Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-30
a TIIiHIBLE srOKM
sweeps over Ohio. west NirGinio'
ann yvcsf rcnnsyIvania.


PfTrspggcu. Nav 20.--The storm which
svepi over Eastern Ohio. West Virginia,
and Western Pennsylyauia yesterday after
noon was 81 very destructive character,
ana the aggregate loss OF buildings, crops,
and railroad aid telegraph lines VIII loot up
many thou.and> % dollars.
Several lives were also sacrificed ana
number ~ persons were injured. About
Point Pleasant aud Huntington, ". VA AZ
Canton. ONO, Beaver county, Pa, and
through the oil clions The storm gas pr
ticulariy severe. the hal ialllnS IN torrents
while the wind was TerN Nio'fm. wear
G4Nenswood, W. Va. Mr.. end Mrs. william
Powell were killed by lightning while slt-
tug In their bono. At Chsries')n, W. VA,
Mrs. Robert shannon vas Killed ~ falling
tree. AZ Bridegroom. OHIO, the siX-yeIr'old
son Of Joseph Powell, was caught by the
ru.p ~ water ia u narrow T3vine and
drowned: two companions mado narrow
escape. Al B'lisife. Ohio railroad brake
man named CASTILLO was killed while en-
dcayoring TO mpn.re a train during the
storm.
At Canton. o., houses were liitcd from
their foundations aUj the stceples " several
churches were wrecked. The south wing OF
tine now ilampden Watrh-Woik s, 2JO feet IN
lenVth and three stories hlgh. was blown
down snd {, total wreck, and the Durber
Naire-Ca,e Works were badlv damaged.
There we're many narrow escapes from death
Nv the tail OF the llamudeG building. a
workman banned Miller WIS probably iaiaily
hurt. md Joseph ,iytrs, another cmploye,
seriously injured.
The loss i, estiYstcl ut $4,000. 10
Beaver county. Pa. fully $4,000 worth OF
a mage was done 70 properly hy ihe storm,
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Oil Clty the roof 81 the Arlington Hotel was
b'own oil. and The guests rushed from the
building p1bic- stricken. TituSVile also SUI
tered severely. Frank Burchield. Of pea
-autviic, Wbde crossing PiDe.rreeb OrlhRe
To- "a buggy, wa, blown 3y"T into the water.
!.c Nchicio WAS reduced 10 splln'ors and the
..r.o Illsd bodily and carried five hundred
vard,. BurcLh,ld Vac badly hurt. Mrs.
Rirrcr and fsmilj, who were out
driving. were alsO thrown from tbc'r
c.rriagc and sllrhtly Injured. Through
tbr oi regions dcIrickS we're blown Gown
ana much damage Couo. About lhis cNy
the storm ~as not 80 heavy, hut specials
from macy other points repre- cnt hali JAIL
iJpps llrge 3s hens egc>. 1h" telegraph
Tine. srr down bsdy. and IN many places the
RAILROAD tra +, are covered with df5ri2 from
flo h.I.. The damage 10 orchards nas been
u.rtirrailv heavy. many trees IL The region
visited hv had being stripped Of every leaf,
nnd other crops ,uhered IN corresponding
degree. The total los. viii probably reach
several hundred thou-and dollars.
7u. -IoHNIN ILLINOIS, I0wA, AN3 KANSAS.
Om.co, Nav 29.-Dispatches from North
en- 'Ll eftrn liDOiS report that the ram
AVID hl.l.st0rm ~ sunday night and ycster-
Gay din considerable damage, especially to
fruit ciou-. 3 Great m1ny horses and Sow
,rtl tcsd 81 cattle WoreKilled boy lightning.
Farm b.ildings were domIgcd ~ . cons'dc-
rallo extent, aud In Elgin thousands Of pSnes
OF wlndow-gl ~ were broken and chimneyS
destroyed. Reports from Iowa and Kansas
say he f.n ~ hail vg7 terrific. the rain 0e-
Sending in torrents. Ilsilstonrs were
piled up and driilcd IN many places from Two
~ 10 lr feet dccp in the morning md large
section. az county we're covered with sheets
az i,e. The damage 10 gardens, iruit-ircrs.
and veg tatiou is mcalcuabIo WndoWsWerc
broken. vegetable, beaten into TIE gtouud,
and fruit and fofest-,rccs stripped Of their
foliage.