Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-02
STORM STORIES.


'"N," W." ram lhll last wednesday night
IN tho lower end oi this county nf from IL
to IL inches, aud the riso and yiol,uce of
tho waters wore unprecedented Ia intonalty
| AMI force. Tho oGtuId lrC&S relates some
now and interesting experiences of persons
who lived near aud suffered by tho raging
| torrents
One Of tho most thrilling adventures of
tho time was that Of W. kcrscy Warden
aud family, who occupy tho farm of Abncr
| Wood, On the OotuTaro, Gu what Ia known
rs tho " llursoshoc," IN IittIo Britain
township. They woro aroused at An early
hour on Thursday by tho storm and louud
| tho water Of tho creek was coming iato
| tho basement of tho dwelling. The pcr
ishablo articles were hastily carried iuLu
the second story when Mr. Warden wont
to tho baru NJ . o'clock To look aCtor his
stock. On his way ho lot his pigs out of
tho pen for safety. Soon afterwards Mr.
Warden found that tho watcr had risen 40
rapidly aud 50 strong current was flow
ing between the house aud barn that he
could not return. Tho rising wator reached
tho second floor OF tho house aud Mrs.
| Warden, with hor two children and "A
young man who lived with thom wont into
tho upp"r story, tho gaTret, for safety.
| Hero thcy woro hommCd in with only
| small window To look out at upon the
food until tho young man cut a hole
| through tho roof from whCuc, they could
SEQ tho raging ilDud around tham and
80, ~ iv''''", P.'",''"n' no house
'.',,i, ''I"G H'o"o uu'"'"E' otn"r",Se "
s,nnJ,, ,i',,, hH,0 h""Veh on lts
ncc,,,,"',,. "," """" Iuo stream WIN us
In,,nI -, a., 80 ~. 80 n"'"oo' o' ooJeos
among them frame house oi good di
mcnsiuns aud largo floating troc struck
a corner of tho Warden dwelling whore IT.
hrnkc, LnI, -, o".H t'',' 'I' 'h unt'' u
sids oC ,ho Li,ni,, ~ o"o %S', Hnu '"' wholo
MIR w,rJ.,,,s n,.,,, a. .I w W
visions which wcr, s,,roJ hcro ,Der, U,r,., ro"
away in tho flood and wcro Ios, NJ
Warden and family ,yrr, f,rreI D., r,,,,air
prisoners in th, ,trrot urtn Il ,,I,,L i
the evening and Nr W,rd,r ,,,,,,i,oJ
at tho barn tho whnlc dnv ,naLI, /, rc,,h
the house. Tn, terror Of tho si,r,,;n,, ~.
all of them can II, IMAGINED a, tho n,,,,
pants of the houss mnn,.utariIv r,,,,,,tcJ
10 bc cngulCed IN th, t,giuy vat,,s u,J
tho building been rramc ,rs,e,I ni "
strong stonn structur, ~ ,,rd,uL,,,lI.
would hayo b,on swrrt nw,v ,,,I iL,, ,.
Cupants been drowned Tn, rremisrs
were greatly damag,I by thu u,,,i. .,II ,L,
fencing about the ward and ,,.rIrn ,,cr,
washed AWAY and In, gnrdc" Jcs,r,ycJ
tho MIG nan Carried IN th, ,,cI,,rd
through which tho water ,lnw,J ncnrrv
ali unrnnted tho L,rryarJ ,,r,,'iiS,,
washed AWAY and tbo SInI, ,,r.,,,,,s',''
rrsseut A scou, nr d,srI,tirr Irt NJ,
and Mrs. Warden ara th,nLr,,I anal 80,
ioi,e that their family vns s,y,j ,,Lou
the peril was so rrcat.
/. Mr.. Warden r,uniu,d at In, harm with
a horse ready 10 mount and swim iuto the
Hood to rescue his family had the house
| IA.
badly damaged that it. IL uutenabIo and
tho family has LETT it,
Fentnrreh Animal. uro.u,a.
| One of the peculi,rili,s of IN, gt,,t
storm. which proyes I'm, doing. l,lle f,II oC
rain. was Tho drnvrin,, nr ,L, i,,,nnnso
number ol birds and pnuItrv EirJs -,
all kinds. oII "A well 4. vnup,, Urrc E,upJ
in great nunb,rs dra.I uT,n the rr,urd in
town and country. Il aupe,r, that thr
wind ami rain drove them from their
u,rehes in tho trcr. and Nh, v,,nr L,II IN
such torrents a, To beat them Ia tho
earth ; or probably. dashed upon them So
heavily and continuously as to deprive
them Of air aud prevent their breathing
| Half grown chickens. IN mauy cases shared
the fate of younger and weaker chicks aud
turkeys. The loss of poultry has been
very great aud 1t will bo serious neon
yeniouCe tn many farmers families aud
others aud will affect the poultry crop ucNt
fall.
The destruction of birds by the storm
was remarkable Scores of dead birds
were found on OHlurd'S streets on Thurs
day morning, aud under one tree IN +.
CUnway's yard forty seven sparrOws lay
dead.
uIod from Expo-urc.
Tho only loss of human life yet heard Of
occurred near Woods chrome pits, Little
Britain township. Lancaster county,
Mrs. Mary Slluauo found the waters Of tho
Octoraro rising rapidly in her house, She
arose, and taking her nine months old
babo in her arms, and aCcOmpanil by two
other children, left her house and pro
; ceeded to ncighbor's on the hillside. To
reach this shelter she had to crO"s stream
of some depth. On arriving at her friends
house she knocked at the door for somo
time before being heard. Finally she and
her children were admitted, when the tor.
ribe discovery WAS mado that tho babe in
: her arms was dead 1t is supposed tho
child died from expDsure to tho terrible
, rain.
Adventure win COWS.
Franz q py,c or Futon ontnwpsbip had
a big oJvcn,ure ,y;th hia cows u.awoke
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