The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-11-24
GREAT BLOW ON THE LAKES.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 21.-Ihe wind has
been blowing at the rate of IS miles an hour
since noon AT the Pan American grounds
the building for the cyclorama of Missionary
Ridge was blown down and another Midway
building was seriously injured. Scaffodings
were torn from some of the buildings and sec
tons of roofs were torn off here and there.
Several workmen are reported injured.
CLEVELAND, Ono, Nov. 21.-A heavy west
erly gale, which at times reached a velocity of
60 miles an hour, swept over Northern Ohio
today, prostrating telephone and telegraph
wires in all directions. The telegraph COM
panies experienced the greatest difficulty in
maintaining communication between many
points. In this city the wind played havoc
with chimneys, trees and plate G lass windows.
The temperature is falling rapidly.
New YORK, Nov PA wind storm, ac-
companied by sashing fall of rain, struck
New York and vicinity at 4. 10 o'clock this
afternoon. The wind came from the north
west and blew for five minutes at ~ mile
clip. The rain was driven in Kissing sheets
through the streets. The velocity OF the wind
was such that several persons going across
City Hall Park were blown from their feet.
New York, Nov21.-A strong gale blowing
out of the west hit Paterson. N. j., shortly
after o'clock this afternoon, and has since
been blowing strongly. 1t reached its greatest
velocity little before . o'clock, and at the
time u particularly strong gust caused the col
lapse of the new buildings in course of cree.
ton for the Yantacaw Ice Company, Il mile
from Haledon, aud caused the death of one
man and severe injury to five others. All of
the victims are carpenters, and were in the
employ Of William L. Gutherson, who was
erecting the ice houses.
DENVER, COL, Nov 2l.-A heavy snow
storm, accompanied by high wind, has been
in progress on the western slope in Colorado
for the past three days. The warm weather
melted the snow very fast and slides have &C.
Cured, doing considerable damage General
| traffic is being interrupted, and work in the
| mines in certain sections has stopped because
of the inability to transport supplies.
SCHENECTADY, N Y, Nov. 2i.-Several
| persons were injured and many other narrowly
| escaped death, while thousands of dollars
worth of damage was done, as the result of the
cyclone in this city today. Prominent among
| the injured was James A. Goodrich, President
of the Y. NJ. C. A. and prominent lawyer,
who was blown down and hurt about the head.
John A. Castor and fellow laborer were
blown from scaffold at the locomotive works
to the ground, so feet away, and badly injured.
The base ball grand stand was wrecked and
fragments carried through the air, demolishing
the fronts of houses in Delemont avenue.
Thee baby carriages were upset and the occu-
pants narrowly escaped being trampled to
death under horses feet. The Alpha knitting
mill was badly damaged.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PIrrsBURG, Nov. 21.-Wesiern Pennsylva-
MIA suffered heavily from the wind storm to-
day. The only serious damage in this imme-
date section was in Braddock. Two houses
in the upper part of town were unroofed. the
electric light plant was crippled and two large
windows in the Carnegie Library were
smashed by the wind, hail and rain. A gale
swept up the Allegheny river, and the feed
wires of the Sharpsbnrg and Aspinwall trolley
line we're broken.
The coal company's store near Pleasant
Unity, Fayette county, was demolished by the
storm. At Butler the wind blew out the gas
in one boiler at the Court House heating
plant, and few mintes later the accumulated
gas ing,ted from the fire under the second
boiler An explosion followed, which blew
out all the windows and set fire to the build
ing.
ERIE, Nov. GA northwest gale, which
attained velocity of GA miles an hour, did
$50, 600 damage in this section of the State
today. Windows were blown out, trees lev
eled and few small buildings collapsed.
The damage to fruit trees is enormous. Ship
ping interests did not suffer much, although
local fishermen lost nets valued at $4,000.
The Massassaugua greenhouses were domol-
ished, and, although there we're many narrow
escapes and minor injuries, no fatalities are
reported; The mercury dropped 40 degrees