Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-04
FREAKS OF STORMS.
A Clond Burst Deluges the Western
Part of Beaver Falls.
THE TEMPEST RACES ALL AROUND.
Lightning nemolishes a Bed, but Leaves Its
Occupants Unhurt.
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBY TOWNS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
BEAVER FALLS, June 3-Walnut Run, q
small stream running through the western
Part of the town, overfowed last night from
the effects of a cloud-burst and covered
greater portion of the north end of the
town. Cellars were filled, stables and
buildings were undermined, streets were
torn up, gardens were ruined, and for
awhile the greatest excitement prevailed.
Most of the residents had gone to bed and
were awakened by the rush of waters
Many of the houses were entirely deserted
and the inhabitants sought safety on higher
ground. The rise was very sudden, and it
subsidized nearly as quickly as it rose About
90 acres of streets and gardens were over
flowed. The loss will reach several thousand
dollars. While cutting away foot bridge
that had caught and caused the water to
run into Carnegie. Phipps & Co. s mill,
jonathan Adhesion, q brewer, was caught
by the bridge and carried out by the
waters. He was saved with great difficulty.
A strange freak OF a bolt of lightning oc-
Cured ut Jeanette during the heavy storm
last evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry KrisInan
reside in small tenement house. They
gan to rage. They were unconscious of the
severity of the storm until their bed, with
suddenness never to be forgotten, was torn
from beneath them and reduced to splin-
ters, which were strewn about the room.
A bolt of lightning had struck the house
and passed through the wall into the room
occupied by them. 1t struck the board on
the head of the bed, then passed down,
splitting the sideboards, and then tore the
footboard into small pieces. The plaster
from the walls was scattered about the
room and the pictures were thrown in every
direction. Mr.. and Mrs. Krisman, strange
to say, we're not injured, but sustained a
severe shock. The building was badly
wrecked.
Another landslide occurred on the Lake
Shore track near Sandy Lake this afternoon.
The track was covered with earth and rocks
two feet deep for over SEQ feet, delaying
trains for hours. During the past "a hours
there has been a greater rain iail than for 90
years. Many OF the crops have been washed
entirely ont.
Fayette county to-day ut 8 P. N. The lower
part of town was badly flooded. and many
families were driven out Redstone creek
is beyond its banks and rising, with indica-
tions for still more rain. Big washouts are
reported on both railroads between Union
great damage to property is reported. Great
damage from rain and lightning is reported
from Reading.
A dispatch from Massillon says: A violent
and destructive rainstorm passed west of
this city last evening. The Brenniger arch
first piece of that kind of masonry in the
county, was destroyed, as were several
Others. The public road was washed out and
general destruction was aused by the mad
waters. Lightning struck the Methodist
Church at West Lebanon and wrecked it be-
yond renair. The barn OF Mrs. Moses Grove
was also struck and burned with all its con-
tents,