Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-08-20
NEWS DEPATCHB.

SCRANpeS, IA, august IL, loI3.-A
, thrilling catastrophe occurred this otter
noon oil the hills, about FIVE miles from
this city. at place called Kuhn's Patch.
A large number of women and girls from
Scranton were on the Hills gathering
berries, when storm came up from the
south aud they rushed to an untenanted
building to take shelter from the down
pouring rain.
About forty one women and children
found room in the old house. while seven
were obnged to stand outside under the
storm. With the increasing storm the
sheets of fire began to descend. the light
ming becoming more vivid and the peals
of thunder seeming to advance from
distant cavcrns until the old building be
gan to tremble. At length a lightning
shaft, more vivid than any that had pre-
ceded it, descended among the unhappy
group of women and girls, killing two
Of them and scorching in trightful man
ner four others, tearing the flesh of their
limbs and producing heart-sickening
scene among the panic stricken women.
For some time even those who had not
been touched by the electric fire were
paralized by the appalling sight they
had seen, and were unable to render any
assistance.
The groans of those fatally injured
and the six other victims were heart
rending, and the utter helplessness of
the poor women and girls was pitable-
Word was sent eventually to Scranton
and with the utmost despatch messengers
were sent over the hill to the scene of
the disaster with wagons. medical atten-
dance and bedding on which to convey
the dead and wounded to the city. Two
of the women who stood outside the shed
said that the excitement was so intense
when they left the shocking scene tina;
they could not bear to 60 into the old
house nor to hear the means of those
within who were suffering from the most
excruciating agony.
The road leading from Scranton to the
sad scene is almost impaesabIe, being
completely flooded at several points. and
it will be late hour tonight before
those who have gone there with wagons
can return to the city.
learn that woman named Kline ana
a girl named Schenk. eighteen years of
age. the daughter of blind man, are
dead.
LATER PETALS OF THE CALAMITY.
The party of women struck by light
ming on the Kuhn Patch hills, near
Scranton this afternoon, have been
brought to this city. Only two were
killed on the spot, but four others are
burned fatally and many quite seriously.
Several Of the women were unable to
find room in the old hut or the deaths
would have been much more numerous.
One of the women standing on the
outside the time the fiery dart entered
the i'll fated place states that the rain and
hail was falling in torrents and all crowd
ed to the door. When the lightning
struck. preceded an instant before by a
terrifying peal of thunder one dreadful
chorus Of screams rent the air and at the
sight of the dead and those whose flesh
had been stripped from their bodies in
many parts, several members Of the par
ty tainted, while the remainder, though
unhurt. were perfectly paralyzed with
fear. 1t was some twenty minutes be-
fore any one could be induced to move
toward the city for assistance, 30 great
was the dread that had fallen on them
by this frightful visitation. The Wyom-
ing Valley bad been partly inundated
by the heavy rain. and there was con
siderable difficulty experienced in reach
ing the unfortunate people
ST.. LOUIS, August 15,-Advices from
the Pawnee reservation in Nebraska,
say the Pawness are preparing for war
with the Sioux, in retaliation for the at
tack on them some days ago They are
said to have about six hundred warriors
among themselves, and have invited the
Otoes, Omahas, Yanktons and Poncas to
join them. Nearly all of them have ac-
cepted the invitation, and at last accounts
the braves of these tribes were either at
or on their way to the Pawnee reserva-
ton. The Pawnees expect to muster
l,6OO warriors. and propose to prosecute
a relentless war against the Sioux.
For the origen of the Pawnee and
Sioux war, see despatch on first page.
A Hint to Housewives to heep Kitch.
en- ware Clean and Bright.
Every housewife of neat and tidy
habits takes especial delight in keeping
all the tin, copper and iron ware of her
kitchen IA clean and bright "a painstak.