The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-30
IMMENSE LOSSES.
Work Of Terrific Hail
Storms in the East.


PFrrssrRss. May 9.-The ssarrn which
passed oser eastern Ohio. IVES, Virginia
and wesferu Pennsylvania yexserssay afser.
!, nacn was Of very destructive eaa-aesr-.
and the 4ggrexxse lo@s 10 buildings. erar-
and fssiruxd and Telegraph lines viz foos
mp many thousands Of dollars Several lives
were also szerifiecxs aud nanber OF t-er-
sons were injured about Point pieasan:
and Huntington. West Virginia
A; Canton. Ohio. Beaver county, penn-
syixania. Snd through the o;l rcxsons. The
Storm Was particularly severe, the hail
falling in torrents. while the wind Was
scry ySo5cEf.
Near knsxnsxnca. VEST ysrxfusa. Mr.
and Nrs- William PcEeIi were killed hs
lightning while sitting In their hoszae.
At Chandlerssor, West ylrgiasa. Mrs.
Robert shannon Was killed BY faliing
sree
Al Bridgeport. Ohio. the six.yearolsi sen
OF Joseph Powell was caught b. a rush .f
wafer Ia nayrow rzyfne and drowned.
Two conn TAninns made = narrew escape.
At Beilairs, Ohio. q rAtlro&d brakeman
named Costello was killed while endeag-
eriag 10 manage train daring the searm
At Canton. Ohio horsex were lifted
from their founs'atfsas and the sieeplss of
several churches were wrecked The south
wing Of the new Hampdcn watch works.
two hundred feet in length and three ssssr-
ise high, vas blown down and IL . total
wreck. The Duehoi watch case works
were tasiiy damaged
Al OH City the reef Of the Arlington ho-
tel Was blown OF and the guests rushed from
the building panic stricken.
Titnsyiiie also suffered severely. Frank
Rurehneid OF Pisasantyilie while crossing
Pine Greek bridge In . buggy Was blown
over into the wafer. The vehicle Was re-
dnced 10 spfintets and the horse was lifted
bodily aud carried ten yards away
About this city the storm was not so
heavy. bat specials frera many other points
represent the hail failing ak being rs large
~ hens eggs. The telegraph lines are
down badly and in many piacrr the rail
road tracks are covered with debris fsom
hail The damage 10 orchards has been
particularly heavy, many trees in regions
visited by hail being stripped of every leaf
aud the other crops are In corresponding
condition. The total less wiH probably
reach several hundred thousand dollars
SWEEPING VIOLENTLY EASTWARD.
wELtsyIIIx, y. Y, May .o.-Twenty bus
iness blocks were uHroofed. and the Bap-
list church was badly damaged here yes
tortay afternoon. Only two or three per
SOILS were injured. Heavy rain added to
the damage. Windows we're smashed BY
the hundreds The storm swept VIOLENTLY
eastward through southern New York, fell
ing trees and doing great damage. A
church and several buildings were wrecked
al Allentown and many ef the dcrricks in
the Allegheny fieid were blown down.
THE GREAT FIRIp COVERED.
CHICAGO. May .a.-Despafehes received
this morning show that destructive rain
storms prevailed all through Kansas, iii
nois, Ohio. Minnesota. Dakota, iowa and
Nebraska On sunday and yesterday In
Illinois considerable damage was done 10
crops. aud number Of cattle aud horses
were killed By hail. In Iowa rain descended
in torrents aud the hail was terrific. The
hall stones were as large rs eggs and were
dr,fted upon the ground from two 20 foar
feel deep In places. The damage TO crops
and fruits il very heavy.
In Nebraska two children were drowned
while crossing little stream Which had
grown into torrent by the many rains.
Near Sioux City. Iowa, the Missouri river
Is again ON the rampage, doing grea, dana
age. In Kansas the small grains were hurt.
The hail fell with great forre, tearing the
shingles on the houses and cutting the live
stock till they were covered with blood.