The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-24
STORMS IN The EAST
Iucl Damage Done In Western Penn.
sylVania.
Heavy Falls OF Rain and Hall
Houses Unroofed and Demol-
tshed-Several Lives Re-
ported Lost.


electrical storm passed over large sec
tiou OF Western Pennsylvania this even
ing, doing great damage to property and
resulting in the loss of several lives. In
the ease end OF this city houses were blown
down, trees uprooted and small buildings
deTnoakhed. The house on Black Horse
hill. oscupied by John Miller, was lifted
bodily rom its foundation and blown
considerable distance. The family es-
capped with slight bruises. Al least a
score a other houses in the vicinity were
unroofAd and large number OF persons
received slight injuries. but as far as
known there are no fatalities.
Al MbKeesport. hail stones as large as
walnuee fell, while the rain poured down
in sheots for half an hour. Lightning
struck fevcral buildings and considerable
damaGn was done. The greatest injury
gns dene by water which came down
Whitea Hollow in q stream five feet wide.
The wkter was Ave feet deep ON Fifth
avenusAnd a number of houses below the
grade vere submerged.
At GEpensburg, William Fry. gardener
at So. 5oseph's academy, was killed by
lightning. Heavy rains caused great
damasS In low lands IN TINT vicinity.
ings doing great damage In every in
Near Washington, Pa, lightning struck
q derrick on the Miller farm, shattering il
and killing William Farnum, seriously
injurins William Gates and stunning two
others.'
In Eayette county the rain fall was ex-
tensive and did much damage To railroads.
| A heavy land slide occurred mt Oakdale,
and as h was being cleared away a still
heavier one came down. blocking both
tracks. The flood in Mounts creek car
| ried nway many buildings.
AT Layton station an immense amount
Of mud, rocks and trees came down on
the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, the rain
| there amounting almost TO n cloud-burst.
At Scottdale the storm was particularly
destructive, cellars along all the princi-
pal streets being nearly filled with water
| and goods in the stores saturated. The
creek II rising steadily, and the safety of
bridges between Scottdale and Fair
chance are in danger.
A dispatch from Oil City, Pa, says
A heavy rain fell steadily almost all of
last night, raising the water i'm the river
and creek to the highest point since the
there arr no communications with Buf.
falo or Warren. Ground floors in the
lower pavilion Of the town 10 flooded.
At Wheeling, w. Va, two and one-hali
inches Of rain fell in 10 minutes, deluginp
the streets and flooding number Of bust
big rise in the river. In Pittsburg the
heavy rain is likely to swell the rivers I,
flood proportions.
A special from Erie. Pa, says the long
continued rains have caused a great dea
of trouble ON the railroads i'm that section
of the state, and to-day there were man,
washouts. A west-bound freight on th,
Nickle Plate went through bridge nca
Crayton. Three train men were sevcrel,
injured. Twenty-Five cars went dowI
into the flood.
CLEVELAND, May 23.-A rain storm
much in the nature of n cloud burst
swept over northwestern Pennsylvani,
this morning. doing great damage. A
Cory the streets were converted int,
rivers in some places two feet deep, tyinI
up sewers and washing out roads. Rail
road yards are completely inundated
Merchants also sustained heavy losses
The valley from Cory To lrvington, "A dis
tance OF 20 miles, IL a complete lake q
water from one to three miles in width
The loss will probably reach sl0oUO q
more. Public highways i'm the surround
ing country are nearly impossible. A
, Meadvilie lightning struck several build
ings. although none were severely dam
) aged. Several streets were flooded am
extensive damage resulted In the lowe
portion Of the city from the rapid rising q
French creek. Three bridges, slaughte
, house and numerous small buildings an
sidewalks were swept away. Report
from all directions Indicate the damage !
! this vicinity is very heavy. Railroad
.. also suffered from the washouts.