The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31
PITTSBURG STORM TNRnnE-a
CHURCH AND SENDS CHIMNEY
THROUGH CEILING
FORTY UNDER WRECKAGE
Five Of the Injured Attendants M
Service VIII Die a. Result
Of the Injuries They
Received
DAMAGE TO CITY IS LARGE

PITTSBURG, Pa, March S0.-One oF
the fiercest windstorms ever known in
TINS section struck the city TODAY lust
before noon and did almost incalcuIable
damage and Injured many people. some
OF whom will die from the effects Of
their wounds
scores Of houses were unroofed. MANY
trees We're blown down, mill stacks top
pied over and telegraph and teIeph0na
wires We're generally disabled
The most serious accident was The un-
roofing Of the Knoxville PRESBYTERIAN
church, in Knoxville. The church Ill tina
time was filed with an Easter congrera-
tion numbering 600.
While the minister was delivering hig
sermon, strong gust Of wind blew over
the large chimney and lifted the roof
OF the building. The bricks from tHe
chimney crashed through and carried "
huge piece OF the hardwood ceiling. meas
uring about forty by twenty feet down
upon the worshipers in the pews
Frantic Rush for Doors.
An indescribable panic ensued, ana u
frantic rush was made for the doors ana
windows
AT least forty persons were caught by
the wreckage and injured OF this num-
Der, five will probably not recover. The
more seriously injured are:
Or. r. J. Phillips aged forty years,
may die
Curtis Ray Mcknight, four years ola,
probably fatal
Clarence McNulty, seventeen years old,
may die
Fletcher Byron, serious.
David Smith thirty-two years old, Sc
rious
Joseph Adams, twenty-one.
Albert Schmidt, fourteen.
John Meyer seventeen.
Thomas Mechin, eighteen.
Evan Jones, twenty two, serious.
Mrs. Rachel Schultz, thirty-flve.
The towboat Belle MCGOWAN was blown
over in the Ohio river and completely
wrecked. Her crew was rescued.
Jones & Largklin's fourteen furnace
stacks We're blcwn down, necessitating the
closing Of a portion Of their plant for
weeks.
Many Churches Damaged.
AS Rev. John Johnson, at Mcdonald,
Pa, was raising his arms to ask The
benediction, lightning struck the church
spire went through the roof, which fell
crushing number or visitors, two of
whom will die. The injured are:
Robert Patterson, aged ten years, viii
Leon Averill eleven, viii die.
ert.
Mrs Mary Patterson.
Miss Mary @. Wallace
Mrs. Averill. mother Of Leon.
The spire and part Of the roof or the
United Presbyterian church at McDon-
aid was torn off and the building con-
siderably damaged
The Noblestown Presbyterian church
was also unroofed
The Forest Oil company suffered the
fall Of 200 and 300 derricks blown down
in its Mcdonald region and consider
able damage was sustained BY its en-
ployes.
Part Of Pittsburg In Dark
The freight house Of the MononeeheIa
connecting railway was destroyed by fire
this afternoon before an alarm could be
turned in either by telegraph Of teIe-
phone
The Armstrong manufacturing plant
was unr0ofed and much damage done to
machinery and stock
Reports from different railways show
that all suffered from broken telephone
poles and crippled service. The Montauk
apartment house and the Idaho building
which adjoins it were partially destroy
ed. The roof Of the big forge at Dan
ton was lifted off and carried many yards
away.
The damage in Turtle Dreek and Mo-
nongahela valleys will reach thousands
Of dollars.
The greater part Of this city ~ IN dark
ness tonight, the electric light system
having been put out Of service BY the
storm.