Telegram-herald., 1891-08-18
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coIuxsus Ind. Aug. IA terrible
wind and electrical storm swept over
this county about O'Clock Saturday
morning There Was one continued nash
Of i.ghtaing. At Elissesthto~n. this
county. the elements assumed The sAzp.
of q cyclone. aEt sae black clouds
hung apparently near the ground. and
whirled and twisted IN fearful man
nes. There were dazzling flashes OF
lightning and loud and instant reports
from ths electrical bolts. two of which
struck the frame residence of
Horace Treat and burned IL 20
the ground The eatlrs upper story of
the me brick schoolhouse WAS torn
away and tie building rendered of lit
tie valua The brick residence Of
Charles siseo had one end and one side
blown into the street. His wife, hear
ing the storm. had just stepped iato
frame addition when the crash came,
and escaped uninjured The is-year-
old son, Ezra. was asleep In . bed near
the wall that gave way, and WAS buried
some feet in the debris and was
fatally hurt abont the head and breast.
The father was also hurt but nos
fatally. From the Sisco dwelling .
good-sixsd mirror was carried some
distance. and when found was not dam
aged The stables OF Mrs. Carter and
James Burns were blown down aud
tvo horses In the formers barn were
killed. The large grain elevator be-
longing TO Ed Springer. the barn of
Daniel Burma r. c. NewDm's -four
ing-mill and the Christian church
building were badly damaged. and
large number of fruit and forest trees
were completely torn to pieces A
horse belonging TO Ed Springer and a
mule owned by Daniel Borns were
killed BY lightning. The damage done
by the cyclone in the town cannot be
estimated Some three hours later =
very angry cloud appeared in the
southwest and moved east very rapid
". with continual flashes of light
ming and . continued roar Of thunder.
When hrss seen by parties in this city
IL was very low and rolling eastward,
but gradually rose before reaching
here. In the center of this city there
wasn't enough wind 70 lift ones hat
of, while some shade aud fruit trees
were badly damaged in both the ex-
treme northern and southern parts of
the city. In East Columbus tho
house OF Charles McCalla was
struck by lightning and Mr.. McCalla
was so badly shocked as to paralyze
his left side. About SOC yards north of
the McCalla residence a COW belonging
TO George Monroe was struck By an
electric bolt and instantly killed. A
young man by the name of Carson, who
was sitting in chair in the door Of
his fathers residence. was so badly
shocked at he became insensible. aud
his physician thinks his nervous sys-
tenn has been shattered and his nind
injured
vANpALIA, Ill. Aug. 17.-In Popc
township during tho progress of a
storm q nephew of State Senator
Farmer. of tbis city, together with a
team of horses that he was driving.
took shelter under tree, when q bolt
OF lightning descended, killing the
young man and both horses
DENVER, Col, Aug. l7.-Electricity
flashed around Denver Sunday night,
and as result John Cunning is dead
and Dan Fitzpatrick, Dan Edwards,
Mike Fennells and John Tuck are
badly injured. The men werean en-
rl I'd at Buns brickyard, just outside
the ci0y limits When the storm was
at It's height and tho sky seemed
almost sheet of binding
light the men crawled into a
brick kiln for shelter from the rain.
Immediately afterward. there was a
roar that eliminated in a peal, which
shook every window in the city. Then
came lightning fash so intense as to
be blue, and Cunning fell forward dead
without a word Fitzpatrick, Edwards
and Fennels were all struck on the
feet but Fitzpatrick is the only man
seriously hurt. Tuck was half mile
away and was knocked heels over
head. All the electric roads stopped
running for some hours. An extraor-
dinary display was seen among the tel
egraph wires. Heavy rains and wash
outs occurred in tho canyons west Of
this city and railroad tracks are dam
aged
MASrrou SPRINGS. Col. Aug. IL
The famous wagon and carriage road
from Manitou up the pass Is no more.
The Ett.s stream Qui Bouille, which
has hithereto trickled contcntediy by
the side of the well worn road and
under its bridges, turned into black
torrent Saturday night tearing up
bridges uprooting trees. cutting new
channels tor itself. rushing through
houses. tents and barns and sweep
ing away homes, horses and
cattle. IL undermined the Midland
railroad and washed away the culverts
The work Of the stream was done in
half an hour and the waters receded
almost as rapidly as they came up.
a horse sad buggy came whirling
down stream. and rumor WAS soon
current on the street that two girls had
bsen In the buggy and were undoubted-
ly drowned The damage to the road
way .is $4,000. II was the worst flood
ever known Ia this district The loss
70 the Midland road has not yet been
estimated