The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-06
ANOTHER STORM.
Devastation and Destruction.

This may be classed as the year OF
storms. No sooner is one tale told
than it becomes necessary to portray
the doings of another. Saturday last
a storm extending from Missouri to
New York spread destrL ction in its
pathway. O'Fallon's Station, near St.
Louis. was first to catch the violence
of the storm, and there whirlwind
with heavy rain struck deinolishing
the freight depot of tie o. & NJ. Rail
road; a brick elevator, belonging to
Tiederman & Co., badly damaged !;
large cooper shop, owned by the same
company. down; the Episcopal and
Catholic churches seriously damaged,
several smiill buildings blown down ;
some stores lest their roofs and fences
trees. etc., were scattered about pro
miscu Dusly. The storm extended to
Lebanon OH the east, where it did con
siderable damage, and southwdrd
along the Illinois Central some miles.
The damage to the crops will be very
heavy, much of the grain in the line
of the storm being leveled to the
ground. No lives are reported lost.
At Richmond, Indiana, the storm
burst in its fury at about o'clock in
the evening. Three miles north of
the city. OH Middleboro pike, large
sycamore tree fell cross a covered
bridge. Two men, W. H. Hiatt and
Charles Brown. of that city, had just
entered the bridge in buggy. A
large limb struck the vehicle, literally
inashing it to atoms, instantly killing
Brown and so seriously injuriDg Hiatt
that his recovery is doubtful He was
bruised from head to foot. The horse
broke loose from the buggy and es-
capped unhurt From fifty to one hun.
dred trees fell in the Immediate vicin.
ity Of the bridge.
Tie storm did great damage at 9TH.
er points in that vicinity At New
Paris, the second story of J ,hu l..
Porier1i, Ids farm house was co,upI-te
Iy blown off. The family were la lie
hruse. but no on" was hurt. Helf ot
the roof of the freight depot was blown
off, Samuel Miller's barn was partially
unroofed, and his house roof wa.
mashed in 10y falling tree; JOSEPH
Miller barn was badly damaged, JohI
Ki,patricks barn was almost destroyed
j. Middaugh's saw mill was unroofed
IA large sugar camp, near the city, wa
entirely uprooted. Many shade tree
along the principal streets were blowI
down, and the END of the brick schoo
house Oh Hiilsboro pike was blown in
On Smyrna pike widow Shaub's hous
was unroofed and twenty shade tree
were blown in her front yard. Al
immense amount of timber, fences
and fruit trees were blown down oI
the farms of Cyrus Wright, VIM. We.
sci, Reese Mendenhall and Jos Conkle
In the Goshen neighborhood Mr.
Jeffre's barn was unroofed and nun
ber of other disasters in that loealit
are reported. Three barns were III
rooted north of Gettysburg, on til
old National road, hundreds of whea
shocks were blown down, and a larg
amount of corn was considerably il
jured-
Great damage near Richmond, KeI
lucky. was done by the storm.
At Mt. Vernon, this State, the storl
struck about half-past ten o'clock wit
terrible violence. Wind, hail and raj
prevailed and the destruction WI
great. The entire tin cornice on III
new business block of J. Weaver Wa
torn down and destroyed; part of th
roof of the Court House was carrie
away. making the damage to tb
building by water very great. I'll
three story furniture factory of NJ
Cormack, Willis and Bonning, WI
greatly damaged by the fall of Sc
enty-foot derrick, breaking the sla'
roof, the windows and tearing ava
the smoke stack and part of the engir
room. OF private residences, those
the Hon. r. c. Kirk, Mrs. Sadie Vanc
and Mrs. Ewing, on Gambler stree
suffered the greatest injuries, tt
beautiful shade trees around them b
ing almost entirely destroyed. IL
damage in the city will be very grea
Early Sunday morning the storI
struck the vicinity Of Pittsburg. III
lightning struck the agitator and cool
er shops of the Liberty Oil Works,
Lawrenceville, and set them on fir
The cooperage machinery and aoor
1000 empty barrels were consumed
The fire communicated to the oil !
two large iron tanks close to the cooi
er shop, and they, with their con'en
of about 5000 BARRELS of crude oil
we're totally destroyed. The loss WI
reach s3e, OOO; fully insured, prime
pally in foreign companies. The wore
were owned by J. A. Mckee L Som
and we're only carrying small stoci
The fire in the two tanks burne
J, fiei cely all day long, and the scene W.
visited by thousands of people.
In the afternoon of same day u
storm reached ErcildowE, Pa, net
CoatesviIle. Twenty families wei
J made homeless iu a few seconds, the
residences being blown to the GROUND
4 fine seminary building was de-tro!
. ed. Ore woman was killed, two pc
sons fatally and three seriously il
iured.
st Chester, Pa. same evening, IN
Columbia hotel was struck by ligh
ming and set on fire, seven person
were injured.
At Utica, New York, more rain fe
than for many years. The river owe
flowed its banks and did much damag
Benton Letter
benton, O., July 3, 1877.
ED. JEEF.-SIR: While OF .er Dol