The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-06-24
HEAVY RAINS.

Struck BY Lightning.
OMAHA, Neb., June 1.-THE heaviest
rain known for years fell last night all
over the state. Along the line of the B. &
M, in southern Nebraska and northern
Kansas several wash-outs resulted, the
most serious in the vicinity of Orleans.
Several small wssh-outs occurred on the
branch line between Orleans and Ok
ford Trains on that branch are
delayed and some have been abandoned
altogether. On the Elkhorn Valley road
a washout occurred at Battle Creek caused
by waterspout.
The creek suddenly rose at 2:30 this
morning caused by a water spout. and
the sweeping away OF several houses
and endangerlng a number of lives.
All in danger were helped out in wagons
and no lives were lost. The town is half
overhowed at present and people
have to 60 about in boats. 1t
is thought that the mill dam
will 20 and large damage has already
been done to crops. Several miles OF
track have been washed out and several
two DAYS.
At Oakdale the precipitation was five
inches. Cellars are filled. sidewalks are
gone, hundreds of feet af railroad track is
removed with one bridge near town. The
damage to crops is not known.
AT Humphrey Bartholomew Bogus, a
farmer, was killed by lightning, also the
team with which he was ploughing. At
Palmer the wife and grandmother of
Vaclav Lanton were struck by lightning
and killed.
KANSAS Cry, June PA terrible rain
and wind storm visited Osceola last night
About six inches of water fell. Great
damage was done 10 growing crops. A
passenger train on the Kansas City.
Osceola q Southern road was ditched
seven miles from there, killing Engineer
Lightner. A man named Crandall, who
is thought 10 have been on the train, is
missing. At Emporia three and one
half inches fell in two hours. Wheat and
corn have suffered considerable damage.
The cyclone which passed over Arkan-
sas City last night did great damage fif-
teen miles southeast of there. The dwell
ing houses of John Bowman, ". Bennett,
Samuel Brown, K. Kersey and William
Brown were completely wrecked. Ali the
inmates escaped without serious injuries
except Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, mother of
John Bowman, who was fatally injured.
a daughter of Mr.. Bennett was in the
cellar and WIS completely buried under
the debris, but escaped unhurt.
At Fl Scott during the storm and over
flow last night of Buck run rescuing
party was compelled to abandon the +.
boat; two of the men saved their lives Jy
catching hold OF trees, but the other. John
Connalin, aged nineteen, caught hold of a
limb, which broke and he was washed
away. There is no doubt that he was
drowned.
A destructive storm occurred in the
eastern portion of Crittenden county,
Ark. Dwellings and barns were unroofed
and blown down, fencing carried away and
large patches of timber leveled. Mrs
Sarah Shadrick was struck by a flying
piece of timber and her neck broken. A
stavemaker named Stanley was crushed
by falling trees and two boys, sons of a
mill man named Hollingsworth, are miss
ing and it was believed were killed.
The storm could not have come at a
worse time for the crops. Wheat was Just
ready for the reaper, and at some places
had already been cut and stacked. Much
of the crop where the storm ragged is q
total loss, and the rest has been badly
damaged. Corn had just got a fair start
and was in no condition to withstand a
heavy storm. Much of it was washed
away and much will have to be repanted.
Comparatively few reports have been re-
ceived from the country districts where
the storms occurred and a full estimate OF
the damage to crops cannot be made.
From the facts at nand, however, 1t is
estimated that the total will not fall short
of full half million dollars.
OwENsBoRo, KY, June 2O.-A storm of
wind and rain, the heaviest since the tor
nado of March, 1890, visited this city this
morning. At Lewisport George Ray, a
farmer, was killed by the blowing down of
barn there in which he had taken
| shelter. Several other barns there were
DESTROYED and the methodist church was
blown entirely away. Great damage was
done harvested wheat. Heavy rains
flooded low lands in the vicinity OF Pa
ducah and some damage was done TO
crops at Boaz, in the next county
to Paducah, several small houses were
blown away. At Bev,er, near Greenville.
| seven houses were blown away and four
persons injured, one, widow named Mil
| Ter, perhaps fatally. Near Lewisport 0s-
| car Madden's barn was blown down and
David Ray was crushed to death. AT
Lewisport the methodist church was
| wrecked.
MAssILLoN, O., June 20.-A violent and
| destructive electrical storm passed over
| this city and vicinity last night. Hun
| dreds of acres of oats, wheat and hay were
ruined. Along the Fort Wayne road here
| three iron bridges across Sipp's creek were