The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-07-06
Floods and Lightning.

FoRT WoRTH, TEXAS, July 4.-Several
inches Of rain fell in this part of the State
Yesterday and great damage has resulted.
Reports from the west show heavy rains for
200 miles. The Brazos and the Trinity rivers
are booming. At Beubrook, twelve miles
west, the bridge of the Texas and Pacific and
500 feet Of the track are washed away. The
ST Louis. Arkansas, and Texas, for two miles
out, Is submerged. The Missouri. Kansas
and Texas aud the Fort Worth and Denver
have abandoned their tracks north. The
Texas and Pacific has abandoned trains both
east and west. At Fort Worth the bottom
lands to the north for two miles and to the
east for mile and a-half are submerged, and
truck farms are gone. The Trinity rose four
and a half feet in an hour, and the dwellers
on the low lands barely escaped. C,iy Mar
shall Farmer, Sheriff Richardson and their
entire forces for the time became reseuing
corps and manned the boats which brought
the people to the city, where they are quar-
tered in large warehouses. There are 200
men. women and children thus cared for.
II. Plume and sister are said to have been
washed away, and Mrs II. 5. Sentley and
Patrick. her sou, VINO lived on the Trinity,
are missing, and said TO be drowned. Their
houses are carried away. The river there is
two allies wide, and all the cabins and tents
are gone The ST. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas operator last night received a message
that the West Fork Of the Trinity was coming
down with an eight.foot rise Six inches
more Of water and the water works will have
TO be abandoned. Wheat, oats, fruit and
cotton are badly damaged The loss can
hardly be computed, but conservative estl-
mates place i; as high as $4,000, 600. There
Is some fear for the little villages along the
Trinity above Fort Worth, but there IS no
telegraph communication and nothing definite
can be learned. At one clock this morn
ing il was still raining heavily.
One of the heaviest thunderstorms known
At Hollidaysbarg, Pa, for years, visited that
place on Tuesday evening, causing great
Hood The Juniata river rose to yearly the
height Of the food of May 81, and the lower
streets we're covered with from to 5 feet OF
water Many people had to leave their dwell
Iings. Damage was also done at Duneanvllie,
where the nam street was destroyed, and at
Williamsburg, where the temporary bridge
was swept away.
Great damage was done at franklin, We
mango county. Pa, on Tuesday, by terrific
storm Of wind aud rain.
Two cloud bursts on Tuesday evening caused
an overflow of Church Run, which divides
Titasgille, Pa, and much damage to property
resulted. The losses are estimated at $40, 600
During a heavy rainstorm At Dubuque, la. {,
on Tuesday afternoon, two boys named Cor.
bets and Bennett sought shelter III = barn and
we're killed BY lightning.
David S. Wise, farmer, aged 80 years,
vas struck By lightning while riding on a hay
rack, near MagadOr. Ohio, at noon. The sun
was shining at the time, and the lightning
came from a very small cloud. Two sons of
Mr. Wise riding on the rack with him were
knocked insensible, as was also a woman IN q
house near b.. The horse Was killed by the
same bolt.
During heavy thunder storm on Saturday
night the storehouse Of the Paul Within Man.
uiaeiuring Company, at Roekdale, Mass, was
struck BY lightning aud set on fire. The
house contained more than $40, 600 worth OF
goods. The loss IS covered by insurance.