Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-02
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sent ppon this community within q quarter
Of century. There was not much rain
north Of Meyers ridge, little min sosth Of
Perrysvill-, and eastward the fall st M'Aii.-
tervilie was Of ,nch character That little
damage vas done. From David BAshoar' s to
A;filintown, fences that crossed streams
have, with .e~ exceptions, been swept away
The hill zelda that have been pioughei this
season have been deeply furrowed tons OF
their best soil were swept to lower levels.
Stones latse enough to use in foundation
walls Of hogses or barns were rolled along
IN the food that sped down every euIies
with roar from Meyers ridge. fhe dam
age to fences and fields IN Fefmanagh town
ship, south Of Lost Cieek, will amount to a
good deal OF money n town the damage
to prVpert, Is as notEihg when compared to
the loss in the township. A few cellars
were flooded. Mr.. Lcgan's cellar or base
rncrt to the house in which he lives, at the
west terminus of Cherry street, had q
stream of water that was too vOlumiDous TO
wake the turn into Water street, - break
down the walls in part and course straight
! through it, cut into the garden, where q
back-house IVES encountered, tumbled over
aud carried into the canal. At the inter-
section of Cherry and Third streets the
volume of water that ran down the north
side Of Cherry street was too great for the
gutter on the east side of Third street,
water ike. it broke OVER ell barriers and
ran diagona;ly across Third street to Dr..
fCrawford's new house, which, with all its
complete drainage for ordinary foods, did
not escape deiuge in the basement. Other
cellars south Of the Doctors residence were
also flooded. People in that vicinity thought
that the water from the hills of Fermsnagh
,nwntsip had been turned down that way,
which was mistake, for if they had, you
might search the river for the foundation
stones of The buildings of Miffiiutown.-
| Through Bridge street stream of water
ysn from curb TO curb. and where obstruc-
| Hons presented themselves TO its tiow high
waves rolled, or jets sprans up, as If in
mirtkful gee over the raging torrent. About
| the intersection OF Water street a jet dis
ported itsef to the height of about six feet.
/ The water could not all vent itself through
/ the CUTTERS at the end of the street at the
canal. A large body flowed halt way across
the cana, bridge and rolled over its sides
into the DITCH below, which was soon so
filled with water that it overilowed the tow.
path ard ran into the river.
| The food that rolled down tie stream
! that enters the river at the first lock north
Of town wss exceedingly large ard did con-
siderable damage in its course. By and by
/ Buds run south of town rose 20 height
that interested the people Of the town no
little, though immediately after the rain
had passed it WAS not swollen sufficiently TO
excite a remark from anybody. The wafer
from The hills hsd not yet, then, run dowr.
However, alter j, commenced 10 rise i,rose
with a rapidity that astonished the behold
ers. In a pasture through which the run
courses were six calves, that belonged to
Mr.. Jonathan kaUfiman-farmer On the T..
c. allaher iarm--which, during the rain,
stood in group, on the taak, at the south
| side of the stream, at-the east end of ;hc
On and saw the water rise, Jaw it rapidly
! rise 10 the spot the calves occupied, then
rise higher AID higher till it swept them of
their feet into the swift cIrrent, adown
which they were so swiftly borne that they
were rushed underneath the iiood-gate at
| the west end OF the pasture without temg
| ahere four were taken out. The two re-
naming were swept into the lower basin
before they were got out. There is no tell
! ing how many hundred rails and how many
ieet of useful lumber of different kinds
went down the run.
| a considerable quantity of hail accom-
panied the rain here, but il was not large
enough to irjure anything. The wind
I reered often, and at no time blew long
from Que point. The thunder was loud and
the lightning WAS sharp.
| The house in. which Philo Pannebakcr
lives, adjoining the foundry, was struck by
I lightning. Ii did not strike the highest
! obisct on the house, which would have been
the chimney top, but struck the southeast
corner of the building, about the square,
thence down to the kitchen stovepipe !;
thence out tiit indispensable conductor
down into the stove, cracking its plates,
and t1sshing through the kitchen with such
! bri. hiuess that Mrs. Pannnebaker, who was
Knocked down but not hurt. says that all
the colors Of The RAINBOW were as distinctly
visible in that room as ever she saw them
in rainbow in the SKY. Robert Panneba-
ker, Mho was also somewhat affected and
greatly alarmed, ran speedily to the foun-
dry and told that their house had been
str dok by lightning. Mr.. Batman and sons
FASTENED ove.-it was but few steps-to
the relief, but there was no fire. In
stead OF fire there thick black smoke,
through which they could scarcely see, all
through the house. that smelled SO strongly
of sulphur that all the windows and doors
had to be opened to prevent suiocation--
Sydney Batman, who was opposite to the
struck house at an open window in the
Foundry, was knocked down at the time
the house Vas struck. 1t was storm long
to be remembered.
THE Lewistown Gazette says: Among
the saved from the FIRE at Osceola wss
Mrs. Ramey, formerly Of this place.
She was up stairs engaged 10 dressing
her children when men knocked at her
door and hastily informed her that the
ere was sweeping with terrific speed
towards the town, and that unless she