New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-17
BLOWN OUT OF SIGHT,
HOUSE. FURNITURE AND CLOTHING GONE
FAMILY BEATEN BLACK AND BLUE BY HAIL.
RREaKS M TIGUTyrNc

A FAMILY BEATEN BLACK AND BLUE BY HAIL
| FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.
MASON CITY, Iowa, June 16.-The house and
barns Of Matthew Reddy, several miles from here, wero
carried away by the storm Sunday night, aud tho
family had fearful experience. There are hardly
boards enough left about the homestead to build rA
Not bit Of furniture stitch OF clothing can be
found. The wreck is complete. Mr.. Reddy's brother
was hurled into field when the house to pieces,
and Mr. Reddy himself left in a sitting position
| the ground On looking around he by q fash Of
lightning that his brother stretched dead somo
yards away He picked him up and carried him into
underground milkhouse. He then began O search for
his wife and found her in her night clothes cornHeld
She was also carried to tho mikhouse He looked
| for his fve-year-old boy, searching by the light
OF the electric ases and at last discovered the child
thirty rods from whore ths house bad Stood The boy
was almost buried In the mud When they all gaths
cred intothe mkhOuse their injuries discovered to
be severe, and the mother and child will hardly live
The brother had both split his gashed his
shoulders cut and bruised. Tho wife had three gashes
on her forehead her nose, big cut In the back.
bruises her legs and is injured internally. All three
beaten black and blue all their bodies by tho
hail
EAsToS, Penn, June l6-The severest thunder light
ming and rain of the passed part Of
Northampton County last night. The houses Of Henry
Freberger, John Broadback, and William Kleiuhaus, IN
South Easton, struck by lightning and much dam
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Fisher was also struck. Mrs. Peter Fishbaugh, living
by received severe shock that she uncop
sclous until morning large brick smokestack on
top Of Mount Pzgah, at Mauch Chunk, was struck BY
lightning wrecked The of Charles Rosten.
bader. in Buskill Township, destroyed. together
with 500 bushels of grain and lot of harness and
machinery. Two horses and colt perishcd in tho
flames Loss, $4,000.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, June 16-A wind and rain storm
early this morning did considerable damage at Knox
vile. The Baptist Church and r. A. Jays storehouse
were destroyed.
HELENA, Mont June 16.-The Benton coach. due here
on Thursday last, has not yet arrived. Prcky Pear
Canon contains q solid body Of water and teegraphio
communication Is cut off,
ST PAUL. June I6 (speciaD-A sbley, Iowa. dispatch
to The Pioneer Press that the number Of lives lost
in the storm Sunday night learned is thir
teeD Seven persons fatally hurt and fifty seriously
wounded.
NORA SPRINGS, June 13 (SpeeiaD.-Ths morning John
Kder went to the house Of his father who lives several
miles from here the place where the housS
stood he saw nothing but pile Of timber. search Of
the premises revealed the fact that his mother aged
woman, had been killed in the wreck aud sister had
limb broken. His father had escaped with few
slight bruises and all tiSee were imprisoned among
lease them Tho house is ft for nothing but kindline
wood The barn was also blown down and several head
To-day the body of Charles Hamilton. who has beeq
the s day q s rsm sGF% ne %s IN
beyond recognition 1t is supposed that the tornado
carried him there His horse and buggy have not been
found.
ILLINOIS FARMS IN DANGER OF INUNDArION.
ST.. LOUIS, June 16 (SpeciaD.-The waters Of
the Missouri and Mississippi rising rapidly and the
farmers on the American bottom fearing that tho
dixie will break and let the food into the rich bottom
lands which covered with growing crops. The
bottom hfty miles long by wide The water at ths
Of the Missouri has risen feet In twentyfour
hours and the to the Illinois shore
and strikes the dixie where broke in 1888 Hundreds
farmers left their fields and ara at WORT
strengthening the dixie. The of Venice, Ill., IL now
| partially under water from the Mississippi.
A LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
| STAUNToN, Va, June lean engine at.
tached to o freight train. the Shenandoah Valley
road, struck by lightning to-day. The engineer was
seriously hurt and the fireman slightly injured The en-
gine was badly damaged.