Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-05-18
ANOTHER TERRIBLE STORM.
PEOPLE KILLED, BUILDINGS BURN
ED, PROPERTY DESTROYED.

Following closely the great storms
In Texas and Kansas, the Atlantic
Coast States were swept by wind, rain
and lightning Friday afternoon, May
10th, and widespread damage done
Prof. Hicks, the Michigan weather
prophet, predicted unusual electric
disturbances for this month.
The storm seemed to have taken 9
double course,-from eastern Ohio
through western Pennsylvania into
New Jersey and New York, and
starting from Pittsburg through
West Virginia, into Maryland and
out through southern Pennsy lvania
being very violent through Adams
York, Lancaster, and passing direct
ly over Philadelphia.
Near Pittsburg there were half a
dozen deaths by drowning,-men
and children swept away by the
rush of water. Houses, barns, fences
and bridges, we're destroyed and
great damage done to CROPS. Al
Geneva, ILL.,, hundreds of fruit trees
were blown down. At Bradford, Pa.
lightning killed family OF mother
and three children. At Beaver Falls
Pa, child was found lodged in the
driftwood. Lightning struck barn
at Mt. Oliver, near Pittsburg, killing
fourteen horses and two cows.
At Williamsport, Pa, Barnum's
Circus was thrown into a panic, in
juring people, one man dying sud
denly of fright and doing $4,000
damage. AT Reading, Carbonate,
Pottsville, West Chester, and all
though that section, trees were up
rooted, houses blown down or un.
rooted and a number ofpeople killed
or injured. In the cities everything
was enveloped in a binding dust
and everything loose that the wind
could get hold of was carried away
and hurled through the air.
On the railroads in the track Of
the storm engineers had to stop
their trains, and telegraph poles and
wires went down in a flash. People
we're badly frightened everywhere
The storm at It's worst lasted but a
few minutes, but it was the widest
and fercest experienced in years
Probably thousand buildings were
wrecked and damaged in Philadel
phia alone. Chicago, New York,
and hundreds of other towns, suffer.
cd from the storm. The damage to
trees, fences, buildings, crops, fruit
NC, Is enormous.
HAIL.STORMS IN VIRGINIA.
Wednesday afternoon a severe
hail-storm passed over Norfolk and
Portsmouth and vicinity. Ice par
ticles of extraordinary size came
down with hail, and several inches
of hail lay in drifts before the deluge
| of rain that followed carried it away.
The shade trees of the streets and
the flowers and vegetable gardens
were badly wrecked. In the cOun
try the truck farms were badly torn
up, the strawberries and peas, cab
bage and other crops were ruinously
beaten to the ground. The vine
| yards and orchards suffered severely
vines and trees being cut terribly
and the fruit destroyed. Many Of
the truckers express themselves as
ruined for the season. A terrific hail
storm and rain swept over South
ampton county, the growing crops
and orchards were badly damaged
by the large pieces of ice and the
great quantity of it. The drifts Of
hail were twenty.four inches deer
in places, and twelve hours after the
storm the drifts were over six inches
in depth.
The afternoon storm visited Dan
vile, doing great damage to roofing
fences, shade and fruit trees. Three
tobacco factories were unrOofed, the
bridge over the Dan river damaged
a house in the course of construction
was blown down, a large oak tire.
fell on a kitchen, demolishing it
and the colored Baptist Church
blown down. Hundreds of dollars
worth of shade and fruit trees were
ruined. The cyclone was accOmpa
MED by rain and slight hail, lasting
fifteen minutes.
THE STORM IN NORTH CAROLINA.
| AT Lumberton, N. O., the storm
unrooofed the railroad warehous,
and telegraph Office. No other ma
terial damage is reported. A Sc
we're hailstorm is reported at Tois
not, on the Wilmington and Weldon
railroad, the same evening. The fas
mail train had to move cautiousl,
and was delayed two hours. One tre'
was found across the track, and i
was feared there were others. Con
siderable damage was done to crop
and some panes of glass were broker
in the car windows.
Don't Get Caught
This spring with your blood full of i'm
purities, your digestion impaired, you
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