, 1881-06-30
A Train Of rwenty.nfne Cars Blown
Into q Ditch Near Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Another Train Served the Same Way
Near Wahash-The Storm
at Pittsburg.
Tho Storm Reached Ohio Yestcr.
. day Forcnoon-Acco,tnts Of
tho Damage.
Another Torrent Poured upon the
- Roofless People of WASH
ington, D. C.

IN CHICAGO. t.,
There were very fGw people III Chicago
nbout;s o'clock yesterday morning who didn't |
know that terrible thunderstorm WIS raging.
THESE who didn't were remarkably su,lntl |
sicopcrs, for the roaring Winds, tlle pealing
Thunder, lle liEhning's flashes, atul the driv-
ing ruin ill,,.ln lirst-ctnss imitation OF what
is supposed to constitute II prominent feature.
of pnntcnMnium broke% ',loose. The
long.contlnurti :piay Of, thu lightning
was something rarr, tho flashes sncceet-
Ing *cacl,. other with such ranlslIty
nj 10 give ono tho impression. TINT 1t WIS ono
lpug-colltlnucsl, uninterrupted fastl. Tlnl'
idly nervous pcople, including WEood t'lally
old lntlics, The usual number ut young
women, and ill tho children who didn't
sleep too suul,uly, OF co,Ilsc experienced any
amount Of fright, atll tllern nrG so,lie we'll
authenticated cases III which yot'ng Indies
tot iip. md s.ootl OIL chairs. lit tho gas, Or
went down into the ceIlnr and conllluuel
with themselves Iii secret ,terrOr rs
the storm progressed. 1t was by MI
odds tho severest b1caking-0ut OF tho
: elements that has l,cpn Witnessed
iii Chicago this season, md Its cfTects-ex-
erpt 50 fur rs tito comparatively Slight liam:
nEc resulting. was concernctl-cQsll,t' hardly
have been discounted, III 4 mgsGnrnloEaeMl n,
Alnnituin. The previous i1asu'tgrnbty sltItry
condition, Of thu atmosphere gave Why. III
Remarkably short Etnc0 ut tiHle, to tho most
tirati llaiHanIty viii! tf,at gnt.cfnl, restial
ipulng w,lc. 1,ln.la tho hardest couch u bed
Of down. n md was ,rsan,a'x rSsR1ns!'S!o ,n3,, tyr
nreyaktu.ts y Sn yssarny norn!ns .Tso a;ount r o.
ruin which fell, while nut Ms sKrcst ss one might
t!ppos ss'se 4! eoolnE tls ar md la!a The
wrought by tho b!uw, which might hnya bVph,
very much scvetar tiian they wore, the stgrin
boon u tho previously awcltcrtng Inhabitants If
Tho lightning, ms usual. played some curious
OF tho trccs III cleveland Pars, nnpus!t tho,
tha nys to S the co. tic
bnse, ns tho bar1 was uniElured oxecnt ", ono
u III sss xx ia " nj s'sS sSross IT e ri ps 5
!ateral roots us the ground was BURT open oyer
tnrse Of tc tLs sh9o ongth onht Sf eaeh
nina feet, al,a ttrown out 4! = t9rrow rs clean
.ns u II bud bern e.t :uyn tt!e now. Tho oarth
roots. The btiI!es ol eight sparr1ws wcrp found
under tho trec. ono Of thoiii literally roastod,
the feAthcrb having been burned OF. Tho trgn
il. ot courae, dead, as tho rootd aro evidently
burst nsundtr.
tbr rh S sna u tse e5' s bsnsst ssa . fsssy 81 @ @
trees " washInsIan park wero bow1l low down: " 9i,d ~
tug n,!rk strswn with twtgs uni @ limbs u L!t.- M
cru, trcus being thrown down entire. The other
pasks aso s.,!Ictcs1 ,nors os ~ !esa Il. r,, ,o,o
II tfif ia AZ tois Ii Gsatss
S wns asG ,t stteK 9Th 9d - r,ar 80 y ~ ""sca 'at
9h''aicsh"it ' ssaeE III chistx at'i livery stabe.
Sed ' one lo horso iu: n.y.. pat:a,ysea @ tWa otess Il
thou crossed tho allcy. struck liuuEe, .iore or
sset q s I ~ Ssr II t1ses s
struck 4 4ccond house. The l.lnssurlng wAs atso
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