Daily Republican., 1890-06-13
ELECTRIC STORMS.
WIND. RAIN HAiLs THUNDER
AND LIGHTNING.
Much Damage Done In Psnnsylvauia,
New jersey and New York-Thou. =
sands Of Teads Cover the
Ground.

Ground.
NoRRrsrowN, June 12-DurIng the
terrific storm last night while lightning
flashes kept the hsavene Illuminated, tho
barn OF WINS Walker, 1t Port Indian,
was ignited By an electric bolt and was
totally CONSUMED, together with the con-
teuts, except the horses, seven in number
which were rescued while tho flames
were raging. The loss u between 5000
and $4,000. and . partially covered BY an
insurance Of e45O0 in the Montgomery
Mutual Company Of Nelristown. A barn
on the same site was struck BY lightning
several years ago and burned down.
| The only serious damage By the storm
Vice, 40 phones having been burned out
or disabled. Blk more at spring. City
and one at Linnsld were alto damaged,
and . half dozen poles near Quakertown
were struck BY lightning and badly
splintsrsd.
PoTrsrowN, Pa, June IA heavy
storm passed over the town this evening
at 0 O'Clock. It became very dark, then
. furious blsst Of wind. accompanied by
. signing sounA, swept down the valley.
George 8. Krauss's planning mill, on
Fourth street, was partially unroofsd and
seriously damaged; Irwin 6assaman's
house had the slate hurled from the roof,
portions of Pottstown Cemetery fence
were prostrated, trees blown down and
other Injury done to properly; tho light
ming was vivid aud the thunder tremeu-
deus.
READING. Pa, June 12.--The electric
storm which passed over this section late
last night, lasting until this morning,
was In many respects phenomenal. Thou
sands OF smAlI toAds iell In this city,
They were about half an inch In leu 9Th,
nnd covered the street car tracks for half
. square. Lightning struck the Lutheran
and Reformed Church at Pennsburg.
Beyond tearing of part Of tho roof and
the chimney there was no damage.
Twelve telegraph poles along the Per.
k'omen railroad, standing 10 . row,
were splintered.
Hail fell In various sections OF Lancas-
tor county. and li2htning stunned many
people.
WINS Walkers new stone barn near
Jetfersonville, Montgomery county, was
struck by lightning and burned. One
COW WAS killed by lightning. A barn on
, the same spot was burned down SIX
years ago.
Early this evening Reading was visited
by another rain storm, which, for the
large rainfall In q small space Of time,
has rarely been equalled.
/ The floor Of the Reading Iron Works
forge was three feet under water. Hail
, the size of hickory nuts fell north Of
Reading, and corn6elds, which had only
been replanted alter the atofm OF two
planted, being entirely washed bare.
. l CnRnv Pa lima -nrr~is,n n hoa -
storm here ON Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. Albert Conrick, while running !
sewing machine near an open door, was
80 badly shocked by lightning that her
i body turned purple. Benjamin. Wrlght's
: house was struck and his s!x-year-old
daughter fatally Injured. q. NJ. Chide-
star, operator at the Pittsburg and Erie
freight office, was thrown to the floor
, aud the instrument In his office burned.
!, Amos Heath's house was struck, badly
damaging IT. Many telegraph and tele-
phone wires were completely melted.
DoYLBsTowN, June 12.-The damage
done BY the hail storm In Doylestown
= last night will amount to several thou
: sand dollars. The principal losers are
tie owners Of greenhouses. ]. Y. Smith Q
: damage is placed at $1,000; j. Y.Ander's,
$1,000; Mrs. &. A. Walton, $500; z d.
! darlington, $500; Clemens q Palmer,
$3.50. The corn and grain folds sur
rounding the towns are almost com
p.etely ruined, and many OF the track
patches presented desolats appearance
this morning.
LAMBERrvILLE. N. j., June 12.-This
section was visited between o aud this
evening by one OF the sevsrest storms
known for years. Lightning was very
severe, striking the Union Paper Mills,
In New Hope, stunning four men.
AUBURN, N. Y, june 12-The worst
rain storm Of the season In this vlcIuity
set 10 about 3 T. M. to-day. Cellars In
all parts Of the city were flooded, and the
ciey sewers pipes were burst in many
places.
The loss is sstimatrd At 5000, 600. Tho
, New York Central Railroad track IL
washed out for q distance OF 400 feet two
, miles west of Auburn.
llHARRIsoNBURa, Va, June IA
fearful storm Of wind, hall and rain pass.
: cd over the eastern portion OF this coun-
ty last night Fences were blown down,
4 trees uprooted and the crops cut by the
r hail.
l CARLISLE, Pa, June 12.-During the
: storm this afternoon the barn OF Mr..
! Wilson, near Kingston, was struck by
. lightning and en- lrely destroyed The
} grain and part OF the farming imple-
ments were also consumed. Toe loss 10
estimated at s., 900 with sllght insur-
ance.
During the heavy thunder storm this
afternoon lightning struck the large barn
> oil John LauntE, In Silver Spring town
!. ship, near this city. destroying the barn,
!. farming implements, crops, outbui!d-
inRs, etc.
HARRIsBURe, Pa, June IA severe
thunder storm, accompanied by vivid
flashes of lightning, swopt over this city
this afternoon. The rainfall was very
heavy. Tho cable box on ninety-ioot
J.: pole in front Of the Western Union
! Telegraph Ohlce, was fired by the super
u fuous electricity. aud, before the fire
. men could extinguish the blaze, con
. siderable damage was done.
DARKsvILLE, Me-, June 13.-During
funeral near Eere on "Wednesday after
noon, n severe storm came up. A large
rumber of saddl horses were tied to Q
n rack which Joined barbsd wire fence
> Lightning struck the fence and ran
y aloLg by the hcrses, 20 telng knock d
nat and four killed outrigh. Mrs.
Robert Derigue, who was sitting IN the
church at the time, was severely burned