The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-28

THE Empire state the Ih~ster ~ <osne Ven
severe and Destructive ~terms-xsilwa5
Travel Seriously lnpeded ny Washouts-
Foar Inches a Rain IN Six Hours - Sars
teg.-wh.s she LighsIsE Ma
AMSTERDAM. n r., August f3.--Re
paismcn who endeavorcd 10 repair the
damage dong BY the storm last nigh: re-
port that It was impossible 10 do any
thing toward relleyin. the p - Train,
still held there BY the break ~ Turnpike
Bridge. which completely dislodged two
passenger rails for distance Of nfty q
one hundred feet. though the freight
tracks to this point are intact About
half mile further on the entire four
tracks that cross between two large cul-
verts, together with the culverts, are
gone for q distance Of two hundred
and ffty 70 three hundred feet.
leaving the ties and rails wedged
In with large trees. some Of which arr
three feet In diameter, together with
brush. corn and rye from neIghboring
farms, forming IN artificial bridge SO
strong was the force Of the storm that
the solid masonry Of the cuiverts -
cracked and hangs In threatening posi-
ton The soft bottom Of the creek has
been deepened so much that II will take
piles thirty 70 forty feet In length 10 be
Of any use, and the work Of repair 1t this
point will take weeks At least
The West Shore opposite here had its
tracks engulfed In land slide, and late
last night telesraphed TO r. Johnson
Vile tor steam shovels- An old empioye
on the road says that nothing In the na-
- L. ~
bers can compare with the force and de-
effectiveness OF last evenings storm on
the New York Central.
Ayounx man In Z barn three miles
distant at the time reports having
seen what be took 70 be . white
streak Of lightning about
two yards thick and sevsnty-nve
| long in the sky. then it turned into
sheet Of water and struck the barn reach
| ing from the ground 10 the nrst story.
| the volume Of water turning the entire
| building around. The damage 10 prop
erty there IL something considerable
| Trains this morning are running 70 the
i break and transferring passengers oy
| turnpike. Z distance Of three miles. &c
| the other side, and will continue TO do g
| for some days yet from present indica-
| lions Meantime al freights are 1t
standstill.
SARATOGA, ~ r., August IA ter
ri0c storm, accompanied By thunder and
lightning. burst over Saratoga and vicin.
| ity shortly before noon yesterday, and
continued with scarcely any intermission
until late IN the afternoon The races
were postponed and all business was
totally suspended for several hours. The
haesssn on The tower Of Grand Union
Hotel, 200 feet above the ground, was
struck and splintered, but the electric
light wires carried the tAunderbois
Oh without further damage 4 team
ster driving two horses along q
road about . mile west Of Sar.
atora was struck and instantly killed,
both his horses suffering the same fate
Telephone and telegraph wires were dis.
abled. and the fiery discharges were
dropping from the clouds every where
party Of gentlemen standing In The pavil
lon over the yichy Springs, south Of the
village, were shocked and two Of them
Knocked over, but fortunately they sns.
tanned little injury except that one q
them had his hearing partially parslysed
Over four inches Of rain fell In about siz
hours Sarafogs has not been visited D,
such = sform since 1859.