The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-24
STORM Brings DEATH.
Pittsburg Center Of Violent Wind,
Lightning and Hail Disturbance.
THE PROPERTY LOSS is HIGH
niver. and Creeks Approach Flood
Records, wrecIxing Houses anu
submerging streets-AiteEha-
NY suffers Very Badly.

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vicinity has been visited by one Oh tne
iiercest storms known since the United
States weather btirenu was established.
Within AZ minutes 1.10 iiiches OF rain
fell. and during that time the lightning
and thunder was almost continuous.
The wind accompanying the storm
was not high except in a contracted
path few hundred feet wide, when
swept like tornado from McKees
Rocks, through Allegheny, a portion OF
the east end. Pittsburg, on to Will
merding and Turtle creek.
Many lives are said to have been lost
during the storm, but only one victims
name has been learned. He was
Charles Marcus, IN Italian, who was
working In sewer at Center ana
Euclid avenues, this city. When the
rain came, the sewer was raging Tor
rent In n moment, and Marcus was
torn away from his fellow workmen
and probably carried through to the
river.
Great damage was done In the two
cities and in the suburbs east, Dnt
nothing like accurate figures can pc
given. Conservative estimates place
the loss at 100000. The tornado,
when 1t reached Allegheny, struck the
grand stand of the ball park and car
ried away bodily $50 feet Of that struc-
ture.
II is a miracle that no lives We're lost
In Allegheny. In the Butchers Run
district the famous flood OF 1874 was
outdone except In the loss OF life. For
tunately the inhabitants of that district
anticipated the trouble. and when the
torrent, which clogged the sewers and
overfowed the streets and submerged
the houses, came all Of the occupants
had fled.
| Going eastward, the storm carried
destruction in its wake, doing damage
which will aggregate many more thou
| sands OF dollars. The Point Breeze
| Presbyterian church was struck by
| lightning, and the steeple. together
with n portion of the roof of the edifice,
| was wrecked. The Presbyterian church
Mt Williamsburg was also struck.
Engine whistle Warns.
At East Pittsburg Turtle creek was
higher than ever known before, but the
inhabitants along its banks We're warn
cd by Bessemer engine going over
| the route, whistling and ringing Its
bell. letting the people know Of the
danger. Turtle creek in its rampage
flooded the great works of the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
company at East Pittsburg. So far as
can be estimated Mt present no great
damage was done to the building, but
the machines, tools and work in prog
ress on the lower floor, which was coy
cred by water, We're considerably In
jured The Westinghouse officials ey
pect to have the works running rs
usual within a few days.
TO demonstrate the terrible force OF
the wind eight refrigerator cars wer,
blown from the Pennsylvania railroad
track Mt Stewart station. turning then
completely over and blocking three Of
the four tracks for several hours. A
Murraysvllle severe damage was caus
ed by the lightning and heavy wind
destroying fruit trees and blowing
barns down. The residences of Samue
Brenlinger ut Pitcairn and of Alder
Darman were struck by lightning, bu
no damage was done. In Penn town
, ship, Westmoreland county, Il school
house was moved off It's foundation
and Is IN danger of falling over at an,
! time.
: At East McKeesport four franz
. houses and barn belonging to j. l.
/, Deyeney were overturned.
Along the Allegheny river the dam
age was not SO great, but Mt Millval
the two main streets were under water
!, Gurty's run is out of its banks, ant
. three bridges have been washed away
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