Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-06-06
A Tearible Storm.
SWEEPS OVER OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA AND
WEST PENNSYLVANIA.

SWEEPS OVER OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA ANl
WEST PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURGH, May 29.-The storm which
swept over Eastern Ohio, West Virginia,
and Western Pennsylvania yesterday after
noon was of very destructive character,
and the aggregate loss of bull dings, crops,
and railroad and telegraph lines will foot
up many thousands of dollars.
Several lives were also sacrificed and q
number of persons were injured. About
Point Pleasant and Huntington, WA, al
Canton, Ohio, Beaver county, Pa, and
through the oil regions the storm was par
ticularly severe, the hail falling in torrents
while the wind was very violent Neal
Ravenswood, W. Va, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Powell were killed by lightning while sit
ting at their home. At Charleston, Va,
Mrs. Robert Shannon was killed by falling
tree. At Bridgeport, Ohio, the six-year-
the rush of water in narrow ravine and
drowned; two companions made narrow
escape. At Bellaire, O., railroad brake.
man named CASTILLO, was killed while en-
deavoring to manage a train during the
storm.
at Canton, O., houses were lifted from
their foundations and the steeplcs of sever
al churches were wrecked. The south wing
of the new Hampden Watch Works, 200 #
in length and three stories high, was blown
down and is a total wreck, and the Dueber
Watch-case Works were badly damaged.
There were many narrow escapes from
death by the fall of the Hampden building.
A workman named Miller was probably
fatally hurt, and Joseph Myers, another
emplove seriOuSlv injured
The loss is estimated at 1870, 900. In
Beaver county, Pa, fully $4,000 worth OF
damage was done to property by the storm
but as far as known no one was injured. Al
Oil City, the roof of the Arlington Hotel
was blown off, and the guests rushed
from the building panic-stricken. Titus
vile also suffered severely. Frank Burch
field, of Pleasantville while crossing Pine
creek bridge in buggy, was blown owe
in the water. The vehicle was reduced tt
splinter and the horse lifted bodily and car
ried five hundred yards. Burchfeld wa
badly hurt. Mrs. Barber and family, WIFI
were out driving, were also thrown from
their buggy and slightly injured. Through
the oil regions derrcks were blown cow
aud much damage done. About this cit.
the storm was not so heavy, but special
from many other points represent hail fall
ing as large as hens eggs. The telegraph
lines are down badly, and in many place
the railroad tracks are covered with debri
from the hills. The damage to orchard
has been particularly heavy, many trees il
the region visited by hail being stripped o
every leaf, and other crops suffered in cor
corresponding degree. The total loss vii
probably reach several hundred tnousan'
dollars.
THE STORM IN ILLINOIS, IOWA AND KANSAS
HICAGo, May 29.-Dispatches fror
Northern and Western Illinois report tina
the rain and hail storm of Sunday night an
yesterday did considerable damage, especi
ally to the fruit crops. A great many horse
and several head of cattle were killed b!
lightning. Farm buildings were damaged
to a considerable extent, and in .Elgil
thousands of window-glass were broker
and chimneys destroyed. Reports from
Iowa and Kansas say the fall of hail wa
terrific, the rain descending in torrents
Hail-stopes were piled up and drifted il
many places from two to four feet deep il
the morning and large sections Of country
were covered with sheets of ice. The dam
age to gardens, fruit tees, and vegetation il
incalculabie. Windows were broken, veg
etables beaten into the ground, and frui
and forest trees stripped of their foliage.