Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-21
ANOTHER BIG RAIN,
ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING, LAST EVENING.
Over T~hre-Quartsrs Of an Inch Of Water Fell IN
twenty-five Minutes and Over an Inch
in Au-Small Streams
Booming.

&4N 800
OF Fifty miles or so Of this city was SUBJ
jected to another thorough d%renehing
late yesterday afternoon and last even
ing, considerably more than an inch OF
water falling 10 the aggregate, the hrst
storm being accompanied by good deal
of hail. This later did no material dam
age, beyond giving q few timid persons
with lively recollections OF the big hall
storm Of 1860 a fright, but the rain was
sufficiently heavy TO wash plowed fields
very badly In the country, and make
the small streams run Out heavily. The
lightning was very sharp and frequent,
doing some damage at various points.
The day was marked by an unusual
variation of temperature, the thermom-
eter marking SO at : a. m, and SO at
d. m, a difference Of 80 degrees. Dur
ing the early afternoon the barometer
fell about .OS of an inch, and there were
decided indicatiOnSof a storm, the slight
fall in the barometer not being u OF
them, however. just after four o'clock a
very heavy storm broke up the river, but
Il spread south very slowly, and IL was
nearly five when the first rain fell here.
About a quarter after five the previous
light rain became very heavy, with
strong gusts OF wind, and with the wind
came dashes Of hail, a few OF the stones
which fell ia this city being an inch In
their longest diameter, most OF them,
however, being OK the size or buck
shot. The bulk OF the rain was over In
about twenty-five minutes, when an In
spection Of the government rain gauge
at Schneprs showed so or an inch or
water. This converted many OF the prin-
ciDal streets into impossible torrents,
and much mud was left lying ABOUT
for the street force to remove. In sew
eral localities the sidewalks were COW
cred, notably at S~tanton's bookstore,
where the water was kept out OF the
cellar with difficulty. At George
bursts the water carried oil two Ice
cream freezerS with their tubs, a dozen
or so OF these articles having been piled
up on the sidewalk. The telephone
ditch on Market street was somewhat
damaged.
This storm broke up about Short
Creek about 4 o'clock, and was a regular
deluge. Lightning struck William
VOLTS barn, on the hill near Della
plains, and 10 was entirely consumed
with its contents, the horses alone be-
ing saved. Much grain and farm pro-
duets were stored 10 the barn, together
with the farm machinery. In q or
SawtelPs fields, in the same neighbour
hood, 4 big tree standing in a field was
struck, and the WOOD few in every d.
rection as though there had been an
explosion Of dynamite. Some large
fragments landed twenty and thirty
feet away, atteSting the power OF the
shock. A flock OF sheep were under
the tree, but whether any OF the ami
mails were killed was not known last
night. The lightning was very sharp
10 that neighbOrhOod, and further dam
age by 10 may be reported. The hall
was also heavy up there, much OF It be-
ing over an inch in the longest diameter.
The water washed plOwed corn heids
very badly, and al the runs were boom
iEg ia a few minutes. Short creek was
very high after the rain.
Back Of the city, along the pike In
the vicinity Of Elm Grove the rain was
very heavy and the tightening alarming
ia its intensity. 10 was reported In this
city last evening, that a building had
been struck at or near Elm Grove, but 1t
could not be verifyed, AS all the Elm
Grove telephones seemed 10 be burned
out No damage was reported from either
Martins Ferry o. down about Benwood
and Bellair, but from this city the
storm seem very violent In both direc-
tiOns, IS well as up about YOrkville and
Portland, on the line Of the c. q 2.
From seven O'Clock until after nine
another heavy storm ragged accompa-
MED with ever more vivid lightning
than during the afternoon, about half
an inch of water falling tn this city,
and a good deal more south Of US, aud
back in Marshall county, from appear
ances. North OF the city the sky took
on a bright orange tint, about eight
o'clock, attracting a good deal OF atten-
tiOn. The total rainfall for the day
was nearly a inch and a quarter.
People arriving from PittS0uTg on the
evening trains reported a big hail and
rain storm up there about three o'clock,
and also at points elong the river, be-
tween here aud Pittsburg. At Pitts
burg and vicinity the loss was
estimated at $1,000, 900. IL was
thought last night the rain fall had
been efficiently general to check the
fall I'm the river by this morning. At
eight o'clock last night the marks
showed twenty-seYen feet here and fall
Ing.