Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Destructive Storm Last Sabbath.

On Sabbath murnlng a storm geher-
stei in the mountains this side Of Lew
istown, and followed the mountain chain
to Macedonia, where, among the peaks
of that region, it divided, q portion
going eastward along the mountain in
the direction of Sny DER county, and a
portion of it mo,ing OF across the
valley in the direction of Tuscarora
mountain, by way of this place.
Ii struck the town about III o'clock,
with great wind, heavy rain, consid
erable bail, and loud peals of thunder
aud vivid flashes of lightning. Two
bolts of lightning came down in the
village, the one frightened the Presby-
terian congregation, that was at wor
ship, because of its proximity to the
church, having struck Mr. Aliens
stable, that is quite near to the church.
The stable was not greatly damaged,
but hog in a sty at its side, owned By
the widow Leib, was killed. The other
bolt struck the spou,ipg of the Jacobs
House, but did little damage to the
spouting, as it proved itself good
conductor and led the fluid to the
ground.
Thus far the storm had come from a
direction almost due north, but after
passing this place it bore off eastward
TO the knisely farm, adjoining Union
Cemetery. where Its deliversnce of
wind, hail and raia played havoc with
the corn ; and thence the course was
almost in bee line to the Tuscarora
mountain by way of Vandyke Station.
The west wing Of the storm was ex-
tended far enough in its sweep to catch
trees and fences on the Kyle farm, and
on the Shuman farm, where slr Sar-
tain hves. a door and several win
dows of the house of the latter were
blown in and the house almost deiuged
with water. The family at the time
were attending preaching in Mr.. Sher-
rard's church in this place. The same
wing twisted of trees, leveled fences,
and damaged the corn in the vicinity of
Mexico, and ut Porter ThompsOn's
place it played the freak of deluging
the house with water, while the family
were at church at Thompsontown, and
thus on, the right wing continued its
work of breaking down corn, lcveling
fences, and uprooting trees, across the
Sieber farm below Mexico, where it
SO wrecked wheat stack that it will
have to be partly rebuilt. The Hart
man and Henry Kloss farms came in for
a share of the devastation of the right
wing. The rain did considerable dam
age to the fine house of Henry Kioss.
The furthest sweep of the left wing
of the storm reached a cornfsld of Jo
seph Adams, which was greatly broken
down and considerably riddled by bail.
A couple of hay stacks on the Hetrick
farm, cultivated by Mr.. Caristiaa Sic
Der, were partly torn down, and good
deal of timber was broken.
The center of the storm passed from
the Knisely farm through part of the
Swamp" blowing down fences, level
ing corn and riddling 1t with hail. In
the barn Of David Auker,
il blew in the large doors, and lifted
the roof and threw it clear of the
building, thus exposing the grain inside
TO the drenching rain. Passing en- it
struck the ridge east Of Mexico, telling
great quantities of timber. Passing
over the ridge 1t struck the valley on
the NJ. r. Beshoar farm, and there lev
eled about 500 panels of fence, up
rooted trees. &c. Hail broke glass in
the windows of Vaudyke's store. The
large doors 10 the barn of Daniel Kloss
we're broken in, but for some reason
not known the roof on the barn was
not lifted off. OF course a full per.
centage of devastation to fences and
trees took place on the Kloss farm.
The house Of |. ID. Wallis was struck.
1t is substantial stone bull ling, but
with all of its solidity its roof yielded
to tne wind and was carried of, expos
ing every thirg in the building to the
torrents Of rain that followed the blast.
The Wallis farm received a full quota
of damages to fences and trees. On
the Nelson Lukens farm Is foe apple
trees were uprooted, and full install
meut of damages to fences followed
damage to corn and standing oats Of
course included. The barn on DR..
Atkiuson's farm was unroofed, and the
tenant house considerably damaged,
and fences, trees and crops, as on other
farms, considerably damaged. Thence
the storm crossed the river, and in its
course 10 the mountain i; picked up the
Vandyke station house and carried 1t
into an adjoining field, and thence from
the station the storm passed to Tusca-
rora mountain, where it spent its force
and was heard of and seen no more.
The damaging part of the storm at
no time was over half mile wide, ex
cepting when it spread itself from Jo-
seph Adams place to the Shuman farm.
The damage amounts TO thousands Of
dollars.
Murray's boarders in the Jacobs
House were unconscious of the fact
that the rain water spout had con
Quoted a bolt OF lightning to the
ground, thereby sparing them a scene
of CONSERVATION that would have en-
sued if the lightning had entered the
building.
Dispatches from all parts of the
country report storms, such as passed
across this county on Sunday, from
Shade to Tuscarora mountains, by way
of Mif!lin and Van Dyke station, and
that is why the weather cooled.
LUMBER.-All kinds, sizes and qualities,