The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-18

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lives were lost.
SuNBURY, Pa, May l0.-The storm
this afternoon was very severe III tnns
CITY. Trees were blown down, houses
unroofed and the Clement House.
| ore of the principal hotels, was IN
| rooted, and the brick end OF tle punu,
| ing fell into the street, several IetSo'i'
narrowly escaping injury.
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
NEWCASTLE, Pa. May IA trl-
ii1c wind. hail and thunder storm
passed over this city about TWO ociCos
this afternoon. breaking wlndo" p"i'e'
! and blowing down shade trees. a.,
During the storm the residence u
ex.County Treasurer James ReynoldS
was struck by lightning, and MIS-;
| Reynolds and a daughter we're stunned
by the shock. They remained IN ah
unconscious condition for two hours
but they will recover.
LYcoMINa COUNTY.
WILL1AMspoRT, Pa, May 10.-DrT-
ing the exhibition by the Barnum shtW
here this afternoon a violent STORM
| suddenly came up. and u ignlc was
created IN the large tent. The canvas
! began to give way, and it began 10
look as though it would com down
bodily. Many of the poles were llfleu
| three or four feet from the ground,
and the greatest exertion on the part OIL
attaches of the show was requlre1 TO
hold them down. 49,,
The vast audience made a rush 10
get out. and tile widest excitemen!
| prevailed for a time. Managers sDoute"
and tried in vain 10 quiet the people
but as the storm continued and TUE
| danger of the tent coming down IN
| creased they then urged the people to
get out as fast as possible. FortuDatei,
by using all exits and going under the
canvas the people all passed out with
| out serious results. One lady III hei
haste fell over a rope and broke her
wrist. The other tents did not rare
so well.
The dressing room, the menagarle
and the tent covering the freaks were
all blown down fiat. Three cages oil
animals were overturned and some
valuable specimens were injured, an
antelope beng so badly crippled hat 1t
had 10 he killed.
A number of buildings throughout
the city were badly strained by Tie
storm, and some of them Threatened 10
fall, but the general damage heard Of
has not been serious.
PERRY COUNTY.
NEWPORT, Perry Co., Pa, May 10.
"A tornado not lasting over fifteen
minutes struck this place with terrific
force between 3 and 4 O'Clock this at
ternoon. The large exhibition build
ing on the ground of the Perry County
Agricultural Society was totally de.
molished, and part of the roof of the
grand stand was blown bodily into a
field go yards distant. Charles Meyers,
aged eight years, son of William
Myers, was instantly killed by the fall
Ing timbers.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 10. "A heavy
thunder storm, accompanied by Ia
mense hailstones, passed over this Sec
ton about q O'Clock this evening. cool
ing the atmosphere very materially.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May III.
Shortly after 5 O'Clock this afternoon a
furious wind storm, which combined
all the elements of the cyclone of the
Western prairies, swept over the city
with the velocity OF fifty-eight miles
an hour. In many respects 1t was the
most remarkable the City has expe.
rlenced fer years. 1t came with a cloud
Of dust SO dense that it changed
the atmosphere from the brightness of
midday to the darkness of night.
1t blinded and stified people on the
streets who ran terror. stricken to
places of safety. 1t demolished Floral
Hall at the State Fair Grounds, bury.
ing a mar and a horse IN the ruins. 1t
unroofed scores OF houses in every
quarter. Carriages were overturned
and dashed against street corners and
their occupants tilted into the cutters.
Trees were uprooted in many parts of
the city. Telegraph. telephone and
electric light wires went down in COM
mon ruin. and owing to the derange
ment of the police wires, the city was
for hours in ignorance of the damage
in remote quarters of the city. 1t IS
remarkable that no fatalities have so
far been reported in the city.
New Jersey.
AT BURLINGTON.
BURLINGTON, N. j., May 10.-The
tornado which visited Burlington at 4
to-day was the worst seen here. The
wind blew terribly, dust and flying
debris filling the air for over an hour.
The round house of the PennsI lvanIa
Railroad at East Burlington wa com
pletely demolished by the wind, not "A
timber left standing. In all parts o:
the city trees were uprooted and sey.
eral roofs were wrecked. A large tree
on Broad street blew across the rail
road track, which delayed trains for
two hours. Tie carriage of j. e.
Atkinson, occupied by himself and
wife, was completely wrecked while
driving along the road. Both were
thrown In a ditch and received serious
injuries.
Maryland.
FREDERICK. Nd, May 10.-A small
cyclone is reported from the Potomac
Valley, near the Point of Rocks, 10
miles above Washington. Twenty.
five men at work on a railroad trestle
over the river at that point, were
swept off into the water, sixty feet
below, and the wreck of the bridge fell
on some OF them, and several were
killed. The others succeeded IN
swimming ashore.
Wires are down IN all directions in
Western Maryland. and it is impossible
up to midnight to obtain details of the
disaster.
"A terrific explosion of fire damp
occurred in the mines of tie Charters
Block Coal Company, at Toms Run, a