The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-30
Great storm. In the Fast,

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A severe rain and and electrical storm
passed over q large section Of western
Pennsylvania. doing great damage to
property and" resulting in the loss Of sew
eral lives. In the cast end of Pittsburg
houses were blown down, trees uprooted
and small buildings demolished. A house
on Black Horse hill. occupied by John
Miller, was lifted bodily from Its founda-
ton and blown to o co nsiderable distance.
The family escaped with slight bruises. At
least a score OF other houses in the vicinity
were unroofed. A large number of per.
sons received slight injuries, but as far rs
known there we're no fatalities.
At Mckeesport hailstones az large as
walnnts fell, while the rain poured down
in sheets for a 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 five feet deep
on Fifth avenue and a number Of houses
below the grade we're submerged.
At Greensburg, William Frye, agardener
at st. Joseph's academy. was killed by
lightning. The heavy rains caused great
damage in the low lands in the vicinity.
Lightning struck a number::of fine build
ings, doing great damage i every instance.
Near Washington, Pa, lightning struck
a derrick on the Miller farm, shatteripg it
and killing William Furman, seriously in.
turing William Gates aud stunning two
others.
In F;yette county the rainfall was ex-
tensive and did much damage to railroads.
A heavy landslide occurred at Oakdale,
aud as it was being cleared away a still
heavier one came down, blocking both
tracks. The flood in Mouse creek carried
away many buildings.
At Layton station an immense amount
Of mud, rocks and trees came down on the
Baltimore Il Ohio tracks. The rain there
amounted almost to q cloudburst.
At Sc0ttdale the storm WAS particularly
destructive. The cellars along all the
principal streets are nearly filed with
water ard goods in stores saturated. The
creek is rising steadily aud the safety Of
the bridges between Scottdale and Fair
chance endangered.
A dispatch from Oil City, Pa, says:
Heavy rains have fallen almost steadily
since last midnight aud are raising the
water in the river aud creek to the highest
point since 1889. On account Of washouts
there are no railroad communications with
Buffalo or Warren. The ground floors of
tho lower portion of the town are flooded.
AT Who cling. W. Va. two and one-half
inches Of rain fell in twenty minutes,
deluging the streets and flooding a number
of business houses. There are apprehen.
sions Of o big liss in the river. In Pitts
burg the heavy rata is likely to swell the
river to food proportions.
A special from Erie, Pa, says: Long
continued rains have caused q great deal
of trouble on the railroads In this section
Of the state, and there are many washouts.
A west-bound freight ON the Nickel Plate
went through a bridge near GRAFTON. Three
trainmen we're severely injured. Twenty
five cars went down into the Hood.
Died of y lsroken Heart.
Mrs. Florence II. Masterson, wife Of ex-
Judge Masterson, of Prescott, Ariz , the
man whose shooting affair in Alice Hop
kins ms flat recently brought him into
notoriety, died at the Grand Union hotel,
New York. She was 80 years old. There
had been an enlargement between herself
and husband for some months, but when
Mrs. Masterson heard of the shooting af.
fair she started east in the hope of effect.
ing q reconciliation with him, and also for
the purpose Of seeing again her 14-year. old
son, who was with his father. On arriving
she wrote Mr.. Masterson, requesting an
interview. There was no response, and
she wrote again with the same result.
Though her health had always been good,
the excitement and grief drove her into q
condition OF nervous prostration. She
called upon DIR. Adams, an old friend,
aud talked with him OF her troubles.
The doctor accompanied her back to her
hotel, and just as she was entering the Gle.
vator she placed her hand over her heart
and fell dead. A telegram Vas sent to
Mr.. Masterson, and he was soon at the
hotel. The body was removed to an I'M
d~ertnker's establishment, and whom the re-.
porter called there last evening he found
Judge Masterson sitting With bowed head
beside the casket containing the body.
He seemed overcome BY his emotions. and
would not utter . word TO any one. Cor.
oner Jenkins says there is no doubt that
1t is q case of broken heart, il there ever
was one.
The Fastest Telegraphsr In the Country
Dies In Brooklyn.
John w. Robson, champion expert tsle.
grapher Of America, died in Brooklyn from,
injuries received 10 having been thrown
from q bicycle. The deceased was 81 years
/ of age. He Was known all over
the country 90 being the fastest teleersphsr,
and "a not only tho fastest but ths
most accurate. A few years ago hs won
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