Telegram-herald., 1890-07-04
SWEPT BARE.
Floods Devastate a Big Portion OF
West Virginia
A GOVERNMENT DAN WASHED AWAY.
Esses Of ClSoa- Barst IA ss~ fOrk-
HEAVY Losses 4sPOstsa from West
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pARKEEsBUkG. ". IA July h-A
terrible storm prevailed Tuesday night
along the Ohio river and N1skingun
valley The Muskingam rose t@steg
thza ever known and carried away
bridges, crops. fences and barns foF
many miles The Dig Government dam
AT Marietta. which cost the Govern
ment already eyez $3.50, 600. Was torn
to pieces and carried away. Near
ly All the timber on that stream
was lost. One firm alone lost seventy
FIVE RATS. All the country between
Marietta and Beverly IS reported as
oyerfowed and terribly damaged. The
destruction Of the big dam viii stop
navigation on the Mnskingum for many
months 10 come and will % = great in-
jury 70 towns and farmers on that river
who depended upon IL for communication
with markets. The Litlle Hooking,
twelve miles below this city. is send
ing down a big food, carrying thou
sands OF shocks Of wheat fences etc.
AT Churchville, Lewis County, the
whole village is reported badly dam
aged. Four churches are lost rui ned
by hail-stones, some Of which were
three inches in diameter. Houses were
carried away and wheat and other crops
over wide area are ruined.
PIrrsBuRGH, Pa, July 3.-The cleo
tric and rain-storm which played about
this city Wednesday night seems
to have been general in this section.
Little damage was done here, but re-
ports from Canton, O., say the
worst was felt there, and the citi-
zens employed themselves in fishing for
furniture floating about the streets. At
Sparta. O.. Young Miller was rendered
unconscious by lightning stroke that
destroyed his machine-shop. The dam
age TO crops is great A hotel and two
business houses at St Joe, Pa, forty
miles from here, were destroyed by
lightning; loss, S12, 600.
At Newcastle the storm has been
violent for twentyfour hours. Mrs.
Hiram Woods was struck by lightning
and IS still lying unconscious. Many
barns and residences were struck. a
special from GAINESVILLE, O.. says the
loss in that county to bridges and roads
will reach $780, 900. Several short con-
Meeting Ohio railroads have been totally
abandoned on account of washouts.
WOOSTER, O., July 3.-This city and
sections of Wayne County north and
east suffered from an unprecedently
heavy rain-storm Tuesday night, caus-
ing great damage to crops. The water
in Apple creek rose over eight feet in
less than an hour. Bridges were swept
away like driftwood.
Miss Lehman Harmon, only child of
Henry Harmon, of Congress, visited
storm started home. She was found in
the suburbs of ,he city after the storm,
a raying maniac. Her reason had been
dethroned through fright
COsHocroN, o., July 3--On Tuesday
evening a cloud-burst over Coshocton
County caused the loss of thousands Of
dollars. The Panhandle and Coshoc-
ton railroads were badly washed out.
The Ohio canal is broken in several
places and the water has damaged crops
and drowned sock.
BUFFALO. July "a special from
Wales, n. Y, says there was cloud
burst just east of Wales Center on Tues
day afternoon. Two bridges and mum
erous sluices were washed away.
Small streams were turned into raging
rivers and carried every thing before
| them. A mum ber OF narrow escapes are
reported.
An Albion special says: Tuesdays
storm did considerable damage to the
growing crops in Orleans County. Dur.
ing the progress OF the storm lightning
struck and killed Mrs. Swan, OF Claren
don. William Richie, Of Murray, was
probably fatally injured and a number
of men working in a stone quarry re-
ceived a severe shock from bolt oi
lightning that struck near them.
TORONTO, Ont, July "a severe
storm prevailed in Eastern Ontario
Wednesday. In Campbellford and
the neigh hborhood hail-stones the
size of hens eggs fell, complete
| ly destroying all the crops and
/ glass in tho vicinity. The wind lev
elled trees and fences and unroofed
many buildings, and the water washed
out many culverts, delaying trains bad
/ ". In the vicinity OF Picton and
Springfield lightning set Ere to many
oarns, which were consumed, and killed
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