The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1873-07-16
The Storm King.

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The Storm King.
c,sc,sssrr, Juls5.-The storms
OF the past three days have seldom
i; ever been equaaled in severity IN
Ohio and Indiana. Hurricanes
and tornadoes, with foods Of rain,
have followed each other in rapid
succession. This city and its i'm
mediate vicinity escaped the fury
of the storms. The country north
s,f this and parallel. in, Indiana,
suffered severely by the furious
storms which passed overt cn the
2,.sl, 81 and 4th instant. Inc
telegraph wires have been gener-
a.lly prestrated. At Springfield,
Ohio, it is reported thst the teie-
graph poles we're blown down
across the turnpike 50 thiekly IN
some places as TO entirely obssruet
the travel east of Springfield.
On the Pacific end Atlantic se!e-
graph iine there were more than 9.
HUNDRED poles down. Some OF
them we're struck by lightning and
others pros.rated by the wind.
Passengers from Logansport say
the storm Yesterday ieyelled trees
nearly an the way from Logans-
,sors 10 Richmond, Ind. In Rich
s,ond trees we're blown down IN
.he streets. .As Washington, In
.s.iara, the storm was exceedingly
,herce. Spesrs ofwheet were scat
tered abeut wildly snd carried
yesny feet IN the air. At Colnm-
has the storm MAS very severe and
4iestrnctive. The general prostra-,
ton of telegraph poles is without
parallel in the history of the tele-
graph. An aiarsningly large. mum
Der we're shiTered to pieces by the.
tightening and totally destroyed,
phile others were partially de
sstroyed and many prostrated by
tue wind. To-day viii be busy
day in repairing these lines, By
tonight they will be ready to tell
their history of the storm.
DAyTos, o., July 5.-A terrific
ssorm of wind and rain passed
over this city tonight, blowing
down trees and chimneys. In the
country damage TO grain, fencing
md sheds is said to DO extensive.
The. Miami river is fnll snd still
rising.
MIIwAuK1r, July 5.-A terrific
storm passed through Wisconsin
on Yesterday which proved yery
disastrous to pleasure parties at
Green Lake, Wisconsin. A mum,
Ser Of pleasure seekersion the lake
were struck by the storm. thei1
boats we're capszed and twents
persons drownsd The following
are the only names that could be
obtained: N. C. Rnssel and daugh-
ter, Of Berlin, Tlis.; Jennie Olin, q
child OF Mr.. Allen; Mrs. A. P.
t,orw;n. Mrs. Geo. Harding, WIN,
Bearham., wife and child, and MIR
Iohn Bsin, III ircra Dartsord.
cE.cseo, July 5.The weather
TODAY is c!ear and beautiful
sEaaere sa,,nrts rscsirssi irone iAe
i.s.:ie,;s4 Iys4,lss iE lie country show
that the storm Of tae lsst two days
hss been one of the u2oss severe
kind eyer experienced here. An
ssnmence Quantity Of water fell,
and there has been good deal Of
damage done to telegraph poles BY
lightning and wind. J.
NET yoaK, July During q
hsayy shower at Andoyer yesser.
essy afternoon the lightning struck
old South Church, and slammed
Rev. Air. Abbot. Hho sas deliver
ing the oration, and also Mr.. Car
ter, the tenor of the choir. Both
recovered in q few minutes The
church was net materially dan-
aged. Seseral other buildings were
aise struck. It mas the most yjo-
ssns storm experienced here for
Gfsy yesrs. 49,.
PcaJsaourz. N. n, July 5.-SeT.
eral honscs here and in the vicin-
ssy#ere struck by lightning yes
teydss.
C1acIsv1LIE, O., July 5.-The
Scio:a rirer has overaowed extern
s;rely the broom corn fields in this
vicinity, probably running some
Ave hundred to 9 thousand acres.
Broom corn Is aattened down and
washsd on, 10 sha. much Of it can
not r;sa. The stream is SO high
that the roads are impossible be-
tween here and Columbus No
,rsins have arrived from the East
since Thnrsday.
The Cholera.