, 1890-05-29
The RIVERS SWOLLEN.
Streets o' Cities Turned
Int rents.
FATALITIES BY ELECTRICITY
Pennsylvania Visited by Devasta-
ting Cloudbursts-The Rail-
roads Suffer Great LOSS.

PlrrsBURG, May 23.-A severe rain
and electrical storm passed over large
section of Western Pennsylvania this
evening, doing great damage TO property
and resulting in the loss OF several lives.
4 In the east end of this city houses
,ere blown down, trees uprooted aud
mall buildings demolished. A house
/on Black Horse hill occupied by John
Miller was lifted bodily from its iounda-
ton and blown a considerable distance.
The family escaped with slight bruises.
At least score OF other houses In the
vicinity were unroofcd. A large number
oipeTsons received slight injuries, but
as fur as known there were no fatalities.
At Mckeesport hailstones as large as
walnuts fell, while the rain poured
down In sheets for half an hour. Light
Mug struck several buildings, and con.
siderable damage was done. Tho great
est injury was done by the water, which
came down Whites hollow In stream
five feet wide. The water was i've feet
deep on FIna avenue and number OF
houses below the grade were submerged.
At Greensburg, William Fry, gar.
dencr at ST. Josoph's academy, was
killed by lightning. The heavy rains
caused great damage in the low lands in
the vicinity Lightning struck mum
bcr OF fine buildings. doing great dam.
age in every instance.
4srNear Washington, Penn. lightning
rick derrick on the Miles. farm,
Fhattering IT, and killing William Far
! mum, seriously injuhng William Gates
and stunning two others.
In Eayette county the rainfall was ex-
tensivo and did much damage to the
railroads A heavy landslide occurred
Of Oakdale, anu iii was being cleared
away still heavier one came down.
blockadine both tracks
The Hood in Mount Greek carried away
many buildings.
At Layton station an immense amount
of mud, rocks and trees came down on
the Baltimore & Ohio track, the rain
there amounting almost to "A cloudburst.
At SCottdale the storm was par
ticularly destructive. The cellars along
all the principal streets were nearly
4 filled with water, and the goods in the
a stores were saturated, tho creek rising
\ steadily, and the safety OF tho bridges
between scottdalo and Fair Chance
being endangered.
VI a dispatch from oil City says; A
lAhS hlUlOrt hltuulN
i since last midnight, raising the river
and creek TO the highest points since the
year 1883, On account OF the washouts
4 no railroad commun ication can be had
4 with Buiinlo or Warren. The ground
floors OF the lower part OF the town are
!. .llpOded.
A. Wheeling, W. Va, two and one.
{ BIZ inches OF rain fell in twenty min
utes, deluging tho streets, and flooding
"A number OF business houses. There
are apprehcnsions OF big rise In the
river.
In pi,tsburg the heavy min is likely
10 swell the rivers to Hood proportions
n special IRON Erie, Penn, says;
The long continued rains have caused
great deal of trouble on the railroads in
this section of the state. and to-day
there were many washouts, The west
bound freight on tiio Nickel Plate went
through II bridge near Crayton. Three
trainmen were severely injured and
twenty five cars went down into the
ilood.
IN OTHER SECTIONS.
CLEVELAND. Ohio May % "A rain
storm, much in the nature OF cloud.
burst, swept over North western Penn
sylvania this morning doing great dam.
agc. At Cory the streets were con
verted into rivers, In some places two
feet deep tearing w the sewers and
washing out the roads. The railroad
yards were completely inundated. The
merchants also sustained heavy losses.
The valley from Cory TO lrvington,
distance of twenty miles, is u complete
lake OF water, from ono to three miles in
width. The loss will probably reach
sslOO,000, Or more. The public highways
y the surrounding country are nearly
uAplssable.
|J5X ~ Meadville lightning struck several