Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-13
STORMS.

street, and passed almost due north,
taking in about one square east and
west, and destroying almost everything
in its course, and killing twenty odd
people. The damage to property ir
estimated at 100000. The fire,
started BY lightning, was finally sub
dued after six hours steady work BY the
fireneu. Many persons were wounded.
Many farmers we're in town, a number
OF whom were killed and wounded
The most prominent buildings destroyed
we're the Court House, two newspaper
Offices, three churches, one of them the
finest in Southern Illinois, and two
school houses. About twenty business
houses and nearly hundred residences
were destroyed or damaged either by
the storm or BY the fire.
On Tuesday, the 5th inst, a large
water spout bust near Bell Creek, in
Elk Horn valley, Nebraska, flooding
everything for miles to the depths of
twelve feet. The damage is considera-
Bile, but the amount is unknown as yet.
During the prevalence of thunder
storm last Wednesday evening, the
German Reformed church, at Hummels-
town, Pa, was struck by lightning.
The lightning rod was melted and torn
off from the building, but no other
damsge Gone. The storm in the Leb-
anon Valley was very severe, injuring
crops in the ground, fruit trees and
fences.
On the night of the 4th inst. wind
storm passed over the northern end of
Monroe equity, Pa. Much damage WAS
done to property in the isolated agri-
cultural districts, houses, barns and
other buildings being destroyed. Geo
Brose, farmer, while driving along
the road, was hurled from his seat in
wagon and dashed to death on the road
side. A little girl, Hassie While, was
blown from in front of a house and
killed. An unknown man, supposed to
be tramp, was found dead soon after
the tornado had subsidized, but whether
he was killed during the storm, or died
from other causes, is not known at this
writing. The storm, which was ac
companied with a slight rain, wrecked
almost everything in its path.
A storm passed over portion of
Mifiin county on the 9Th inst, of
which the Lewistowu Sentinel speaks as
follows: Iu portions of Dry Valley it
proved very severe, and amounted to
almost devastation. We can only sum-
marize the information which reaches
US. Thomas Reed had 100 panes of
glass broken in his residence, and bis
crops more or less damaged James NJ.
Martin had % pares broken; d. A.
StrOup 26 panes, and eighteen acres of
wheat literally cut up; Luther Stroup
is reported to have bis whole crop Ge-
stroyed Philip Mertz, ten acre field
of wheat, and great deal of glass in
his windows broken; Philip Kearns'
corn was cut beyond recovery; John ..
kearus' corn and wheat heavily destroy
ed ; T. G.. Kearns' corn aud wheat |
shared the same fate Mrs. Mcllvaine
had 30 panes of glass broken in her
dwelling. A son of FL. c. Vanzant
was TlOughing in field when the storm
came up. His horse became uneasy
and be unhitched and started to the |
barn for shelter. The animal became
uumsusgeable, threw the young man,
and injured him so severely that be has
to keep his bed up TO our latest inform
alton from there. We met john Nc
Dowell, of Alilroy, who came in on the
S. L. L. railroad on Tuesday evening,
and be says he never witnessed or en-
countered storm of such severity as
that between Soradoville and Painter.
Hail fell as large as eggs and in great
masses. The ground was covered with
it. Four hours afterward hail was
picked up as large as walnuts. Those
who witnessed it in this locality ex
pressiveIy describe it as /" just fearful ~
During a heavy shower at Vineland,
n. j., on " ednesday house two miles
from the town was struck by lightning,
damag ng it considerably and instantly
j. c. Parsons, Jr., an occupant of the
dwelling.
Hail fell in Watts township and in
the vicinity of New Buffalo, Perry coun-
ty, doing considerable damage to grow
Inc crops, oD Saturday evening a week.
At Omaha, Iowa, on Thursday night,
a storm blew down Floral Hall and
many other small buildings at the fair
grounds. At Florence large hall was
unroofed. In the cemeteries many of
the finest and largest monuments were
thrown down. The damage in the city
is very great. At Papillion, Nebraska,
nine miles southwest, many buildings
were damaged, among others the Epis-
copal Church, which was unroofed.
On Thursday night heavy rain, es-
pecially in the southern part of the
State, occurred. 1t Is estimated that