Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
WIND STORM LIFTS ROOFS
Gale Does Heavy Damage and Leaves
Pittsburg in Darkness,
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED
Tornado Also Trave-scs Champaign
County, Illinois, ana Michigan
suffers from similar Atmos-
pheric Disturbances.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, May ga terrific
wind and rainstorm passed over this Sec
tion today, doing considerable money dam
age, but no fatalities resulted The early
rumors had a number of people killed. but
later reports state that only one person was
seriously injured, Annie Sullivan, a 10-year-
old girl, who was on her way home from
school. She was struck by live telephone
wire heavily charged by a cross with cleo
trio light wires. The wire caught her
across the throat and burned into the flesh
from ear to ear. The physicians tonight
say she has a chance of recovery.
The Miller street school house in Miners
Vile was unroofed and several children
were supposed to be pinned under the
debris. This fortunately proved untrue and
no one was seriously injured. The roof of
A. Warmcastle's livery stable in the East
end was blown off and the entire system
of telephone, telegraph and trolley circuits
was prostrated and street car traffic was
delayed for three hours. The East end
electric light plant was partly wrecked, re-
sulting in the machinery being stopped for
the night. leaving the East end in almost
total darkness. The damage throughout the
city to trees fences, roofs, etc, is heavy.
The storm also did much damage in sur
rounding towns, but no fatalities resulted.
Two Dead.
NEW YORK, May 30.-A special to the
Press from North Tonawanda n. Y, says:
tornado passed over the southern portion
of this city and adjacent country at 430
this afternoon. Two men were killed,
houses were wrecked and much other dam
age done.
The dead are:
CHARLES BROWNE, Tonawanda, farmer.
FREDERICK JOHNSON, Grand Island,
farm laborer
Browne was blown from his wagon while
driving along the river road just south of
Tonawanda and hurled against fence.
johnson was killed by a falling tree while
he was seeking shelter from the great
downpour of rain.
MILWAUKEE, May 29.-Reports of Sc
we're rain and windstorm in western Wis
consn are coming in. A speclai from
GAINESVILLE, Wis, says: In the town of La
Prairie the barns on Alex McClellans ana
Ed Pauls farms were wrecked. Twelve
windmlls close to the city were destroyed.
On Edward Thornton's farms 800 rods OF
fences were blown down. Large trees were
uprooted and for half an hour small cy-
clone prevailed. Much of the early crops
are destroyed
British Hollow a hamlet near Potosi,
was nearly destroyed by the heavy wlnd.
The town hall and several small buildings
were blown down ana OtneT uaiha5e uohS'
La Crosse reports that in many places
crops we're actually washed from the ground
and railroads, especially the Burlington and
Milwaukee roads, where much rev work
was going on, are heavy sufferers.
Tornado in Illinois.
| CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, May ga tornado
passed across Champaign county from the
west to the east at $50 o'clock this after
| noon. The storm cloud struck on ridge
| five miles south of this city, doing slight
| damage. and then rebounded into the air.
| 1t was seen twenty-five miles further east,
several hundred feet in the air and was
| then separating.
The cloud was followed by terrific hail
| storm, which did great damage in the Vicln-
| ity OF Homer and Sydney. At Sydney nun
dreds Of windows were battered in by the
| large hailstones. The hail did much damage
| to the growing corn.
ST. LOUIS, May ga special to the Re-
! public from Griggsville, H., says: This
| community has been deluged with a rain
such as was never before known here. 1t
was accompanied by high wind and hail.
| which did much damage to buildings, trees,
| fruit and crops. Bridges everywhere are
washed out. passenger train west on the
| Wabash is tied up at Valley City, five miles
east of here on account of washouts. TWO
miles of the track between here and there
| is washed out, including several large
bridges, and it will be several days before
| train service can be resumed
| OWOSSO, Mich, May 29.-The tornado
which passed through the village Of Perry,
! twelve miles from this city, last night de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property. No one
was killed and only one person was injured.
CADDO, l. T., May 29-Ths city was
visited by destructive tornado yesterday
evening, followed by a terrific hail storm.
The damage in this vicinity amounts to
thousands of dollars. Very few buildings in
the city escaped without some damage.
Many dwellings were unroofed and blown
from their foundations, while the streets are
blocked with wrecked awnings, signs and
roofs. The opera house is among the
buildings unroofed. No lives we're lost.