The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-07-26
SEVERE AND FATAL STORM.
An Entire Family Of Nine PERSON.
Lose Their Lives.

An Entire Family Of Nine Persons
Lose Their Lives.
WHEELING CIV. Va, July 25.-A
severe storm which passed over this
portion of the country last night was dis
astrous in its results on long run. In
Marshall County, a few miles south of
Wheeling, nine persons are reported to
have been swept away by a sudden flood
following cloudburSt, the family con-
sisting of William Doty and wife. three
children, Doty's father and mother, Mrs.
Ooty's mother and a servant girl
The house was situated in a ravine and
was swept away by the torrent. Not one
OF the sleeping occupants was left to tell
the tale. The first known of the disaster
was the finding of the body of the SER
want girl this morning in the yard of a
neighbOr some distance below. 1t is also
reported that the bodies of Doty and the
children have been found at the mouth of
creek which empties into the Ohio
River. Another house was swept away
by the same torrent, but all the occupants
are believed to have escaped.
At Proctor, on the Ohio River, a long
railroad trestle was washed out and
freight train wrecked. Two of the crew
were badly injured.
AT Parkersburg to-day another storm
played havoc with the State encampment
Of the militia. The stable of Shattucil's
stock farm was struck by lightning and
several blooded horses killed.
TERRIFIC STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Just before
noon to-day terrific thunder and rain
storm broke in this section. 1t lasted
less than an hour, but in that time did
500, 900 worth of damage. 1t was severe
in the northern part of the city. At
Twenty ninth and y DIRK streets a row of
twenty-five three-story buildings in
course Of construction were demolished
The storm advanced eastward over the
city, leaving wide swath of unroofed
houses, until it reached the manufacture
ing districts of Kensington and Rich
mond. Here the greatest fury was vented,
a score of tall mill buildings being
stripped of their roofs The roof of the
North Pennsylvania Railway station at
American and Berks streets was blown
of, and with it went over hundred
telegraph wires. This badly crippled the
telegraph service for hours. The roof Of
the Catholic church of Nativity was
ripped off,
At the Clearfeld street wharf, the re-
pair-shop of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Road, four hundred feet long and
seventy feet wide, was completely de-
molished, the men having a narrow
escape, six OF them being painfully cut
and bruised by flying debris. The loss
on this structure and contents is $50, 900.
In addition, nearly fifty dwelling
houses in the districts were unroofed and
partly demolished.
The suburban sections of the city also
suffered severely, three mills and fifteen
dwellings being unroofte0 at Manayunk.
After the storm was over the mercury
rose to 81, the humidity being excessive,
and the heat very oppressive. Notwith-
standing it, however, there were but few
proStratlons.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED.
CLEVELAND (O.), July 25.-News of
last nights storm is coming in at Baber-
ton, near Akron. Part of the National
Sewer Pipe Company's great plant was
blown down. James Peterson was
killed and others were hurt. At Saline
vile lightning struck the house of John
George, instantly killing his wife. At
Kent considerable damage was done by
wind. In this city damage by the burst
ing of sewers and washouts in the streets
amounts to thousands OF dollars.
The Iron River Fire.
WEST SUPERIOR (Wis.), July 25.-The
loss by fire at Iron River yesterday was
Soc, eco. The entire business district and
the buildings of the Northern Pacific and
the Duluth South Shore and Atlantid
were burned, together with most OF the
residence district.
a Farmers Crime.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.l, July 25.-Thi,