The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-26
CHURCHES UNRooFED.
Persons Struck by Lightning.
CHICAGO FLOODED.
Fruit and Grain Destroyed.
Fearful Hail Storm at Troy, 0.

PIrTsBURG, June 24.-Last evening,
between nine and ten o'clock, terrific
storm passed over the city and sur
rounding country. 1t seemed less vio-
lent in the city than in some of the
outlying districts. The wind was not
very high, and did no damage that we
have heard of, and though the thunder
and lightning were severe, no harm
seems to have been done. The rain
came down in torrents and wrought re.
suits very unpleasant to say the least of
them. The "Hardscrabble" neighbor-
hood was put afloat, the water sweeping
into some Of the houses to considera-
bic depth, compelling the inmates to
flee to the upper stories. The water
subsided, after a short time, however,
and no serious damage was done.
Suke's Run, in the Sixth ward, over
flowed, and one or two Of the houses at
at the foot of Stevenson street were
flooded. In one house the water in.
vaded the basement to the depth of
three feet.
1t seems to have been in Charters
Valley and the adjacent country, how
ever, that the storm was heaviest.
There it was the severest that has been
known for years. 1t seems to have
commenced in full severity at the mouth
of CHARTERS Creek, and swept up the
entire length of the valley. The rain
fell in torrents, the wind was hurri-
cane, the thunder and lightning were
terrific, and large quantities of hail
mixed with rain. All along the course
of the storm vegetation seems to have
been wholly destroyed, and all the mar
ket gardens through that part of the
country were utterly ruined. Those
that were not washed out by the tor
rents, had their crops completely de-
stroyed by the hail and wind. Houses
were unroofed, barns and out-houses
blown down, churches demolished,
fences leveled in all directions, orchards
uprooted, and great amount of other
damage done. The creek ran bank
full in very short time after the storm
commenced, and its surface was crowded
with rails, fence boards, agricultural
implements, DC.
CHICAGO, June pa terrific thun-
der storm passed over this city last eve
ming, the rain fell in torrents for nearly
an hour, accompanied by high winds.
Much damage was done by the blow
ing down of building in process of
erection, and the flooding of basement
stores, saloons, etc. The loss of prop.
erty will probably exceed fifty thousand
dollars. No marine disasters on the
lake have been reported up to this hour.
The tunnel under the river at Wash
ington street was inundated to the
depth of several feet, the rain having
poured in at each end.
FINDLAY, O., June 24.-Early this
morning a number of men and boys
sought shelter in a barn six miles south
of Findlay. Shortly after the lightning
struck the barn, hitting two sons OF
John D. Bishop, paralyzing the face OF
the one, and tearing completely into
shreds the hat, shirt, pants, and boots
on the other boy, burning the hair from
the back of his head and his eyebrows,
then passing down his spine into the
ground, and yet without killing him.
1t is stated tonight that the boy will
not recover.
PIQUA, June 24.-Yesterday after.
noon at four clock, terrific rain and
hail-storm swept over Troy and vicin-
ity. The storm continued for about ten
minutes, and many hailstones we've
picked up that were as large as hens
eggs. Numerous. windows were broken,
and the standing grain in many fields
laid flat. At Greenville, Ohio, the
roof of the freight depot was torn of
by lightning. John Stalt, was in the
building at the time and received s. Sc
we're shock, but may recover: The
storm was without precedent in this sec
ton.