by a large force this morn
ing, will be a mile in circumference,
and bullet proof 10 every part. A hun
dIed thousand feet of lumber will be
used in Its construction All the fami-
lies OF union miners living In buildings |
erected on the Ibex compsny's ground |
will be evicted, the company payin1
house owners whatever the buildings /
are worth. The Ibex company ia receiv-
ing applications for work and claims to
be able to secure all the men needed in
camp. The men employed in this CON-
pany's mines did not strike, as they we're
receiving three dollars per day, union
scale, but hen the strike vas inaugural
ed at the mines where the rate was $3.50,
the Ibex company discharged all it's en-
ployeee. Now DO union men will be em.
ployed in its mines IL 10 said that over
300 members OF the union have signed a
paper declaring the policy of the union
detrimental to their interests and they
will be bound by it no longer. To put
stop to guerilla warfare on the bills at
night, it is proposed to place two fash
lights at points from which the entire
country around can be swept and the
guerillss located.
MARYsv1LLE, No.. Sept. 30-A vicious
ST. Bernard dog attacked a party of
school children here. Laura BsumsnD,
aged seven, was bitten about the head
and face, and will probably die. Baby
Kuchs was almost torn to shreds, her
arms and breast being terribly bitten,
and she cannot recover. Albert Kucbs
v as bitten through the wrist, out will
recover, unless rabies follow. Eva
Hawkins was bitten IN the leg and will
recover.
LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 30-Over an
hour last night this city and vicinity |
were gu olecLed TO the sevsrest vino
storm ever known here. 1t 10 imp SSH
BILE to estlmale the number of buildings
wholly or partially demolished or the
monetary extent OF tce Damage. The
greatest single loss Is that Of tie Penn
sylvanis railroad bridge across the Su$-
quehapna at Columbia, nothing being
left Of 1t out the piers. The span Ia tie
middle and the first span at each end OF
the bridge was q mile and QuarIei
long and said To be the largest raiiroPc
bridge in the world. 1t cost million
dollars. In this city large number OF
buildings we're psrtis ~ demolished aDo
uIroofed, aud the streets Uttered with
debris, The telegraph and telephon'
wires through the country are down.
and badly tangled, but from meagre
received, outside sections mist
have suff red more severely than the
city. From reports received the tobacco :
crop, school houses and churches are
destroyed or badly damaged, and pri- !
y8te residences are unroofed. Column
bis appears to have suffered more than Z
any other section Ct country. The dan
age ia the borough is estimated at
nali million dollars. Streets are filled !
with portions OF wrecked buildings.
Not one big manu- acturing plant along