The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
Several Persons Killed and Injured,
and n Large Number of Build
fnEs Blown Down.
OHIO RIVER SLOWLY RISING
TRIBUTARIES ARE SWOLLEN AND
POURING OUT THEIR FLOOD.
Little Probability of Much Damage,
However-Greatest Rise Expected
Below Mouth of the wabash.

PITTSBURG, Jan. IA terrific wind
storm to-day caused an almost complete
paralysis of the telegraph service out of
this city. Wires were Frustrated in all di-
Tections and communication by the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies was
cut off from all but Southern points. Con-
siderable damage was done throughout the
city by the high winds, and a number of
persons were injured by falling signs, poles,
etc, but as far as known no one was killed
The wind attained a velocity Of thirty
eight miles hour.
Reports from nearby towns coming in to-
night show much damage At Washington
Pa, one. and perhaps two, lives were lost
A scaffold on which Daniel Jennings and
William Pallet were working, at the Wash
tngton ice plant, was blown down and both
men fell forty feet and were buried under
the debris. Jennings's skull WIS crushed
causing almost instant death. Pallet is
seriously hurt internally. A part of the
Washington and Jefferson grand stand at
college Park was blown down; also por-
ticn Of the Novelty glass works Much
other minor damage was done in town In
the outlying districts there was also much
destruction. Derricks west of Washington
were laid low, trees blown down and dam
buildings in many places
At Taylorstown over fifty oil rigs were de-
molished, the loss reaching about $4,000.
At Wellsville, o., many buildings were I'M
rooted, fences and trees blown down. tele-
graph and telephone wires Frustrated. Four
large stacks, $50 feet high, of the WelsvilIe
Plate and Sheet-iron Company, were blown
directly across the Cleveland & Pittsburg
Railroad.
Greensburg, Pa, reports the storm the
worst ever experienced there. Telegraph
and telephone wires connecting the towns
and villages with that place We're rendered
useless, and as a result the exact extent of
the damage cannot be told. In the country
districts, and especially in the woodland
parts, trees have been cast across the pub
lie highways, rendering travel out of the
question. The roof of the courthouse there
was loosened from its fastening and for
several hours great uneasiness was felt
The large flag pole in Ludwick, erected in
honor of the soldiers at Manila, was blown
down and several persons narrowly escaped
being struck. A narrow escape from a ter
rible wreck was made on the Hempfield
Railroad A landslide caused by the heavy
rams occurred at point on the Rosensteel
farm, a passenger train ran into the mass
on the track The engine was badly dam
aged, but happily was not derailed The
passengers We're badly shaken up, but none
was seriously injured
At irwin chimneys, fences. trees and sign
boards were blown down, but no one has
yet been reported injured.
Considerable damage was done at New
Castle. In all parts of the city roofs were
blown of. The Vulcan foundry was a heavy
loser, as one side of one of the big build
1ngs was blown in and some of the ma
ehinery damaged. The new six-story He'll
man building which is in course of con-
struction, was badly damaged, part of the
brick work being blown down. Two houses
One was in the Hoover Heights addition
and was ready for the plasterers, while the
other had been raised and was ready for
the roof.