Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-09
MAY WEATHER.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS LET LOOSE.

Circus Tent PrOstrsted.
The temperature at Long Branch Tues
day stood at s. degrees in the shade. A
heavy thunder storm prevailed there
Tuesday night.-A terrific wind and rain
storm passed over Trenton, New Jersey,
on Tuesday afternoon. Tho maint tent Of
FOrepaugh's circus was blown down, and
the canvas torn to shreds the :" aerial
apparatus " was destroyed, and tho seats
were overturned. Fortunately the last OF
the afternoon audience had just left the
tent, SO that the only casualty was the
injury of circus employe by falling
pole. In consequence of tho accident there
was no ring performance in the evening.
"A violent thunder storm passed over
Williamsport, Pa. on Tuesday after
/ noon, doing great damage. Houses were
| struck by lightning, trees and fences
were levelled, and the wooden mill of Sta
| don & Co., was unroofed.-At Danville
| the roofs of several houses were blown off
and other minor damages inflicted. The
| telegraph wires arc down at several places.
The roof of Cho large bridge over the river
at Berwick was carried away and trees
were uprooted. Thomas Carson, whose
engine ran into q tree blown across tho
track near MOcanOqua, was seriously In
ljured.-The most violent hail storm since
1877 visited Northern Berks county Tues
day afternoon. Window panes and fruit
trees suffered materially. The rainfall
was very heavy, badly washing out fields.
IA terrific thunder and lightning storm
passed over Bellefonte accompanied with
hail stones three inches in circumference.
lin HagletOn stOra boxes, chimneys and
fences were blown along through the streets
promiscuOusly, greatly endangering per.
sons who chanced to be seeking shelter.
At West Hazleton tho new unoccupied
house, owned by George Kern, was blown
down, and two other buildings, unoccu-
pied. The Park hotel and the fence sur
rounding it were completely wrecked. The
hotel was untenanted. The judges stand
near the centre of the park, was blown
almost hundred feet distant.
A Coal Breaker lslown Down.
In Drifton the new breaker which is
being built by Coke Brothers Il Co., ad-
joining No. l, was blown down and two
men, q carpenter named Dunn and a
Hungarian labOrer, were instantly killed,
and about Is men and boys more or less
injured by the falling timbers and ma
chinery. The fall force of tho tornado
struck tho long covered planes on both
the old and new breakers, and before the
terrified employees had time to realize
their danger the heavy timbers were sent
crushing to the ground with noise similar
to the booming of cannon. The alarm
As soon as possible hundreds Of men were
on the ground ready to render assistance.
At first it was supposed that = greater
number Of the employees had been
killed and wounded, but as the
portion of the breaker known as
the screen house was not seriously
damaged, the large number of men and
boys employed therein escaped, with but
few EXCEPTIONS unframed. An old man
named Coyle had his leg broken and sus
tanned other injuries that may cause his
death, but the others will all recover.--At
Jeddo driver boy employed on the culm
| bank had :, narrow escape. He was haul
} ifg out loaded truck from under the
breaker when tree fell on the mule kill
ing him instantly.--At Freeland large
! plate glass window in the store of Werner
Brothers, valued at $75, was broken by
the slate flying from the roof Of the build
J ing opposite and all the windows in the
, Donos mansion and 4 number of those in
the College hotel of Fred Haas were also
7 broken. The store Of Williams & Loer-
ner was damaged considerably and several
new buildings, which were standing on
blocks, were overturned, and number of
wagons and carriages left standing in the
streets were upset. At Black Ridge part
of the roof was blown from the breaker,
and the Dispatch Office was completely de-
molished by a falling tree. The telephone
and telegraph wires were prostrated in
many places, and it was therefore impos-
sible to obtain g full estimate of tho dam
age caused by the storm. At Stockton a
breaker owned by Linderman, Skeer &
Co. was partially destroyed aud several
persons wounded.
Hail, Lightning and Cold.
= One OF the "severest hail storms ever
known at Denver, Colorado, visited that
place Tuesday. 1t lasted for an hour and
was accompanied by terrific thunder and
lightning. Hail stones al inch in diam
eter lay inches deep in the streets.''-
A thunder storm on Tuesday At Omaha,
Neb., did damage estimated at 15.O00.--
A violent gust at Paterson. New Jersey,
on Tuesday afternoon, uprOoted trees,
scattered lumber piles, unroofed several
mills, demolished an unfinished church
spire, and slightly injured several persons
Tho ice is still firm in the Sagena river,
Quebec. c.--The water in the Ottawa river,
Canada, continues falling, an event with
out parallel at this season of tho year, &C
} cording to the recollection Of the oldest
inhabitant.'
CALAMITY AND CRIME