The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-28

| dwellings, were completely uCnOnHncd
and others partially wrecked. Eight
or ten churches had their roofs blown
or nnd otherwise damaged. Telegraph,
telephone and electric light poles were
snapped like pipe stems. mixing the
wires In an lncxtricable mass In the
streets, making travel In many acc-
tions Of the city impossible. Fierce
lightning and high wind accompanied
the storm. or rather two storms, FOR
| Pittsburgh and Allegheny was the
meeting place OF one storm from the
west which came up the Ohio valley,
md another from the east, which fol-
lowed the course OF the Allegheny river.
| Such battle OF the elements Is rarely
witnessed. In East Pittsburgh and
| Wilmerdlng han fell In large Quanti-
ties. some Of the stones being quite
| large.
In the first five minutes OF the storm
.5S OF an Inch of water fell and the wind
reached u velocity OF thirty miles IAN
hour.
At 3 y. m. another storm. almost as
fierce aS the first. came up and .GS OF nn
Inch fell, making n total OF l.33. The
| rivers are now rising and another flood
| Is expected
Among the casualties reported is an
| accident 10 the camp OF the Eighth
| Ward Hunting and Fishing Club. OF
! Allegheny. The club was at Its camp In
| sugar Grove, one mile east OF ASpln-
wall, when the storm came up. The
4 members say X was a genuine cyclone.
| Tn. trees In the grove were broken and
twisted as though they were weeds, and
| one large sycamore, thirty feet In chr
cumterence. was snapped of near the
| ground and fell upon the tent OF the
campers. killing almost instantly John
FiSus, broke the back of George Miller.
| who will die, nnd seriously injured
| Thomas O'Connel. Charles Kosaick,
Jacob Metz. Frank OFT and Harry Had
die.
On Greenfield avenue In the East
End. Joseph Ashfelder was killed by
sign being blown down, striking him
| on the head.
In Sharpsburg, ", L. Norr was killed
by the roof of house being blown onto
| him. IL 81 -
At McKee's Rocks. where Professor
Gerodette Curator. OF Carnegie Muse
um, had gang OF men at work digging
| an old Indian mound In the interest OF
science. lightning struck the shed un-
der which the party had taken refuge.
shocking one OF the laborers, an old
man into Inconsistencies. also q young
man by the name OF Pool. son OF col
lege professor. both OF whom Will prob
| ably die.
The result OF the storm in property
damage has not all been gathered in at
midnight, but II Is known that all
through Allegheny the South Side and
the East End, many houses were un-
| rooted and signs blown down and win
| dows broken. Along Penn toward
Horewood, where many fine suburban
mansions arc located, the splendid
lawns are completely destroyed and
the beautiful shade and ornamental
trees ruined.
1t is estimated that 100000 will hard
ly cover the loss In this locality alone.
Reports from outlying towns tell OF
| much damage to houses and other
property. but no lives are lost so far
as known.
In Allegheny. twelve people were
struck by lightning. They are in the
hospital and considered by the physl-
clans to be In a critical condition. Their
names are:
Abncr Hayes. freight receiver OF the
Fort Wayne railroad
a. NJ. Bennett and three children.
August Snedtz. his wife and their four
children.
Mr. Hayes was standing In the freight
house door when holt Of lightning
struck the building, knocking Mr.. Hayes
unconscious.
Mr.. Bennett and his children were
standing on their porch on st. Clair
Terrace, when flash was conducted
from trolley wire IN front OF the house
| to the porch, prostrating tho entire
| party.
The Snedtz family were eating supper
when lightning struck the residence.
following the chimney i!u- TO the dining
room.
About half an hour later nclghbor
| discovered the whole family In nm uncOn-
scIous condition. They may recover.
| but K Is doubtful.
In Pittsburgh, reports OF damage to
| property IL still coming In. On WASH
inGtOn street. ten houses. n machine
| shop and the Fifth United Presbyterian
church were blown down and complete
ly ruined, but unfortunately no one was
Injured. The row oc houses belonged 10
the Denny estate and had been
condemned and tenants removed
from them. The Centenary NJ. L.
church.. on kirkpatrick street, had its
roof ana ftcep!e carried away by the
wind, and the bells from the tower were
thrown to the ground and broken
The roof OF the John Wesley Chapel,
4. NJ. e, wns torn away and carried 200
feet. The Pittsburgh High School and
Holy Ghost College suffered somewhat.
but are not badly damaged.
Returns from the different sections Of
the two sections show twenty-five or
thirty people injured more or less by
falling trees, roofs. signs. etc. but their
names cannot he given tonight.
On tho u. & o.
West Newton, Pa.. n station on the
| Baltimore 4 Ohio, about thirty miles
east OF here. reports the rain there very
| heavy. The telegram snyS:
~ q. MA landslide 200 feet long and
| several feet deep IL Just reported here
on the Baltimore g. Ohio tracks at Oscc-
| ola. The New York express. which left
| Pittsburgh at o'clock Is stranded
| somewhere west OF here. Both tracks
nre reported covered with trees and
rocks between here and Griffin Station
| two niles cnst
The wntcliman Of the Pcwiclicy rIud
at Cedar creek. two miles east OF here,
reached town at O'Clock and reports
eight big inndsldcs there lie says the
water came on the hills like rIvrrS
bringing everything with IT, lIr could
not get around the slides and had to
cross the river to get here"
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