Daily Republican., 1886-08-14
Wind, Rain and L ghtning.

The yacht Frolic was capsizsd by q
squall IN Bosom hArbor ON Thursday
and i've liver were lost The drowned
were WilliiE l. Hayden, owner Of the
boat; his two sons, Frederick aud Ed
ward ,ased r. respectively IA and Is years,
j. w. Laming, aged 20, and William p.
Henderson, aged 13
The schooner Electra A. Eaton, of
Gloucester, Massachusetts, los. tour
men, and the schooner Matthew Kear-
ney, Of the sam port, lost two men in
Q squall off Sable Island, on thu Sd inst.
Both crews were out in the dories.
A violent thunder stoim passed over
Oharlotteto wn, Prince Ed wards Island,
on Thursday afternoon. ratrSH
Keogh, aged 10 years and JOIN 1bap,
aged 10, were drowned BY the II .settihS
Of boat In the harbor.
A man named Taylor was killed by
Lightning. and another, James Lyle,
fatally injured, during . thunder storH
in Houston, Texas, on Thursdsy.
Burlington, Iowa, was visited by
violent storm OF wind, Lightning and
thunder, on Thursday evening. Great
damage was done among the buildings,
fences, trees and shrubbery in tae city.
The west wall of the Steam supply
Company building was blown down the
plate glass front Of Long Brothers ex-
rensive dry goods store was dem ished, ,
lady being severely cut by the glase; ;
Wymen 8 Rand's furniture and carpet
establishment aud Donahue's hardware
establishment were partly unroofed,
while great number OF chimbeys were
| toppAed from the housetops. i is ru-
mored that the village OF Cres.on was
"nearly wiped out, while Moua5 Pleas.
ant was damaged.
A hurricane passed over keokuk,
Iowa, on Thursday evening, doing great
damage to buildings and leve.ing fences
and trees. Numbers of busiDess houses
were unroofed, and the spire OF the First
Baptist Church was blown dowr.
A number OF cattle were killed by
lightning at Brooklyn, Iowa, IN Fri
day, and q young man named Sharon
was dangerously injured by an electric
bolt.
During performance by Sells circus
at Edna, Missouri, on Thursday, q
wind storm tore the canvas from the
lpoles, and it fell upon tue Gro ~d of
spectators beneath. A wild panic fol-
lowed, during which number OF per-
sons were severely injured. Oae man
had three ribs fractured; two women
II uau loko pAohon, huu ooNoIni CA1luIcu
were bruised. and trsmpled upon.
Il A heavy storm of wind End rain
struck Bloomington, Illinois, en- Thurs
, iday afternoon. Telegraph AID tele
phone wires were wrecked. At Elliott
station, on the Lake Erie Railroad
five cars were blown from a siding onto
!, the main line, and an accom- N 5dation
!, train ran into them, wrecktnR he eI-
: Rine. The storm was general through
.. out central and sou th western Illinois
A violent wind storm passed ovel
St. Louis on Thursdry evening, de-
molishing awnings, smokestacks and
: outouiidings, Al East st. Lonis, 21(
feet of the woodwork of the approach t.
Etbe great bridge was blown upon thu
tracks below.
The house OF Jacob Schiller, nea
. Huntingdon, Indiana, was nearly de
: molished by lightning yesterday.
! A violent rain storm yesterday af
!, ternoon passed over portions of tn
: y Lebanon andSchuyikiii valleys IL Penn
! syivania, damaging corn and tobacco
: The Reading Railroad irachs be
J. tween Clinton and Hamburg wtle baal,
3 washed and trains were delayed.