Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-05
A HEAVY SrORN.


ABOUT O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Lancaster was visited BY severe storm
from the west and northwest. The wind
blew almost hurricane, the rain fell in
torrents, accompanied by some, but not
much hail, while vivid flashes of lightning
and the tumble Of distant thunder gave
evidence that the centre of the storm was
some miles from the city. So far as we
have heard no serious damage was done to
property in Lancaster, while the heavy
fall Of rain did much good in cleaning our
dirty streets of immense quantities of
filth.
The Storm at Lltitz.
At Lititz and vicinity the storm was
very severe, and great loss of property re-
suited.
A new stable belonging to DR.. Shenk
was totally demolished, and in falling
crushed spring wagon that was housedin
it. PIECES of the timber were hurled against
a house near by, and these added to the
force of the gale, shifted the barn from its
foundation. The shingle roof of the stable
was literally torn to pieces and the shin
giles were carried by the storm in all direc-
tions.
A large shed at the Lititz brewery which
had been blown down a year ago and re-
built, was again blown down.
The large brick tobacco warehouse of A.
NJ. Bruckart was badly wrecked, involving
a loss of 81, 900 or more.
A frame stable belonging to Peter Adams
also blown down.
The upper part of the back building of
Sturgis's hotel was shifted from its posi-
tion. The top of the large chimney Of
the Litiz springs hotel was blown off, as
was also the chimney of Gen. Sutcr's resi-
dence.
Shade and fruit trees were uprooted,
David R. Buch, losing five fine apple
trees.
The storm lasted not more than ten
minutes, during which time the thunder
and lightning were very heavy and the
rain accompanied by hail fell in torrents.
The Storm at Elizabethtown.
ouA correspondents az xIAlAdICtuGOWu
writes: A terrible storm passed over our
town on Sunday evening about 81 o. clock,
lasting about half an hour and doing con-
siderable damage. One of our oldest citi-
zens said he never saw the like before. 1t
blew a perfect gale, followed by heavy
fall of rain with more or less hail.
Messrs. L. LIGHT & Sons coach shop was
unroofed, the roof being blown on to the
the roof of John Winners house, dis
tance of about fifty feet. The greater por-
ton of it was thence blown in almost every
direction and at last landed in Mr.. John
Boyer's field, a distance of $50 yards. It
also more or less damaged the work that
was in the shop at the time.
Buch s. Heisey's foundry, also was
blown in, damaging all patterns and cast
ings, the wind being so strong as to carry
the tin roof in front of Mr.. Bucks house
and lodging it in the front yard. BIG Croft,
lumber, coal and grain merchant, also sus-
tained losses by the storm. The lumber
was blown in all directions, breaking some
VI IL dlLuOSC lHCO StIOHuS. 1G WAS SlSnC
indeed, to see how it was scattered around.
His tobacco shed near the railroad was
blown over, taking the roof along for about
200 yards. A new sleigh that was in the barn
at the time was also broken; his reaper
and hay ladders were smashed. The sig
nal box at the P. r. R. depot was also
broken. Had it not been for the protec
ton of the warehouse awning, the old
depot would have went. The loss is not
yet known.
A barn belonging to VIM. Ebling, in
West Cocalico township, about one-half
mile north of Reinhold's station, was Sc
riously damaged. The end was blown in
and horse in one of the stables killed.
Fences and trees were blown over and
scattered by the wind.
DR.. Fry, of this city, was caught by the
storm on the top of the hill near Orevil,e,
on the Harrisburg pike, and his buggy
turned entirely around.