The Penn's Grove record., 1889-07-20
SEVERE STORMS.
HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODS In EAST
ERIN PENNSYLVANIA.
IN THE LEBANON AND sCHUYLKILL
VALLEYS,

IN THE LEBANON AND sCHUYLKILL
VALLEYS.
LEBANON, July 15.-The climax Of
the rainfall 10 the Lebanon Valley for
the past few days was reached early
this morning when a regular cloud.
burst passed over this section. The
rain did not seem to fall in drops. but
it appeared as If It came from The
clouds in sheets. In q brief period
a stretch Of country several miles
IN length which was formerly
dry land was covered with water.
The Quaittapahilla Creek and Hazel
| DYKE Run, within the city limits
of Lebanon, overflowed its baDke. and
In about 125 houses the furniture had
to be carried to the second floor, az the
| water was running into the first floor
OF the houses. When at its highest the
QuaittapahIlla inundated properties
along Its banks, from the eastern
limits of the city to the most western.
| South Of Lebanon the Hazel Dyke sub
merged several hundred acres, and a
number of industries were obliged to
he closed down, including q foundry
furnace, planning mill and other estab-
lishments.
At Avon and Meyerstown many
houses were surrounded by the water
| up to the first floor.
In Berks county the Tulpehcoken
and North Kill creeks overlooked their
banks. and for miles along their banks
there was a body Of water many
squares 10 width. The T~ulpehocken
was not as high for 40 years, and tile
| North Kill was never known before to
burst its banks. There was q great ex-
element, and hundreds Of feds were
completely submerged. These were
6iled with grain and hay already cut.
and this has oil been swept away. At
many places gardens were washed out
as completely as If q vegetable had
never been planted in them.
at Pine Grove. fremont and other
| points In the western part OF Schuylkill
county, it rainsd nearly all night, and
| the Swatara and other small streams
| are unusually high. PerkiOmep creek
was very high. and the Schuylkill river,
| below PerkiOmen, was about IL feet
above low water mark and OF noon was
still rising rapidly. =
In Reading the river wal about six
| and a half feet above low water mark,
ana at Spring City 10 feet. The waters
continued at their highest until this
evt ming, when they slowly Feceded
The devastation was widespread, Tba
loss to the farmers is very heavy and
they can i'll afford 1t. as they have al.
ready sustained heavy damages BY the
two weeks rain during hay.making and
harvest.
The rain storm throughout Lancas-
ter county vas terrible. Hammer cFeek
was 10 inches higher than was ever
known. Miller's milldam, on the
| county line of Lancaster and Lebanon,
and Brnbaker's and Shoemaker's dams
| were washed away. Five county
bridges Q carried away in Elizabeth
township. In Clay township the pill:
| dam on Middle creek Was washed
away. Hartman's dam is alsO gone.
A number Of cattle were drowned
along these streams, and much dam
age was sustained by farmers.
CARLISLE. Pa, July ia violent
| wind and rain storm passed oyer the
; entire Cumberland Valley last plight,
! doing q vast amount OF damage To the
| crops. Trees and Outbuildings wer0
flown down and the corn fields washed
out. Hall fell in the adjoining county
in large quantities and the lightning
was severe. The Oss Ia particularly
felt among the farmers Rha may be
several thousand dollars.
MEDIA. Pa. July 15.-The light
ming played some queer pranks in
Media In the big storm. about4 O'Clock
this morning. Three houses were
struck In the eastern part of the Dor
ough. each about q square apart. The
coping on the roof of the house of Will
liam Fl. Carey was torn OF, and the
bolt entered the bathroom, scorch-
ing the woodwork and melting the
chain holding the stopper in the
tubs. The house of Walter Il.
Corkran was also damaged In the
same way. The slate roof was torn
up and the fluid went down the Chin
ney and into an ~unoccupied room
through q stovepipe hole, filling the
room with SCOT, but doing no other
damage. A new house belonging to
Jesse M. Baker, but unoecnpjed, was
also damaged about the roof by light.
ming. The inmates OF the Carey and
Corkran houses were greatly alarmed,
| and Mr.. Corkran felt q paralyzing sem
sation In bis right arm for some time
after the heavy shock, but, beyond
this. no one was injured.
BALTIMORE, July 15.-The farm OF
Joshua War1eld, brother OF Edwin
WarHeld, Surveyor OF the Port OF
Baltimore, located near Florence,
Howard county. was the scene Of a
remarkable freak OF lightning during
the prevalence Of the storm on Satur-
day. Three horses were killed and
eight men stunned. Seeing the storm
approaching, Mr.. warfield directed bis
men, at work In the field, 10 seek shell.
ter. The horses were tied, and II
men got under the thrashing machine,
which stood by a straw stack; some
six others got under the wagons. The
lightning killed those horses unpro.
tected by the straw stack, and Of the
men eight were stunned. Mr.. War
field fortunately aroused them and they
we're saved from being burned, as the
straw stack had caught fire.
CINCINNATI, July 16.-The wind
storm, which nearly demolished the
| village Of Princeton, in Butler county,
yesterday, came about four O'Clock 10
| M aftarnoOp H.fora roarhInU Yrtnca.