The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-08-20
FURIOUS STORMS.

FURIOUS STORMS.
Loss % LIN and Dsstsucfioa 90 Pron
srty ~ IlSht aiss. wind. HAN aad nai..
COLUMBUS, Ind. Aug. II. terrible
wind and electrical storm swept ovel
this county shout o'clock Saturday
morning There was one continued dash
Of lightning. AT Elizabethtown, THU
county, the elements assumed the shane
of cyclone, and the black cloud.
hung apparently near tho ground, and
Ewhirled and twisted ina fearful man.
ner. There were dazzling flashes Of
lightning and loud and instant reports
front the electrical bolts, two Of which
struck the frame residence Of
Horace Trent and burned it ia
the ground. The entire upper story oi
| the fine brick schoolhouse was torn
away and the building rendered of lit.
tie value. The brick residence Of
Charles Sisco had one end and one side
blown into the street. His wife, hear-
ing the sstorm, had just stepped into q
frame addition when the crash came.
and escaped uninjured. The l6.year-
old son, Ezra, was asleep in q bed near
the wall that gave way. and was buried
some feet III the debris and was
fatally hurt about the head and breast.
The father was also: hurt, but not
fatally. From the Sisco dwelling u
good-sized mirror was carried some
distance, and when found was not dam.
aged. The stables Of Mrs Carter and
James Burns were blown down and
two horses in the formers barn were
killed. The large grain elevator be-
longing to Ed Springer, the barn Of
Daniel Burns, r. C. Newsom's -four
ing-mi)l and the. Christian church
building were badly damaged, and q
large number of fruit and forest trees
were completely torn to pieces <A
horse belonging to Ed Springer and q
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 O.
very angry cloud appeared in the
southwest and moved east very rapid
~, with continual flashes of light
ming and a continued roar of thunder:
When first seen by parties in this city
it was very low and rolling eastward,
but gradually rose before reaching
here. In the center of this city there
wasn't enough wind to lift ones hat
of, while some shade and fruit trees
were badly damaged in both the ex-
treme MOI thern and southern parts OF
the city. In East Columbus the
house of Charles McCalla was
struck by lightning and Mr.. McCalla
was SO badly shocked as to paralyze
his left side. About 800 yards north of
the McCella residence COW belonging
to George Monroe was struck by IN
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 that he became insensible, and
his physician thinks his nervous sys-
tenn has been shattered and his mind
injured.
VANDALlA, ILL.,, Aug. lin Pope
township during the progress of a
storm nephew of State Senator
Farmer, of this city, together with a
team of horses that he was driving,
took shelter under tree, when bolt
| of lightning descended, killing the
young man and both horses
HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 17.--During
the heavy wind and rainstorm here
the Vulcanite roofing factory on Lex
ington avenue, together with the large
tower, was leveled to the ground.
The loss on the building and material
will reach $1,000. Cellars in one bust
ness block were flooded, damaging
merchandise to the extent of 5000 or
$1,000.
DENVER, COL, Aug 17-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 were all en-
ployed at Buns briclyari, just outside
the ci0y limits. When the storm was
at its height and the sky seemed
almost sheet of binding
light the men crawled into a
brick kiln for shelter from the rain.
: Immediately afterwards there was a
roar that eliminated in peal, which
shook every window in the city. Then
came lightning flash 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
linn frv A.
binary display was seen among the tel
egraph wires. Heavy rains and wash
outs occurred in the canyons west of
this city and railroad tracks are dam
aged. The sudden rise in the Fountain
creek above Manitou Saturday night
proves to have been extraordinary. At
narrow gorges in the Ute pass the
wagon road, 20 feet above the ordi-
nary level of the stream, was washed
out.
KEARNEY, Ncb., Aug: 17.-About 200
feet of the cotton-mil wall was blown
down by a cyclone Saturday night It
is estimated that the damage will
amount to $4,000.
PHELPS CITY, Neb., Aug: IA ter.
rife storm visited this section about S
o'clock Saturday night and lasted for
several hours. The rain fell in tor
rents, flooding the streets with foot
of water. The wind blew down sew
eral houses, among which was a fine
meat market and a2barn. The hail
stones, which were4 about inches
in diameter, killed several hogs and
other small animals The prosp ect for
. corn crop is ruined. -
Hid tho Body in = Haystach.
AMEsBURY, Mass, Aug: II. The
body of an unknown man has been
found concealed underneath haystack
near Newbury, this state. From all
indications the body had been there six
or eight months, and the auth critic
are convinced that the man was MUIR
dered.
Braxll's Public Debt.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE report
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