The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-08 00:00:00

THE RECENT TERRIBLE STORM IN

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamer Republic. which arrived at
Liverpool on Monday from New York, brought par-
ticulars of the terrible tornado which passed over the
district of Rochester on the 21st ultimo, causing the
partial destruct:on of the town with the loss of many
lives. It seemed that the wind was accompanied by
heavy fal.s of hail, and in its violence was most
terrific, About three hundred houses were said to be
totally demolished and two hundred others were very
seriously damaged. The loss of life was put down in
the town of Rochester alone at twenty-five. In addi-
tion to this there was a shocking loss of life through
the disaster to the train which left Rochester at
four p.m. on the day in question. About five
o'clock, as the train was going at a high speed it
was caught by the violent wind and lifted bodily
from its track and smashed to pieces. Not a single
carriage remained. Through the telegraph communi-
cation being interrupted no particulars of the disaster
could be received, but a train which subsequently
arrived at Rochester brought the intelligence of the
sad catastrophe. It was reported that about 100 lives
were•lost, whilst the train whieh brought the intelli-
gence also conveyed 35 of the wounded. Subsequent
information, however, mentioned the killed as not so
great as at first reported. At latest accounts nine
bodies had been recovered, and it was believed that
many others are among the debris. The Mayor of
Rochester had appealed to the ther towns for assist-
ance in the shape of subscriptions to relieve the dis-
tress caused by the terrible storm,

ANOTHER DEATH „THOM WASP
STING.
Another death, death, the second in less tban a fortnight,
from the sting of a wasp has just occurred. The de.
ceased was Frances Horsnell, aged 63, wife of William
Hormel!, blacksmith, &c., of Hatfield, Broad Oar..
Essex. She kept a confectioner's shop, and on Friday
eveninrz in last week, as she was cleaning the Inside of
the window, a wasp settled on the nape of her neck
and stung her. She at owe called her son James, a
young men, to ruh the spot wiih oil. He did so, when
she exclaimed, "Oh, .Jim! I believe I'm going," and
immediately swooned away, never recovering con-
sciousnez4 ae,ain. Dr. Firman, who lives close by, was
sent for, awl wae in eroinpt attendaec- ; but the un-
fortunate woman expired within tweuty minutes of
being attacked. —At the inqueet on Monday it was
stated that deeeased 'Res stung ti ree years ago, when
she fainted, and was with diffieulty hrteo,eht round.
She had remarked upon Miss Ark wrigl•t'e death, and
said if she was sturig again it would be all up with
her. Dr. Virman Dahl death arose from syncope
cauood by the fright and shock to the ey stem. The
virus from the sting could not have affec' ed the blond
in so short a time. A verdict was returned accord-
ingly.

Oak, I

The many and elet:7 streams of lava which
lately iesu;cl f;,.ai the middle of the eastern side of the
Pone of Vesuvius have accumulated in considerable
quantities, so as to form a [Tian hill on that side of
the mountain, and change its contour at that pzrt.
The new lava is covered with beal3titql white alkaline
crystals.