Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
Deaths by Lightning, and De.
structiOn by TOrnadOeS.

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We have on several occasions alu-
ded to the remarkable number of deaths
by lightning which have occurred this
summer in various parts of the coun-
try. We have not pretended to keep an
account of half of them, but the record
crowds upon reader of the newspapers so
fast that 1t is difficult to observe this fact
peculiar to the year now passing. In Uti
ca, N: L., on Wednesday, man returning
from his field imprudentiy carving a pitch,
fork on his shoulder in the midst Of thun-
der storm, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. On the same day qirl in
Richmond was killed by lightning and al
so Mr.. Kenyon, of Ohio, while lvipo
down upon the floor of his house. AMr'
McNight of New York, was instantly kill
ed by thunder-bolt, on Thursday last and
Mr.. Dean, of Walden Vt. The Windsor
Journal, of VT, is informed of four deaths
in a neighboring town during single storm.
On Monday last, a young man of Riply,
Ohio, named Shepherd, was instantly kill
ed, and on Friday last, man named Hart
ley, residing near wheeling.
! Damages to buildings and crops, and
ravages among forest trees, have also been
great. The Ridgeway (Elk Coy Report
er, says that the country was visited with
destructive storm of hail and wind on the
goth of July. There was general thun-
der storm all over the country, and very
heavy rain during the latter part of the af-
ternoon. But perfect tempest of wind
and hail, confning itself to width of from
forty-two rods to a half mile, struck the
settlement on the Brandy Camp road at
MIntosh's and passed on east, leaving ruin
and desolation in its track, blowing down
trees, scattering fences, flattening the grain
corn and potato crops on the ground. The
destruction to the crop is immense, and in
some instances the loss of the farmers will
be very heavy, as their entire crops are
supposed to be injured beyond recovery
From what we heard and saw, we think
the loss to Fox township cannot be less
than $4,000.
The Warren (Pa.) Ledger says that
very destructive hail storm passed over Su
gar Grove and neighboring sections of that
county, last Monday. 1t completely rid
died corn, buckwheat and other tender
grain, cutting leaves from trees in some
places like the frosts of autumn. The
jamestown Democrat states that man
named Phinney, in South Valley, Catta
raugus county, was intantly killed by light
ming on the 10th, and one named Stryker
was Frustrated and is not expected to re-
cover.
On last Friday afternoon tornado oc-
cured in Tekwesbury, Mass, of which The
Boston Traveller gives an account. 1t
confined itself to narrow strip of territory,
but within that was all-powerful. One in
-cident is recorded as follows:
"a fisherman, resident of Lynn, who
was on his return from Lowell, supposing
that shower was approaching, drove under
a tree for shelter. The tornado struck the
team, taking both horse and wagon into
the air, landing the horse in ditch by the
side of the road, throwing the man across
the road, and breaking the wagon into frag-
ments. Some portions of the wagon were
afterwards found nearly mile from the
spot, sticking up in the ground. The occu-
pant of the wagon was thrown across the
road, the tree under which he was shelter
ed being blown down upon him, by which
he was seriously but not fatally bruised"
Wherever the tempest went, it blew up
trees by the roots, demolished barns and
houses and prostrated the growing crops.
On the Goth, a tbunder-cloud burst
above the City of Hartford, Conn.,, flood
ing the streets and doing much damage to
property. Lightning struck in several
places in the city. On the day previous,
the City of Albany, New York, was visit
ed by similar tempest, which, which sur
passed in fury anything of the kind ever
known there before. The above will serve
as specimens of what has been occurring in
various parts of the country within few
days. In words of E. Merriam, it may be
justly denominated "the tempestuous term"