The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-20
KILLED BY A STORM.
A Fierce Cyclone Plays Havoc
in Several States.
Lives Lost and Buildings Wrecked
in South New Jersey.

A terrific wind and rain storm passed
over lower New Jersey. doing immense
damage and causing loss Of life. The three
story residence Of Robert Hamilton in ,Glou-
ceste- was blown down, and Mr.. Hamilton
and his family were buried in the ruins.
Hamilton was instantly killed, and his two
daughters aged ten and nineteen years re-
spectively, were seriously, perhaps fatally,
injured.
After they were e1tricated from the mass
OF broken timber they were taken to the hos
pital, where the physicians found that the
elder girls limb was broken so badly that
amnutation was necessary. She was also
injured internally, ani it was feared she
would not be able to survive the shock of the
amputation.
pavilion. Patrick Highland, Of Phila-
delphia, who was in the pavil-
ion. was instantly killed by being buried
under the heavy beams Of the structure.
The toboggan slide, the carousal and HagI,
gerty's pavilion were torn to pieces. Several
people were injured. James and Edward
Reidington, brothers, tin roofers, who were
working on the roof of a new home at Had
donieId, were blown from the building and
seriously injured. They were taken to the
hospital.
A big window in the Catholic Church of
the immaculate Conception was blown IN:
Holbert g. Thornbeck's mill was unroofed
and badly damaged. The building OF the
Camden Water Works was unroofed.
In Camden, N. j., houses were unroofed,
fences blown down, and the grain and hay
in the fields were moved down as IL by
reaper. Trees were uprooted and carried
away. People had to flee for their lives to
escape being hit by the falling debris from
buildings.
The storm did great damage in Moores.
town. N. j., and vicinity. Several buildings
were badly. damaged. Two worsmen were
injured and a man was kille1 at Palmyra.
Farmers in the vicinity of Burlington,
N. j., suffered severely from the
storm. Apple orchards and growing
crops suffered the most. The or.
chards of Samuel n. Greeley were almost
entirely stripped Of leaves and fruit. Large
limbs were torn of and many OF the trees
uprooted. A corn field, not far from the
orchard, was almost entirely cleared, the
stalks being cut Off close to the ground
Several large trees on the lawn in front OF
Walter Davis's house were blown down and
his barn and out buildings wrecked.
In Atlantic City, N. j., the streets were
flooded and the electric cars were blocked.
The Hotel Edison was struck by lightning
and the terror of the villagers and sum-
mer residents was added to by the
changing Of the fire bells. The hote!
was badly damaged and the fire had
secured considerable headway before the
department arrived. The flames were soon
GOTTEN under control John Meyers fine
Cottage on the Penrose tract. the structure
OF Pain & Sons exhibition Of Sardanapalus,
the pavilion on the ocean pier and the tooos-
gan shoot at the Sea View excursion
Grounds were blown down.
Great damage by wind and lightning was
reported in the adjacent country. The
Yachts in the harbor suffered severely,
many Of them being blown from their
anchorage and beached. Several smaller
ones were capsized.
Dnring the storm lightning struck the
house of James Lolly at West Ocean Grove,
N. j.. shattering it badly. Mrs. Lolly was
struck by falling brick from the chimney
as she rushed out into the yard: The back
Of her head and neck was so badly cut that
her recovery was thought doubtful.
The Berwick Inn, at Avon-by-the-Sea,
was struck by lightning and severely dam
AGED by the storm. The bolt crashed
tSrouoh the kitchen, breaking crockery and
et,,nnino the cook A. II. Robinson, an
Asbury Park plumber, who was working In
a room next to the kitchen, was rendered
unconscious. The cottage OF c. Z. HalseY,
of New York. was also struck and the In
mates stunned.
T,,te was Considerable. The residence Of
q. A. Rumsey, OF Philadelphia, was struck
by lightning and the building and furniture
damaoed. The wind carried the Melrose.
laree boarding house, off its foundations.
The co,ored Methodist Church was nearly
demolished by the force Of the wind.
A terrific thunder and lightning storm,
accompanied by torrents OF rain and heaVy
wind, passed over Philadelphia: Penn. John
jenkins and George Soley, John C!ymer
and Patrick Furlong, who were working IN
q brick ward al Twenty-fifth and Cum
berland streets, took refuge beneath shed;
Suddenly binding sheet Of flame seemed
to envelope Jenkins, and a strong sulphu.
rous odor filled the air. jenkins stood per.
fectly rigid for moment and then fell back
on the floor dead. The others were stunned,
but all three have nearly recovered.
A severe electrical storm passed over fotes-
Vile Penn. In the northwestern Par' OF
Schuylkill County it was accompanied by
large hail and great damage was done to
fruit trees, grain and vegetables.
At Llewellyn, Penn, lightning struck the
houses of Lewis Zimmerman and William
Bush and badly shattered them. Over forty
persons were shocked in that little hamlet
and several Of them were rendered uncon'
scious. Henry c.. Dillman. Isaac Morgan
and Harry Evans received serious injuries.
The storm was one Of the worst ever expert
,, enced in that section.
A very heavy rainstorni. accompanied oy
wind, thunder and lightning, struck Balti,
more, Md. Many roofs were lifted and
pedestrians were thrown to the ground.
A thunder, lightning and wind storm, ac.
companied by tremendous hailstones and
heavy rain, struck Winstej, Conn. 1t blew
down trees, broke telegraph wires. washed
out the highways and damaged crops. 1t
was feared that the hail had ruined the to-
bacco crop. In Torrington, Conn. cyclone
with immense hailstones did $6O, zoo dam
ago. Houses belonging to William Clinton,
J. A. Palmer and Joseph Deloy were blown
down, and barns, chimneys aud trees were
blown over. Four children OF Joseph Deloy.
in his house, were injured Great damage
is reported from villages near Torrlngton to
trees and crops.
Ira Hayner's barn, wagon: house and
shed, at Brunswick Centre. N. j., were
destroyed by fire, the barn having been
struck by lightning. The Delaware and
HUI lson freignthouse, ut Moots Junction,
N. Y. YVES also struck by lightning and de-
stroyed by fire.