The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-04-03
Does Serious Damage to Prop,fty ii
Pitts5urg
FORTY PEOPLE BADLY INJURED
Wrecks a Church During SerVic
and a Panic Results fieavy Dam
ages.


this section struck the city Just pe'
fore noon Sunday and did almost IN
calculable damage to property ana VI
iued many people, some CT whom rla;
die from the effects Of their wonudS
Scores of houses were unroofed man
trees were blown down, n2ill stacks
toppled over and telegraph and teie-
phone wires generally disabled. Tie
most serious accident reported up to
O'Clock was the unroofng OF the knox
vile Presbyterian church, in Knox
willie. The church was filed VITA an
Easter congregation numbering a1out
600 persons. While the minister was
in the midst of his sermon. strcAa
gust of wind blew over the !ar.e
chimney, and lifted a portion OF the
roof off the building. The bricks from
the chimney crushed through the roof
and carried a huge piece OF the cell
ing. measuring about 40 by 70 feet
down upon the worshipers in the
pews. An indescribable panic eA
sued and a frantic rush was made iof
the doors and windows. The excite
ment was soon Quieted and the WofE
of rescue begun. At least 40 persons
were caught by the wreckage ana
more or less injured. OF this NUMBER
five may not recover. The more seri-
ously injured are:
DR.. R. ]. Philips, aged 40, concus-
sion of brain, may Gle; Curtis hay
Mcknight, years old, internal IN
juries. both legs crushed, probably
fatal; Clarence McNulty, aged Il.
internal injuries, badly crushed, may
die; Fletcher Bryon, fracture at the
base of the brain, serious; DaTiQ
Smith, 80, arm broken, head cut aAc
badly battered, serious; Joseph
Adams, 81, badly crushed; Albert
Schmidt, IA. both arms broken ana
head cut; John Meyer, II, head AMI
face cut; Thomas Meherlin, Is. arms
and head cut; Evan Jones, p. seii.
Gus scalp wounds; Mrs. Rachael
Schultz. S5. arms broken. None OF the
other injured are seriously hurt.
In none Of the other accidents re-
ported throughout the city were there
any serious injuries to persons.
though many narrow escapes are re-
corded. The towboat, Belle MCGOWAN,
was blown over in the Ohio river OPP
posite Mill Run and completely wreck
ed. Her crew narrowly escaped
drowning, but all were finally rescued
by harbor boats. The corrugated iron
roof Of the union bridge at the point
was lifted from its fastenings by the
wind and portions of it carried dis
lance of a mile. The Whittier School,
near Mount Washington, was un-
rooted and its walls badly twisted.
Jones & Laughlin's had IA Of their
furnance stacks blown down, necessi-
tating the shutdown of portion
of their plant for weeks. Reports from
nearby towns are not coming IN,
probably on account Of the crippled
condition of the wires. 1t is feared
that much damage has been done in
those places.
AS Rev. ]. w. English, pastor of the
Robinson Run Union Protestant
church, near Mcdonald, was raising
his arms to pronounce the benedic-
ton, lightning struck the church spire
and it toppled upon the roof, crushing
1t and injuring a number Of worship
ers, two Of whom will die. The in
jured are: Robert Patterson, aged 10,
skull fractured, will die; Leon Averill,
IL, skull fractured, will die. Mrs.
John Patterson, mother Of Robert
severely bruised about body; MIS-.
Mary Patterson, arm broken anu
I, Mites Morv q WAL
lace, badly bruised; Mrs. Averill,
mother of Leon, head and arms cut
and bruised.
The spire and portions Of the roof
of the Union Protestant church at
Mcdonald was torn off and the build
Ing considerably damaged. but no one
was injured. The Noblestown Presby-
terian church was also unroofed, Dut
the congregation escaped injury.
The Forest Oil Company had be-
tween 200 and 800 derricks blown
down in it's Mcdonald region and con-
siderable damage was sustained by
its pipe system.
The Offices of the Monongahela Con-
Meeting Railroad, on Second avenue,
this city, were destroyed by fire dur
ing the afternoon, because no alarm
could be sent in either by telephone
or telegraph. The Armstrong Cork
Company's plant on Liberty avenue,
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth streets, was unroofed and much
damage done to machinery and stock.
Reports from the different railroads
tonight show that all suffered more
or less from broken telegraph poles
and crippled service. All, however.
were ia good shape and trains run