Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-05
A DISASTROUS STORM.
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Ono of the heaviest storms of tho soa-
son visited Lancaster aud vicinity Monday
afternoon. The ram poured down In
torrents from j o'clock until late Ia the
evening, and tho thunder aud lightDing
were tho heaviest this summer. The
lightning Btruok In several places IN the
city, but comparatively little damage was
done, no far az can DO learned. Follow
ing arc some Of the damages Ia city aud
county
The tin roof of ono of tho buildings at
the city wator works was torn of by the
storm and carried some distance.
Lightning struck n telegraph polo at
Kuapps Villa aud onciof tho brackets was
splintored, letting the wires fall to the
ground. The damage was repaired this
morning.
Thesbarn OF Mr.. EspeDshade near Para.
disc was struck by lightning. Tho dam
ago done to tho building was slight but a
cow in the barn was killed. aud horse
stunned.
--sThreo telegraph poles near Wilmer
Station were blown down by tho storm and
the tobacco in that section of tho county
was badly bruised by tho rain.
In COnestoga, Pequoa and Providence
TOWNSHIP pa there was u severe fall Of hail.
Amos Wariel, Of C0nestoga, had nine acres
of tobacco badly cut aud Abram and Jacob
Hess, Of Pequea township, also lost several
acres Of tino tobacco.
Lightning struck tho house Of B. y.
SGhindlo, Nn.l00 Frederick street, occupied
by James j. Gillen, tearing some slate
from tho roof aud bricks from tho chimney.
Tho house of John l.. Arnold, at tho
cor lcr Of Now and Duke streets, had part
ot the chimney knocked off by tho light
ming.
In LoacDck township near BaTeville, the
fall of hail was quito heavy, aud the cJru
aud tobacco fields were badly cut up, and
much fruit knocked down.
Martin Is. Wedlor, hotol keeper near
Barevill0, had several acres of tobacco
badly cut by the hail, aud nearly all thc
farmers on u line from Now Holland to tho
centre Of L'aoock townships suffered more
or less from hail
Reports from East and West Llmpeter
state that hail icl in small quantities aud
0f small sizo, but that au examination
showed that not much damage had bJen
done to the tobacco folds.
Old citizens say thoy never sLw /! o
COnostOga rise 80 rapidly ~ aftor yeSteI-
day afternoons storm. Two hOLrs after
tho rain had ceased To fall tho creek was
over bank full.
n usrD Burned.
The barn of Isaac Lafevro, Ou the Old
Factory road, near Mlllport, was struck by
lightning about O'Clock ia THO Afternoon
aud uutircly destroyed 10y tire. The flames
spread to a large straw stack near tho
barn and IL was also consumed. The to-
bacco shed some distance from thJ barn
also caught fire, but it WAS saved iIon
destruction by the neighb Drs. The barn
WAS about 60 feet square, built OF stouo
and had a slate roof. The live stock aud
farming implements were saved. There
was about 800 bushels of wheat and the
entiro crop of hay in the barn ard all were
burned. The Oss is several thousand dol
lars, and there is no insurance, Mr.
Lofevre being member of tho Old Men.
MONTE church.
The Froak OF sLishtuiug BuIt.
During the storm the lightning struck a
locust tree alongside the carriage house on
the premises of Samuel Bausman, on the
Millcrsville turnpike, q short distance be.
yond tho city limits. Tho lightning
jumped from the locust tree to the car
riagc house, passed down tho walls Of the
carriage house, splin:eTing tho boards
badly, thon struck arcaper that was i'll the
carriage house, and nexJ struck a keg of
powder, tearing tho hoops from tho kog,
knocking the bottom out of it, but not
exploding tho powder or doing any other
damage.