Telegram-herald., 1890-05-25
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Western Pennsylvania FRIDAY evening.
dong gEesl damage 70 property Snd TO
slItux In rhe loss Of several Ives
TIE storm struck Pittsburgh about
o'clock. but no serious damage
vas dsns III TIE Cd city In tle
east end however the wind played
havoc Houses were blown down, trees
4 Br00teG and small buildings demol-
ished On Nineold1-e avenue I've ne -
frame houses we're Afted fgom their
foundations and completely destroyed.
Another house on BlEck Horse buL
occgp pied by John Miller, was
Lifted bodily from the foundation
and blow consiiera Die distance. =. he
family were in the sitting room AZ the
tine, b4g we're not injured Al least a
seoFe Of other houses IN the vicinity
were uurootsd- 4 large num Der Of per
sons received slight injuries. but as far
ss known az this time there we're no
fatalities.
A. McKeesport hail-stones as large as
w4lnuts fell. while the rain poured
down ia sheets for full half hour. Ihe
heavy lee striking horses caused a num-
ber Of runaways, bat 10 serious damage
Was done The Lightning struck
several buildings in this vicinity
and considerable damage WAS done.
The creates. injury was done by the va
Ter which came down White hollow in
o stream seyenty-hye feet wide. The
water was i've feet deep on Fifth ave
nue. ~ point below Center street and
a number OF houses which were below
grade were submerged
AZ Greensburg William Fry. the gar
dener ~ - Joseph's Academy, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
Near Washington, Pa, lightning
struck a derrick IN the course OF cree
ton on Colonel Robert Mille-'s farm,
shattering it and killing William Fur
man. seriously inJuring William Gates
ana stunning two others.
In Fayette County the rainfall was
extensive and did much damage 70 the
railroad. In tho Third ward swamps
the Southwest Pennsylvania railroad
tracks were flooded several feeI
deep and the trains have been held
several hours. The Baltimore & Ohic
is a heavy sufferer. 4 heavy landslide
occurred at Oakdale. and asit was being
cleared away still heavier ono came
down, blocking both tracks The food
in Mount creek carried away many
small buildings.
AtLayton station an immense amount
Of mud, rocks and trees came down or
the Baltimore s. Ohio tracks about :
o'clock Friday evening.
At Oil City the ground floors OF the
lower portion OF the town are flooded.
A. Wheeling. W. Va. about two and
half inches OF rain fell in twenty min
utes. Travel on the Elm railroad wa;
stopped for several hours by heavy
landslide.
A cloud burst ct North East covered
the Lake Shore and Nickel Plato track,
and stopped all trains. Friday morn
ing west-bound freight on the Nicke
Plate went through a bridge near Cray
ton. in this State. Engineer DAME
Ellis is badly hurt and may not re
cover.
At CORY streets were converted intC
rivers in sOme places two feet deep
The railroad yards wore completely in
undated, the flood washing out some o
the side tracks. The railroads botl
east and west OF the city sustained
heavy damage. The valley from CORY
% Irvinton, a distance OF twenty miles
is a complete lake from ono to three
miles 4 width.
TEHRE HAUTE, Ind, May 24-Parb
Osborne, well-known farmer in Sui
livan County, and Herschell Riggs, whC
vas with him, were struck b. lightning
Friday. Riggs was instantly killed anC
Osborne badly injured. There were
several severe thunder-storms IN this
part Of the WABASH valley Friday and
Friday night.
ALLIANCE, O., May 24-George Pat
terson, his wife and two children o.
Salineville, o. were instantly killed by
lightning while standing under a tree
during a severe storm Friday afternoon
ST. Louis, May "a severe elec
trical and raiu-storm broke over St
Louis Friday evening, completely de
moralizing the telephone and telegraph
ic services and starting several fires in
different parts Of tho city.
MAEIoy. Ind. May "a furiou
Storm passed over this city from unit
: o'clock Friday morning The Spence
House was struck bT lightning. but tn
fame were extinZu.shed after th'
guests were all out Tho hint-glas
vorks wore struck and dan age,
! 70 tbe extent Z $1,000. Thcu