The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-06-23
Wind, Rain and Hail.

tornado passed over the northern part of
Randolph county, Illinois, on Saturday, de-
stroying the house of James Merrick, twisting
trees eight inches in diameter in splinters and
destroying other property. Henry Ferguson
and son, who were driving in a wagon, were
caught by the wind and carried nearly one
half mile, injuring both. The storm lasted
about twenty minutes.
RICHMOND, KY, June ia tornado near
Doylesville yesterday lifted fences from creek
bottoms to hillsides and tore up large syca.
more trees, landing many ofthem great dis
lance away. During the storm hailstones as
large as goose eggs fell, almost destroying the
corn and other crops. Some of the pieces of
ice cut through oak board roofs. No lives
were lost.
OMAHA, NEE, June 1.-THE heaviest rain
for years fell throughout Nebraska Friday
night and Saturday, the Sand Hill district
particularly being drenched. 1t is generally
conceded throughout the State that little ben
eft is to be derived TO small grain, most being
lost, but the corn crop will be larger than
ever.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, June 1.-THE long
and severe drought was broken yesterday al
ternoon by heavy rain.
HANCOCK, MD, June 17.-Hancock and its
immediate vicinity was visited by cloudburst
Saturday afternoon. The rain fell in sheets,
dashing over the roofs of houses like a cata-
ract and flooding the streets and sidewalks.
Trees were uprooted, and through the streets
shattered boughs were strewn. The large
iron smokestack at the Hancock foundry was
blown down and broken in pieces. The fury
of the storm was restricted to this immediate
vicinity. At Cherry Run there was no ram
fall of any consequence.
The worst electric storm ever experienced
in that section swept over Memphis, Tenn,
Friday night of last week. In the central
telephone Office lightning played havoc with
the switchboard, and compelled the operators
to desert their post and flee for safety. The
storm was accompanied by deluge of rain.
Atornado passed over Escanaba, Michigan,
on the 10Th, doing considerable damage.
Great damage was done by severe hail
storm at Daquoin, Illinois, on Friday night
of last week.
The Missouri river has been rising steadily
for the past week at Omaha, and a serious
flood is feared.
A three hours electrical storm at Harris
burg, Pa, and vicinity, on Saturday morning
did great damage. The thunderwas SO severe
that the earth shook from the vibrations.
A dispatch from Vienna on June Is, says:
Since the great hail storm in Vienna there
have been continuous rains and cold weather
everywhere in Austria. The wheat crop has
baen damaged by frost, and snow has de-
stroyed crops in upper Hungary. There are
foods in Galicia, Silisia and Moravia, and
special trains are conveying pioneer troops
from adjacent garrisons to the suffering dis
tricts. Later dispatches state that the inun-
dation in the Valley of the Waag is the worst
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villages are submerged. In the region of
Mosciska, Poland, there have been terrible
hail storms and heavy rains that have caused
the rivers to overflow their banks.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa, June ia cloudburst
broke over Penn Valley last night, deluging
the land and washing away entire fields of
growing grain. William and Eddie Loz and
Charles Hunter, who took refuge under a
tree, were struck by lightning. Eddie Loz and
Hunter are fatally injured. WIN. Loz will
recover.
Several barns were struck by lightning in
York county, Pa, last and this week and
burned, together with their contents.
A tornado in Sioux county, Nebraska, on
Saturday, swept everything away in track
20 yards wide and miles long.
Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and
New York were visited by terrific wind,
rain, lightning and hail storm Tuesday after
noon. Devastation followed. Several per-
sones were killed, buildings blown away,
horses, cattle and poultry killed and crops
destroyed.
Sioux CRY, Iowa, June 20.-A terrible
storm of wind, rain and hail struck this city
at O'Clock this morning. The roof of the
Illinois Central Station was carried over the
Union Depot and dropped into Third street.
The Peavy Il Stevens Wholesale Furniture
House was unroofed and the Gettysburg Cy
clorama was wrecked. Great damage was
done in the surrounding country.
John l.. Timser was killed at Chadron,
Nebraska. on Tuesday, by flying timbers,
during tornado which destroyed consider
able property.
Violent storms prevailed in northwest and
central Iowa, on Tuesday. Two lives were
lost by falling buildings at Callander and
Moorland, and there was a cloud burt at
Walnut.
AUGUSTA, MAINE, June 20.-rhe great
electrical storm which prevailed in the State
for the past three days has been the most
severe known for years, continuing each day
at intervals. Monday night through Central
Maine there was constant manifestation of
lightning and thunder from dusk until 2
o'clock Tuesday morning. The air was
charged with electricity. A large portion Of
the population for miles around did not retire
for the night, either because of fright or to be
ready to put out fires kindled by the light
ming. Telegraph, TELEPHONE and electric wires
have suffered on every hand and much dam
age resulted to buildings, &c.