The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-05-30
A CL0UD-BURST.
immei 80 Destruction BY Light
ming, Rain, Wind and Hail.
Pittsburgh aud Other Pennsylvania ana
West Virginia Towns Flooded.


Pittsburgh aud other PennayivanI, and
West Virginia Towns Flooded
Tho heaviest rain and electrical storm
known In years passed over largo Sec
lion OF Western Pcnnsylyania on
the esd, doing great damage 10
property and resulting In the loss
u several lives. The storm ,truc <
Pittsburgh about four O'Clock. but
40 serious damage was done in the Old
sity, In the Eass End. however the
wind played havoc. Houses were torn
down, trees uprootod and outbuildinss
demolished On WiBsbida!o avenue
Ave new frame houses were lifted from
,heir foundation and completely do
,troyed. Another house on Blac hhorss
Hill, occupied by John Miller, vas
lifted bodily from tho foundations and
Slown a considerable distance. At least
score OF houses IN the yicinity werO
ltsessds. The loss n estimatsd AZ irop
f>es<d kseser~-Nf~s< s-s-=,s=ss bal
stoncS a. large as walnuts fell. villa
the rain poured down In sheets for q ~ "a
hair hour. The greatest Injury was
done by the water which came down
Whites hollow in a stream sovcntyh,e
feet wide. At Grecnsburg, IA VIM.
Frye, the gardner at ST .Ioseph's ACad-
envy, was struck and insanity
killed by bolt Of hyhtning A
COW standing near him was also lilled.
Lightning also struck Colonel Huf Is
palatial residence. the First Reformed
Church and other buildings, doing great
damage In every instance. Near Wash
lngton. Pa, lightning struck a
derrick in the course Of eroc-
tion ON the Colonel Robert Nil.
Ter farm, sha,toring IL. and killing
William FurmAn, single; seriously 10.
!uring William Gates and stun.
ming two others. At S'otidalo
the storm was particularly dcsiruct.
i've. Collars along all the principal
streets are nearly filled with water. and
the goods that many Of the merchants
had stored away aro saturated. Tho
creek Is risirg steadily. and the safety
OF couple Of the railroad bridge. be-
tween Scot'dale and Fair Chance are en-
dangcred. The construction train has
boon ordered 10 the scene. A dispatch
from oJ City, Pa, says heavy rain fell
almost steadily for many hours. raising
the WatoF In the river sud creek TO the
highest point since 1858. The rise
In the river has been at Its highest az
orage In the last four hours, and stands
now at IA feet . inches, a rise Of six fcot
In few hours Reports from all points
up the river gauge from fvo To eight
Inches higher, and 10 Is expected IL vii
bo as least five feet higher ON account
u washouts, no railroad Communication
Fan De had with buffalo or Warren. Tho
ground floors of the lower portion Of mo
-oEn are flooded. including the basement
n tho OIL Exchange and the Derrick
,ross-ronm. Al MheoiiRg, " Va, al.aut
Wo and one. half inches Of rain fell In
woniy minutes, dcluging the streets
'nd flooding number OF business houses
- c"llara aud first ionr-. In Pitt-hatsi,
he heavy rain j. likely TO swell tue
ivcrs TO Good proportions. At all points
Ilong the Allegheny, loughioghcny and
&ononFahela rivers the rainfall was UNI
isuaL The stage Of water at Pittsburgh
vas thirteen feet and rising.