The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-05-26
SEVERE EASTERN STORMS
Western Pennsylvania Visited
by q Damaging Rain and
Electrical Storm.
A Large Number Of Persons Slightly
Injured. but No Fatalities
Reported.
Streets Converted Into Rivers and
Sewers and Roads Washed Out
Heavy Losses Sustained.

PrrrsBuRo. May -. .
A severe rain aud and electrical storna
passed over q large section OF western
Pennsylvania, doing great damage 80
property and resulting In the loss of Sow
eral hives. In the east end of pittsbuxg
houses were blown down, trees uprootsd
and small buildings demolished. A houas
on Black Horse hill, occupied by John
Miller. was lifted bodily from It's founda-
ston and blown 10 q co nsiderable distance.
The family escaped With slight bruises. Az
least score of other konses In the vicinity
we're unroofeds A large nambsr OF per-
sons received slight injuries. bnt as FAR -
known there we've no fatalities.
Az Mckeesport hailstones as large e
wainuts fell, while the rain poured down
In sheets for half hour. Lightning
struck several buildings and considerable
damage was done. The greatest injury
was done by water, which came down
Whites hollow In streams seventy five
feet wide. The water was i've feet deep
on fifth avenue and q number Of houses
below the grade were submerged.
Az Greensburg. William Frye. gardener
ut st. Joseph's academy, was killed By
lightning. The heavy rains caused great
damage In the low lands in the vicinity.
Lightning struck number .of fne build
ings. doing greet damage In every instance.
Near Washington. Pa, lightning struck
a derrick ON the Miller farm, shattering II
and killing William Furman, seriously In
juring William Gates and stunning two
others.
In Fsyette county the rainfall was ex-
tensive and did much damage 20 railroads.
A heavy landslide occurred at 0akdaie,
and rs II was being cleared away still
heavier one came down, blocking both
tracks. The food In Mouse creek carried
away many buildings
Az Layton station an immense amount
OF mud, rocks and trees came down ON the
Baltimore a Ohio tracks. The Fain there
amounted almost 20 eloudburst.
AT Scottdais the storm was particularly
destructive. The cellars along all ths
principal streets ara nearly allied with
water and goods in stores saturated. The
creek Is rising steadily and the safety OF
the bridges between soottdale and Fair
chance endangered.
A dispatch from Oil City, Pa, says:
Heavy rains have fallen almost steadily
SINCE last midnight and are raising tho
water in the river and creek TO, the highest
point since 1883. On account of washouts
there are no railroad communicate ons with
Buffalo or Warren. The ground floors of
the lower portion Of the town are flooded.
At Wheeling. w. Va, two and one-half
inches Of rain fell in twenty minutes,
deluging the streets and flooding number
of business houses. There are apprehen-
sions of big iiss In the river. In Pitts
burg the heavy rain is likely to swell the
river to food proportions.
A special from Erie, Pa, says: Long
continued rains have caused great deal
of trouble ON the railroads In this section
Of the state, and there ara many washouts.
A west bound freight ON the Nickel Plate
went through bridge near Crayton. Three
trainmen were severely injured. Twenty.
Ave cars went down into the food.
Another Account.
CLEVELAND, May o.
A rainstorm much in the nature of a
cloudburst swept over northwestern Penn
sylvania doing great damage. AT Cory,
the streets were converted into rivers, IN
acme places two feet deep. tearing mp sew
ers and washing out roads. The railroad
yards were completely inundated.
Merchants also sustained heavy
losses. The valley from Cory TO Irv-
irgton. a distance of twenty miles,
In complete lake OF water from one to
three miles In width. The loss wall prob
ably reach 800. 900 or more. The public
highways In tina surrounding country are
nearly impossible.
: At Meadville lightning struck several
buildings, although none were severely
damaged. Several streets ara flooded and
extensive damage resulted IN the lower
portion OF the city from the rapid rising OF
French creek Three bridges. slaughter
house and numerous small buildings and