Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-05-30


Great damage was done By the storm
which swept over Eastern Ohio, Western
Virginia and Western Penney lvaniA on
Monday afternoon. About Point Plea
SAINT aBd Huntington, West virsinia;s
OF Canton, Ohio; Beaver, Pa, ~ Al
through the oil regions the storm "a.
particularly severe, and much nv Il All
Near RAvenswood, West virf' .is NJ
and Mrs. william Powell " are RiiisS
by lightning while sittiy IN thar
home. At Charleston, v,eS VirsinIa
Mrs Robert Shannon as Eillsd Nv =
falling tree. At Brit IeueorL Ohio. 4
lsix yeAr.old son Of ..oseph Poveli x.s
caught by q rush 4 water and drowned
A. Canton, oh "a, tAse New Hampdtn
Watch works 400 feet in length, were
blown down. Atom City, Psnns,, the
root OF the Arlington Hotel Was blown
ION md the euests rushed frem the
lbuildip 4 paEto stricken. Tivusville
also t'iffercd severely. In the oil re-
gionA derricks were blown down and
much damage done.
In the northern part OF Lancaster
county, Fenpa., Monday night, hail
stenee perforated roofs, broke of the
limbs OF trees and fiAtteped the fields OF
grain. In Litiz and Warwick thous
sanAs Of panes Of glass were broken.
A high wind storm swept over Oadiz,
l0hio, Monday evening. The spire oil
the Presby terinn Church was swept OF
} and part OF the front wall Of the U nited
j Preeby terrain Church blown down. a
large number Of dwellings were badly
damaged, and trees and fences were
torn up. No reports have been re
ceived from the country ~ yet.
Only two houses in SebAslopol, Iowa
were left with their windows unbroker
by the rain and hail storm of Sunday
night and Monday morning. "The hal
stones were piled and driited in many
. placer from two 10 four feet deep In tn,
= morning" The damage to fruit trse
, and vegetation 10 very great
III A tespatch from Topeka, KaDsAs
a says 1t has been raining In the eastern
: hslf Of that State since Saturday night
= The rains were accompanied on Sunds,
night by very heavy wind and hal
stones. "In many places the hail wa
: OF exceedingly large sizs And drifted q
Q . depth Of three feet. Small grain
Q sustained heavy damage, and in som
Q places were driven into soft Rroun,
/. almost out Of eight. The hail fell wit
q great force, tearing the shingles OF
, roofs OF houses. starting the blood oil
over the cattle and driving the horse
!, against barbed wire fences"
Near Beatrice, Nebraska, Sunda,
u night, two children Of Hugh Beckell
j. aged 4 and years, were drowned
!, Beokell lived near . stream, whicl
Q rose rapidly on account OF the heev,
. rains. Mrs Becksll feared the hous
would be washed away and started GU
Z with the children. In crossing small
N gully the mother became friahteue.
n and fell, losing hold OF the children
|, who were swept away.
At MileDburg, o resort on Lake Poo
. IchArtrAin, Louisiana, on Monday, ON
man wac killed and ten others injured
u by lightning stroke. A storm cam,
up suddenly, and large number 0
Ipeople sought refuge In q tent which
y Was struck BY lightning.
0 A telegram from 81. Paul, Minr esota
says, though the rains throughout tn,
I'll Northwest lately have been severe, cul
% minatlDg on Monday in q very genera
, Idownpour, Advioes indicate that thu
:, crops have not been In the least injured
= Throughout the Red River Valley, IL
Northern Dakota and Minnesota, rair
were needed. II is estimated that the
wheat output in that reRic will bt
largely increased and will reach So
e 0c0. 900 bushels. In come places seed
i ing was delaye ed. and everywhere ooru
n lie late In seeding, but DOT too late TO In
o jure the crope. Where wheat hiss ap,
n Ipeared above the ground II was not In
Ijured at all by the recent storm, As 4
was not heavy enough to wash tn,
eIyounR plant out, and WAS roI COLI
enough to do IL damage.