The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-07-06
Destructive ,SfOrllLS.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGE FROM THE
LIGHTNING.

There was prevalence of terrible storms
along the a lautic coast and throughout the
Eastern States on Sunday. In wes'erp and
central New York they ragged with great
fury A despatch from Utica says: AT
intervals since Saturday night we have had
:he heaviest fall of rain which has occurred
here for years. The canal has overtiowed
all along the line. Lightning struck Will
liams & Owens dry goods store and the
Western Union telegraph office at O'Clock
this morning. The stock, valued at 80, 800,
is almost "a total loss. 1t is insured for $3,-
900. The Mohawk river overilowed the
flats more rapidly than ever before, and
heavy damage to crops is anticipated.
HAII.sToNEs IN CONNECTICUT.
A dispatch from Waterbury, Conn, says:
! "The most terrible bailstorm that ever oc-
Cured in this vicinity struck Waterbury
at seven O'Clock last evening and did great
damage. The garden crops are almost
ruined. Greenhouses and conservatories
suffered severely, hardly "a pane of glass
escaping. There is not whole sGylight i'll
the city. The hailstones we're as large as
butternuts the ground white with
them and strewed with leaves and twigs.
The rainfall was heavy and the streets and
roads were badly washed. The glass i'll
nearly every stree. lamp was shivered. -
The streets are filled with people viewing
the devastation. IL has not yet been learn
ing like it was ever seen here.''
HURRICANE THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO.
Another terrific hurricane swept through
central Ohio on Saturday night, doing con-
siderable damage to crops, fences and out
buildings and III some instances causing
more serious losses. Near Richmond, Ind,
large tree was blown upon "a bridge while
two men were crossing i'll buggy Chas
Brown was struck 10y limb and instantly
killed aud w. j. Hiatt dangerously injured.
a number of dwellings in the course of the
storm were damaged, but no other casual
ties are reported. Spring field, Mount Yer
non, GAINESVILLE, Canal Dover aud other
smaller towns suffered considerably from
the violence of the wind.
OIL WORKS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
During the prevalence of heavy storm
early Saturday morning lightning struck
the agltatOr and cooper shops of the Liber-
ty oil works in Lawrencevile Pa, and set
them on fire. The cOoperage machinery
and about two thousand empty barrels
were consumed. The fire communicated
with the oil i'll two large iron tanks close 10
the cooper shop aud they with their con-
tents, about three Thousand barrels of crude
oil, were totally destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $50, 600, and is fully insured,
principally III foreign companies. The
works are owned by j. A. Mckee & Sons,
who were only carrying small stock. The
fire in the two tanks burned fiercely all
day, and the scene was visited by thousands
Of people.
At Laconia, n. H., lightning struck the
Catholic church, burning it to the ground
Loss *6,0 fully insured.
In Biddeford, Me, there were heavy
thunder storms Saturday, eight inches of
rain falling in three hours. Many of the
streets are impossible and are damaged to
the extent of over 81, 600. \ house belong
ing to a MIR. Townsend, at Kennebnnk port
was struck by lightning and two ladies Sc
verely hurt.
At Waverly, johnson county, Indiana
about o'clock Saturday night, the storm
struck the residence of George Dressler
blowing it entirely away, and leaving fruit
cans in the cellar undis' urbed. Dressler
was found near by, with lis fee: la-ccrated
and his chest badly injured. His wife and
two children were killed. Another child
aged twelve years, died on Sunday, while
a fourth child, nine years old. received a
bad scalp wound and had its ankle disloca-
ted, and is not expected to recover. The
residence of James Armstrong was nearly
blown down. One child was killed and
another has since died. Near St Paul.
Ind. barns, dwellings, a church and school
house we're entirely destroyed. Michael
Meheslich was killed Mrs. Richer was
fatally injured G. Juppenlatz internally
injured !; and John Lewis had his collar
bone broken. At Jolly, Ind, a new church
was completely torn to pieces. The farm
ers loss lose very heaAily, in the vicinity of
Columbus, Ind, the lowest estimate of the
damage is $50, 900.
The house of Mr.. Drummer, near Frank
lin, Ind, was demolished, killing the en-
tire family of five persons, and the house
of George Freshler was also torn to pieces
killing the entire family of six persons
The cattle, standing crops, barns. forests
and orchards suffered severely. In Morgan
county several houses are reported blown
down and many persons injured, two of
them children who have since died A
school-honse was carried fifty yards down
hill. Another school house was carried
across a field and the school furniture scat
tered for half mile. One house was be-
spatterod with mud, supposed to have come
from a stream half M lie away as no rain
accompanied the storm which was half a
mile in width Great damage to houses
aud crops was done, as in other counties
a train eastward bound on the Panhandle
road was ocertaken by .he tornado near
knightstown and tree fell across the for
ward end of the postal car, crushing it but
doing no other dammage, as the train was
moving slowly.
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